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During his State of the Union address in 1930, President Herbert Hoover said, “Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.” He was talking about railroads, but he might as well have been talking about the cable television business. My cable bill has been a grudge Continue Reading →

With Google’s Android operating system finding its way onto more and more handsets, it’s no surprise its mobile phones are dominating the market. 27 million Android phones are activated each quarter, compared to iPhone’s best quarter of 14 million. With such rapid deployment of these two mobile experiences, will BlackBerry and Windows 7 devices be Continue Reading →

YouTube announced that it would remove the 15-minute video limit for a select group of users. They claim that those who have not violated copyright rules and respect the YouTube community guidelines will be allowed to post the longer videos. While National Geographic, amongst others, is already able to do this, does this mean we Continue Reading →

Howard Stern has signed a 5-year contract with Sirius XM Radio, who has plans to push his show to the mobile market. Stern has been a major force, helping build a Sirius XM subscriber base of 20 million. While full details of the contract have not been disclosed, it’s safe to say that Sirius has Continue Reading →

Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Ke$ha were all victims of Deniz A, a German teenager, who hacked into their personal computers. Reportedly, Deniz A and his accomplice used a Trojan to steal unfinished songs from the artists and sell them for over $13,000. Why did they do it? Deniz A claims his “ambition” to be Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/101210_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] With Google’s Android operating system finding its way onto more and more handsets, it’s no surprise its mobile phones are dominating the market Android phone activations are double the iPhone’s. With iPhones and Androids everywhere, will BlackBerry and Windows 7 devices have a shot? In other news, Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer shows you how to get the most out of Google Health. Continue Reading →

The Xbox Kinect, one of this season’s hottest gifts, is continuously being modified in the most creative ways imaginable. Recent hacker Takayuki Fukatsu rigged two Kinect units that manipulate the video in real-time to create an invisibility cloak effect. It’s not Harry Potter, but this little experiment shows how consumer technology is moving closer to Continue Reading →

The WikiLeaks drama over the past few weeks has people arguing for the free flow of information versus a threat to our national security. A group of hackers protested against MasterCard’s block on processing donations for WikiLeaks by committing a massive denial of service attack on their website. While the attack caused no internal harm Continue Reading →

Time Warner just released a new high-speed internet service called SignatureHome. The package boasts speeds of 50 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up, seamless integration across set tops and ‘Personal Solutions Advisors.’ Will the amazing speed and service challenge Verizon’s FiOS with a price tag of $200 a month? Continue Reading →