The Alaska Intermittent Tribune

Times (a Mac OS RSS reader application) is a fresh approach to getting your daily feed of news and information. With Times you get a really slick application that gives you a quick glance at all your RSS feeds in an “almost real” newspaper UI.  After using iGoogle for a long time as my primary RSS aggregator, this application is extremely refreshing and a pleasure to look at.  The next question is, am I willing to buy it? (more…)

Many have been debating the “format war” between HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray about who will become the (HD) high definition DVD standard, but the real HD war is just beginning. I believe the real battle begins with the term “HD” and ends with how you will be getting your content in the next few years. (more…)

Holy f—ing crap Batman, it took about an hour to reset my PayPal password today!
It all began with a quick search on eBay for an XBOX 360 Elite system. I’ve been thinking of upgrading to the Elite and found out quickly that nearly all the usual suspects like Best Buy, Amazon.com and Target did not have them in stock. What should have been a casual scan of eBay turned into a giant fiasco.
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User generated content or consumer generated media (CGM)… has definitely arrived in the Last Frontier. User generated content is nothing brand new, especially with the huge success of big players such as YouTube, GoogleVideo and my favorite up-and-comerBrightcove. The impact of this media is finally reaching the old-media groups. It seems everyone wants a piece of your mind (and the free content they can use to capture an audience for their own gain). (more…)