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February 1, 2007

by Paul Taylor

Unusual pitch for Bonds

Barry_bonds San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds made a cameo appearance at the Demo technology conference today on behalf of a company called Bling Software that has built the industry’s first - and supposedly only - AJAX-powered client for mobile applications.

The admirably named Bling Player enables anyone who can build a regular web page to author a rich mobile video site quickly and easily while viewers get smooth video without the slow response times that plague most current mobile video offerings.

That’s all well and good, but what the Demo audience really wanted to know was when Mr Bonds planned to sign his new contract, which reportedly gives the Giants an out should the baseball star end up being indicted on steroid abuse charges. Sadly he wasn’t taking questions….

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