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The luckiest guy at the Chicago Tribune, Eric Benderoff makes his living surfing the Web and playing with gadgets. His biggest challenge: writing coherent sentences so he gets to keep his job.
Benderoff regularly talks about gizmos on WGN's top-rated Spike O'Dell radio program and shows them off each weekend during his CLTV "Tech Buzz" segment. He also juggles iPods at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.
It's a good life.
Benderoff regularly talks about gizmos on WGN's top-rated Spike O'Dell radio program and shows them off each weekend during his CLTV "Tech Buzz" segment. He also juggles iPods at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.
It's a good life.
The luckiest guy at the Chicago Tribune, Eric Benderoff makes his living surfing the Web and playing with gadgets. His biggest challenge: writing coherent sentences so he gets to keep his job.
Benderoff regularly talks about gizmos on WGN's top-rated Spike O'Dell radio program and shows them off each weekend during his CLTV "Tech Buzz" segment. He also juggles iPods at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.
It's a good life.
Benderoff regularly talks about gizmos on WGN's top-rated Spike O'Dell radio program and shows them off each weekend during his CLTV "Tech Buzz" segment. He also juggles iPods at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.
It's a good life.
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$199 computer could crack 'digital divide'
Tribune staff reporterScattered among the $500 to $1,000 desktop computers available at Walmart.com, one machine stands out. It doesn't have a unique design, but its price tag looks like a typo: $199. Prices for consumer electronics goods, ranging from high-definition...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Computers, Chicago Public Schools, Google Inc., Software Industry
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Tech toys create buzz at CES
Tribune staff reporterEven though the show floor for the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show doesn't open officially until Monday, a preview event Saturday night provided a sneak peak at what some of the more talked about tech toys might be this year. Here's a rundown of the stuff...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Vehicles, Microsoft Corporation, Trips and Vacations, Cobra Electronics Corporation
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Forecast : Electronics sales to top $155 billion
Tribune staff reporterWe love our gadgets. And it looks like we will be spending more money on them this year even as prices for products will continue to come down. In its annual forecast, the Consumer Electronics Association said Saturday that sales of consumer...Tags: Xbox, Apple iPod, Consumers, Nintendo Company Ltd., Motorola, Inc.
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Combo player a win for consumers
Tribune staff reporterLG Electronics officially announced Sunday morning one of the worst kept secrets of this year's Consumer Electronics Show. The company's BH100 will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs, the first device of its kind--a clear victory for consumers who...Tags: Toshiba Corporation, Palm Inc, Companies and Corporations, Consumers, Soldier Field
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Gates announcing Ford partnership
Tribune staff reporterTrying to thwart the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod as an accessory for the car, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates is expected to announce a new partnership with Ford Motor Co. in a keynote address Sunday night to kick off the 2007 Consumer...Tags: Vehicles, Microsoft Corporation, Apple iPod, Bill Gates, Automotive Equipment
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Microsoft gets 'must win' with Facebook
Tribune staff reporterIn a deal that values social networking Web site Facebook.com at an extraordinary $15 billion, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said it agreed to invest $240 million in the site as part of an expansion of their advertising ties. The agreement allows...Tags: Vehicles, Microsoft Corporation, Kevin Johnson, Google Inc., YouTube
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Way to turn jokes practical
Tribune staff reportersLast winter, an independent group of Los Angeles-based Second City alumni scored a monster hit on the Internet with a comedy video spoofing the Republican presidential candidate John McCain. According to one of the creators, Andy Cobb, the viral video...Tags: The Second City, CNN (tv network), Mass Media, YouTube, Advertising
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Tag, you're it to advertisers
Tribune staff reporterAs more people put their own content online, tagging is becoming an increasingly popular Internet search tool. Now marketers and even retailers are starting to recognize the value of tags, which allow consumers to not only organize content under a...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corporation, Paris Hilton, Google Inc.
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Google feature takes a closer look at Chicago
Tribune staff reporterA Google-induced privacy debate that began on the coasts earlier this year lands in Chicago on Tuesday, when anyone with a computer will now be able to see what's growing in your front yard if you live in the city. A Google Maps feature called "Street...Tags: Chicago, Google Inc., San Francisco, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), University of Southern California
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Versions of Cho video proliferate online
Tribune staff reporterEven as television news anchors explained why they would no longer show the videos made by suspected Virginia Tech killer Seung Hui Cho, his diatribe was rapidly being uploaded to YouTube.com. There hundreds of versions of Cho's video and news coverage...Tags: Google Inc., Colleges and Universities, YouTube, MySpace, Journalism
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MySpace rips page from Facebook
Tribune staff reporterIn a widely anticipated attempt to blunt Facebook's growing popularity, Rupert Murdoch said outside software developers will be allowed to write programs for MySpace.com, the social networking site his News Corp. bought in 2005. MySpace is still the...Tags: Harvard University, Apple iPhone, Facebook, San Francisco, Apple iPod
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Social sites go political
Tribune staff reporterChris Hughes left Silicon Valley's hottest tech company in February to move to Chicago to join another start-up: Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Only 23 and with a haircut straight from the Beach Boys, Hughes has already been part of one...Tags: White House, LinkedIn Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Fred Thompson, Political Fundraising
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