At the intersection of journalism and advertising lies the New York Times

While I’m on the subject of things that are broken, let me tell you about the trifecta of consumer electronics that reside in my bedroom. First off is a Dish Network satellite receiver, model 6000. This box has  [more...]

Oh, those branding maniacs — you know what the official name of the Incredibles video game is?
“The Disney Presents a Pixar Film The Incredibles” video game.

Dear TiVo, Mac OS 10.4 — also known as “Tiger” — was released in April, 2005. That’s 7 months ago. It was announced nearly a year before that. And yet, your TiVo Desktop software still does  [more...]