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Well, finishing a story about Polaroid for tomorrow's CBS Sunday Morning program on money issues ended up taking more time this week than I expected -- not that I'm complaining -- so the blog took a back seat. We spent time viewing the company's archives now located at Harvard Business School, as well as getting a tour of the Polaroid office in Boston and talking with the man who designed the famous pixel-esque logo. His comments might surprise you. The company has fallen on hard times in the past several years, and recently announced it will stop producing its instant film. Our story aims to look at both the rich history and uncertain future of the iconic American firm founded by Dr. Edwin Land in 1937. The ultimate question being: What's in a name?

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In a hurry here today but more tomorrow. A few quick thoughts: yesterday's BlackBerry outage was largely solved overnight but my CBS-issue device was still going haywire until mid-morning. During that time I used a different device to check my e-mail (rhymes with why cone) via a Web-based account. It wasn't great, but it sufficed in a pinch. Note to RIM: futher outages will only push people to experiment further with other devices, which can't be a good business plan. In other news, I plan to spend some time commenting on the proposed/rejected/scorned offer from Microsoft to buy Yahoo!. I realize there are many deeper considerations but one often seems overlooked: image.

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Quick entry today -- we're moving ahead with a story for the Evening News with Katie Couric that looks at the science behind the new movie "Jumper," starring Hayden Christensen. What sci-fi fan hasn't dreamed of one day living in a world where "Beam me up, Scotty!" was a reality? Naturally, Hollywood expands on the idea and takes some (actually, a lot) of dramatic license but, hey, so what. We all know human teleportation is not going to happen any time soon (if ever), as much as we could all think of a good time to use it in our lives. You know what I'm talking about. But photons -- well, that's a different story.

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