Yahoo Inc. is doubling the price of its online music subscription service for portable MP3 players, ending a short-lived promotion that sought to lure consumers from Apple Computer Inc.’s market-leading iTunes store. We all knew Continue reading “Yahoo Spotted Doubling the Price Online Music Subscriptions”.
Photo journalist Robbie Cooper has been traveling around China and Korea trying to catch the elusive gamer on film. Some of the photos captured the fascinating and largely unseen world of workers in China and Continue reading “Artist Shows The Gamers Behind The Avatars”.
The sales volume of MP3 players in the Taiwan market have nosedived following booming sales from September to early this month, according to Taiwanese retail channels, adding that even the immensely popular iPod nano is Continue reading “iPod nano prices cut to stimulate sales in Taiwan”.
A Swedish court made the first conviction for using an online file-sharing network this week in Sweden. Twenty eight-year-old Andreas Bawer was found guilty of breaching copyright by distributing a Swedish movie online and fined Continue reading “Sweden convicts first online movie file-sharer”.
Weak gross margins pushed hard-drive maker Maxtor (MXO) into a disappointing third quarter, despite a 10% increase in unit sales. Shares of Maxtor were trading down $0.05 cents or -1.36% to $3.64 at the closing Continue reading “Margins Drive Maxtor Stock Shares Lower”.
Google Inc. has unintentionally provided a sneak peek at what appears to be a looming expansion into classified advertising — a free service that might antagonize some of the Internet search engine’s biggest customers, including Continue reading “Google leaks classified ad service”.
Good news for European television viewers: HD is now in your neck of the woods. ProSiebenSat. 1 launched HD today, with the premiere broadcast being on Sunday. Now, they can get a taste of what Continue reading “HDTV arrives in Europe”.
Cisco Systems, a worldwide leader in enterprise networking technology, is donating $40 million to Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast region schools, so they can restore the equipment and Internet services they once had. Cisco Systems and some Continue reading “Cisco Offers to Aid Gulf Coast Schools”.
In yet another move to make more information digitized, Microsoft and Open Content Alliance (OCA) are teaming up to start putting books you would normally find in a library on the web. It’s not without Continue reading “Microsoft joins book search plan”.
Planning on getting a Dell XPS 400, E310, or E510 Dimension desktop? Looking for a simple, convenient way to recover your personal files without having to set up the software and drive yourself? Dell has Continue reading “Dell unveils new data recovery system”.
Looks like ATI’s X1800 XT graphics processor is very overclocker friendly as a two Finnish over-clockers broke the 1GHz mark. ATI said that once faster GDDR-4 memory arrives next year, users can expect to see Continue reading “ATI?s Radeon X1800 XT Breaks 1 GHz Speed Barrier”.
In their continuing effort to gain U.S. market share, LG USA?s IT Brand Division will be entering the Flash RAM/USB market. The transfer, storage and use of digital media is everywhere and LG is jumping Continue reading “LG Electronics Enters the U.S. Flash Ram/USB Market”.
OCZ Technology has some new patent-pending XTC (Xtreme Thermal Convection) Heatspreaders that allow increased ventilation and heat dissipation due to an innovative honeycomb design. The new design provides better air flow to the actual memory Continue reading “OCZ Technology Launches XTC Memory Heat Spreaders”.
One of Microsoft’s creations may just turn on them after all. Ajax, a developer of online “Office-like” applications, is knocking on Microsoft’s back door with its gradual release of web-based office tools. Don’t have Microsoft Continue reading “Web-based software challenges Windows”.
Well, it appears the time of free P2P sharing is coming to an end quickly. iMesh, one of the largest P2P (Peer-to-Peer) file-sharing services, is going “regulated”. They will start charging $6.95 a month for Continue reading “Legal P2P opens for business”.
