‘Today’s’ Beijing Olympics coverage: The bar is raised
Under executive producer Jim Bell, the NBC show will need to balance human interest stories with weightier issues. You’d be hard-pressed to find …
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Meet the Olympians and their Pets
Event: Women’s GymnasticsHometown: Des Moines, IowaFirst Olympic Games Pet’s Name: Tucker JohnsonBreed: Golden RetrieverAge: 6-years-old …
Clothing Etiquette Booklet Distributed to Chinese
Call it “What Not to Wear, Beijing Edition.” The Chinese government, ever mindful of the messages it will be sending the rest of the world …
Amazon: The Avis of digital music
The online retailer is a distant second to Apple, but a deal with MySpace could move Amazon up the charts. It was easy to scoff two years ago when …
Prehistoric land under the sea
It’s a landscape no human has even seen. And those who live right beside it had no idea it even existed. Deep below the sea, off the north coast …
Eureka’s Smart Home S.A.R.A.H. is on Twitter
The SyFy Channel is using Twitter to help promote its new TV series called Eureka. One of the show's characters, a smart home called S.A.R.A.H., now …
Le idiot
Here’s a clip of a guy on the French version of the game show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.” In the clip, the host asks the French …
Olympics a Golden Way to Reach Hispanics
Major North American marketers will set records of sorts when the Olympics open in Beijing on Aug. 8, debuting a slew of Hispanic-targeted ads during …
Apple Tells Retailers to Stock Up on Current MacBooks and iPods (Don’t Buy One Now)
With the first phase of the iPhone 3G launch in the rear view, Apple Inc. is now shifting much of its focus towards product refreshes targeting its …
Unusual Resume Fibs
Is your resume more fiction than fact? Experts warn bending the truth can cost you the job. Although only 8 percent of workers admitted to stretching …
NBC Makes Innovative Camera Advancements to Enhance Olympic Coverage
Each Olympics is full of not only physical achievements, but technological advances as well. For the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, NBC Sports has …
Moblyng Expands Mobile Features
Mobile social media integrator Moblyng expanded its mobile content site this week. Moblyng now offers easy access to top viewed content from MySpace …
Ex-Googlers Launch New Search Engine Called Cuil (2008)
Cuil is a new Internet search engine created by ex-Googlers Tom Costello and Anna Patterson that promises new privacy features for Internet users.
Ancient tree needs help
The founder of National Tree Day wants the Federal Government to help save a rare Tasmanian tree. There are less than 500 kings holly, or kings …
16 Ways to Make Your iPhone Battery Last Longer
I’ve only had my iPhone for less than a week, and already I’ve noticed that it’s quite a power hog. I went from 100% to 50% after …
