Digital City: Episode 4
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DIGITAL CITY RUNDOWN
EPISODE 4
L Subway Line To Show Trains' Locations
For the past year and a half, riders on the L train have had the unique advantage of knowing how long till the next train arrives. And in a few weeks, some of those riders will even know the exact location of every train along the line, thanks to these new screens known as train locator consoles.
Comcast launches faster Internet plans, but usage cap remains
Comcast announced two new tiers of service for heavy residential downloaders, along with speed upgrades for subscribers of its existing services. The two new plans, dubbed "Extreme" and "Ultra" clock in at 50 and 22 Mbps of downstream respectively. But -- subscribers of the residential plans will get no higher cap over the 250GB monthly limit which was instated earlier this October.
Election stuff
Do we have electronic voting machines in NYC?
E3 comback?
E3 the big video game trade show, is going back to its old format next year. For the past two years, it's been a small, invite-only affair with 5,000 or so attendees. In past years, it was 40,000 people or more. (Although, despite rumors, it's still not going to be open to the general public.)
PSP Problems?
New screen on the PSP-3000 looks wonky, some say. JK and I saw these at one of those Pepcom events -- looked fine to me.
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.
