Review: HD Radio Isn't Quite Ready For The World

Over the past fifteen years, technology has made an impact on the way everyday people listen to music. With the birth of digital streaming media, portable music jukeboxes and online music retailers (like Yahoo! Launch, the iPod and the iTunes Music Store, …

Student Arrested In Davis Bomb Scare "Odd, Bizarre"

"Bizarre, eccentric, odd."

That's how students at UC Davis tagged fellow classmate Mark Woods on his Facebook.com profile. Woods was arrested last night at a dorm hall on the UC Davis campus after Davis Police received an anonymous tipoff that Woods was in …

US Air Force Blocks Access To Weblogs

Greetings to any airmen who can read this entry! The United States Armed Forces is no stranger to blocking off certain parts of the Internet from troop view. Last year, the Department of Defense blocked sites like MySpace, YouTube and Live365 due to what the DoD …

Music Video Monday: 25 Years Of Thriller

The world's best-selling album, Thriller, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year. Michael Jackson's hit album, as of 2007, has sold more than 65 million copies. All this month, XM Satellite Radio is paying tribute to twenty-five years of Thriller by …

My925 Launching Pride Radio, Drops 80s Music On HD

You Heard It Here First: Starting midnight tonight, anyone fortunate enough to receive those hidden HD Radio stations will notice a change on one radio channel. KGBY 92.5, branded as My925, dropped its soft rock format two months ago for adult alternative music. …

Sacramento Bee Writer Caught With Voyeured Kiddie Porn

Someone noticed a man in his fifties videotaping cheerleaders in a suspicious manner on February 3rd at the University of California, Davis Acitivities and Recrational Center. The witness alerted a nearby campus police officer, and 52-year-old Gilbert Chan was cited …

Samsung, With Electronic Arts, Unveils 3D-Ready Televisions

If you haven't invested in high-definition flat screen television sets yet, Samsung is hoping to inspire your wallet to make the purchase. The Korean-based electronics company has released two brand-new widescreen plasma sets that are capable of playing 3D content. …

Google Image Labeler Provides Minutes Of Fun

Google is hoping its faithful search engine users will do two things: One, stay with Google in the wake of a Microsoft-Yahoo merger talk. Two, help Google Image Search grow and become a better search enging for photos and graphics online.

Google's carrying out the …

Trip Down Memory Lane: Phil Cowan (1990)

As promised yesterday, the second of two photos featuring me as a three-year-old with Sacramento radio legends Paul Robins and Phil Cowan. Phil is pictured above.

Phil split from The Paul And Phil morning show on KGBY 92.5 in 2005. While Paul and co-host Lori Sacco …

Music Video Monday: Falling For The First Time

Canadian alternative band Barenaked Ladies have a new album coming out this May entitled Snacktime. The band, known for its humorous prose and freestyle raps at concerts, made it big with One Week and Falling For The First Time (video above).

Another hit song, It's …

Trip Down Memory Lane: Paul Robins (1990)

Thought it would be nice to take a trip down memory lane today. The photo above is me with Paul Robins, formerly of the Paul & Lori show on KGBY 92.5FM. You may remember that Clear Channel asked Paul to leave back in December when the media company decided it would …

iTunes Movie Rents Won't Work With Certain iPods

Despite what Steve Jobs said at the Macworld Keynote Speech, not all iPods are capable of playing back iTunes Video Rentals. At the same time Jobs unveiled the Macbook Air (you know how I feel about that product already), Apple Inc. also unveiled video rentals from …

Mobile Phone Providers Unveil Unlimited Minutes

AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday they will begin offering customers plans sporting unlimited wireless minutes for a monthly charge of $99. The unlimited plan, which is available immediately for Verizon customers and will be available tomorrow for …

Apple's iPod Shuffle Drops To $49

In an effort to put a little piece of Apple technology in everyone's hands, the computer giant slashed the price of one of its popular iPod music devices Wednesday. Now, the tiny iPod shuffle sports a tiny price of just $49 for the 1GB version.

"At just $49, the iPod …

"Do Not Call" Made Permanent Law

The National Do Not Call registry has taken one giant step forward. The registry, which has prohibited telephone solicitors from calling a person's registered phone number since 2003, only protected phone numbers for five years.

However, legislation introduced by …

Music Video Monday: Superman (Live)

Superman is the title of an awesome Stereophonics song I discovered a few days ago. You can purchase both the studio version, as well as the live concert version seen above at the iTunes Music Store. The live version recorded above is taken from the Live From …

Music Video Tuesday: U2 In Milan

Check out Bono's storytelling about the first movies in Milan, Italy just before the rock band U2 performs their track "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." An amazing use of lights and music in this video. Any of the videos I see of U2 always leave me …

FLASH: Format War Over, Toshiba To Kill HD-DVD

The format war is over. As reported by Reuters and Japan's NHK, Toshiba is expected to announce sometime next week that they are pulling the plug on their HD-DVD video format. "We have entered the final stage of planning to make our exit from the next generation DVD …

A Special Note About Next Week

Remember over a year ago when my Macintosh had to go to the doctor? It's that time of the year again. The Macintosh is being shipped to Tennessee for a little repair on the optical drive (the slot that plays and burns the CDs and DVDs). It's gotten progressively …

Wal-Mart: Goodbye HD-DVD, Hello Blu-Ray

Wal-Mart, the world's largest commercial retailer, announced Friday morning that it will begin discontinuing the sale of HD-DVD players and movies and will sell only Blu-ray format players, movies and games.

This comes several weeks after both Best Buy and Netflix …