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In this, (I don’t want to say poorly done) corporate video, we are (affordably) shown the future of ordering crummy food in a crummy bar that happens to be on the fringe of technology.
JAYSUS, the Irish bartender would say, as he types in the whole credit card number and goes through a gigantic menu to [...]

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Police executed a search warrant at the home of Jason Chen of Gizmodo.  He is the person who bought the iPhone prototype for the website for $5k.
I don’t see this ending well for either Gawker Media or Apple.
http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers

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B-roll.net caught up with DSLR DP Vincent Laforet on the floor on NAB to get his opinion on utilizing the DSLR for hard news gathering.  You may be surprised at how he feels.

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I just got off of Skype with Ellen Fox of Current TV.  She’s the host of the Rotten Tomatoes show.  She gave us some great insight into how her show is produced and what the LA talent scene is like.  The interview will go up shortly.  Be sure to catch the show on Thursday’s at [...]

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How is it possible that a company as secretive as Apple somehow let this prototype slip.  Gizmodo broke the story, and they are nearly 100% convinced this is the real deal.  I’m just happy I’m getting a front facing camera. Why do I think this is just going to make chatroulette.com even worse?
iPhone 4g
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Nikon Rumors is reporting (with 75% probability for what that’s worth) that Nikon will shortly be unveiling 3 new models, one of which might be a replacement for the D90. Will this be Nikon’s attempt to dethrone Canon’s 5D or 7D for videomaking? Who the heck knows?  Nikon rumors sure doesn’t.

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I saw this on Gizmodo today, and couldn’t believe there were engineers wasting energy on this.  There is a science behind making your progress/status bar appear to going quicker than it is.
Article via Gizmodo

New breakthrough media or “Bag of Hurt?”

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Gizmodo has a nice video piece shot on some kind of HD-SLR reviewing the iPad.  It’s not a typical review though, and it doesn’t hit the main things you’re tired of hearing about i.e. no flash, no camera.  It’s just a quick pleasant look at a guy and his pad, 24 hours in.  It’s done [...]

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Does anybody remember ASCII?  Well, if geek, nerd or computer whiz were ever used in a sentence with your name, or if you were born before 1980, you probably are familiar with ASCII code.  For those of you who have no idea, ASCII was/is a group of 128 characters, used predominately in older generation operating [...]