5 posts and columns on Georgia

Viral Video: Gimme That Old-Timey Journalism

in Media on September 15, 2011 at 12:19 am PT

The story: “Man Says It’s Too Hot to Fish.” And it is! Score one for mainstream media.
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Apple iPad News Reader Zite Sold to CNN for Just Over $20 Million

in Media on August 30, 2011 at 10:06 am PT

Zite, the magazine-style reading app for the Apple iPad, has been sold to news giant CNN for $20 million to $25 million.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Email Confirms Exec Departures With an Internal Memo From Bartz's “Foxhole” (Plus 8-K!)

in News on September 30, 2010 at 2:02 pm PT

Finally, a funny from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, confirming what BoomTown reported yesterday about the departures of three top execs in an email memo to the company’s employees worldwide. It just went out and began: “Carol from the foxhole here.” Here’s the full memo, just sent by spy pigeon to the All Things Digital Bartz-fortified bunker.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mice

in News on October 23, 2008 at 8:50 am PT

Targeted memory erasure may soon be more than just a plot device in romantic comedies like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” By manipulating a single protein called alpha-CaM kinase II, researchers have managed to eliminate traumatic memories from the brains of mice without impacting their ability to recall other memories.