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What I'm Reading
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?CBS News | Aug 30, 2010Apple has scheduled a big event for Wednesday. CBS News speculates on the company's coming announcements.
- Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?New York Times | Aug 25, 2010Some psychologists believe preschoolers can experience bouts of depression, this New York Times report says.
- Electronic Arts stands by Medal of Honor Taliban featureCNET | Aug 25, 2010EA defends the ability to play as Taliban soldiers in the upcoming "Medal of Honor" game.
- Twitter’s not stupid – you just have boring friendswww.andrewdubber.com | Aug 16, 2010A nice look at how to get the most out of Twitter and refutation of some common Twitter complaints.
- Is 3-D dead in the water? A box-office analysisSlate | Aug 24, 2010Slate magazine looks at whether people are happy with just two dimensions in their movies, thank you very much.
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?
Recent Comments
My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Poetic Justice
Remember when Microsoft was sued over its Internet Explorer “monopoly”? Now Apple is facing a similar lawsuit regarding the iPod and iTunes, Apple’s online music/media store. The plaintiff alleges that Apple has unfairly chained the iPod to the iTunes store and not opened the media player to other online stores’ products. The same is true [...]
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“…as it should be.”
Sorry for the lack of updates, but the holiday season, combined with winter break, has kept me away from the computer. AOL is running a commercial on television boasting the capabilities of the “new” AOL. We see a woman’s face as if looking through the computer monitor back at her. As a filter between us [...]
Vocabularies
How important is the size of your vocabulary? To many, it is the chief indicator of your intelligence and your social standing. Use the word “ain’t” or swear casually and you might be thought of as lower class and uneducated. Fill your conversations with buzz words and dropped names and people may think you a [...]
Receiving
I just received my new copy of The Onyx Project interactive DVD movie. I’ll follow with my thoughts in a few days.
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
iPod Vending Machines?