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<title><![CDATA[Flat-screen TV upgrade 2010: What a difference five years makes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Libe Goad/Dan Ackerman) It's the moment no technology enthusiast wants to face. For me, it came the evening of November 10, during a screening of (embarrassingly enough) the Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott version of &quot;Robin Hood&quot; on Blu-ray. About halfway through the film, the picture on my plasma TV blinked off. After attempting to revive the set by turning it off and on, unplugging and reconnecting the power plug, and other basic troubleshooting, I had to face the hard conclusion that my television was dead. At least it performed one last selfless act by saving me from the second half of &quot;Robin Hood.&quot; The set in question may not have been one of my wisest investments. Purchased almost five years ago in a brief thrall of frugality, it was a 42-inch plasma from Maxent (a company briefly in competition with Vizio for the king-of-bargain-TVs title). To be fair, it served with distinction for half a decade (and was better than the 2003 42-inch Daewoo plasma it replaced), but the Magnavox 32-inch tube TV that predated both of those is still going strong at nearly 10 years, despite being purchased as an open-box Circuit City display model. TV upgrade 2010: What a difference five years makes (photos) The game is afoot Thus, the hunt for a new TV was on. And, as the past five years have seen an exponential explosion of options, features, and prices in flat-screen televisions, it was largely unfamiliar territory. The very next morning, I consulted the TV-buying oracle: CNET's David Katzmaier. If you're shopping for a new TV, there's really no better resource. Even better, I was armed with the three words any guy would want to hear from his wife on the subject of buying a television: &quot;Don't cheap out.&quot; (Your mileage in this area may vary' it helps that I'm married to a fellow technology journalist.)I first asked Katzmaier if I could comfortably trade up to a 50-inch set (or larger). Based on my room size, with exactly 6 feet from the TV to the front of the couch, he said that 50 inches would be a perfect fit, neither too large nor too small. I already agreed with his general preference for plasma over LCD, so based on my size and budget, he came up with a couple of suggestions. (Credit:Libe Goad/Dan Ackerman)To 3D or not 3D The first was the 50-inch Panasonic Viera TC-P50G25, which he calls &quot;the current all-around bang/buck champ...with its unbeatable combination of excellent quality and great pricing.&quot; Based on the brand's stellar reputation, I've always wanted a Panasonic, and this seemed to be an excellent choice. But my other big issue was 3D. I've been a steady 3D skeptic, but it's also been five years since I actually had to make a decision about buying a new TV. If it wasn't too much of a price premium, did it make sense to get a 3D-capable set Once again, the wife weighed in. Fresh off her latest turn as an official judge for Spike-TV's VGA awards, she said that, while it wasn't a must-have, she was interested enough in 3D gaming to seriously consider it. Katzmaier's suggestion in the 3D realm was the 50-inch Samsung PN50C7000. The overall picture quality was not quite as good as the Panasonic, but it was still excellent, and it was a strong 3D performer with plenty of extra features, such as online video streaming and widgets. (Credit:Libe Goad/Dan Ackerman)Wires: The tangled web The Samsung sounded like a winner, but my next concern was about how to transfer the tangled rats' nest of wires that make up my current entertainment center to a new TV. My previous set came along just as HDMI was becoming popular, and had only two HDMI jacks, along with two sets each of component and composite jacks. Additionally, my 5.1 speaker system is another charming cheapie--an old Sony Dream System HTiB, with no HDMI connections at all. With the exception of aPlayStation 3, all my devices went through a component video switcher, and into one of the component video inputs on the back of the (now-dead) Maxent TV. With four HDMI ports (and one set of component jacks), I could finally connect everything via HDMI, but I'd still have to split off the audio signals into the component video switcher to get the audio into my speakers. It's a bit of a hassle, but I'm considering replacing the Sony Dream System and component switcher with a new receiver (such as the $250 Onkyo TX-SR508, as seen in my official CNET Holiday Wish List), which supports HDMI 1.4a for 3D and Audio Return Channel (which lets audio from TV-based Web streaming pass back to the receiver via HDMI). With at least a firm picture in my head of how I'd hook everything up, I dove in and ordered the Samsung from Amazon. At about $1,500, it was a little more than I planned to spend originally, but I was swayed by an Amazon bonus (available through December 4) on Samsung3D TVs, offering a free Blu-ray player (the entry-level Samsung BD-C5900) and a free &quot;3D Starter Kit&quot; that included two pairs of active shutter glasses, which typically run about $120 each. (Note: I've also seen similar free bonus offers on Amazon for Panasonic and Sony 3D TVs.)Cold turkey By the time my order was submitted on Thursday evening, the earliest delivery date for Amazon's scheduled delivery service was the next Tuesday. That would mean almost an entire week free of video games and television--a bold experiment in nearly cold-turkey withdrawal for a confirmed media junkie. But while this ordeal interrupted my Call of Duty: Black Ops campaign, it was also a refreshing change of pace. In addition to my usual routine of sampling New York's finest bars and restaurants, I found myself spending my time writing, recording music, and even cooking. I finished one book (Bob Woodward's &quot;Obama's Wars&quot;), and started another (Gary Dell'Abate's &quot;They Call Me Baba Booey&quot;)--both via theiPad's Kindle app.  To be honest, it wasn't entirely cold turkey. During the six days, I dialed in to two episodes of &quot;Charlie Rose&quot; via Slingbox, &quot;Fringe&quot; and &quot;30 Rock&quot; via Hulu, and one episode of &quot;Modern Family&quot; via ABC's iPad app. (Credit:Libe Goad/Dan Ackerman)The arrival  Much to my surprise, Amazon's third-party delivery service showed up right on time Tuesday morning with the Samsung. I had to help carry the set upstairs myself, as the second delivery guy stayed with the truck, and the first delivery guy essentially shoved the box through my front door and split, instead of unboxing the TV and testing it, as promised by Amazon. Nevertheless, by New York service-appointment standards, it was considered a roaring success.  Having moved the old set out of the way (and finally unbolting an even older unused wall mount from the brick wall behind it), I followed the quick-start guide instructions in the box, assembled the base, and screwed the TV into it. Setup was fast and painless--especially as this 50-inch model weighed about half of what my old 42-inch one did.  As Katzmaier had promised, the Samsung PNC7000 works like a dream (although my 3D glasses haven't arrived yet). I did, however, have to download a firmware update to remove an overly aggressive dejudder effect, as chronicled here. The next step will be to reprogram my Logitech Harmony One universal remote--easily one of the most useful gadgets I've ever owned.  You can see the entire breakdown and setup process, as I remove my old TV and hook up the new one, in the accompanying gallery, along with step-by-step commentary. Hopefully, this travelogue will be helpful to anyone going through the television-buying process, especially if, like me, you're caught by a surprise equipment malfunction and don't have weeks or months to shop around.  And, if unlike me, you can't walk across the hall and grab CNET's David Katzmaier for a personal consultation, it's worth noting that his in-person advice exactly mirrored what he says here in his recent Best TV picture for the dollar roundup.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WITN: &''On Paper, Singapore Shouldn&'t Have Done as Well as it&nbsp'Has&'']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Given Paula4a4s ability to get into fights even in sleepy towns like Camden, Maine, it&amp;'s lucky Sarah does the liona4a4s share of the travelling. This week, shea4a4s in Singapore &amp;8211' on a week-long trip to take the islanda4a4s entrepreneurial pulse and next week shea4a4ll be returning to Jakarta to do similar there (hopefully, youa4a4ve already sent in your questions for her special South-East Asia editions of Ask A VC).You can read more about Saraha4a4s trip in a series of posts coming over the next few days, but first, with Paul safely back in the studio, we caught up via Skype to discuss some of the interesting startups shea4a4s found so far &amp;8211' and also how Singaporea4a4s colonial past and uber-efficient present has affected its entrepreneurial outlook.Video below.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Whata4a4s next: A Pandora for fashion]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In recent pieces for VentureBeat, I&amp;'ve been proposing ideas for new companies. This next one was proposed by PayPal writer and fashionista April Van Scherpe.Style is like pornography: you know it when you see it, but few can do it well. Ita4a4s a skill of creativity and pattern recognition, knowing the working combinations of color, line, and form. Many of us would like to have it but dona4a4t have the time or inclination and resign ourselves to fashion disasters. In the words of Gilda Radner, we base our fashion decisions on what doesna4a4t itch.This is a problem, not just because clothes reportedly make the man, but because it makes shopping hard. If we hated shopping for groceries like many of us do for clothing, wea4a4d starve like supermodels. But in problems of pattern recognition, technology can help.What many of us could use is a Pandora for fashion. Pandora learns your tastes in music and suggests new songs and bands' a similar approach for fashion could learn who you are a4&quot;- your size, personality, preferences, and purpose -a4&quot; to suggest wardrobes that make you feel good within and without.Leta4a4s call this idea Stylize. Users would sign up, enter age, sex, and measurements, then take a visual fashion test to tease out preferences. Do you prefer this white polo or that black tee Are you an hourglass or a pear Mary Anne or GingerStylize could then present personalized items and wardrobes from retail partner sites. Like Netflix, users could rate, share, and buy items, refining Stylizea4a4s knowledge of each user and general trends. Stylize could also sharpen its suggestions with collaborative filtering a4&quot;- a4Ausers like you liked these itemsa4 &amp;8212' and basic fashion rules: use vertical lines to look taller, favor dark colors if youa4a4re pale, only wear plaid in Switzerland.New imaging technologies might enable advanced features. Like.coma4a4s visual search could suggest items that resemble your favorites. Facial recognition may let users upload pictures to calculate measurements and skin tone.Stylize could monetize well in the nearly trillion dollar clothing market. Middle class Americans spend $1,680 on clothing per year' generating just one checkout in this high-margin market could yield tens to hundreds of dollars in commissions. Targeted advertising would also be lucrative and even welcome, as fashion consumers browse ads as much as content. Stylize search may also be embeddable on clothing sites to generate suggestions specific to their inventory.I didna4a4t find much competition in this space. Shopping search engines such as Like.com focus on aggregation or pattern recognition. Fashion social networks like Fashionspace focus on connecting users. Content sites like Glam focus on photos and articles. Social shopping sites like StyleFeeder have some interesting suggestion features but broadly include other categories like electronics and food. Fashion is a large enough niche to warrant a focused discovery engine.A risk of Stylize is that though online clothing is a multi-billion dollar market growing fast even in a recession, many shoppers still hesitate to buy clothes on the web without trying them on. That may be especially true if a suggestion site is inching people beyond their comfort zone. Eric Seidel, co-founder of defunct fashion site ShoutFit, says sizing is a real problem for women. a4AWomen use the web to buy things that dona4a4t have a size or have well-understood sizes like purses, shoes, and accessories. Only men can actually buy clothing on the web.a4 Clothing sites like Zappos offer money-back guarantees, but the hassle of returns is still a problem. At the very least, Stylize could spark demand and drive more shoppers into retail stores to try and buy.Overall, discovery engines in long tail markets can be powerful sources of serendipity. By applying proven technology to a subtle art, Stylize might make the web a more attractive place.What do you think&amp;lt'br /&amp;gt' &amp;lt'a href=&amp;''http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1682029/&amp;'' mce_href=&amp;''http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1682029/&amp;''&amp;gt'Do you think Stylize is a good startup idea&amp;lt'/a&amp;gt'&amp;lt'span style=&amp;''font-size:9px'&amp;'' mce_style=&amp;''font-size:9px'&amp;''&amp;gt'(&amp;lt'a href=&amp;''http://www.polldaddy.com&amp;'' mce_href=&amp;''http://www.polldaddy.com&amp;''&amp;gt'surveys&amp;lt'/a&amp;gt')&amp;lt'/span&amp;gt'&amp;lt'br /&amp;gt' Update: The Like.com team just launched Covet.com, a virtual personal shopper and stylist. It has a few of the above features like a visual fashion test and personalized recommendations. Hopefully future versions will add more fashion logic and tips to help the majority of us that need them.Mark Goldenson is half Swiss so he can make fun of plaid. He is starting an innovative venture in health care. To submit an idea for the Whata4a4s Next series, email Mark at mjgold3@gmail.com. Selected ideas will receive attribution.Next Story: 6 essentials for turning sales page visitors into clients Previous Story: Apple sees 11 million Safari 4 downloads in three daysPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'                        VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plastic Jungle raises $10M for a place to exchange and sell gift cards]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&amp;'m not a particular fan of gift cards. There are few things worse than getting a gift card for Christmas to some store I&amp;'ve never heard of a4&quot; or worse, one I hate. Hopefully that&amp;'s about to change with Plastic Jungle, a provider of a marketplace for trading and selling gift cards.Plastic Jungle announced today that it has raised $10 million in its third round of funding led by Jafco Ventures to help consumers redeem $30 billion in unspent gift cards.The company allows gift card recipients to sell those cards for up to 92 percent of the card&amp;'s value and get it back in cash. The average payout for gift cards to any given person is around $96, according to the web site. Gift cards have to have a minimum of a $25 balance to trade in. The amount of cash paid out is dependent on how much demand there is for the cards. For example, Target gift cards pay out 90 percent of their flat value, while cards to clothing retailer Macy&amp;'s pay out 80 percent of the card&amp;'s value.Plastic Jungle users can also buy other gift cards on the market at discounts of up to 30 percent when compared to the costs in stores. Gift cards to Target are sold at a 4 percent discount, while gift cards to Apple&amp;'s iTunes store are sold at an 8 percent discount. The site reports that it saves its users an average of $68 when they shop using gift cards purchased through its marketplace.The marketplace doesn&amp;'t just pay out in cash, either. It can pay out in credits at other e-commerce and social gaming sites. That includes Facebook Credits and cash that can be placed in a PayPal account.The San Jose, Calif.-based company&amp;'s other investors includeShasta Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, First Round Capital, Bay Partners, Harrison Metal and Western Technology Investment. The company hasraised a total of $23.4 million, including a $6 million round led by Shasta Ventures and a $7.4 million round led by Redpoint Ventures.Next Story: Chevrolet will invest $40 million to offset carbon emissions Previous Story: Apple&amp;'s Wozniak calls Android the winner in smartphone racePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: e commerce, gift cardsCompanies: Plastic Jungle          Tags: e commerce, gift cardsCompanies: Plastic JungleVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur Corner: Debunking recruiting myths and advertising pitfalls]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Herea4a4s the latest from VentureBeata4a4s Entrepreneur Corner.5 pitfalls of online advertising a4&quot; Online marketing can be a boon to sales, but many entrepreneurs dona4a4t realize exactly how closely regulated it is. Attorney Curtis Smolar runs through five general rules you always want to keep in mind as you promote your product or service.Correcting the course of your companya4a4s culture a4&quot; No business leader wants to admit their company is a bad place to work a4&quot; but for the brave executives that do, and who are willing to work to change that, there are some real benefits. Michael Long, head of global talent branding at Rackspace Hosting, discusses how to recognize and correct the problem.My, what a big balance sheet you have! &amp;8212' Investment bankers are reaching out to corporate buyers at cash-rich large public technology companies, but Jeff Bussgang, general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners warns entrepreneurs that ita4a4s still a bit early to begin planning their retirement.Debunking the 3 biggest recruiting myths a4&quot; You may have read plenty of a4Abest practicesa4 advice on finding good employees, but Anne Berkowitch, CEO and co-founder of SelectMinds notes there are a few misperceptions in the corporate hiring game that need to be challenged.Protecting your Intellectual Property a4&quot; from VCs a4&quot; While they wona4a4t sign non-disclosure agreements, most venture capital firms are trustworthy. But that doesna4a4t mean you shouldna4a4t approach them with some degree of caution, says attorney Martin Nichols in this Entrepreneur Thought Leader Lecture, given at Stanford University.Next Story: Week in review: Amazon takes down Wikileaks Previous Story: PayPal follows anti-Wikileaks crusade, suspends accountPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: entrepreneur corner          Tags: entrepreneur cornerChris Morris is editor of the Entrepreneur Corner on VentureBeat, helping start-up business owners launch and grow their companies. He previously worked at Yahoo! Finance, where he was managing editor, and as director of content development at CNNMoney.com. He is also a widely respected journalist in the video game and technology fields, whose work has appeared in Variety, CNBC.com, AOL and Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MorrisatLargeVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bigfoot promises wireless internet speeds we&'ve been dreaming of (exclusive)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the age of web video conferences, internet voice calls, and multiplayer gaming death matches, almost everybody wants faster internet service. And that&amp;'s a good thing for Bigfoot Networks, which has carved out a unique role in creating hardware that accelerates network speeds.Bigfoot has been making network cards and chips that can speed your internet performance as much as ten-fold. And today, in a sneak preview, the company is announcing that it can accelerate the performance of broadband wireless networks. That means that Bigfoot will now reach far beyond game fans to consumers and enterprise customers who want to get a no-compromise internet experience, even on wireless PC networks.If this takes off, Bigfoot could become a much bigger player in the PC chip business, and consumers won&amp;'t have to endure as many frustrating internet slowdowns while using laptops on Wi-Fi networks.Bigfoot CEO Michael Howse showed me a demo at the company&amp;'s headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. The Killer Wireless technology can handle heavy networking loads, such as playing a high-definition video at the same time Howse was downloading a 10-gigabyte file. It works great over Wi-Fi networks such as the ubiquitous 802.11n wireless protocol.Experts believe that real-time internet traffic will grow by 700  percent over the next three years. That means we&amp;'ll see a spike in  bandwidth-hogging applications such as gaming, video streaming and voice  calls.In these applications, network latency (response time) means a lot.  In games, you get more kills in a multiplayer combat game if you have a  good connection, or no &amp;''lag.&amp;'' With video conferencing, there is less  stuttering, image blurring, and slowdown if you have good response  times. And in Skype calls, better network connectivity means that your  call clarity is good and you don&amp;'t lose calls.&amp;''This allows us to address a larger audience,&amp;'' Howse said.&amp;''We want to  de-mystify the notion that we only build Killer NIC products for  gamers.&amp;''Bigfoot Networks plans to launch the Killer Wireless technology as a mini PCIe card, which can be plugged into a laptop. At least eight laptop companies plan to launch their machines with the card when it becomes available in late February, Howse said. The technology basically speeds up the performance of your wireless network so you don&amp;'t have to wait so long for rich media to arrive on your computer.In the past few years, Bigfoot Networks has become very good at optimizing a network for the fastest possible speed. It can deliver packets coming in from the web in .71 milliseconds, compared to 22.5 milliseconds for a normal network card. The average latency is 13 times better with a Bigfoot Networks solution. Bigfoot Networks created its Killer NIC network cards for hardcore gamers, who spared no expense in making their machines and networks faster for online games. It used a technology called Visual Bandwidth Control, which lets you take control of your broadband connection. You can prioritize the traffic coming through your system so that a video stream or conference call gets the highest priority in traveling through your system.The Killer Wireless announcement is the latest in a string of big business deals and innovations for Bigfoot. In December, Bigfoot Networks launched its Killer e2100 solution that motherboard vendors could integrate directly into a graphics card. That enabled the Killer HD5770 graphics card from VisionTek, the first graphics card that combined Advanced Micro Devices graphics and a high-performance network accelerator in a single card.And at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, Bigfoot Networks announced alliances with the three largest makers of motherboards, the main system boards in computers. Gigabyte, Asus and MSI all said that they would integrate Bigfoot&amp;'s Killer E2100 chip directly on their system boards. Howse said that Bigfoot might be able to get its chips into network routers in the second half of the year, expanding its push into new markets.All of that means that Bigfoot Networks will have an expanding role in the PC. Big chip makers such as Intel, AMD, and Nvidia are sure to take notice.Next Story: Wireless pill cap makers Vitality bought by pharma billionaire Previous Story: Flurry&amp;'s app recommendation service gains huge momentum, reaching 80M users a month (exclusive)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Killer NIC, Killer Wireless, network interface card, networking chipsCompanies: advanced micro devices, asus, Bigfoot Networks, Gigabyte, MSIPeople: Michael Howse          Tags: Killer NIC, Killer Wireless, network interface card, networking chipsCompanies: advanced micro devices, asus, Bigfoot Networks, Gigabyte, MSIPeople: Michael HowseDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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