October Consumer Tech

  • 04 Oct 2017
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Is mega merger mania necessarily a bad thing? I think so! Merger Mania limits what, where and how you buy just about everything. It costs jobs and only helps the bottom line of the executives who create it. When there’s no competition prices will go up, selection will go down. BJs, one of my favorite […]

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Life is about to get very interesting for anyone who creates websites.

  • 06 Jul 2011
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By Bob Plunkett...

Last month, the three big search engines, Google, Bing, and Yahoo!, decided to cooperate on a single markup language that webmasters and SEOs use to enhance their sites in search listings. That language is called schemas - a collection of codes you can place around content on your site in order to help search engines better find your site and understand what kind of site it is. The better a search engine understands, the higher your site is placed on search results.

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Another WEB TV? Or a Real Merger of Technologies?

  • 14 Oct 2010
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Our Reporter on the Scene tries to find out.. By Livia Bergovoy The long awaited introduction of Sony’s version of Google TV (with Intel inside) was promising at best. And, at the same time confusing at worst. Presented by Bob Ishida, Sony's Head of Worldwide Home Entertainment Business, Sony officially said it was going after a younger generation with this initiative, but if you're like I am, you are watching more and more of your TV shows on line via

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Are You Smarter Than your TV?Google and Logitech Try to Help

  • 06 Oct 2010
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By Richard M. Sherwin Google + Logitech + Intel Corp. = Your TV The set top box uses a Google browser to access almost any Internet material... Available accessories will include a TV styled web cam which...

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