Father, Son Pitch No-Hitters on Same Day (AP)

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Heavy-Hitters Join Pro-Municipal
Broadband Legislative Battle

Heavy-Hitters Join Pro-Municipal
Broadband Legislative Battle 06/24/2005 10:01 PM
Dell, Intel, Texas Instruments, and others want more broadband to sell more gear to consumers: They've increasingly gotten involved in the ongoing debate over whether incumbent monopolies and duopolies deserve right of first refusal for broadband deployment in their service areas over municipalities because of incumbents' investments, municipalities' tax-free and bond-raising abilities, and the role of government in competing with private enterprise. The Wall Street Journal walks through the issue, starting with a small town in Texas that's building broadband because SBC can't or won't. The Texas legislature was considering a telecom "reform" bill--a bill which removed many public service and oversight controls on telcos--that would also have banned municipalities from participating in broadband. The original bill was so broad it would have banned virtually all private-public partnerships that the FCC and the Bush Administration have stressed for extending broadband into the furthest reaches of the country. The backlash is now coming since Texas's bill hit defeat for a variety of reasons, partly including Dell's founder picking up the phone and calling legislators. You see, computer makers would enjoy selling more equipment and one way to do that is broadband. (Homes with broadband connections tend to buy newer equipment and more computers, among other reasons.) Pete Sessions (R-Texas) has introduced a bill at the national level to pre-empt local legislation (there's that anti-federalism again) governing municipal operation of broadband. Sessions is the representative from SBC: a former employee with huge stock and stock options held directly (not in trust) with a spouse who currently works there. His chief of staff told the Wall Street Journal that "the congressman's ties to SBC do not present a conflict of interest." Except in that he has millions of dollars at stake over SBC's continued performance in the market....

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou 03/27/2005 03:49 PM
Baku Today Mar 27 2005 5:57PM GMT

The Pitch

The Pitch 09/19/2004 08:03 AM
I got a msg from the Bush campaign (I'm a member of GOP TeamLeader) touting an HBO movie, 9 Innings from Ground Zero. The msg links to a clip about Bush throwing out the first pitch. In it, W lets us know the pressure on him not to "bounce" it. I can see why the Republicans are circulating it. It's a good piece of tape, in a patriotic-cum-Riefenstahl sense. And, on the other hand, it's maybe the most absurd reduction of a serious issue I have ever seen. You want to see American political cynicism at its worst? This is...

MIDI-Pitch-0.2

MIDI-Pitch-0.2 04/10/2005 08:47 PM

MIDI-Pitch-0.3

MIDI-Pitch-0.3 04/10/2005 08:47 PM

+8% pitch & tempo

+8% pitch & tempo 12/31/2003 02:39 AM
Morrissey is Debbie Harry at +8% pitch & tempo (MP3). More high-pitched artists here. More about Morrissey here)

Did Apple pitch a fit?

Did Apple pitch a fit? 03/17/2005 03:19 AM
GoogleX : Homage, lat e night idea or somethi ng more? (via a comment @ Mofi)

3D Pitch Deluxe 2.3

3D Pitch Deluxe 2.3 02/19/2004 12:00 AM
Pitch card game with Internet play, interactive on-screen opponents, voice control.

how not to pitch a bl0gger

how not to pitch a bl0gger 08/27/2004 02:15 PM
i got these emails, and a couple more from the same list, and felt the same way

Understanding Dot Pitch

Understanding Dot Pitch 07/22/2004 08:14 PM
WebDevInfo Jul 22 2004 11:08PM GMT

Skip the pitch

Skip the pitch 12/28/2004 09:12 AM

Jim Grizanzio, OpenSolaris Community Manager: "I spent nine painful years pitching messages in PR. But I'm out now, and I have a different perspective. Why must everything be a pitch to deliver a message no one believes? And why pitch bloggers? Why perpetuate the bad PR that the PR industry so richly deserves? Why not simply read blogs to understand the issues and the communities trying to interact with a company. And why not simply blog right along with those communities and join the conversation? In other words, skip the pitch."

Jim is commenting on Fortune Magazine's recent article Why There's No Escaping The Blog.

Offshoring where do we go next and my
run in with a pitch man

Offshoring where do we go next and my
run in with a pitch man 07/07/2004 07:21 PM

I felt really sorry for the guy that called the office last week. I get the holler from across the hallway hey some guy wants to talk to you about offshoring wanna take it? Hmmmmmmm those of you that have been reading here for awhile know my stance on offshoring. (When Hell freezes over) So I take the guys call. The least he could have done is called me via a real land-line instead I get the common static buzz of a net based call. We talk for about 30 minutes while I pick the guys brain nothing really brain shattering came out of the discussion.

He ask to send me some info and I say sure, I would be happy to look at their promotion material. A week later what finally shows up in my inbox, his pitch material curious read to say the least. Call me traditional, "Made in the USA" and "Support Stays in the USA". If any of you would like a copy of what they sent me drop me a line, I'll forward it to you. Companies are now weighing the backlash of their customers before offshoring some say it makes up at least 50% of the decision level process. [ZDNet]

"Fever Pitch"

"Fever Pitch" 04/08/2005 09:28 AM
Jimmy Fallon and the ever-luminous Drew Barrymore bunt their way through this Farrelly brothers ode to baseball.

XTech, Time to Pitch In

XTech, Time to Pitch In 01/05/2005 02:04 PM
This is the big European summer XML event; the call for papers is closing in a couple days. Edd Dumbill, the chair, tells me that the submissions are excellent on the server side but there’s room on the client side, so all you XULoids and .NET-hacks and SVGers and XFormlings, get with it. Lauren and I are going to try to go (haven’t been to Amsterdam in ages); I’m particularly interested by the Open Data track, which sounds like something new in the world.

collaborated on a pitch to Paramount

collaborated on a pitch to Paramount 06/22/2004 04:37 AM
Sci Fi Wire .. don't do it .. details

scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-06/21/10.00.tv
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Sun makes financial pitch

Sun makes financial pitch 09/21/2004 02:19 PM
The server maker plans to hold a series of technical workshops geared for developers that work at financial institutions.

Relief Pitch for Eli Lilly

Relief Pitch for Eli Lilly 04/15/2005 01:07 PM
A ruling upholding the Zyprexa patent is good news for Lilly, but promising drugs in the pipeline are even more encouraging.

Microsoft needs better sales pitch

Microsoft needs better sales pitch 07/08/2004 03:30 PM
osOpinion Jul 8 2004 7:55PM GMT

Red Sox fan site has fresh pitch

Red Sox fan site has fresh pitch 04/11/2005 05:46 PM
ZDNet Apr 11 2005 9:53PM GMT

Sun's identity pitch

Sun's identity pitch 12/16/2003 12:30 PM
At SunNetwork 2003 back in September, Jonathan Schwartz made the case that the Java card is the most strategic piece of Sun's whole technology stack. Actually, I'd say per-employee pricing is the real strategic innovation. But I've always hoped to see movement on the identity card front, so this clip, in which Schwartz stresses something I've been harping on for years, got my attention:

Java card support will be built into the desktop that we offer. It is the fundamental way we will help people to understand that if there were a menu item in your mail app that said, 'Show only mail from people that have been strongly authenticated,' then spam would disappear. 'Show me only content that has been strongly authenticated,' viruses would disappear.

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The Pitch Drop Experiment

The Pitch Drop Experiment 09/17/2004 12:58 AM
a page about a 72-year-old experiment on the fluidity of pitch .. one of the most viscous fluids known .. liquid .. MORE

physics.uq.edu.au/pitchdrop/pitchdrop.shtml
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Near-Perfect Pitch (Forbes.com)

Near-Perfect Pitch (Forbes.com) 06/30/2004 12:35 PM
Forbes.com - Victor Grillo Jr. has been selling gadgets on television for 15 years, though you probably couldn't pick him out of a lineup. If you watch late-night TV you certainly know the products he's introduced, including the Ginsu 2000 knife (20 million units sold, says the 38-year-old Bostonian), the Buttoneer, Liquid Leather and Triple Edge Wiper Blades. He also claims to have unveiled the first national prepaid cell phones. Grillo has been content to stay behind the camera, buying and tracking media, producing TV commercials and organizing fulfillment operations. "Too fat," he says. ...

SportsLine Catches Viacom's Pitch

SportsLine Catches Viacom's Pitch 08/02/2004 03:55 PM
The two companies continue their successful relationship by agreeing to a $46 million deal.

Jamcracker refashions its software pitch

Jamcracker refashions its software pitch 07/23/2004 09:31 AM
Its dot-com glory days well behind it, the company is taking a new tack with its older message of software as a service.

Macromedia expands J2EE pitch

Macromedia expands J2EE pitch 08/23/2004 02:46 AM
CNET News.com Aug 23 2004 7:00AM GMT

Web firms pitch in for tsunami relief

Web firms pitch in for tsunami relief 12/30/2004 08:07 PM
Online companies lend bandwidth to efforts to help out in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami.

Ballmer: Microsoft needs better sales
pitch

Ballmer: Microsoft needs better sales
pitch 07/06/2004 08:09 PM
But wait--is a new version of Office coming out before Longhorn? Hint found among calls for harder work.

Briefly: Sun makes financial pitch

Briefly: Sun makes financial pitch 09/21/2004 02:46 PM
roundup Plus: PeopleSoft-Oracle trial delayed...IBM, Boeing team up for defense work...TI touts combo chip with VoIP, Wi-Fi...ContextWeb nabs $3 million.

Are You Paying Attention To This Sales
Pitch?

Are You Paying Attention To This Sales
Pitch? 09/17/2004 08:13 PM
A good presenter knows how to adjust their presentation when the audience's body language shows they're not so interested in what's being pitched. However, with more and more people doing presentations over the internet, it's tougher to read that "body language." Webex thinks they have a solution. They're adding a feature to alert a presenter if a viewer isn't paying attention. So, if the person viewing the presentation has switched to another app (email? solitaire?) the presenter will know they better spice up the presentation quickly. This could be a pretty useful feature, though some might not think so if they're caught snoozing. A smart sales presenter, of course, wouldn't reveal that he or she knows the prospect's attention had shifted, but not everyone is that smart. Update: A reporter at InfoWorld notes one of the problems with this approach. As Webex demonstrated the system for her, she swit ched to a word processor to take notes -- immediately alerting Webex that she wasn't paying attention.

ATI will pitch RV410 at GeForce 6600 GT

ATI will pitch RV410 at GeForce 6600 GT 08/18/2004 06:27 AM
Both GPUs built on TSMC's 110nm process, reportedly

Music makers finding their pitch

Music makers finding their pitch 04/06/2005 03:11 PM
If you're enrolling at Duke University, you might not get that iPod you were expecting. Also: High notes for satellite radio.

We're reaching fever pitch on Doom III

We're reaching fever pitch on Doom III 07/30/2004 10:42 PM

Manugistics Poses New Pitch to IT Buyers

Manugistics Poses New Pitch to IT Buyers 04/18/2005 06:55 PM
With a new CEO in place since last July, the supply chain vendor has adopted a new approach geared to fending off ERP giants and niche competitors alike.

Cisco, Sprint Pitch IP Platform

Cisco, Sprint Pitch IP Platform 11/11/2003 06:58 AM
SiliconValley.Internet.com Nov 11 2003 6:29AM ET

Senators Pitch Changes to Intel
Leadership

Senators Pitch Changes to Intel
Leadership 08/18/2004 03:08 AM
AP via New York Post Aug 18 2004 7:54AM GMT

Locusts eat football pitch (Reuters)

Locusts eat football pitch (Reuters) 08/04/2004 08:40 PM
Reuters - A massive locust swarm swept into the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, devouring trees, bushes and parts of the city's main soccer pitch, residents say.

Senators Pitch Changes to Intel
Leadership (AP)

Senators Pitch Changes to Intel
Leadership (AP) 08/18/2004 03:34 AM
AP - Two influential Senate Republicans are putting forward competing proposals to change the intelligence community's leadership structure, despite words of caution from top Pentagon officials.

Bloggers Pitch Fits Over Glitches

Bloggers Pitch Fits Over Glitches 04/07/2005 05:02 AM
Technical troubles slam Google's blogging site. The problem is, Blogger is a lot like a public utility, and when it goes down, so does discourse on much of the blogosphere. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.

Cicada chorus to hit full pitch in June

Cicada chorus to hit full pitch in June 05/29/2004 06:16 PM
AP via New Jersey Online May 29 2004 9:18PM GMT
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