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Blockbuster Essentially Concedes to Netflix

Buried in the pile of bad news that was Blockbuster's Q3 earnings report (losses more than tripled vs. last year to $35 million) was the quote from CEO Jim Keyes that "the company will no longer be narrowly focused on its online subscriber count but instead will concentrate on the growth of, and report on, its total membership." In other words, Total Access=total fail. More »

1:15 AM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Matt Buchanan
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RCA TV From 1954 Wins Wired "Greatest Gadget of All Time" Contest

Wired magazine just wrapped up its Greatest Gadget of All Time contest, where readers voted for their favorite gadgets in a bracket-style elimination tournament, and the winner was the RCA CT-100 color television from 1954. Runner-up was the John Bird sextant from 1757, a navigation device responsible for helping many of our ancestors find their way across the Atlantic Ocean. These two classic gadgets beat out the iPod, the iPhone, lots of different computers and everything else. But when you think about it, that RCA color TV was a truly revolutionary gadget. More »

10:00 AM on Fri Aug 10 2007
By Charlie White
4,670 views, 20 comments

Latest by strangepork: FAKE! You can totally see the results of the clone stamp right on the edges of the "screen". There's no such thing as freakin' "color" TV. Dur! Photochop! more »