Yep, it’s time to stop references to VCR clocks blinking, Mayberry, Zoom, and even Tonya Harding. It’s time to make references to Twitter, BSG, Pirates, and American Idol. You’re still okay on Batman, Caddyshack, Spock (not the doctor) and The Simpsons. Journos Are Alienating Readers With ‘Retro’ References – Editor & Publisher.

As a lead in to the new STAR TREK film, there is a ‘prequel’ story by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman (the director and writers of the film) that is available in traditional form and as an iPhone app. Star Trek: Countdown (click on graphic or links to launch iTunes). The iVerse ‘comic [...]

Couldn’t resist the obvious baseball cliche but MLB.com At Bat 2009 is pretty great … You’d expect the obvious features such as live boxscores or even live pitch tracking … And as you can see at the bottom of the screen, you can tap to access (from left to right), GAMEDAY is live pitch & [...]

The Palm Pre is getting a lot of buzz with technocrats and techno-nerds and I count myself as one but in the world of people who ask questions when buying a computer such as “Does this get the internets?” Palm means tree or the part of your hand you slap for a high five. 10) [...]

In the early 1990′s, AT&T knew the world of communications was changing rapidly … the consumer internet was still virtually all dialup but the future was so bright, we all had to wear shades … so they create a series of ads highlighting wireless and wired connectivity possibilities … Keep in mind, the 1993 AT&T [...]

As if the Palm Pre had any shot of making a difference, Palm is done. Sure, the Palm Pre looks like a nice phone and sure there are some nice features but just like many Mp3 makers way back in 2001 – some with nice features but none with THE IPOD. And none are the [...]

Many people especially analysts who should know better seem to think that because Apple Macs are personal computers, the company, its products & its market conditions should be judged under the same criteria as Windows PC’s in the personal computer marketplace … however, the evidence is clear that they are in DIFFERENT market segments. Of [...]

The bottom line is that iPhone does NOT need Flash – and especially now that the App Store is up & running. First, 95% of Flash used on the web is pointless. It is either used to animate an MS Paint-drawn turkey that jerkily moves across a banner asking you to ‘shoot” to win a [...]

While there might’ve been some problems for people on Thursday trying to buy, activate, load software AND sync everything – it all went pretty smoothly for me – 24 hours later on Friday. First, make sure you are running 10.4.11 for Tiger users (PPC or Intel chip) and the latest Leopard 10.5.4 (I always prefer [...]

Sailors understand the phrase, “liberty call.” It means you are finally touching land and you have a few hours, a few days to spend all your money on souvenirs, salads and antiquing … at least that’s what it says on the official Navy website. The Grand Theft Auto IV game is completely different. You get [...]