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Monster Cable Mourns Passing Of Daniel Graham

The following statement was issued today by Monster Cable: “It is with great sadness that Monster announces the passing of Daniel Graham, who succumbed to a prolonged illness on Sunday, October 11.  Daniel has been a much beloved member of the Monster family since he joined the company in 1992. Since 1995 he has served as ‘PR Monster,’ where he played an... More

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Shure Student Recording Competition Now Open

Registration for Shure’s sixth annual “Fantastic Scholastic” student recording competition is running now through Oct. 19. The competition is open to high school and college students. Competing teams from 10 schools will be randomly selected to submit an original piece of music recorded using Shure microphones.A random drawing will determine the 10 competing schools,... More

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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