TrendTracker: The future is likely to be the age of virtual businesses. The newly opened two-person office will be able to look big, established, and successful. Build a really good website, toss in some color printers, fast computers, and cell phones, and you’re halfway there. After that, it’s a question of leveraging your creativity and ability to partner with other […]
Trend: Small Businesses go Virtual
RipDigital CD Ripping Service Review
Gizmodo: Just like 8-tracks were easier to deal with than vinyl and CDs were easier to deal with than cassette tapes, it’s become apparent to everyone that MP3s and FLACs and OGGs are all easier to lug around than a stack of CDs. Whether you’re carrying around burned DVDs, thumb drives shaped like bunnies, luscious iPods, or a 250 gig […]
Broadband Helping E-commerce
The New York Times: Thanks to the breakneck growth of residential cable modem and D.S.L. services, this is the first year when most Internet users do not have to rely on their workplace for high-speed connections. Instead of hiding the Amazon checkout page when the boss approaches, more shoppers are logging on after work and sparing their nerves. As a […]
The Most Highly Specified TV In The World?
Tech Digest: Want to see the TV being credited as the world’s most advanced? Vivadi’s Saturn is on display in Harrods right now. The plasma TV comes with a 46-inch screen, a DVD recorder and a 200GB hard drive recorder (admit it, you’ll never watch all those shows you record on it). The hard drive comes with a 14 day […]
Sony’s PlayStation Portable goes on sale
Japan Today: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc entered the handheld video game market Sunday with the sale of its new PlayStation Portable, pitting it against competitors ahead of the holiday sales period. PSP users can play full-scale 3D-CG games and view high-resolution video images, according to the company. The company shipped 200,000 PSP units across the nation on Sunday and plans […]
Dogs Live A Luxurious Life…
The Independent: They are dressed in designer outfits, spend their days working out on the treadmill and take holidays in luxury accommodation. It’s a dog’s life in the 21st century, it seems. While pet pampering may once have been seen as a sign of a lonely life, it is now increasingly linked with celebrity culture. The hotel heiress Paris Hilton […]
Bug Me Not
Duluth News Tribune: Rolf Reifgies always got in trouble at the airport security checkpoint because of his suspenders. Whenever the Wisconsin businessman flew out of Minneapolis, Milwaukee or Madison, the metal in his suspenders set off the magnetometer. Then, six weeks ago, he discovered BuzzNot, a brand of suspenders with plastic clasps. “Works like a charm,” Reifgies said of the […]
Second-hand = Cool and Trendy!
The Indianapolis Star: Bargain hunters such as Harmon are making resale stores one of the fastest-growing segments in retailing, according to the National Association of Resale & Thrift Shops, a trade organization. These stores no longer are dingy places where shoppers on shoestring budgets sift through mountains of musty-smelling clothes and junk to find one valuable item. Most resale stores […]
Shower radio
Tech Digest: You are cordially invited to join us dancing naked in the shower this Christmas. We’ll be singing like idiots along with Magic FM in a vain attempt to use up the endless supplies of stinky shower gels we receive from distant relatives. The Shower Radio from I Want One of Those will be helping us in this endeavour […]
Brand TV
Influx: Advertisers looking for alternatives to conventional advertising are starting to experiment with the concept of brand television, one step beyond product placement. However, there are a few cultural and financial barriers preventing the early efforts from achieving success. Orange, the UK wireless brand, has been one of the first, developing a music show for ITV. The idea was suggested […]