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CNBC Africa launched in SA

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 14, 2006

Sub-Saharan Africa’s first international business news channel, CNBC Africa, will begin officially broadcasting from its Sandton (Johannesburg) …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 14, 2006 (Updated: Aug 6, 2022)

“NBC Nightly News” and “Meet the Press” are the first broadcast news programs to be offered on complete video podcast starting …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 14, 2006 (Updated: May 14, 2011)

Born to rock any room, the Klipsch iGroove all-in-one iPod/MP3 speaker system delivers audiophile-quality sound anywhere, anytime. With its stunning …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 13, 2006

Chatting with Rupert Murdoch at an investor conference some weeks back, I asked the News Corp. (NWS ) chairman where things stood with his …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 13, 2006

The full hour of this Sunday’s 60 Minutes “will be dedicated to the memory of correspondent Ed Bradley,” CBS announced this …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 12, 2006

The new Bose Triport IE headphones are guaranteed to give you excellent quality and real sound as one would wish for but generally at the cost of …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 10, 2006

NBC is hoping to ride the wave of so-called “Web 2.0” with its participatory, multiplatform talk show iVillage Live. The woman-focused …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 9, 2006

According to Microsoft, Windows Vista contains hundreds of new features including advanced speech recognition software. Vista’s speech …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 9, 2006

AT&T INC. AND FOX NEWS Channel, a division of News Corp., announced a distribution agreement to deliver FNC programming as part of the AT&T …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 9, 2006 (Updated: Jun 3, 2010)

Vista's speech recognition software can be "trained" to understand a user's voice, activate commands in any Windows application, and to enable voice …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 8, 2006 (Updated: Feb 10, 2019)

While repeatedly trying to say "top cop," Jane Skinner slipped up and kept saying "top cock." Skinner ends saying "YouTube me! Just YouTube me! Do it …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 8, 2006 (Updated: May 16, 2023)

Web search leader Google Inc. is hiring scores of radio sales people and is spending heavily in a bid to expand its position in the $20 billion radio …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 8, 2006 (Updated: Apr 14, 2020)

Do you suffer from Internet Addiction? Ever wonder how much actual time you spend daily surfing websites? If you're curious, a free Firefox extension …

Nancy Lee on Nov 7, 2006 (Updated: Jun 3, 2023)

Are there any naturally beautiful or handsome people in Hollywood, or does everyone depend on talented stylists and the transformative power of …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 7, 2006

While there has been much focus on the developing battle between Blu-Ray and HD DVD, it seems that both formats are underperforming with consumers in …