» News http://technologyright.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy http://technologyright.com/2008/11/10/circuit-city-files-for-bankruptcy/ http://technologyright.com/2008/11/10/circuit-city-files-for-bankruptcy/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:30:01 +0000 me http://technologyright.com/?p=220 I saw this one coming from a mile away.  Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy.

You can only have shoddy stores and push sales people for so long.    I was in a Circuit City several months back, and vowed never to go again.  Best Buy seems to have the better store layout, and mostly great sales people on the floor.

Circuit City was the electronics store in the area I live in for quite some time.  They just seemed to go down hill rather quickly starting about ten years ago.

There is mention in the article of not being able to receive goods in time for black Friday if they do not get relief.  I wonder how big black Friday will be this year anyways?

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]]> http://technologyright.com/2008/11/10/circuit-city-files-for-bankruptcy/feed/ Eye in the sky http://technologyright.com/2008/10/09/eye-in-the-sky/ http://technologyright.com/2008/10/09/eye-in-the-sky/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:50:01 +0000 me http://technologyright.com/?p=203 GEOEye-1 has sharpened Google’s satelite imagery.

Head over to the link above to see the difference - amazing.

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]]> http://technologyright.com/2008/10/09/eye-in-the-sky/feed/ World wide rate cuts http://technologyright.com/2008/10/08/world-wide-rate-cuts/ http://technologyright.com/2008/10/08/world-wide-rate-cuts/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:00:15 +0000 me http://technologyright.com/?p=201 The whole world cut interest rates today.

The US Federal Reserve led a co-ordinated round of global official rate cuts today, easing by a half-point, as did the European Central Bank, Bank of England and Swiss, Canadian and Swedish banks.

The Fed said it was cutting its key federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 1.5 per cent and also lowered its discount rate by the same amount to 1.75 per cent.

So it’s not just the US that is screwed - several other countries have been dragged down as well.  Come one come all.

TOKYO - FEBRUARY 09: G7 finance ministers (front row) and central bank governors (back row) pose for a group picture during the Group of Seven Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting at Mita Kaigisho on February 9, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Front Row (L to R) British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Luxembourg Prime Minister and chairman of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker. Back Row (L to R) Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Ben Bernanke, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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]]> http://technologyright.com/2008/10/08/world-wide-rate-cuts/feed/ Help for the drunks http://technologyright.com/2008/10/07/help-for-the-drunks/ http://technologyright.com/2008/10/07/help-for-the-drunks/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:54:45 +0000 me http://technologyright.com/?p=198 Google released Mail Goggles today.

It is supposed to help me you quit sending those late night, booze influenced tirades.  I am sure Brittany Spears will be glad that she no longer receives emails from me late at night on Friday.  As I profess my love for some of that trailer park goodness.

So . . . get out the tequila, drink up over the weekend, surf the net.  The boys at Google have your back.

Blue agave fields and ancient distilleries near Tequila are recognized as part of the World Heritage List.

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]]> http://technologyright.com/2008/10/07/help-for-the-drunks/feed/ Shack sold for chump change. http://technologyright.com/2008/10/02/shack-sold-for-chump-change/ http://technologyright.com/2008/10/02/shack-sold-for-chump-change/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:35:55 +0000 me http://technologyright.com/?p=181 OK - it’s not a shack.  But it is a very dilapidated old house.

Yahoo! News has an article up about a Saginaw, Mich house that recently sold for $1.75 plus back taxes.

The winning bidder must pay about $850 in back taxes and clean the yard up.  I was not sure where Saginaw was - looks like it is a little North West of Detroit.  Saginaw’s crime rate is 4.5 times above the national average (in 2006).  That is more violent than LA or Detroit.  Sounds like a swell place to live.

The winning bidder didn’t seem to have any plans to move there.  And hoped to sell it for a profit.  Good luck with that.

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]]> http://technologyright.com/2008/10/02/shack-sold-for-chump-change/feed/ …back in the USSR http://technologyright.com/2008/08/20/back-in-the-ussr/ http://technologyright.com/2008/08/20/back-in-the-ussr/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:41 +0000 me http://technologyright.com/?p=123 Not sure who will be president of the US come election time.  However, I am afraid they are going to have a lot on their hands.  Russia has really been pushing hard lately flexing its muscles.  Read an article recently that they were re-arming their subs, ships, and planes with nuclear warheads.  A first since the Cold War era.

]]> http://technologyright.com/2008/08/20/back-in-the-ussr/feed/ Beijing Olympics 2008 http://technologyright.com/2008/08/13/beijing-olympics-2008/ http://technologyright.com/2008/08/13/beijing-olympics-2008/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:03:50 +0000 me http://technologyright.com/?p=111 I stayed up last night to watch Michael Phelps swim his way in to history.  It was well worth staying up for.

]]> http://technologyright.com/2008/08/13/beijing-olympics-2008/feed/ One Vote? http://technologyright.com/2007/09/28/one-vote/ http://technologyright.com/2007/09/28/one-vote/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:20:30 +0000 me http://technologyright.com/?p=16 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG6X-xtVask]

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