Archive for March, 2006

Quiet Hybrids and Pedestrian Deaths

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

The Mercury News has an article that pushes the idea that because hybrids are so quiet, they pose a risk to pedestrians who can’t hear them coming. The article goes to great lengths to state that this is the responsibility of either the pedestrian or the hybrid technology, but not one of the driver. [...]

Incredibly Lame Problem With iTunes Multi-Pass

Friday, March 10th, 2006

My first iTunes Multi-Pass has been a less than stellar experience. I bought a multi-pass to The Daily Show yesterday. It downloaded immediately. So far, so good. Today, I come home to an email that says my next episode is available and will be downloaded when I open iTunes. So, [...]

Apple Offers Per Show Subscription for
The Daily Show & The Colbert Report
at Only 63 Cents an Episode

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Once you remove the monopolistic cable companies from the economics of television, there’s a whole lot of money left on the table. Apple is on track to take quite a bit of it by offering consumers what they’ve wanted all along: a la carte pricing not by channel, but by show.
Starting today [...]