Drop, charge, and lose the cordsDigital City: Episode 2
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Episode 2
Market Meltdown continues!!!
World Stock Markets have lost $26 Trillion since the peak of almost exactly one year ago.
Apple -- $92 -- was north of $160 a couple of weeks ago
Sirius -- 39-cents! Seriously!
GameStop $27 -- was $60 last Xmas season
Take-Two -- $11 -- was $25 or so for most of the year
Microsoft -- doing ok, actually. Mid-20s to mid-30s most of the year, now $20.
Wi-fi on LIRR?
They already have it in Penn Station, why not on the actual trains? Sounds annoying, actually. Cablevision has free Wi-fi on LIRR platforms now -- for Optimum High-speed customers only.
Prisoner of the Cable company!
FIOS vs. Cablevision vs. Time Warner. Note that Cablevision and the Dolan family actually own MSG. [Bonus -- see who's got what HD channels]
Netflix adds $1 per month surcharge for Blu-ray
WTF? Netflix is already winning on Blu-ray since I can't do the old burn-n-return on them...
Yahoo's fire sale
Yahoo's Jerry Yang was apparently in NYC last week to talk about possibly buying and/or merging with AOL. Of course, with Yahoo stock now down around $12, that seems less likely.
Apple's got new laptops coming this week!
All-aluminum one-piece construction? What is the "brick?" Will we see an $800 MacBook? Leaked spy shots are everywhere -- are they real?
Required viewing: Sony CEO Howard Stringer on 'Charlie Rose'
Anyone who knows my television viewing habits knows that the only program I have my DVR automatically record for me is Charlie Rose, the long-running PBS talk show. Last week's long, candid conversation with Sir Howard Stringer, chairman and CEO of Sony, should be required viewing for anyone interested in consumer electronics.
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.
The host are cheesy likable corny and knowledgeable, but aren?t all your nerdy friends that way!!!
Keep up the good work!!