7 posts and columns on Tennessee

CTO Cahall Out–As AOL Buys a Video Platform Company for $36.5 Million and Opens NY Tech Center (Press Releases, Memos–Natch!)

in News on January 25, 2010 at 3:47 am PT

While AOL denied a report last week suggesting that CTO Ted Cahall is leaving, he actually is, um, leaving. Oops! Perhaps to defocus from the CTO-is-not-leaving-oh-yes-he-is snafu, AOL also announced the acquisition of StudioNow, a video creation and distribution platform, as well as the opening of a new tech center in New York, helmed by Jeff Reynar.

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Jobs's Transplant Highlights Differing Wait Times

in News on June 19, 2009 at 9:01 pm PT

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs’s decision to travel to Tennessee for a liver highlights the significant disparities in transplant waiting times across the country–the source of a longstanding controversy over the fairest way to distribute scarce organs.

10 CAR PILE-UP! ROTFL!

in News on May 22, 2009 at 7:50 am PT

It’s no surprise to hear that one in four Americans drives like an idiot, but to learn that a similar percentage truly are idiots, well… I guess that’s not really a surprise either. After all, you’d have to be pretty dim to text while driving, a practice that widespread research and more than a few fatal accidents have proven to be a dangerous distraction.
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Doggonit, Palin Email Hacker a Maverick Too!

in News on October 9, 2008 at 5:06 am PT

Five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a three-year term of supervised release. That’s the maximum sentence facing the Tennessee college student who was indicted today on charges that he broke into Gov. Sarah Palin’s private email account last month.

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More States Mull Taxing iTunes, Other Digital Downloads

in News on August 12, 2008 at 7:24 am PT

State legislators look at Apple’s iTunes and other digital download services stealing away business from offline retailers, and you know what they see? A piggybank.

SnagFilms Finds Virtual Theaters for Documentaries

in Personal Technology on July 16, 2008 at 6:02 pm PT

SnagFilms is a great idea for getting documentary films in front of more people, writes Walt Mossberg. It’s a new service that allows anyone with a blog, a Web site, or even a page on a social-networking site, to open a virtual movie theater and show these documentaries, free.
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