A network breakdown disrupted BlackBerry e-mail service for about 8 million North American customers yesterday, the biggest failure for Research In Motion Inc. in 10 months. The disruption follows a failure in April, when BlackBerry Continue reading “BlackBerry Service Resumes After Worst North American Failure in 10 Months”.
The bug fixes kept coming Monday, as Apple shipped critical security updates for its Mac OS X operating system. The latest security updates fix 11 bugs in the Mac operating system, including eight bugs in Continue reading “Patches keep coming: Apple fixes OS X security bugs”.
The technology industry’s outlook for 2008 looks worse than it did just two months ago, when fears of a U.S. recession already were leading analysts to predict a slowdown in purchases of computers, software and Continue reading “Analyst sees grim forecast for tech spending”.
BlackBerry outages are rare, but when they do hit, like one did Monday that wiped out service across United States and Canada, subscribers who have become addicted to the smart phones are quick to unleash Continue reading “RIM Outage – BlackBerries go dark in North America”.
A handful of chip makers Monday demonstrated how a mobile device running Google’s Android operating system might look. Consumers won’t get a chance to buy such a phone for several months at least. The demonstrations Continue reading “Google phones unveiled – devices using Android software seen”.
Nokia will add Google to the list of search engines consumers can access from its handsets, the companies said on Tuesday. Nokia has similar deals in place with Yahoo and Microsoft around the world, and Continue reading “Nokia to add Google search on handsets”.
Unfazed by Microsoft Corp’s bid to acquire it, Yahoo Inc launched a mobile phone tool to let phone users share personal details from their favorite Web services with friends in their address books. Yahoo! oneConnect Continue reading “Yahoo gets personal with “oneConnect” mobile tool”.
Yet another blow to the HD DVD format. BestBuy has announced they will recommend that consumers choose BluRay DVD over the HD DVD format, this announcement comes shortly after Netflix announcement that they will discontinue Continue reading “Best Buy to recommend Blu-ray format”.
Another blow in the HD war has been thrown by Netflix! HD-DVD products at Netflix will stop shipping by years end or maybe theyll ship them off to troops in Iraq, like its competitor Blockbuster. Continue reading “Netflix declares winner in HD battle”.
This morning Kingston is announcing a DataTraveler Micro Reader, an all-in-one USB Flash drive and reader that works with mobile memory cards. The DataTraveler Micro Reader Enhanced for Kingston Technology Unveils DataTraveler Micro Reader Making Continue reading “Kingston Announces DataTraveler Micro Reader”.
Micron Technology today announced that it is sampling to customers and major enablers the industry’s fastest 512 megabit (Mb) Mobile DRAM component, designed for the latest feature-rich mobile electronic devices. Mass production is expected in Continue reading “Micron Samples Industry’s Fastest Mobile DRAM”.
Nearly two years after scoring one of its greatest business coups, Advanced Micro Devices is sliding backwards. PC marker Dell confirmed reports Friday that the vast majority of its AMD-powered consumer PCs are no longer Continue reading “AMD Dissed by Dell – No More AMD Based PCs For Sale Online”.
Services on two of three broken undersea cables providing Internet services to parts of the Middle East and Asia have been restored after both cables were repaired, an Indian-owned cable operator said on Sunday. FLAG Continue reading “Two undersea internet cables off Egypt, UAE, repaired”.
As Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang prepared to send a letter to Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer rejecting Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid, the possible future of the Internet icon suddenly took an unexpected twist. Word Continue reading “Yahoo may buy AOL – The Drama Continues”.
When you’re the world’s largest chipmaker, it’s hard to turn on a dime. It can be even harder to admit when you’ve overreached. A shift has taken place at Intel over the last year or Continue reading “Intel increasingly letting customers lead the way”.
