30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once
Right, so this is a weird one: we're getting tons of reports—tons—about failing Zune 30s. Apparently, the players began freezing at about midnight last night, becoming totally unresponsive and practi...
Microsoft getting ready to lay off 17% of staff
Worldwide cutbacks — The rumor that Microsoft was set to lay off people on January 15th, 2009 is no longer a rumor but a fact. Staff at Microsoft have been informed that the company is readying maj...
Dell Shakes Up Management
Dell Inc. is preparing management changes that are expected to shake up an executive team that Chief Executive Michael Dell brought in as part of his turnaround plan for the big computer maker. — As...
Official response for Zune 30 Freezing Issue (Zune 30gb stuck at reboot screen)
Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used).
Google's Top Ten Products (More Or Less)
Can you name Google's top ten products? If you look at how Quantcast ranks Google's subdomains, you can get a sense of which Google products are the most popular, since they each have their own subdo...
Playing the Fool
How Sony inadvertently helped a competitor and lost position in the videogame market. — Like dynasties rising and falling, videogame systems enjoy periods of ascendancy and popular support, only to ...
Private firm may track all email and calls
The private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone's calls, emails, texts and internet use under a key option contained in a consultation pap...
OQO To Debut Model 2+ With 1.86 Intel Atom, Touch At CES, Digital Experience
As an attendee of Digital Experience, I just got a list of vendors planning to present at Digital Experience emailed to me; and, what do I find but this little nugget of info listing OQO as a presente...
The Air Force's Rules of Engagement for Blogging
You've probably seen many articles on companies and organizations saying that they take social media seriously. Here's one such organization that you might not expect: the United States Air Force. T...
Viacom To Take Jon Stewart, MTV & SpongeBob Off The Air on Time Warner Cable Networks
What would happen to New York if The Daily Show went off the air? Where would hipsters get their daily moment of zen? No Spongebob Squarepants either - which means the Upper East side mommies will a...
The Storm is a Netbook, says RIM's founder
WATERLOO, Canada—Even as the weather drop to sub-zero temperatures and snow powders Research In Motion's campus in Waterloo, Mike Lazaridis certainly didn't feel it. The company's founder and co-CEO ...
Hulu: Turns Out We Didn't Miss Sarah Palin So Much, After All
File under “interesting and a bit surprising”: Earlier this month I cited Comscore data which showed that traffic to red-hot Hulu had fallen off from October to November. That made sense, because the...
Spatial View Introduces New Wazabee 3DeeShell for Vivid Stereoscopic 3D Graphics on the iPhone
Spatial View, a leader in manufacturing products for creating 3D effects, introduces its latest product, Wazabee 3DeeShell, a special protective skin with an integrated removable lens …
The new Nokia 6208c
In an event held today in Nanjing Nokia unveiled the Nokia 6208c, a new pen input device which caters for a number of different customers, specifically those in China. The touch screen on the 6208c i...
A Few Popular Presents Rise Above Recession
The presents have been unwrapped, the tree taken down. And Santa still hasn't brought you that Wii. — Don't worry. You are not alone. — Despite the economic gloom and doom that saddled this Chri...
Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds
Is a quad-core processor, built-in digitizer, and color-calibrator not enough innovation for you? Lenovo also crams in a slide-out second display into this behemoth workstation. — Price as Reviewed...
Why Facebook Opted for Platform Growth Over Platform Monetization in 2008
When the Facebook Platform launched in May 2007, many speculated on Facebook's various opportunities for revenue generation on Platform. However, while there has been much talk of Facebook's revenues...
RunCore releases 1.8" Low Cost Zif PATA and Hyper Speed 256GB 2.5" SATA SSD
RunCore Product Announcement Dec 29, 2008¨C RunCore releases 1.8¡± Low Cost Zif PATA and Hyper Speed 256GB 2.5¡± SATA SSD. — RunCore is happy to announce the immediate availability …