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Apple rolls back problem driver in new iTunes 8 update
Apple has responded quickly to reports that its initial release of iTunes 8 caused STOP errors (AKA the Blue Screen of Death) on some Windows machines. — The issue is documented in support article ...
PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-G1: WORLD'S SMALLEST AND LIGHTEST DIGITAL INTERCHANGEABLE LENS CAMERA*
World's First Micro Four Thirds System Camera Features Portability, Ease-of-Use and Colorful Blue and Red Models For Personalized Style and Active Lifestyles — Panasonic today announced the world's ...
Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Commercial #2: I Remain Confused
I'm starting to feel bad for Microsoft PR, who've been tasked with defending these Microsoft ads featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. I just didn't connect with the first ad, which barely mention...
Paper's Decision to Twitter 3-Year-Old's Funeral Sparks Outrage
Critics Question Value of Giving a Play-by-Play of a Tragedy — A Colorado newspaper's decision to live blog the funeral of a 3-year-old boy with Twitter has prompted a flurry of criticism from the l...
Ex-Intel worker accused in theft
FBI says engineer copied secret files — A former engineer at the Hudson facility of chip maker Intel Corp. has been charged with stealing trade secrets after taking a new job at rival Advanced Micro...
First Look: iPhone 2.1
Latest update to the iPhone software brings lots of fixes and a few new features — iPhone 2.0 brought a lot of cool features with it, but it also brought a lot of bugs. Performance was slow, calls ...
Google Adds Location To Mobile Web Search
Last November, Google introduced its My Location feature in Google Maps for Mobile. It uses cell tower IDs to triangulate the location of the phone and then identifies that location on the Google Map...
AMAZON HIRES AD EXEC FROM M'SOFT
Amazon has tapped a senior Microsoft exec to head its national ad sales in a sign that the company is ramping up its online ad business. — Lisa Utzschneider, who worked at Microsoft for 10 years, wi...
Dude, Where's My App? 10 Web Apps We Wish Hadn't Disappeared
We track hundreds of web apps here on ReadWriteWeb. Some, like YouTube and last.fm, become our favorites and prosper. But others sadly close down, or whither away due to not many people using them, ...
EA Admits That You Can Only Have One Spore Player Per Install
from the and-it-lied-in-the-manual dept — Things aren't getting much better for EA since critics of its overly annoying DRM on the new video game Spore expressed their displeasure in droves on the A...
Madden '09 owns, 360 moves back in front of PS3 in sales
The NPD numbers are in for August, and although August was a slow month this year, the gaming industry is still looking solid. “August industry sales remain strong and realized a nine percent gain ov...
Spore's Piracy Problem
How do you measure the failure of the copy protections that software companies place on their media products? In the case of Electronic Arts' highly-anticipated game “Spore,” just count the pirates. ...
Apple Estimates Trimmed By AmTech: Shift Toward Cheaper Macs (AAPL)
Not even Apple (AAPL) is immune to a downturn: AmTech's Shaw Wu says he's cutting his September quarter, December quarter, and 2009 revenue and EPS estimates, for three main reasons: — People buying ...
Zune's Recommendations Make Genius Look Average
Microsoft showed us a sneak preview of the Zune 3.0 software it plans to release on Sept. 16 with the latest generation of Zune devices, and what we saw made iTunes' simple Genius feature look like a ...
WD® SHIPS 500 GB CAPACITY NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVES
Company Expands Industry Leadership in Areal Density at 250 GB-Per-Platter For 2.5-inch Standard Form Factor Notebook Hard Drives — WD® (NYSE: WDC) today announced that it has commenced volume shipm...
So That's Who Uses AOL
In honor of a redesign of AOL's home page, we asked Bits readers earlier this week “Who Uses AOL and Why?” So far, we've heard from more than 380 of you. — The sheer range of opinions about AOL, bu...