Month: August 2006

  • TechCrunch adds new gadget site

    If you’re a subscriber to Engadget or Gizmodo, or both, there’s a new gadget site to add to your reading list – CrunchGear. This is the latest expansion by Michael Arrington who started TechCrunch in June 2005 and which has…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #162: August 10, 2006

    Content summary: Podcast Awards 2006 voting closes on Friday; more perspectives on Second Life; podcast contest for Ireland tourism; online video creation study; MTV buys Atom; networked generation changes media habits; instant messaging risks; the war on terror in the…

  • Freedom’s compromise

    It looks like I managed to return to Amsterdam late this morning through a narrow window of opportunity, so to speak, given the disruption to air travel that’s now biting hard following the terrorist plot in the UK that’s been…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #161: August 7, 2006

    Content summary: Pimping for Podcast Awards votes; Neville’s traveling but Mitch Joel is filling in; One-Minute News: Chrysler’s Dr. Z campaign gets slammed and Chrysler responds on its Firehouse blog, a videoblogger is jailed for contempt of court when he…

  • Good stories to get you thinking

    Today’s edition of FIR The Hobson & Holtz Report will be a bit different to what Shel and I usually do. The co-host for this show will be Mitch Joel in Montreal, Canada. I’m on the road and can’t do…