Monthly Archives January 2010

It was the most expected surprise in recent memory, but Wednesday morning in San Francisco, Apple launched what some feel will be the next “game changing” device, the iPad starting at $500 for the 16 Gig base model (there are a total of 6 models some of which will run 3G and all will connect through WiFi) and it will be available in 90 days.  Watch the complete launch on CNET.

The big question of the day is: In a bad economy, is there really a place for a luxury device like the iPad that combines functions of already existing devices?  Remember that all that is Apple does not necessarily turn to gold…anyone remember the Apple Newton, Apple TV or Apple MacBook Air? …

We are very proud to announce that Erik Anderson (aka Big Red, Mac Boy etc.) our very own producer, helped Oakland University take home an unprecedented FOUR Michigan Association of Broadcaster Awards for 2009.  Erik’s crew at WXOU helped garner: 1st place in News, 2nd place in Sports Play-by-play, 2nd place in Station Activities for the year and honorable mention in the Air Check category.  Congratulations Erik and all the members of Oakland University’s WXOU. …

Starting, Jan 20^th 2010, Comcast high-speed Internet customers can download Norton Security for free at www.comcast.net/security on a PC or Mac. Commercial customers can also download Norton Security Suite Business Edition at businessclass.comcast.net. The residential package is valued at $160 while the business offering usually sells for $490. Comcast has removed McAfee as parts of its Comcast Constant Guard initiative. Ed Rudel …

CNN reports that text messages from deep inside the rubble of a bank brought searchers back to the building to look for the lost amid the rubble.  Elsewhere “lower tech” ham radios are serving as  vital link to the outside world when more cutting edge Internet connections are down.  Ed Rudel …

Pity poor Google.  They are just the 500 lb. gorilla of the Internet and when they try and launch a cool new smartphone, the Nexus One, they look like the local high school sophomore chemistry class trying to explain a really cool experiment they did!  Oh well, we can’t all be as cool as Apple when it launches game-changing technology, but just for the record they are calling it a “superphone” so there is not confusion with the “smartphones” like the iPhone and/or Blackberry products, etc.  Full press conference

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