January 2008 - Technology Bloggers

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Technology Bloggers - January 2008

Tech & Music

January 22nd 2008 03:02

Music & Tech

Matador Records Matador Records is selling vinyl, as are other companies...

Chuck Berry

Rolling Stone Rolling Stone did a comparison of sound quality through different mediums, and frequently preferred the vintage lp's.....

So while EMI lays off employees, Peter Gabriel, always fascinated by using experimental tech in music applauds the ingenuity and courage of Pop Musicology Radiohead , and others search for additional ways to get music to the fans, and money to the artists.

Radiohead

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Recycling Tech

January 18th 2008 22:58

Recycling Tech

Time Magazine has a nice article about companies launching buyback services for electronic gadgets. Another alternative to throwing the things away is TechForward a company interested in your used toys.... NEW Corp is planning to do something similar. Since their website does not work (!), here's a profile of the company from Business Week They work with huge chains such as Walmart and Best Buy, so the scope of their recycling could be vast.

And of course, there is always craigslist and ebay, a local school or senior center... someone, somewhere, can use what you no longer want or need...

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Prozac for Pooches

January 17th 2008 03:01

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The NY Times lists some of its favorites from the CES show, but, they seem focused mainly on metropolitan style, to my eye...

Amazon is being fined 1,000 Euros per day for refusing to change it's policy of free shipping to consumers who buy more than 20 euros of books ...
According to the International Herald Tribune “Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, said Tuesday that it would close a factory in Germany and cut about 2,300 jobs as it shifted production to locations with lower costs.”

Applied Materials is also cutting jobs, about 1000.

But, maybe, jobs will be made up in the conservation of energy sector, Computer World... All of us have to do something about our energy footprint....

I don't know if you need some cheering up regarding the mixed messages on jobs, but....
if your dog accompnies you to work, and is looking depressed, you may find it reasurring that Eli Lilly Reuters has won FDA approval for Prozac for pooches