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A Web page that contained a key to remove the digital-rights-manag ement used in HD DVDs has started to circulate widely on the Internet -- and, at Digg.com, caused an open revolt after moderators initially removed postings containing the code. Why the riot?
Join John Dvorak for an intimate tour of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Hit the party scene with him and watch him in his element!
Producer: Brooks Rowlett
Camera: John Ross
Editing: Brooks Rowlett, Veanne Cao
Claiming that only one of its thirty products is even profitable, Bill Gates scoffed at ideas that Google has grand plans for a free phone, free Internet service for everyone and other rumors from the Google faithful. What hath made Bill so cranky?
This video is not pirated! Thanks to Google. Their new video identification software allows pirated content to be matched by licensed content and then monetized for profit. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Google campus, a new social networking site is born...
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Although he now claims his comments were taken out of context, an English judge recently made headlines in an Internet terrorism trial for saying he was unclear what a Web site is? Is this the right case for this chap to be presiding over? The cranks convene.
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Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht of Diggnation invade CrankyGeeks this week and they're FURIOUS that E3 has downsized this year. Why? That means no more booth babes! Kevin thinks they should keep the babes and get rid of HDTVs. Is he genius...or is that the Corona talkin'?
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The boys of Diggnation drop by with their shiny new iPhones and share insider secrets with the Cranks on exactly what you need to do to get out of your cell phone contract in order to get that oh-so-desired "God Phone". Hint: Bitch and complain.
TWiT's Leo Laporte and CNET's Harry Fuller heat up the crankometer discussing the new technology used in 3D filmmaking and Leo lets us in on a little known personal fact about stereovision...
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Income Planning and Safe Withdrawal Rates - Seekingalpha.com It has become more and more evident to me that most investors have almost no real sense of what they need to save for retirement—an issue that is closely linked to the problem of determining how much income an investor can safely draw from his/her ...
The Secret to Retirement Planning - Safe Haven "When it comes to planning for the future, most people think of retirement. Retirement planning is important because it allows you to do the things that you were unable to do while working -- travel, start a business, go back to school, be closer to ...
Small Firms Beef Up Retirement Services - Wall Street Journal Small businesses are helping employees become better managers -- of their own money. When it comes to managing their retirement-savings accounts, small-business employees often are at a disadvantage compared with their counterparts at large companies ...
Widely Held Attitudes to Different Generations - Forbes A recent survey by Harris Interactive conducted for Charles Schwab and Age Wave asked almost 4,000 Americans aged 21 to 83 what they thought of different generations. Specifically, they were asked about people aged 13 to 31 or Generation Y; those ...