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Boeing to End Its Service for Using Internet Aloft
Maybe it was the Internet bubble in the sky or perhaps it was just that the business plan could not fly. — Boeing announced on Thursday that it planned to scrap its in-flight Internet service, sayin...
Amazon's Digital Video sneak peek: "Amazon Unbox"
It seems Amazon might soon be launching their digital video download store, called "Amazon Unbox Video". According to what I can find, it'll have purchase and rental capability, as well as support fo...
EchoStar must disable DVRs, judge rules
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A judge has ordered EchoStar to disable the digital video recorders used by several million subscribers to its Dish satellite TV service because they infringe on pat...
Microsoft Announces Preliminary Results of Tender Offer
Company expects to acquire 155 million shares at $24.75 per share; boosts ongoing share repurchase program by $16 billion. — Microsoft Corp. today announced the preliminary results of its modified "...
MacBook Wi-Fi hack didn't use Apple drivers
In early August a senior researcher at SecureWorks said he had revealed a vulnerability in Apple's MacBook wireless software driver that would allow him to take control of the machine. While the rese...
Apple releases iPod factory audit results
Apple has come out with its official report on the iPod factory conditions in China that were called into question just over two months ago by the UK newspaper Mail on Sunday. Back in June of this ye...
Dell adds AMD chips to desktop PC line
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Dell Inc., the world's No. 1 PC maker, will use microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in some of its consumer desktop computers, breaking its exclusive PC chip...
The Kiko Affair
There's a lot of talk lately about Kiko's founders putting the site up for auction on eBay. There's both less and more than meets the eye here. — I think Dharmesh Shah is overreacting, for example,...
Excalibur Smartphone exposed and Q to launch on Sprint soon
A very reliable source confirmed that a number of Microsoft Smartphones are hitting the streets soon. My source was also kind enough to share some of the best pics I've seen of the Excalibur (see bel...
Wiretap Ruling Threatens Telecoms
Businesses accused of helping the Bush Administration eavesdrop on customers could be in for a legal bruising — Telecommunications and Internet companies accused of working with the Bush Administrat...
Ready To Party?
The TechCrunch August Capital party is tonight, Friday, at August Capital in Menlo Park (map). The fun starts at 6 pm. Additional details are on the wiki. — There will be plenty to eat and drink, ...
Internal CableLabs Report Sparks Stir
(Multichannel News) _ An internal CableLabs report leaked to the Wall Street Journal purportedly concluding that cable operators will have to shell out money for fiber-to-the-home upgrades is generati...
Computers write news at Thomson
First it was the typewriter, then the teleprinter. Now a US news service has found a way to replace human beings in the newsroom and is instead using computers to write some of its stories. — Thoms...
Google does not render resistance futile
From the ashes of Kiko, Paul Graham reads that Google is unstoppable. That all hope is lost when fighting big G on its home turf. That resistance is futile: … What a depressing conclusion from a man...
Second Life & The Metaverse Business Expo
Whatever happens at the second Second Life Community Convention this weekend, I'm fairly sure the highlight won't be Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale appearing onstage in a sequined codpiece. — That w...
DNS could slow broadband service
A broadband provider's claim of superfast speeds may only be as good as its weakest link, which could be its domain name server software. — A report issued Thursday by Nominum, a company that sells ...
Report on iPod Manufacturing
Like many of you, we were concerned by reports in the press a few weeks ago alleging poor working and living conditions at a manufacturing facility in China where iPods are assembled. Our Supplier Co...
Boeing exits in-flight broadband
Boeing is scrapping its in-flight high speed broadband service because of lack of interest from leading airlines. — The discontinuation of its Connexion service will cost the plane maker $320m (£169...
Is Metcalfe's Law Really Wrong?
IEEE Spectrum magazine in a recent cover story by Bob Briscoe, Andrew Odlyzko, and Benjamin Tilly, three respected academics argued that the Metcalfe's Law - which states that the value of the network...
Computers write news at Thomson
First it was the typewriter, then the teleprinter. Now a US news service has found a way to replace human beings in the newsroom and is instead using computers to write some of its stories. — Thoms...
Quad-core race heats up
The past few days have seen a burst of quad-core-related news items from both AMD and Intel. In this post, I'll take a look at announcements from both companies and try to put them in the larger cont...
MPAA push-polling the public to change copyright views
The MPAA seems to be employing tried-and-true political campaign tactics to sway public opinion of piracy and file sharing toward its own worldview. A few weeks ago, the association announced MyMovie...
New features for YouTube
Tonight YouTube went down for a few hours for scheduled maintenance and came back up with a few new features. First is customized URLs, which allows you to "choose a customized URL for your channel, ...
DigiGear unveils EZ3D Photo Print picture frame
While anything remotely related to 3D always has to be inspected further before taking it seriously, the gimmicky optical illusion that adds depth to an otherwise flat object has suckered people in fo...
Why I don't write about video games
My brother, Alex, writes for Computer World. Now, you'd think that his obscure little blog would be safe from 14-year-olds everywhere. But, he posted his thoughts about Xbox vs. Play Station 3 and t...