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		<title>Blockbuster Express agrees to wait 28 days&#8230; Blockbuster doesn&#8217;t.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/12/16/blockbuster-express-agrees-to-wait-28-days-blockbuster-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DELAY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EXPRESS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KIOSK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MOVIE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following the saga of the movie rental firms pretty closely over the past year, and we&#8217;ve seen Redbox and Netflix agree to all sorts of arrangements, including a 28-day delay, while in-bankruptcy-protection Blockbuster has reaped what benefits can be had from that arrangement. Well, now it&#8217;s Blockbuster Express&#8217;s turn. Blockbuster Express is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gawker hack leads to password problems.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/12/15/gawker-hack-leads-to-password-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it&#8217;s not new news by now, a couple of days ago it was publicly announced that 1.3 million Gawker accounts had been compromised by a group of hackers tired of the company&#8217;s bravado about security and other organizations. While announced over the weekend, initial signs of the hack were noted by Gawker&#8217;s team a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spend your cash back rewards at the checkout counter.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/11/03/spend-your-cash-back-rewards-at-the-checkout-counter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CITICARDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CREDIT CARD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOUBLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REWARDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWIPE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWITCH]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people take advantage of cash back rewards cards to be able to get a little something extra when they make a purchase. But what if you could spend your rewards directly at the register, instead of charging it and waiting for a credit or check? That&#8217;s the idea behind a new credit card coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redbox announces plans for streaming service.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/11/03/redbox-announces-plans-for-streaming-service/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/11/03/redbox-announces-plans-for-streaming-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BLOCKBUSTER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MOVIES WATCHING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NETFLIX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REDBOX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SERVICE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not content to just take Blockbuster down, Redbox is now more directly pushing towards competition against Netflix with its announcement of a streaming service. Pricing and other details have not been announced yet, nor has a partner, but Yahoo! said in their story that earlier this year Redbox was running surveys asking people about pricing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4G service officially available in Connecticut.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/11/02/4g-service-officially-available-in-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/11/02/4g-service-officially-available-in-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CLEARWIRE]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MOBILE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESULTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPEEDTEST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPRINT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday marked the official debut of WiMAX service in Connecticut. Clear has officially begun making available 4G services in the Hartford and New Haven markets, a rep for the company has told The Buzz. She also noted that Bridgeport is &#8220;launching soon.&#8221; I recently purchased an EVO, Sprint&#8217;s flagship 4G device, and have been trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The arrival of 4G is Clear.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/10/18/the-arrival-of-4g-is-clear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[INTERNET]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier I discussed hints of Clear&#8217;s eventual Connecticut plans, which included at the time their locator map stating two Connecticut metro areas were coming soon. They took those dots off their map after I reported this, but signs of Clear&#8217;s arrival are growing. Walking by a recently shuttered Pocket store in downtown New Haven yesterday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cablevision, Fox air their grievances online.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/10/17/cablevision-fox-air-their-grievances-online/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/10/17/cablevision-fox-air-their-grievances-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BASEBALL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CARRIAGE]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GIANTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RATES]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/?p=1396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As with previous disputes, with Scripps and ABC, when the networks were yanked from Cablevision&#8217;s viewers, they replaced a black screen with a loop explaining their side. The video is below. Negotiations continued Sunday to try to bring the channels back on the air, but meanwhile National League Championship Series games, which are being aired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s new patent could keep you from sexting.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/10/13/apples-new-patent-could-keep-you-from-sexting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/10/13/apples-new-patent-could-keep-you-from-sexting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[APPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BLOCK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FILTER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PATENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEXTING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TECHNOLOGY]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parents anxious to keep their kids and teenagers from &#8220;sexting,&#8221; a fun made-up word that basically means sending naughty text messages and pictures to someone, will give Apple a thumbs-up for their latest patent, which is designed to offer a way to block such a thing, at least when it comes to text. The patent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle&#8217;s latest expansion: The web.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/09/29/kindles-latest-expansion-the-web/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/09/29/kindles-latest-expansion-the-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AMAZON]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FREE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kindle software has been popping up on all sorts of devices for the past few years, but to use software on the PC, for instance, you still have to download the books to your machine. While stopping short of fully resolving that problem, Amazon has begun testing Kindle for the Web, a service which lets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humor: Sesame Street&#8217;s corruption of children.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/09/24/humor-sesame-streets-corruption-of-children/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/oconnell/2010/09/24/humor-sesame-streets-corruption-of-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CENSORSHIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HUMOR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KATY PERRY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SESAME STREET]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most have heard of the Katy Perry controversy, where her video singing a cleaned up version of &#8220;Hot and Cold&#8221; with Elmo was yanked from the season premiere for &#8220;unwanted cleavage&#8221; or something that&#8217;s a euphemism for showing too much skin. The offending video, and more, after the jump: Elmo and Cookie Monster [...]]]></description>
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