Clinton Stark

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Amazon announces upgraded Kindle Fire, attacks iPad with Kindle Fire HD

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.06.2012

Bezos took the wraps off Amazon's iPad killer, the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD. The larger tablet features a high-resolution 1920x1200 display, in-plane switching (254 pixels…

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Autodesk Smoke integrates video editing, high-end effects (Trial extended)

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.06.2012

Smoke 2013 integrates high-end effects tools within a standard nonlinear editing workflow at a cost of $3,495 USD. The software will ship later this year.

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Motorola unveils Droid RAZR HD, RAZR Maxx HD, and RAZR M Android smartphones

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.05.2012

The RAZR M is available for pre-order today, and will be in stores next week for $99. No pricing was given for the RAZR HD…

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Nokia reveals Lumia smartphones running Windows Phone 8 – will consumers bite?

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.05.2012

As an admitted Android fan, even I find the new Nokia Lumia 920 handset tantalizing. There's wireless charging, a decent processor (S4 Snapdragon), curved glass,…

Food & Wine

Napa Harvest Report 2012

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.05.2012

"The grapes aren't in the barn yet, but it's looking good," said John Conover, general manager for PlumpJack, CADE and Odette. "I'm very optimistic for…

Tech

Apple iOS platform leads in Q2 market share growth, but Android still dominates market

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.04.2012

Another way to interpret today's data: there's a 50/50 chance that the person next to you owns a smartphone running the Android operating system.

Food & Wine

A Grape Time in Sonoma (Plus: “We’re living in a moment of danger!”)

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.04.2012

Dressed in some sort of medieval outfit, featuring a top hat, and with a sword at his side, Jean-Charles Boisset was an effervescent host. There…

Culture

Watch: ‘Mad Men’ star Vincent Kartheiser on Facebook, Canada, Thai food (Outtakes)

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.31.2012

Bucking the trend -- led by the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Shaq, Lady Gaga -- Vincent Kartheiser eschews social media. Facebook, he says, is like…

Culture

Review: ‘Chinglish’ say “Yes, you don’t!”

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.30.2012

In Chinglish, which opened last night at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, sex, corruption, and even Enron conspire to potentially send Ohio Signage Company into the…

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Android Google Now: How to enable movie showtimes, favorite sports teams

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.30.2012

The Google Now team briefly announced that you can now add your favorite sports teams (140 of them), see movie showtimes, and also receive emergency…