Category: Marketing
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Portal 2: Cute video!
Yeah, after playing Portal through a few times, both on the Xbox and the PC, I was happy to see that Portal 2 will be arriving on shelves in the new year. If this video is any indication, it’s going to be quite fun — especially with co-op mode.
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I can haz Ikea? [video]
Randomness. 100 cats released into an Ikea store overnight, just to see what happens. Fun!
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It’s Computer Shopping Season — Tech Types in demand.
It seems that around this time of year, the dog days of summer, friends and relatives start pinging me with questions about buying new computer hardware. I’ve come to call this time of year Computer Shopping Season. My own unscientific observations of this trend have concluded that there’s a bit of a marketing push happening…
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Keeping the Internet safe, one browser at a time
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser hasn’t been my daily work browser for many years, and I can’t see that changing anytime soon. There are many reasons that I’m not going to go into, but these days it’s mostly about what I’m familiar with. From the satisfaction numbers I’ve seen, IE is still quite the powerhouse browser-of-choice…
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Open the Portal. Discover a new game. Yes it’s free!
Unless you’ve not been paying attention to the first-person-shooter or puzzle game genres over the last few years, you’re quite aware of what Portal is. But just incase you fall into that aforementioned category, let me quote from … …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop…
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Does one bad product taint the brand?
Yesterday I purchased a Blue Snowball Snowflake USB microphone. I was going to use it to record some voice-overs for an upcoming Empire Avenue overview video, but as you can guess by my use of the word ‘was’ in this sentence, it didn’t happen. The Flaw You see, the mic was bad. DOA. Toast. This was…
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Fat lady sings. Winners announced soon.
Thus endith my first blog contest. And a very cool ride it was. My good friends at Clickfree, a Canadian backup technology company, agreed to provide the prizes (Clickfree Transformer SE) for a blog contest challenging folks to provide there best (or worst I guess) backup horror story. I’ve received some rather good entries. Check out the…
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“I’m an iPad. And I’m a Courier.”
Ah yes, the Apple vs Microsoft rivalry is heating up again after this weekend’s ‘leak’ (strategic release?) to Engadget of all sorts of interesting Courier tidbits. But what wasn’t said? Are they really aiming at the same audience? Why did Microsoft name it after a font? …more This post is an excerpt from one of…