Announcing the formal end to its iPhone 4 case program, Apple couldn’t resist getting in a parting shot at critics who complained about Apple’s handling of antenna problems affecting the iPhone 4. Apple CEO Steve Jobs discussing reception problems reported by some iPhone 4 customers. Read the original post by WBKB-TV Alpena
Month: September 2010
First Take: What will companies do with their cheap debt?
U.S. companies are piling on debt at levels not seen since the early months of 2008, but the capital-raising raises a question: what will companies do with their cash? Post-Labor Day investment-grade bond issue issuance topped $33.7 billion through 35 offerings. Read the original post by MarketWatch
(AHN) 9/11 Anniversary Marred By Public Debates
Nine years after the worst terrorist attack on the United States, the country remembers those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. – (AHN) Read the original post by NY Daily News
Amazon Kindle vs Sony Reader: Head-to-head review
V3.co.uk got a chance to pit the upcoming Sony Reader Touch against the latest version of the Wi-Fi-only Amazon Kindle at a Sony event in London this week. Read the original post by Vnunet
Rogers Unspools Online Movie Rentals
Canada’s Rogers Communications plans to launch online movie rentals in mid-October as an extension to its “TV Everywhere” video service, which has attracted 250,000 customers — out of the MSO’s 2.3 million basic cable TV subscribers — in less than a year. Read the original post by Multichannel News
Irwin Silber, who chronicled 1960s folk song renaissance in Sing Out magazine, has died
Irwin Silber, who as founding editor of the small but influential magazine Sing Out became a towering figure in the 1960s American folk music renaissance that brought Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie and numerous others to prominence, has died at age 84. Read the original post by KHWB-TV Houston
Cisco CEO Chambers got $18.9M 2010 pay package
Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers received about $18.9 million in compensation for the latest fiscal year, a 33 percent increase from last year’s payout due to more generous bonus and stock awards, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures filed with regulators Friday. Read the original post by SiliconValley.com
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GiveawayotDay: Scanned Text Editor form CadKas can help you to edit any scanned document without loseing anything. http://bit.ly/dmJnck Read the original post by The Globe and Mail
MP3 player risks: truth or fiction?
Look around these days, and you’ll see earphone cords dangling around many necks. Read the original post by C-Health
Netflix added to Panasonic Viera Cast line-up for 2010 HDTVs, Blu-ray players
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Amy Winehouse records Quincy Jones tribute
Amy Winehouse watches The Libertines perform in London. Winehouse will contribute a song to the Quincy Jones tribute album, set to debut November 9. Amy Winehouse will contribute a song to the upcoming Quincy Jones tribute album Winehouse covered the 1963 song “It’s My Party,” one of Quincy’s first hits as a producer Winehouse has…
Western Digital 64GB SATA 3Gbps SSD 2.5″ Drive for $118 + free shipping
newegg.com offers the OEM Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue 64GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Internal Solid State Disk (SSD) 2.5″ Hard Drive, model no. SSC-D0064SC-2100, for $117.99. With free shipping, that’s $1.84/GB and the lowest total price we could find by $46. (It’s also the least expensive Western Digital 64GB SSD we’ve ever seen.) Solid State Drives…
Microsoft celebrates Windows Phone RTM with iPhone funeral
Microsoft really isn’t that good at being snarky , but they try. Windows Phone 7 has gone RTM, and thus the company decided it was time for a funeral, not for Windows 6.5 , but for iPhone. Read the original post by WNOL-TV New Orleans
iPhone 4 free case program to end Sept. 30th: Apple
Apple set a deadline on its free case program of September 30th for its iPhone 4 free case program, and it is sticking to it. Read the original post by WNOL-TV New Orleans
Panasonic 50″ 1080p THX Plasma HDTV, TiVo, Camera for $1,078 + free shipping
Amazon.com offers the Panasonic VIERA 50″ 600Hz 1080p THX-Certified Widescreen Plasma HD Television, model no. TC-P50G25, (pictured) bundled with the TiVo Premiere DVR, model no. TCD746320, and the Panasonic Skype-Enabled Camera, model no. TY-CC10W, for an in-cart price of $1,078.13. (Add each item to your cart separately.) With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price…