Month: August 2010

Lately, with Apple and Steve Jobs looking more like the Borg than Microsoft ever did, I have been telling folks to steer clear of Apple products unless they want to forever suckle off the Apple teat. Read the original post by Lockergnome Nexus

Research In Motion, its global growth and its secure-email niche challenged by both rivals and governments, is preparing for a long fight it may yet lose on a shifting battlefield. Read the original post by International Business Times

The Pasadena Pops says award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch will be its principal conductor next summer. Read the original post by KHWB-TV Houston

Press release, August 27; Yvonne Yu, DIGITIMES [Friday 27 August 2010] Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Amtran Technology has signed an MOU with Victor Company of Japan , an operating company of JVC Kenwood Holdings, for strategic partnership in the LCD TV business. Read the original post by DigiTimes

Apple’s iPad apparently didn’t just shake up the tablet market like a Polaroid picture. Read the original post by About.com

The bidding war for 3Par Inc. intensified on Friday, with both Hewlett-Packard Co. Read the original post by MarketWatch

United Arab Emirates: 54 minutes ago Sony Gulf, the regional arm of consumer electronics giant Sony Corporation, unveiled its latest 5.1 channel 3D-enabled Blu-ray Home Theatre Systems BDV-IZ1000 and BDV-E970W, and the 3D-enabled HT-CT350 and HT-CT150 3.1 channel sound bars. Read the original post by AME Info

Although Usher and his now-former wife Tameka Foster hit some rough patches that led to their divorce last November, there is one thing they can agree on: their kids. Read the original post by NBC Connecticut

Lagerfeld was chosen to receive The Couture Council Fashion Visionary Award by the Couture Council Advisory Committee, an independent group consisting of curators, editors, and retailers. – (AHN) Read the original post by WGNO

With Transformers 3 wrapping up in Chicago, Shia LaBoeuf?s next project might very well be Indiana Jones 5. – (AHN) Read the original post by WGNO

The little, big world of the Roloff family will come to an end in the upcoming sixth season of the hit reality show “Little People, Big World.” TLC has confirmed the final season of the show, which is set to premiere on September 6. – (AHN) Read the original post by WGNO

newegg.com offers the Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player, model no. WDBAAL0000NBK-NESN, for $39.99 with free shipping. Although that’s $5 more than our mention from three weeks ago (since expired), it’s the lowest total price we could find by $16. (We saw it bundled with a 120GB hard drive for $60 shipped four days…

Today only, the iTunes App Store offers downloads of Tesla Wars for iPhone / iPod touch for free. That’s $1 off and the best price we’ve seen for this tower defense game. Read the original post by dealmac.com

The iTunes App Store offers downloads of Alarmed for iPhone / iPod touch for free. That’s $3 off and the best price we’ve seen for this alarm app. Read the original post by dealmac.com

GiveawayotDay: New game! Spirits of Metropolis http://bit.ly/bf8JtE Read the original post by NBC Philadelphia