CBS News Criticized For Photoshopping Katie Couric Images (2006)
Have you heard about the new celebrity diet craze using Adobe Photoshop? No exercise required. Check out these Katie Couric photoshopped photos from CBS News.
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New iPods, iMac due September 12
Planning on attending Apple Expo Paris? Looks like it might be a hot ticket this year. According to ThinkSecret, Apple will use a September 12 media event for Apple Expo Paris to introduce the 2G (second-generation) iPod nano, an updated 5G iPod, movies in the iTunes Store and an upgraded wall-mountable iMac. Although the “media …
Jeff Zucker Considering Adding A 4th Hour To The TODAY Show (2006)
NBC chief Jeff Zucker has given some credence to rumors he may add a 4th hour to NBC‘s top-rated morning show, the TODAY Show. Expanding The TODAY Show “The third hour has been a huge success. There’s no reason to believe it couldn’t keep going,” Zucker told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I would not rule it …
What Jeff Zucker Told Katie Couric When She Quit NBC (2006)
Jeff Zucker, the head of NBC Universal, on why Deal or No Deal is so addictive and what he said to Katie Couric when she told him she was splitting for CBS. Exclusive interview from GE Corporate. Q: NBC used to be the channel to watch: Seinfeld. Friends. Frasier. Now it’s in the last place …
Apple Recalls Laptop Batteries After Reports of Fires and Injuries
Unfortunately Dell isn't the only company plagued by exploding defective Sony batteries. On Thursday afternoon Apple announced that they will recall 1.8 million lithium-ion notebook batteries after nine devices overheated. Two people have even reportedly suffered minor burns due to these battery malfunctions.
ABC Follows NBC’s Lead And Will Also Sell Archive News Clips In The iTunes Store
ABC News follows NBC's lead and is now selling archive news clips in the iTunes Store.
Free Google WiFi Now Available For Residents Of Mountain View, California (2006)
Google WiFi Mountain View is a free WiFi Internet service for the 72,000 residents of Mountain View, CA and is not supported via ads.
Buzz Builds for Verizon’s LG VX8500 Chocolate Phone
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, chances are you know about the new Verizon Wireless LG Chocolate Phone. From billboards to magazine ads to flyers in the mail, buzz about Verizon’s new phone is everywhere, and cell phone fanatics are licking their lips at the thought of it. Dubbed “one sweet …
Watch: Steve Jobs’ Apple WWDC 2006 Keynote
Video of Steve Jobs' 2006 keynote presentation at Apple's WWDC.
Sci Fi Channel to Rerun Star Trek: Enterprise
Listen up Trekies. The Sci Fi Channel just acquired the rerun rights to "Star Trek: Enterprise"
Did Apple’s CFO, Peter Oppenheimer, just confirm the iPhone rumors?
Is Apple working on a new combination mp3 player and cell phone called the iPhone? Apple’s CFO, Peter Oppenheimer, might have let the ‘cat out of the bag‘ on an Apple analyst Q3 conference call. When Merrill Lynch analyst Richard Farmer mentioned the success of the Sony Walkman Phone, Oppenheimer responded by saying: “As regards …
New YouTube Terms Of Service: YouTube Now “Owns” Your Content, Not You
The golden age of YouTube might be over. According to the new YouTube terms of service, the popular video-sharing service now owns your content, not you. The changes to its terms of service have a lot of people outraged and now many YouTube users are contemplating switching to other video sharing sites like REVVER. According …
Halo 3 Developer Gets Death Threats
Frank O'Connor knows everything there is to know about "Halo 3," even though the game isn't coming out until 2007. It's hard for him not to, since he already has a copy of the latest version of the game on his Xbox 360.
National Semiconductor Wants Fired Employees To Return Their iPods
National Semiconductor is laying off employees and wants them to return the iPods that they just received as bonuses.
Teen’s iPod Was Struck By Lightning While He Was Mowing The Lawn
Jason Bunch was listening to Metallica on his iPod. Then he got struck by lightning. Here's the full story of what happened...
Beta version released of the new Flock social media web browser
There’s been a lot of hype behind Flock – especially within tech communities. At this point, even the average person might have heard the name “Flock” but not known exactly what it was all about. Flock is a web browser, like Safari or Internet Explorer, but with a big difference. Flock is considered a “social …
Knicks fire head coach Larry Brown
The New York Knicks fired head coach Larry Brown on Thursday and replaced him with president and general manager Isiah Thomas. “Larry has had a long and storied career. We hired him last summer with the expectation that he would be with the Knicks for a long time. Sometimes decisions work and sometimes they don’t,” …
