Gizmodo Australia » jon stewart http://www.gizmodo.com.au the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer on Manipulating Apple Stock http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/03/jon_stewart_vs_jim_cramer_on_manipulating_apple_stock-2/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/03/jon_stewart_vs_jim_cramer_on_manipulating_apple_stock-2/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:02:23 +0000 Brian Lam http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/03/jon_stewart_vs_jim_cramer_on_manipulating_apple_stock-2.html It’s been interesting watching the CNBC’s bad habits come under fire by the mighty Jon Stewart. Gawker’s got a clip of Cramer as he appears on The Daily Show tonight, where Jim Cramer is quoted talking about manipulating Apple stock.


Cramer listens, and doesn’t defend himself too much, which is admirable. Watching this is especially interesting for me because a few weeks ago, we took some shots (counterpunches, really) against CNBC Silicon Valley Bureau chief Jim Goldman’s reporting. Maybe it’s not them. But maybe it’s the network and TV news in general. [Gawker, Jon Stewart is My Hero]

]]> http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/03/jon_stewart_vs_jim_cramer_on_manipulating_apple_stock-2/feed/ 0 Jon Stewart Is Totally Not Buying The Kindle 2 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/jon_stewart_is_totally_not_buying_the_kindle_2-2/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/jon_stewart_is_totally_not_buying_the_kindle_2-2/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:54:18 +0000 John Mahoney http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/jon_stewart_is_totally_not_buying_the_kindle_2-2.html Jeff Bezos brought a Kindle 2 to the Daily Show last night, where Mr. Stewart lobbed some pretty hefty criticism at it. And all Bezos could do was laugh like a gassed hyena.




And I must say I’m with Jon here. E-book readers still have a long way to go before I see them providing any benefit at all over old-fasioned glue and paper, which as Stewart puts it are “comfortably low tech.” I want my shelves full of books too.

Other great moments include Bezos admitting the Kindle reading voice is a “little freaky,” Stewart dissing Amazon Prime, Bezos pushing the benefits of being able to read comfortably “with one hand” and Stewart feigning shock at the $US359 price tag, which he was obviously well aware of: “Whoa, now that’s a lot. Is that gonna come down? That’s gotta come down.”

Hey Jon, if you want to review gadgets for Gizmodo any time, let us know. I’m with you here buddy. Oh, and if any of you want to see the above video edited down to only contain Bezos’s forced cackling, hit up Valleywag (and get ready for nightmares). [Daily Show, Valleywag]

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[The Daily Show]

]]> http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/02/jon_stewart_and_pw_singer_discuss_dangerous_robot_soldiers-2/feed/ 0 Jon Stewart Trashes Black Friday, Succumbs to Lego Millennium Falcon http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/jon_stewart_trashes_black_friday_succumbs_to_lego_millennium_falcon-2/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/jon_stewart_trashes_black_friday_succumbs_to_lego_millennium_falcon-2/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:57:00 +0000 Jesus Diaz http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/jon_stewart_trashes_black_friday_succumbs_to_lego_millennium_falcon-2.html If you didn’t watch Jon Stewart yesterday, check out his hilarious take on Black Friday, recession, and people’s stupidity fighting for silly things. His purchases: a wobble-headed C-3PO doll and, get ready, the Lego Millennium Falcon*.


* Don’t you dare ask about that again.

]]> http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/jon_stewart_trashes_black_friday_succumbs_to_lego_millennium_falcon-2/feed/ 0 Jon Stewart, Bored With Oscars, Pulls Out iPhone http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/jon_stewart_bored_with_oscars_pulls_out_iphone-2/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/jon_stewart_bored_with_oscars_pulls_out_iphone-2/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:54:31 +0000 Mark Wilson http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/02/jon_stewart_bored_with_oscars_pulls_out_iphone-2.html Never before has the futility of watching films on such a tiny screen been so well encapsulated as when Jon Stewart enjoyed Lawrence of Arabia on the Oscar stage last night. If you missed it, we won’t spoil the joke for you. But even after Stewart’s cultural nod/low blow to the iPhone, Jobs got the last laugh as he was thanked later during Pixar’s Best Animated Film acceptance speech.


PC fanboys, you just really can’t win.

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