The iPhone 5 launch is rapidly approaching. At least we all think it is, Apple is famously secretive regarding new products: launching new iPhones, computers and whizz-bang devices on an (largely) unsuspecting public out of the nowhere. All this causes a tremendous amount of excitement amongst tech industry watchers as people worldwide speculate, theorize, imagine, and just plain make-up what ...

Q: What ever happened to the FCC ruling that restricted the number of minutes allowed on TV shows for commercials? Also, many news programs now put in feature stories about programs running later on the same channel. Isn't that considered advertising also? read more

Wacko of the Week. Just as the Daily News runs an eye-popping Gratuitous Photo of the Week in the sports section and hands out on Knucklehead Awards on the editorial page, I propose a Wacko of the Week, or WOW Award.