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Newspapers Likely to Become Free In Near Future, Says Editor Poll {Switched.com}
May 7th 2008 9:15AM They already are free in Metro areas like DC and NYC. The papers make smaller (both in number of pages and size to make it easier to read on the subway) versions with just the basic AP articles and local news. They rely purely on the advertising but they lack the more in depth articles and niche ones. I can see them expanding though if they can find a good advertising method.
Geek's Girlfriend Finds Linux Harder to Use Than Windows {Switched.com}
Apr 30th 2008 3:51PM If you bothered to spend 10 seconds looking at the article you would see it was because Flash is not installed by default and she couldn't figure out how to install it easily.
High-Tech 'Bait' Vehicles Defeat Would-Be Car Thieves {Switched.com}
Apr 11th 2008 3:42PM I can't believe neither Switched nor Wired linked to their website: http://www.baitcar.com/ where you can watch the car thieving idiots in action.
Break the FCC's digital transition rules? That's a $6 million finin' {Engadget}
Apr 11th 2008 2:19PM Well that's because some cable companies ARE turning off their analog cable TV systems. Optimum Cable in Rockland County, NY for example shut off their analog cable and are now digital only. In fact they pestered my GF's parents for years to upgrade to digital and pay more; eventually they were forced to digital but they still pay their old analog rate.
TSA explains MacBook Air grounding: just doing its job {Engadget}
Mar 13th 2008 11:25AM Modern airline security is there just as much to protect people on the ground/in skyscrapers as it is there to protect the fliers. I likewise don't care if you die while flying but I do care if innocent third parties on the ground do.
Pranksters invade Starbucks with desktop computers {Engadget}
Feb 25th 2008 8:40PM More like Starbucks got free advertising and looked cool/laid back for going along with it and not hassling them.
Xbox 360 HD DVD drive now officially $49.99 {Engadget}
Feb 25th 2008 5:11PM Yeah, that definitely works. I have a great business going where I purchase dinosaur bones from eBay sellers and then sue them for intentionally selling something that is extinct! Please contact me if you want to form a partnership, I've been wanting to branch into hi-tech.
Amazon launches DRM-free "Amazon MP3" music downloads {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2007 12:48PM "I can't imagine the bandwidth costs it would take to offer FLAC downloads"
Amazon charges only 13 cents per GB for their S3 service so their costs are even lower. Assuming an average lossless CD is 250-500 MBs that's only 3.25-6.5 cents per full album. And that's the price Amazon currently charges to make a profit, so their actual cost would be even less.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=16427261
Steve Jobs subpoenaed over stock option backdating {Engadget}
Sep 20th 2007 11:50AM You're forgetting that Apple has a revenue sharing deal with ATT so that they are able to under price the iPhone but get back some money over the next two years from their cellular plan.
iPhone's first sketchy battery replacement kit appears {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2007 10:29AM From the makers of the MacGyver Multitool!!!
http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/18/the-macgyver-multitool/
