Microsoft Site Outage

by jpreardon on August 1, 2003

Microsoft’s website was down for a while this afternoon. There are a couple of somewhat conflicting reports as to why. Computerworld states that the reason for the outage is unknown while Businessweek quotes a Microsoft spokesperson as saying they were (…)

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Time Warner Cable NYC to Offer DVR

by jpreardon on August 1, 2003

The New York Times reports that Time Warner Cable will begin offering digital video recorders in New York City as early as September 2003. The service will be an additional $5 and $10 per month and tightly integrated with the (…)

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Shoot the Freak Redux

by jpreardon on August 1, 2003

Either Newsday reads my site on a regular basis or it is just a coincidence that they decided to feature Coney Island’s “Shoot the Freak” yesterday. Coincidence or not, the Newsday article offers an interesting look into the origins of (…)

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