Digital City: Episode 1
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Episode 1
How will the fiscal crisis change the way we buy tech and gadgets?
First, note that from here on 28th street in NYC, we are a mere 2.9 miles from Wall Street. That may not give us as much skin in the game as the average investment banker, but...
Note also that the big new iPod is a low-priced Nano, and that 18 out of 20 best-selling laptops on Amazon are Netbooks.
Will the financial meltdown fry video games?
Conventional wisdom is that the video game business is largely recession-proof. The notion, is that people who can't afford fancy houses or vacations can still drop $10 on a movie or $60 on a video game.
Are we going to see people lining up on the street for any big games in October?
Google adds NYC subway directions
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Google on Tuesday unveiled a new online service to help customers find their way around the region's buses and trains.
The free online transit service can be accessed from the MTA Web site as well as Google Maps and Google Transit sites. The site provides point-to-point public transportation information and navigation across all of New York's subway, bus, and rails systems.
OLPC laptops tested at NYC schools
The OLPX XO laptop, originally intended for use in third-world countries, may be coming to some NYC schools. The first round of low-cost laptops is going to two city elementary schools, one in the Bronx, P.S. 5, and one in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, P.S. 20.
The department now has a relationship with only one computer contractor, Dell, which offers laptops that cost about $1,000.
Steve Jobs opening an Apple Store In Williamsburg?
There are reports that Apple has purchased the building that currently houses the Salvation Army on the corner of Bedford and N. 7th.
New York native Dan Ackerman, a former radio DJ turned journalist, has written about technology and music for publications including Spin, Blender, The Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. He hosts the weekly Digital City podcast and the New York edition of Editors' Office Hours. Dan's new album, Tales Out of Night School, is available now. E-mail Dan.
Former radio DJ turned
journalist Dan Ackerman grew up in the Bronx and now lives in
Manhattan. He’s covered music, technology, and video games for
more than 10 years. His latest album, Tales Out of Night School
is available now. 
Joseph Kaminski,
when not juggling the dual demands of parenthood and HD gaming, is a
life-long Manhattanite and can be found testing the latest tech in
CNET’s Lab. 
Julie Rivera grew up
and currently resides in Brooklyn. When she's not deejaying,
bartending, or fixing gadgets for friends on the outside, you'll find
her testing, troubleshooting and developing benchmarks for laptops in
the "fish bowl" known as CNET Labs. 
Scott Stein, CNET's
newest laptops editor, was born in Queens and grew up a Long Islander -
and is now raising a kid in NYC. In addition to covering games and
tech, writing screenplays, and performing improv in seedy downtown
establishments, he's also a die-hard, season-ticket-holding Jets fan.
