Word: bandwagoners
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...hardware manufacturers plan to release the first generation of DVD players this spring (probable asking price: $500 to $1,000), and computer makers are scrambling to produce new PCs equipped to play DVD-ROMs. What's less clear is how quickly Hollywood studios will clamber aboard the DVD bandwagon and release their movies on the untested new format. DVD's raison d'etre, after all, is to send VHS tapes and laser discs, the studios' cash cows, the way of all eight-tracks. This week's blizzard of dvd-themed press releases at the Las Vegas show should help reveal...
Perhaps my instinct to hop on the anti-Fork bandwagon (a smaller, more dilapidated wagon then the Fork model itself) stems from my attachment to word-of-mouth, an age-old method of discovery that necessitates… gasp…real human interaction on some level. If you sit alone and bulldoze through the recent reviews on Pitchfork, it seems to perpetuate the isolationist, ever-headphoned culture that I most concretely associate with those “discovering themselves” on Pitchfork. Spend that time talking and listening to music with other people, branch out and meet...
...were elected. Continuing civil strife, an increase in suicide bombings, and growing unrest prevail in Iraq. Similarly Hurricane Katrina ruined millions of lives, caused disastrous damage to the economy, and gave virtually all Americans cause for thought about the abilities of the current administration. Journalists quickly jumped on the bandwagon, clambering over one another to report on the human tragedy and loss of life. For weeks columns have lamented the destruction, poor response, and the suffering of fellow citizens—all with extremely good cause—but still further urgency is necessary. Sadly, however, the war on terror...
...Pulver hailed it as a new frontier in marrying e-commerce with communications. But longtime Web observer and Business 2.0 writer Om Malik, suggests that the deal is a desperate attempt by eBay to find new subscribers and to stem fraud. EBay is not alone on the internet phone bandwagon. In the past few weeks, Google introduced Google Talk, a voice/instant message service, and Microsoft announced that it would buy Teleo, a competitor to Skype...
...need to input complicated codes into your remote. Instead, their system allowed users to simply plug the remote into a computer and tell the computer what gear they have. It was such a bright idea that Harmony got bought by Logitech, and remote-maker Philips jumped on the bandwagon...