Apple to sell a $99 4GB iPhone at Walmart?
We just got a tip that in addition to the iPhone 3G actually making its way to Walmart, as we exclusively told you, there will be a 4GB model priced at $99 with a 2-year agreement. We're not putting ...
RealDepressing: The Entire RealNetworks Layoff Memo
Earlier this afternoon, Peter Kafka reported in Media Memo that RealNetworks (RNWK) was “next up in today's layoff parade.” Here's the official internal memo from RealNetworks founder, chairman and C...
IBM Offers ‘Microsoft-Free’ Desktop
Applications for Thin Clients Would Operate From Back-Office Server — International Business Machines Corp. is hoping to convince corporate customers that they no longer need Microsoft Corp. — IBM...
AT&T Announces Job Reductions
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced a planned reduction of approximately 12,000 jobs, or about 4 percent of the company's total workforce, citing economic pressures, a changing business mix and a more ...
The Dreaded Viacom Layoffs: 850 People
The long-feared Viacom pre-post holiday layoffs are here, and they're not pretty. We heard earlier that as many as 300 layoffs might be coming at MTV today, but the total, Viacom-wide numbers are eve...
Times Extra: The New York Times Opens Web Front Page to Outside Content
New York TimesAt a time when the online world is continually seen as a more trusted source of news, mainstream media outlets find themselves forced into the position of becoming more and more open to ...
Zunegate
OK. So let's get things straight. — I want to correct what I said yesterday about Obama using a Zune. I claimed that it was his Zune. I don't know for sure that it was his. It could belong to on...
World's second Google Android gPhone launches!
Kogan, the Australian company that has electronics custom manufactured in China to sell direct to Australians, has pulled off a cool scoop in the world's second Android phone to launch and the very fi...
Online auctions remain piracy problem for Microsoft
Attention, software buyers: there's no such thing as Microsoft Office “Blue Edition.” — That's the latest ruse making the rounds on online auctions. It feigns to be some sort of technician version ...
Amazon Launches Public Data Sets To Ease Research
Amazon released its previously announced Public Data Sets web service this evening. The project encourages developers, researchers, universities and businesses to upload large (non-confidential) data...
Nintendo Thinking About Changing the Accelerometer in Wiimote
At the heart of the success of the Wii is the accelerometer chip inside the Wiimote that detects motion in three dimensional space. — Now, the company that provided that first chip, STMicroelectroni...
Look Before You Click: Search Assist for Image Search
We just took a look back at the progress we've made over the last year with Search Assist and a look forward to our goals of continuing to improve the usefulness of our assistance technology. — With...
Yahoo Technology Will Offer Abstracts of Search Results (PC World)
Yahoo's lab in India is developing technology that will summarize information about web search results rather than simply offer links as search engines currently do. — “When you type in a search tod...
Forget Cyber Monday: COBY Plans “Moore's Law” MIDGET PC for $100 in March
Sales of 100 million, worldwide, in five years? — Coby Electronics, a leading international manufacturer and distributor of electronics consumer-packaged goods for discount stores, plans to introduc...
Startups seek more dignified exit than a belly flop into the dead pool
Remember the dead pool? No, not Clint Eastwood's fifth and final Dirty Harry movie, but the internet graveyard that became a byword for failure during the last dotcom crash. In the lowest days of 20...
Apple says others are behind Psystar's misdeeds
Will make them pay — APPLE FILED a motion on Tuesday to amend its complaint in its lawsuit against Psystar. — Psystar attracted Apple's lawsuit by selling unauthorised clones of Apple brand comput...
Google Apps SLA loophole allows for major downtime without consequences
Gmail could be unavailable for more than 21 hours in a day, and Google could still tell you that according to their SLA, the service has had 100% uptime. — It sounds impossible, but it's a direct co...