Monthly Archives: January 2010

I’ve been trying to steer away from sports on this blog, but being as much of a hockey fan as I am, coupled with my desire for the Pirates to be relevant again, I could not avoid this topic.
The big news in Pittsburgh today was the report that Penguins co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle had met with Pirates majority…

This article originally appeared in the January 29th issue of The Slippery Rock Rocket. It can be found at TheOnlineRocket.com.
In 1984, they revolutionized the computer industry with the Macintosh.
In 2001, they introduced the iPod and coupled with iTunes, changed the music industry forever.
In January 2007, the iPhone was introduced and revolutionized the cell phone industry.
On Wednesday, Apple used their magic…

Apple’s Media Event was today, and the verdict is in, iPad.
Over here on the @zacktanner blog, we predicted a few things right, the name, for starters.
We also predicted that iPad would run a modified iPhone OS, but it looks like it will be called just that, not iPad OS. That could still change, however.
In addition, we predicted that AT&T would…

Not since the introduction of the iPhone is January 2007 have we seen this much buzz surrounding a product that might not even exist.
Apple, Inc. is at it again, this time with what is presumed to be their new tablet computer.
Speculation throughout the tech world has been large as this media event has drawn near. There have been on and…

This article originally appeared in the January 22nd issue of The Slippery Rock Rocket. It can be found at TheOnlineRocket.com.
When you think about Google, what comes to mind?
The most frequent answer would be a search engine.
But the Mountain View, Calif., company has come a long way since launching its search engine back in 1998. It’s hard to browse the Internet…

By now, everyone knows about the late night saga that has played out at NBC. Out of The Tonight Show is Conan O’Brien and back in is Jay Leno.
I don’t want to talk about that again though, I want to talk about Conan O’Brien and the send off he received from NBC.
Even though the last two weeks of The Tonight…

[Update] CNN is reporting that an NBC executive has confirmed that Jay Leno is moving back to late night after “disappointing ratings for a prime-time show. What this means for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is uncertain. NBC executive Jeff Gaspin has proposed the shift of The Tonight Show to 12:05 AM and…