News Archives

News

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…

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

Stark Insider TV: Vincent Kartheiser of ‘Mad Men’

BY LONI STARK — 09.04.2012

With the success of Mad Men, Vincent Kartheiser now has a "resting play" that affords him the ability to take on projects that might not…

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…

News

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…

News

Sony announces refreshed Xperia Android tablet, starts at $399

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.29.2012

Dubbed the Xperia S, Sony will start shipping the splash-proof 9.4-inch tablet for $399 (16GB) starting September 7. 32 and 64GB versions will also be…

News

Storm of Confusion: 51% believe stormy weather interferes with cloud computing

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.28.2012

Try bringing up "cloud computing" at a dinner party (preferably one involving your start-up friends, VCs and/or fans of The Big Bang Theory) and you'll…

News

Motorola set to launch RAZR M Android smartphone on Verizon

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.28.2012

A Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz dual-core processor will power the upcoming Motorola RAZR M. But there are disappointments. There's likely no Jelly Bean here and the…