WHAT IS GOING ON HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT DAY -- I'M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV IN NEW YORK CITY AND YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE -- KEEPING YOU CURRENT WITH THE TECH LIFESTYLE. FIRST -- YOUR EYE CANDY! ONLINE CASINO GOLDEN PALACE AT IT AGAIN... THIS TIME PUTTING THE POPE MOBILE BACK ON THE AUCTION BLOCK... THE CAR BROKE EBAY RECORDS WITH 10 MILLION HITS IN 2005... IT ONCE BELONGED THE POPE BEFORE HE WAS POPE! THE ORIGINAL SELLER DIDN'T REALIZE THE CAR'S PREVIOUS OWNER UNTIL HE CHECKED THE REGISTRATION. PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY. BROWSING THE WEB ON A MOBILE PHONE CAN BE A FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE IF A SITE DOESN'T OPTIMIZE... BUT DEEPFISH WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. CODE NAME FOR MICROSOFT'S NEW MOBILE WEB BROWSER... LIGHTWEIGHT DEEP FISH LEVERAGES SERVER SIDE TECHNOLOGY...DISPLAYING CONTENT IN A FAMILIAR DESKTOP FORMAT WITHOUT ANY EXTRA WORK FROM THE SITE'S CREATOR. THE SOFTWARE STILL IN DEEP DEVELOPMENT... YOU CAN TRY FISHING AROUND FOR A BETA INVITE. JOOST -- THE VIDEO PRODUCT THAT HOPES TO MERGE THE BEST OF TV AND THE WEB -- NOW HAS A COOL COMMERCIAL... ((NATS...JOOST TAKES ALL THE MAGICAL BITS OF TELEVISION AND EVEN BETTER BITS FROM THE INTERNET AND WATCH ...IN FULL SCREEN PROPER TV)) THE FULL COMMERCIAL ON JOOST'S WEBSITE...I'M WAITING FOR THE BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE ON HOW THEY MADE IT. SO NOW THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DITCHING TV FOR JOOST...WHAT TO DO WITH THAT BIG SCREEN? CONSIDER GOING AMBIENT. TAKING A NOD FROM THE HOLIDAY YULE LOG... AMBIENT DVD'S TURN YOUR FLAT PANEL INTO MUCH MORE... A GROWING TREND...AND ONE COMPANY HAS A TON OF THE ROUGHLY 20 DOLLAR DISCS... GOOD CONVERSATION STARTERS AT PARTIES...AND IT SURE BEATS A BLANK SCREEN. THERE ARE AMBIENT DVDS DISPLAYING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING -- FROM FLOWERS TO SUNSETS, KITTENS TO PUPPIES. THE MOST POPULAR -- FIREPLACE, AQUARIUM AND ART. FINALLY - THE TRAILER FOR THE LATEST GRAND THEFT AUTO GAME MAKING THE ROUNDS...AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS' CONTROLLER WIRES IN A TANGLE. WHILE FICTIONALIZED, THE TRAILER CLEARLY SHOWS A CITY MODELED AFTER THE BIG APPLE... THE MAYOR'S OFFICE QUOTED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AS SAYING THEY DON'T SUPPORT ANY VIDEO GAME WHERE YOU EARN POINTS FOR INJURING OR KILLING POLICE OFFICERS... THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYING IT'S DESPICABLE TO GLAMORIZE VIOLENCE... GRAND THEFT AUTO FOUR ON SHELVES IN OCTOBER... THIS JUST IN -- TO BE FAIR NEW YORK CITY ALSO ASKING LAW AND ORDER -- WHICH IS ACTUALLY FILMED HERE - TO STOP THE KILLING. MANY WAYS TO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK... YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL TO THE QUEUE AT CNET DOT COM OR LEAVE A MESSAGE - IF IT'S INTERESTING ENOUGH...WE MIGHT JUST USE IT ON THE SHOW. I'M RICH DEMURO IN NEW YORK CITY -- DON'T SAY I DIDN'T TELL YOU SO.

• published: 04 Apr 2007
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