John Laposky

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Extra Innings Costs Extra

Spring was in the air this weekend in the greater NYC area and as thoughts turned toward the upcoming baseball season, I noticed that DirecTV had updated its Extra Innings Package page to reflect a price increase. Yep, it will cost you more this year to boycott the billion-dollar taxpayer-supported amusement parks that are springing up on the site of former ballparks and watch out-of-market... More

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Click Quack

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) (and I understand if I lost you right there, non-New York-area readers) has authored a House bill called the Camera Phone Predator Alert Act that would require camera phones to make an audible sound when taking a picture.  Sec. 2 of the bill states, “Congress finds that children and adolescents have been exploited by photographs taken in dressing... More

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This Week’s Sign Of The Coming CE Apocalypse

Joe the Plumber — yes, that Joe the Plumber — is starring in a series of videos on www.velocitystore.com to educate consumers about the DTV conversion. Let’s hope he does a better job than he did for the McCain campaign.   Hat tip to Wonkette . More

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Toshiba’s Cool Matrix Ad

For my money, the British make the best technology commercials. A year after the London-based agency Fallon produced this Sony Bravia ad , Toshiba tapped Grey London for an equally impressive spot.   The new 60-second commercial for Toshiba’s upscaling technology, embraces “timesculpture” photography, an evolutionary version of the “bullet time”... More

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A Gift For The AIG Exec In Your Life

Super Talent Technology is offering a limited edition 18-carat solid-gold version of its bleeding-edge Pico-C water-resistant 8GB USB drive. It boasts a blazing 200x (30MBps) data-transfer speed and 256-bit encryption technology and, for a mere $599, it comes tucked into a black velvet jewelry box with a serialized certificate of authenticity and an 18-carat gold keychain. Customized text or... More