Apple's deceptive iPhone ad banned in the UK
Apple's TV advert for the 3G iPhone has been attacked on the web for being deceptive, and as Media Guardian reported this morning, it has now been banned in the UK. The Advertising Standards Authorit...
Icahn Doubles Down: Buys Another 7 Million Shares of Yahoo!
Well, don't accuse Carl Icahn of cutting and running. After losing $1 billion on his massive Yahoo bet—he bought 69 million shares last spring at about $25—Carl Icahn has (figuratively speaking) doub...
Black Friday Discounts on Macs Have Begun
MacMall has announced their Black Friday sale which will runs from now until midnight P.T. on Friday, November 28th. Last year's MacMall sale delivered some of the largest discounts available online....
How widely used is Chrome? More than I expected
Chrome doesn't have much market share among CNET News visitors, but it's climbing. — (Credit: CNET News) — Is Google's Chrome browser mainstream? — Certainly not. But I've been curious how wide...
The video you'll love to hate
You are going to need some headphones and 5 minutes of wasted time here. Looks like this was filmed at famous Mac Store Tekserve in Manhattan and paid for by drive manufacturer Seagate. See if you c...
Amazon.com Tries User-Generated Public Relations
Just as Tom Sawyer got his friends to whitewash that fence, Internet companies have been delighted to offer their users the chance to perform many of the tasks they would otherwise have to hire people...
Sling Opens Up Its Hulu Competitor To The Public
Sling Media, the company behind the popular Slingbox TV-streaming hardware devices, has opened the gates to its video portal Sling.com. The site pits Sling directly against Joost and Hulu (though Hul...
You Gotta Try Mr. Tweet
Last night I happened across Mr. Tweet, a stealth startup that's growing quickly. The site bills itself as your “personal assistant for Twitter,” but it functions as a very interesting version of Fac...
Why can't Microsoft make money online?
Yes, the software giant is hugely profitable. Just not where it competes with Google. — (Fortune Magazine) — Struggle? You don't normally think of that word applying to the company Bill Gates foun...
QuickTime 7.5.7 allows SD iTunes playback over DisplayPort
Calming a controversial situation, Apple on Tuesday night released a new QuickTime update that allows standard definition iTunes movies to play over the new MacBooks' DisplayPort to older displays.
Toshiba presents new 16GB microSDHC and two SDHC cards
Sandisk announced a 16GB micro SDHG card back in September and is now followed by Toshiba, whose model (SD-ME016GA) will be released in Japan in January next year [JP]. According to Asahi Shimbun [JP...
StatShot: BitTorrent Loves Batman
The Dark Knight continues to cast its vengeful shadow over BitTorrent, according to TorrentFreak, staying on as the most popular pirated movie. Other than that — there was only one new addition to th...
New Peripherals Update: Wireless Keypad and AC Adaptor
Hey everyone, we wanted to provide an update on the new Peripherals we are launching this holiday. First, the Wireless Keypad for the PS3 will be available in stores starting the first week of Decemb...
Test Center review: AT&T Fuze sparks Windows Mobile
San Francisco - If you're ready for a Windows Mobile smartphone with a large, VGA (480 by 640 pixels) display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and quad-band radios for worldwide use, the Fuze is an excelle...
HTC's Real IPhone Rival Stands Up: the Touch HD
High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's largest maker of smartphones that use Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, launched the Touch HD handset in Taipei on Wednesday, a 3.8-inch touchscreen mobile pho...
Yahoo Still Losing Search Share: Time To Do Deal, Focus On Display
Yahoo should do a a search deal with Microsoft now, if only so it can focus on its strengths — on and off network advertising to its tremendously large audience. — Nielsen's October U.S. search shar...
Why can't Microsoft make money online?
“You've had Ballmer and [chairman Bill] Gates telling the world for years that online success is critical for Microsoft,” says Benjamin Schachter, an online-ad analyst with UBS. “But they don't say w...
Description of the Windows Home Server Update, November 2008
View products that this article applies to. — INTRODUCTION — This update improves the interaction between home computers that are running Windows Vista and a Windows Home Server-based system when ...