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UPDATE: No deal yet reached in Time Warner/Viacom spat

Today Time Warner received thousands of calls from their subscribers asking them not to blackout Viacom’s stations.
As of tonight, no deal has been reached between the two companies.
So, at 12:01 tonight (or in the morning?) 15 million Time Warner customers will no longer receive these …

Microsoft’s Zune music player goes bust for Z2K9

Z2K9, it is a term you are aware of today if you are a 30 GB Zune owner or have been reading gadget or consumer issue news.
Today, all over the world, 30 GB Zunes, for no apparent reason went into “brick mode.” Meaning, they went …

Drug companies put an end to “swag”

Drug companies will no longer be giving away free “goodies” to doctors starting tomorrow. For as long as I can remember, everytime I’ve gone to the doctor’s office, I have always filled out forms with drug company pens, on drug company clipboards. Cotton balls, tongue …

Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and others may go off air on Time Warner Cable.

If you have Time Warner Cable and enjoy Viacom programming like Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, you may be out of luck. An agreement has to be made by 12:01am January 1, 2009 (so right after the ball drops) to keep the channels on the air …

Banned Words of 2008

Lake Superior State University has released its “banned words” list for 2008. This year’s list includes 15 entries and they are:
green (as in “going green”)
carbon footprint or carbon offsetting
maverick (I suppose this means Sarah Palin impersonations will have to cease?)
first dude
bailout (I’m sure you’ll all …