Anderson's AT&T commercials a hit; Microsoft Office a steal; picture-perfect passwords; Energizer juices up the iPod; and doctors' appointments take to the World Wide Web.
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Anderson's AT&T commercials a hit; Microsoft Office a steal; picture-perfect passwords; Energizer juices up the iPod; and doctors' appointments take to the World Wide Web. http://www.cnettv.com/9742-1_53-29245...
WHAT IS GOING ON I'M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV AND YOU'VE STUMBLED ONTO THE WEB'S MOST ENTERTAINING TECH LIFESTYLE SHOW... LET'S GET YOU STARTED WITH YOUR MUST CLICK MOMENT! AT&T HOPING TO SCORE A VIRAL HIT WITH SIX SPOTS DIRECTED BY HOLLYWOOD HOTSHOT DIRECTOR WES ANDERSON. KNOWN FOR RUSHMORE, AND THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS, ANDERSON'S AT&T SPOTS SPORT SOME INTERESTING SETS ALONG WITH WILD CAMERA MOVES THAT HAVE THE BLOGOSPHERE A-BUZZ. AT&T'S NEW TAG LINE? A NETWORK THAT WORKS WHERE YOU WORK. GUESS I NEED A NETWORK THAT WORKS IN NEW YAKI-SHREVE-ELES. MOVING THROUGH THE QUEUE... GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT... OBVIOUSLY FEELING PRESSURE FROM GOOGLE DOCS, OPEN OFFICE AND NOTEPAD... MICROSOFT NEARLY GIVING AWAY THE LATEST OFFICE SOFTWARE FOR JUST 60 BUCKS... THE ULTIMATE STEAL PROMOTION OPEN TO ANY UNIVERSITY STUDENT... THAT'S DEFINED AS HAVING A VALID DOT EDU EMAIL ADDRESS...AND AN ACTIVE COURSE LOAD OF AT LEAST - WAIT FOR IT - HALF A CREDIT! FOR 60 BUCKS YOU'LL GET A PERPETUAL LICENSE TO UNLOCK OFFICE ULTIMATE 2007... WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE GOOD STUFF LIKE OUTLOOK, POWERPOINT, WORD AND EXCEL... PASSWORDS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE BANE OF THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE... AND NO ONE WAS ABLE TO PUT THAT INTO BETTER TERMS THAN THE TODAY SHOW...AND THEIR EXPERT SOURCES. BUT WHAT IF YOU DIDN'T NEED A PASSWORD TO LOG IN? THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND VIDOOP... YOU CHOOSE A FEW SECRET PICTURE CATEGORIES... THEN AT LOG IN, YOU'RE GIVEN A GRID WITH A BUNCH OF PICTURES... YOU JUST TYPE IN THE LETTERS CORRESPONDING TO YOUR SECRET CATEGORIES...AND YOU'RE IN! UNLESS SOMEONE CAN STEAL YOUR BRAIN, THEY CAN'T GET YOUR PASSWORD! THE SUCCESS OF THIS WILL DEPEND ON THE SUPPORT OF SOME MAJOR WEBSITES...GOOD LUCK! ONTO A POWER PLAY NOW... ENERGIZER JUICING UP THE IPOD...WE ALL KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT CAN BE TO RUN OUT OF POWER ON A LONG PLANE RIDE OR ON A HIKE... SO INSTEAD OF PULLING OUT A BOOK OR GETTING ALL CHATTY WITH FRIENDS... JUST PLUG YOUR POD INTO THE ENERGI TO GO AND YOU'RE GOLDEN. THE 30 DOLLAR DEVICE RUNS ON 2 DOUBLE A BATTERIES AND HAS NO CORDS. FINALLY - THE BETA... HOW TOUGH HAS IT GOTTEN TO SET UP A DOCTOR OR DENTIST APPOINTMENT? YOU SAY A DAY, THEY TELL YOU A TIME YOU'RE PROBABLY AT WORK OR NOT AVAILABLE, AND YOU REPEAT THIS UNTIL YOU'VE FOUND A WORKING TIME 6 MONTHS FROM NOW... NOT SO WITH ZOC DOC... THE SITE LETS YOU EASILY FIND AND BOOK APPOINTMENTS ONLINE... ENTER IN YOUR ZIP CODE TO GET GOING... THEN REFINE YOUR SEARCH BY SELECTING YOUR INSURANCE PROVIDER AND A DATE... A LIST OF DOCS AND AVAILABLE TIMES LET YOU CHOOSE WITH EASE... YOU CAN EVEN LEARN MORE ABOUT A DOCTOR AND RATE THEM. IT'S LIKE OPENTABLE FOR YOUR MEDICAL NEEDS! NOW IF THEY'D ONLY TEAM UP WITH PRICELINE...YOU COULD NAME YOUR OWN PRICE FOR A PROCEDURE! I'M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV IN NEW YORK CITY... DON'T SAY I DIDN'T TELL YOU SO.
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