Month: October 2004
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Electronics Featured in Toy Wishes “Hot Dozen” Holiday Gift List
Reading Time: 2 minutesReuters reports that Toy Wishes Magazine Released its “Hot Dozen” Toy List yesterday in New York. This list is intended to forecast which toys will be the most popular during the 2004 holidays. We can safely assume that if the magazine is correct, many of them will also become hard to find…
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PalmOne Expected to Announce Treo 650 on October 25
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeveral gadget-oriented websites, including Brighthand are predicting that the PalmOne Treo 650 will be announced on October 25. That’s three weeks from yesterday. I’ll bet that Treo users who want to upgrade will start getting their 650s around Thanksgiving. The expected Treo 650 feature set, as reported by Brighthand, looks a…
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There’s Still Time to Give to the Tour of Hope
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night, one of my relatives wrote and said, “I tried to make a donation tonight, but I guess there was a deadline that has passed. Is there another way I can support you on your ride?” I went to my Tour of Hope personal donation page, which now says: The…
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September 27-October 3, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fifth week of September 2004. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…
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Saying Thanks to Tour of Hope Supporters
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m making an effort to catch up with my thank you notes to people who are supporting me in the 2004 Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride that will take place on Saturday, October 9. (That’s a week from tomorrow, folks.) It took me almost two hours to email everyone because…
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Netflix and TiVo Join Forces to Develop an On-Demand Movie Service
Reading Time: < 1 minutePVRblog reports that Netflix and TiVo formally announced the development of a “joint entertainment offering”, which is expected to be an on-demand movie service with content delivered securely via the Internet. The service is expected to debut sometime in 2005. This venture joins two of the most popular consumer-oriented entertainment technology…
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Bob Roll to Meet Tour of Hope Riders on Sunday in Durango, CO
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday’s Durango Herald reported that Outdoor Life Network cycling commentator Bob Roll will meet the Tour of Hope peleton as it passes through Durango, Colorado. He will serve as the master of ceremonies at a breakfast in the riders’ honor at Morehart Subaru beginning at about 6:15am Mountain Time on Sunday,…