79. at&t’s sleight of hand to gain political favor?

[Article first published as AT&T’s Merger Sleight of Hand to Gain Political Favor? on Blogcritics.] As the old adage goes, “there’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Why anyone would want to skin a cat to begin with…

76. facebook’s failed google smear campaign was an idea that purely zucked

[Article first published as Facebook’s Google Smear Campaign Backfires with an Idea that really Zucked on Blogcritics.] Competition in business is vicious, and that can sometimes lead companies to take what I’ll call the “low road” for the sake of winning.  It’s…

74. first PSN, now SOE: Sony, WTF?

[Article first published as First PSN, now SOE: Sony’s Wounds Deepen on Blogcritics.] I spent more time this morning checking the posting dates of the articles I was reading online than I did on taking in their contents.  It seemed to me like…

62. technology does what it can for the land of the rising sun

no silly image or cheesy tagline for this one, as it can’t really apply today.  as you all probably know by now, early this morning, a devastating earthquake registering at an 8.9 on the richter scale struck the island nation…

58. kinect hack for couples? move gyroscope hack? now you’re just showing off.

kinect’s guts (image from crunchgear) i wrote a while ago about motion gaming and whether it’s just a novelty or here for the long haul and determined that the wii/kinect/move movement is just the beginning.  the kinect on its own has…

54. facebook’s latest advertising tools – their users

you can talk about technology and science all you want to, but sadly it’s advertising that makes the world go ’round.  and every year market and ad folks come up with a new way to make a buck off of…

53. biotic gaming: gods, monsters and pac-man

biotic games, from switched its impact on gaming in general and its firmly cemented place in video game history notwithstanding, pac-man was a fairly simple and straightforward game.  you could move in four directions – up, down, left and right,…

40. motion gaming – here for good or for short term kicks?

microsoft kinect video game manufacturers are always looking for new ways to keep gamers interested in their products.  and by that, i mean they’re always trying different ways to stay profitable.  it is a business, after all, and i can’t…

38. apple in the ballroom with the candlestick… what?

yeah, i’m kicking it off with a clue reference.  i love that game.  enough to own a t-shirt with the phrase “miss scarlet in the hall with the revolver” emblazoned across the front (on a side note, check out that…

33. the on-demand life: apple tv and google tv

apple tv, from the official site i know i write a lot about how things have changed from back in the days of yore to the current digital age we live in.  call me slightly nostalgic.  i’ve covered gaming, computing,…