Name: John Guilfoil
Dateline: Boston
Weblog: www.blastmagazine.com [RSS]
Articles: 109
First Published: Friday, June 9, 2006
Last Published: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Currently listing articles 109-51:
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Studio 60 Walks Off Into the Sunset— In hindsight, it should have been obvious that Aaron Sorkin’s drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was doomed from the outset.
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Eve of the iPhone— Apple's iPhone premieres this Friday night at Apple retail stores.
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Yahoo! Gets Beat By MySpace For The First Time— MySpace drew more web hits than Yahoo for the first time.
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Golden Globe Nominees Announced— The 2006 Golden Globe nominees, and the author's predictions.
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Baby Names List Released— Lots of babies get lots of names, but Ava and Aiden are tops.
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Boy Arrested for Opening Christmas Present Early— A South Carolina boy was arrested for opening his Game Boy before Christmas.
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Dave Cockrum: Comic Book Legend, Dead at 63— The comic book artist and X-Men savior died Sunday.
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Mid-week Market Rag: Video Games Galore— Mid-Week Market Rag returns with a look at gaming and the latest electronics.
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Three Things That Are Killing Our Media— A desensitized public, the press as pure business and intrusions into private grief are three strikes against modern journalism.
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Playstation 3 Launches in Japan Tomorrow— Playstation 3 will launch in Japan tomorrow and Wii makes its American debut next week. Here they come...
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NEC Robot Claims People Taste Like Cured Pork— NEC has developed a food and wine tasting robot. Could we be the next main course?
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Rumsfeld to Step Down— Donald Rumsfeld has stepped down as Secretary of Defense and will be replaced by former CIA Director Gates.
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Democratic House Takeover Projected— Democrats are projected to takeover the majority control of the House of Representatives.
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Election Day: Well, This is it— Here we go...
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Bob Barker to Retire - The Price May Never Be Right Again— Bob Barker is retiring after 50 years, and TV will never be the same.
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Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe Split— Another long-standing Hollywood couple is splitsville.
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Bush's Campaigning— Election day is coming and the President and his wife are pulling out all the stops.
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Letterman and O'Reilly, A Match Made Somewhere— Bill O'Reilly exclaimed "it's all an act" on the Late Show after being heckled by Letterman's audience. What exactly did he mean by that?
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Super (Cheap) PC— Nicholas Negroponte's dream of giving PCs to every child has come one step closer.
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MidWeek Market Rag: Exxon Is Rolling In It— John Guilfoil's weekly look at the stock market and how public relations issues affect the economy.
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Attack of the Purple Tomatoes— A look at purple tomatoes and their cancer-fighting goodness.
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World Series: Kenny Rogers' Pitching Not Overshadowed By Dirt— Kenny Rogers had some dirty, nasty pitches last night, but he was hardly cheating... I think...
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Football Threats Said To Be Hoax— Two days after international headlines spoke of a terror plot against NFL stadiums, authorities caught their man and immediately declared it to be a hoax.
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Mid-Week Market Rag: Do You Yahoo!?— John Guilfoil's weekly look at the markets and how public relations issues affect stock prices.
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Movie Review: The Departed Is Amazing
— Overall, not much of a children's movie...
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A Step Back Two Days Later From Cory Lidle's Plane Crash— The former New York Yankees pitcher died in a tragic accident, and it was just that, an accident.
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Mid-Week Market Rag: Google, Apple, News Corp and a Li'l Alcoa— John Guilfoil's weekly look at the markets and how public relations issues affect stock prices.
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Google Buys YouTube— The Data War continues as Google makes a $1.65 billion deal to buy YouTube.
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Fingerprint Fury: Parents Angry at Schools— British parents are angry that their kids' schools are fingerprinting them and providing police with a database to draw from.
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I'm Not Going to Write About Mark Foley— Mark Foley's scandal is merely part of the fabric of a greater American social problem.
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MidWeek Market Rag: Apple, Starbucks, and Elmo— John Guilfoil's weekly look at the markets and how public relations issues affect stock prices.
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That's One Small Step For... What?— Evidence shows that Neil Armstrong's famous first words may have included more than meets the ear.
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Fall Ball, the End of the Red Sox Season— The Red Sox ended with their worst finish since 1997.
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MidWeek Market Rag: Xbox 360, Tissues and Beer— John Guilfoil's weekly look at the markets and how public relations issues affect stock prices.
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Peace, Harmony, Movies: Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Could Share— A British company has an idea that would allow Blu-Ray and HD-DVD to co-exist, but it probably won't happen.
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Monday Morning Mop-Up: Clinton Loses It and Jackass 2 Is #1?— John Guilfoil tries to cure some weekend hangovers by taking a look at what happened leading up to Monday morning.
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Man < Machine: The Television Age Continues— There are now more televisons in the average American household than people.
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Website Review: Penny Arcade— Penny Arcade, an original blog and comic website, has been pretty spot-on when it comes to gaming and technology.
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Mid-Week Market Rag: Chrysler Losses, California Sues Automakers, Sony's Mylo, Motorola Makes a Move— John Guifoil's weekly look at the market and how public relations issues affect the economy.
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Google Shot Down By Belgian Court— Google News lost a court case in Belgium and can no longer preview/syndicate Belgian French/German language newspapers.
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War: The Distinction Between Justice And Vindication— Are we at war or seeking revenge? Do we know where that line is anymore?
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Spinach That Kills: Poor Popeye…— Found in nine states already, deadly E. coli has been found in bagged spinach.
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The WD-40 Story: What's Non-Carcinogenic And Has Its Own Fan Club?— The simple, handy product that's been around for over 50 years.
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Mid-Week Market Rag: Focus on HP Scandal— Hewlett Packard didn't want their internal information leaking. They went about it all the wrong way.
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Apple's Newly Announced Toys Are Red Delicious— Apple announced three new iPods, iTunes 7, and NFL games to go!
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September 11, Five Years Removed— September 11 touched our lives in many ways. Many rescue workers haven't begun to feel the effects of their bravery. We can't forget them.
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Outfoxing Outfoxed: Politics and Media— Money is the driving power in media. Fox is driven by money but their drive is more visible because they stand alone on the right
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Fun with Portable Software— Software programs that run completely on removable USB memory drives are all the rage.
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Steve Irwin, 1962-2006— Steve Irwin was an exciting but calming influence on our lives and we can and do miss him.
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The Senator's Foot is Caught in His Mouth— Senator Conrad Burns from Montana is losing his re-election bid, partly because of his big mouth.
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Used Cell Phones Reveal Too Much, But Are Vital?— Watch what you do with your old cell phone, even if CNN gives you conflicting advice.
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Google vs. Microsoft: The Data War
— Microsoft and Google are locked in mortal combat for the right to reach your browser with advertisements.
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The Milkman: A Marketing Story— A 70-year veteran of the milk business retired in July, closing another book on what was once a common sight in American towns.
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JonBenet's Murder Scene DNA Does Not Match John Mark Karr— John Mark Karr's DNA does not match DNA at the murder scene of JonBenet Ramsey, according to news sources.
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2006 Emmy Awards Wrapup— The Emmy Awards were on last night with poor ratings once again. Here's a brief wrapup and a look at Ryan Seacrest's pre-game performance.
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King Nagin— Representative Pete King, (R-NY) and Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans clash in the press after Nagin made critical comments about the reconstruction of New
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Technical Update: Pluto, Bad Batteries and Plan B— Pluto not a planet? More battery recalls? Plan B without a prescription? Yeah.
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Tom Cruise and Paramount: Splitsville, Hollywood Style— Tom Cruise's image troubles are his own fault, but you can only blame Paramount for Mission Impossible III.
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Mid-Week Market Rag— John Guilfoil's weekly look at the market and how public relations issues affect stock prices.
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