FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
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Red Bull Stratos Jump: Success! Recap and Photos
In case you weren't one of the 7 million-plus live viewers on YouTube, or countless more watching on the Red Bull site, the Red Bull Stratos Jump went about as well as could be hoped for Sunday morning, with Felix Baumgartner free-falling for more than 4 minutes from more than 20 miles up before deploying a parachute and successfully and safely landing back on his feet in the New Mexico Read More>>
Red Bull Stratos Jump: Second Time a Charm?
Here we go again. The folks behind the Red Bull Stratos Jump are saying they have a green light for a Sunday morning launch, so if all remains windless in New Mexico the world will get to watch live (on the Internet, at this location) to see if Felix Baumgartner can survive what might be the world's highest free fall. If all goes well, the YouTube window above will start showing the jump attempt Read More>>
Watching NASCAR: Bruised Teams Head to Charlotte
If the old saw “Misery loves company” is true, it sure had a lot last weekend at Talladega where the track took its toll among the leaders in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship, and like a living entity it waited until almost the end to extract as much drama as possible. Tony Stewart was defending his lead on the last lap when he moved over to block some fast moving traffic. In hindsight Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: YourSport-The Facebook for Sports? Kindle 4G Gets OK
YourSports: The Facebook for sports? A new online sports publication is coming into being called YourSports and it is a customizable sports page that is designed to enable fans to get the sports news that they want, including local sports that might be missed by the larger rivals. While currently in beta it is open to all for the first time to take a look, it claims that it will fill in sports Read More>>
Grunts of the Week: Saints WR Nick Toon Talks About Team’s 1st Win
Our second installment of "Grunts of the Week," video messages from NFL players courtesy of the new Gridiron Grunts app, which lets you hear from pro players via your phone. In the segment above Saints WR Nick Toon gives QB Drew Brees a shout-out after New Orleans' first victory of the year. Below, Chicago Bears safety Major Wright talks about having "a lot of juice, a lot of energy" as he Read More>>
The World Wingsuit League Jumps into Action backed by Red Bull China
While the news of a new sports league often seems like old news being just an imitation of an existing sports league, the World Wingsuit League, that leaps into being tomorrow in China’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park seems assured of not being another knock off pro league. The league is kicking off with the Tianmen Mountain Grand Prix Wingsuit Race where contestants will start the race by Read More>>
Advanced Micro Devices Jumps into Tablet Space with Z-60
Advanced Micro Devices is staking its ground in the tablet space with the introduction earlier this week of the Z-60 Tablet chip as it seeks to become a player in this market as some of its traditional spaces such as desktop PCs continue to shrink. The chip, also called Hondo, is the company’s latest attempt to establish itself in a market where devices either use a variant of an ARM chip such Read More>>
Watching Golf This Week: Frys.com Open, aka Golf, Silicon Valley Style
If you aren't from the San Francisco/San Jose area you may not know who or what Fry's Electronics is, or why there's a PGA Tour stop sponsored by something that sounds like a McDonald's snack. If you do live here, of course, you know all about Fry's, as the chain of stores is legendary for having been the place where you could buy all the stuff you needed to build your own PC, right down to the Read More>>
