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POPSFacebook users get worse grades Pay heed to the author of the survey -- this is not actually proof of a correlation between Facebooking and poor academic performance. But it raises interesting questions -- and if my own experiences procrastinating on facebook are any measure, there may be something to it.
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POPSThe Return of Zombie Circuit City? Despite its high-profile collapse and liquidation, Circuit City still has a very well known and valuable brand name -- some smart retailer could revive it online.
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POPSSony drops price of PS2 This 9-year-old console is still one of the major focuses of Sony's game business --both a testament to the console's power and the inaccessibility of the PS3.
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POPSConficker worm activates on Apr. 1 The scariest thing about the Conficker worm is that we don't know what it's supposed to do; the infected computers will form what may be the most powerful parallel computer, but to what end? Is it a prank? A giant spam engine? Something more nefarious?
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POPSSalesforce.com launches twitter-smart CRM plugin A smart idea -- a lot of people use Twitter to complain about or praise different companies and products. Best to keep an eye on what people are saying about you, and respond to it quickly before a small complaint becomes a big issue.
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POPSGoogle Chrome getting even faster? Chrome is not my default browser, since I can't surf without my many Firefox plugins. But I do use it quite a bit because it is blazingly fast -- much more than Firefox or IE.
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POPSApple building a Kindle clone? I hope if this is true Amazon and Apple find some way to co-exist -- it would be terrible to have some publishers work with Apple and some with Amazon. Both stores should have the same books, in the same format -- let the companies compete on the hardware front.
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POPSCisco may be buying Flip maker The Flip video cameras are amazing gadgets -- dead simple, cheap, and effective. It'd be a smart buy for Cisco or any other big tech company.
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POPSSeven steps to a robot apocalypse step 1: robots crawl into sewage, water mains step 2: robots get lost, form a nest step 3: robots consume waste, tap into subway rails for energy step 4: robots reproduce at exponential rate step 5: robots consume sewer-living homeless, acquire taste for blood step 6: robots swarm out of sewers, destroy city step 7: robot apocalypse
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POPSApple killing Micro-USB standard? Apple makes lots of money selling charger cords, converters and docks, so they're resistant to adopting Micro-USB. But this could come back to bite them; come 2012, if the iPhone is the only device with a proprietary charger, don't you think that's going to turn off consumers?
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POPSApple rejects South Park application The App Store is Apple's outlet, and they can refuse to sell whatever they want. But the company really should come up with a more consistent set of standards, and apply them to all its different products.
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POPSSen. Feinstein Killing Network Neutrality Don't let the legalese fool you; this legislation would end any hope of "network neutrality," and would allow ISP's to throttled down your connection if they don't like what you're using it for.
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POPSKindle iPhone App Coming This sort of app might help sell kindles, too -- i'd be more likely to want one if i could trade books back and forth between devices.
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POPSKindle 2.0 Out Feb 9 This is a hotly anticipated gadget -- but launching an expensive book reader right in the middle of a major recession isn't the best timing.
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POPSMario Beats Candyland No one with any sense could argue that kids should play video games all day, every day. But parents and critics of the medium need to accept that games can be both exciting and intellectually challenging. Your kid will benefit from working out a video game puzzle or constructing an elaborate strategies to beat level bosses. That's not the case with Chutes and Ladders.
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POPSDigg Cuts 10% Of Staff Digg.com was one of the darlings of the "web 2.0" bubble, but like many of their ilk, had a hard time monetizing their popularity.
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POPSDoors Open For Flash On The iPhone? Enough of the good stuff on the web is flash based to make missing support one of the big problems with Apple's iPhone. But don't get too excited --this is still a long way from happening.
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POPSMicrosoft: No New Xbox Anytime Soon One of the things that make boxes like the Xbox and PS3 more useful is that they're connected to the internet, and can download new software updates that radically change the feel of the machine. In some ways, the "New Xbox Experience" released last years was like getting a whole new system.
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POPSWii Sports Is Best-Selling Game Ever Wii Sports is obviously a big deal. But these record-breaking numbers have a lot to do with the ever-expanding market for video games -- consumers from kindergarten kids to senior citizens are playing games now. Credit Nintendo and the innovative Wii for much of that expansion -- but understand that in the grand hall of fame of gaming, Wii Sports isn't even on the same shelf as Super Mario Brothers.
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POPSiTunes Eats Amazon's Lunch Even though Amazon's mp3 store isn't making much money, don't expect it to fail or go away -- record labels want viable online retail alternatives to iTunes, so Steve Jobs can't tell them what to do.
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POPSIn-Game Advertising Picks Up Most in-game ads appear virtually the same way they would in the real world -- like a billboard on the side of the road in a racing game. But if advertisers really do see positive results from these ads, expect to see them in more creative formats: * Mario wearing Nikes * Master Chief pounding down a Red Bull * Sonic The Hedgehog eating at a Sonic drive-through
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POPSPownce Closes Down More evidence (not that we needed it) that the "Web 2.0" bubble has burst. Pownce was hugely buzzed before it launched, but users never seemed to care about it.
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POPSCisco To Close For 4 Days This sort of shut down is smart thinking -- a good way to save money, and positioned in the holiday season, it doesn't look bad, and actually helps morale.
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