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Do you have a cool Nintendo Controller Universal Remote for your TV looks just like a NES controller? No? Check out this very rare NES themed TV remote from Japan.
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Apple TV 2.0
The newly revamped, reduced-in-price Apple TV set-top is out in stores after a short delay, enabling standard and Hi-Def iTunes movie rentals to be viewed on the big plasma in your living room. Standard def movies rent for $3.99 for new releases and $2.99 for library titles. HD movies (1280 x 720) cost $4.99/$3.99. The …
3 Internet Providers in Deal for Tailored Ads
For years, Internet service providers have watched with envy as the likes of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft sliced up the online advertising pie. Selling Internet access has been a good business, but selling Web advertising has been an even more lucrative one. Now, three Internet providers in Britain have teamed up to try to obtain …
HD-DVD Rip
The format war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray came officially to a end this week when all six major Hollywood studios announced that they joined the Blu-ray Disc camp and Toshiba said that they would abandon the format in March 2008. Toshiba had been trying to put a positive spin on the loss of Warner Bros …
After Rejection by Yahoo, Microsoft Hints at a Fight
The war of words between Yahoo and Microsoft has begun. Hours after Yahoo officially rejected Microsoft’s takeover offer on Monday, calling it too low, Microsoft described Yahoo’s response as “unfortunate” and said its own proposal was “full and fair.” Microsoft’s statement suggests that, at least for now, the company is not willing to raise its …
Apple Pulls Out Of NAB (2008)
Apple is pulling out of NAB this year. What does this mean for the future of this broadcast conference?
Howcast Media Launches New How-To Video Site
Cutline Communications Morgan Magilligan, 650-346-3043 mm*********@cu*****.com Howcast Media launched a new site, https://www.howcast.com/, for consumers to watch and share how-to videos. It also opened its Directors Program for emerging filmmakers to create and contribute videos to Howcast. In addition, the company announced distribution and advertising agreements, and an $8M Series A round which is led …
Apple Announces 16GB iPhone With 3G
Yesterday, Apple unveiled a new 16GB iPhone ($499) that will work on AT&T’s faster 3G network. When the iPhone was first announced in January 2007, Steve Jobs said 3G would need to become more widespread in the United States and much more energy efficient before it’s included in the iPhone. I guess that time has …
Apple TV Update Delayed
Last week Apple announced they needed another couple of weeks to finish updating the Apple TV software that will finally allow users to rent movies directly from the TV rather than having to download on the computer and sync or stream the video to the Apple TV device. This anticipated software upgrade will be available …
FOX News Story About ‘The Donk Mini-Tank’ Crashes MethodShop’s Website
After FOX News mentioned MethodShop in an article about a personal tank called The Donk, a surge in traffic crashed our web server.
Can a Sandwich Be Slandered?
Some companies have made a sport of using advertising to bash a competing brand: Pepsi and Coke, Colgate and Crest, Miller Lite and Bud Light. It was a rivalry of this sort that compelled Quiznos, the toasted-sandwich chain, to invite the public to submit homemade commercials in a contest intended to attack a top rival, …
How To Access The Super Secret iPhone Diagnostic Mode
Feel like dialing some secret codes that activate the secret iPhone Diagnostic Mode? We thought so. Enjoy.
Disney adds fantasy lands
Walt Disney Co. is no stranger to fantasy worlds, transporting audiences — whether to a cottage in the woods with a young princess in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” or to the Great Barrier Reef aboard the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ride at Disneyland. Now, Disney is spinning its tales in the newest mass …
Target Tells a Blogger to Go Away
Target to the blogosphere: you’re irrelevant. That was the message the cheap-chic retailer seemed to convey in an abrupt e-mail message to ShapingYouth.org, a blog about the impact of marketing on children. Early this month, the blog’s founder, Amy Jussel, called Target, complaining about a new advertising campaign that depicted a woman splayed across a …
Apple TV Take 2: Movie Rentals, No Computer Required
Steve Jobs announced an update to the Apple TV at Macworld San Francisco this week as well as iTunes Movie Rentals, which were already rumored to be part of his Macworld keynote speech. Jobs admitted that Apple’s online video plan had been a disappointment and that users didn’t take to watching online video the way …
MacBook Air Announcement: Steve Jobs Announces New Laptop At MacWorld (2008)
Steve Jobs' official MacBook Air announcement took place at Macworld today. The new laptop is incredibly thin but powerful.
Apple Pivots Video Strategies To Help Boost Apple TV Adoption
Apple plans on overhauling their Apple TV strategy by making a couple major changes.
