Business
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Dubai to Get 33-Story High LED Screen
Friday 10 October 2008 – 09:40
UAE development company Tameer Holdings has announced that it will be constructing a 33-story high LED screen on the side of a planned commercial ... read more
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Son of Democratic Tennessee State Lawmaker Indicted for Palin Hack
Thursday 9 October 2008 – 11:10
The mystery is solved. David Kernell, the son of Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker Mike Kernell handed himself in Wednesday and was indicted ... read more
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Ebay CEO: Layoffs Not Due to Weak Economy
Thursday 9 October 2008 – 10:30
Online marketplace giant Ebay has announced that it is cutting 10 percent (roughly 1,600 jobs) from its workforce.read more
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RealDVD Sales Suspension Extended
Thursday 9 October 2008 – 10:20
The fate of Real Network’s RealDVD software hung in the balance yesterday as the court debated the suspension of sales imposed on October 3.read more
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Viewers Preferred the Bill and Jerry Show
Thursday 9 October 2008 – 10:10
Strangely enough, viewers actually liked the eccentric relationship between Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfield, even better than the yawn-a-thon "I'm ... read more
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Apple Stocks Drop Following Fake Heart Attack Report
Wednesday 8 October 2008 – 11:00
Following last week’s that Apple founder, Steve Jobs, had suffered a bout of ill health, Apple saw stocks drop below $100 for the first time ... read more
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Steve Wozniak Says iPod's Days are Numbered
Wednesday 8 October 2008 – 10:10
Apple's "Employee Number 1" recollected of times past and opinions on the present and was not necessarily kind to the company he founded with the ... read more
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T-Mobile Data Disk for 17 Million Customers walks out the door
Tuesday 7 October 2008 – 10:20
If you ever have massive amounts of data that is supposed to be secure, you are probably better off eating it so that nobody can get their hands ... read more
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eBay Lays Off 1,000, Purchases Bill Me Later
Tuesday 7 October 2008 – 10:10
eBay today announced lay offs of 1,000 employees, which in turn amounts to a ten percent of the company’s staff. More to the point, the company ... read more
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HTC and T-Mobile Expect to Shift Half a Million G1s in Q4
Tuesday 7 October 2008 – 10:00
According to CENS, U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile expects to sell 400,000 to 500,000 of the Google-based, G1 handsets in the fourth quarter of ... read more
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Yahoogle! Deal Delayed Pending Discussions with Department of Justice
Tuesday 7 October 2008 – 09:40
The Washington Post today reports that Google and Yahoo! will hold off on the controversial advertising deal, which has attracted the attention ... read more
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Apple Puts Steve Jobs Heart Attack Rumor to Rest
Monday 6 October 2008 – 10:00
Apple spokeswoman, Katie Cotton, has denied rumors that surface this morning about Apple CEO and founder Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack.read more
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iTunes Safe: CRB Denies Request to Raise Royalty Rates
Monday 6 October 2008 – 09:40
The Copyright Royalty Board yesterday denied the National Music Publishers’ Association’s request for an increase in royalty rates for music sold ... read more
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Report: HP Jumps on the Smartphone Bandwagon
Monday 6 October 2008 – 09:30
Now that Blackberry is giving its a market a little more wiggle room and introducing a smartphone that’s geared at both work and play, it’s not ... read more
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Skype President Repsonds to TOM-Skype Privacy Controversy
Monday 6 October 2008 – 09:30
Skype President, Josh Silverman has responded to yesterday’s reports that the company’s Chinese branch, TOM-Skype is monitoring user chats and in ... read more
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Obama Launches iPhone Application
Monday 6 October 2008 – 09:30
Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama has, launched an iPhone application designed to help supporters connect with other voters and ... read more
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Could the iPhone Kill the Kindle?
Monday 6 October 2008 – 09:20
According to a recent report on Forbes.com, one particular iPhone application is stepping on the toes of the Kindle ebook reader. So much so, ... read more
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Tech Industry Takes Second Financial Hit this Week
Monday 6 October 2008 – 09:20
Apple and Google stocks fell for the second time yesterday, despite clawing back numbers after a sharp drop earlier in the week.read more
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Nintendo: Plenty of Wii Consoles This Holiday Season
Friday 3 October 2008 – 10:50
Nintendo reports that consumers should have no troubles locating a Wii console this holiday season. read more
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Matsushita Fully Adopts Panasonic Name Worldwide
Friday 3 October 2008 – 10:20
Matsushita Electric Industrial is celebrating its 90th anniversary by changing its name. Never heard of Matsushita? That explains why the company ... read more
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Proposed Bill to Limit DHS Electronic Searches
Friday 3 October 2008 – 10:20
Last week members of the senate proposed a bill that, if passed, would see the Department of Homeland Security require reasonable suspicion ... read more
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GameStop Buys Stolen Games
Friday 3 October 2008 – 10:10
Several Gamestop stores in Memphis, Tennessee have knowingly bought stolen games.read more
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Motorola Confirms Plans for Android Phones
Thursday 2 October 2008 – 10:30
Motorola has confirmed the suspicions of many in the blogosphere that claimed the company was planning devices for the Google-developed, mobile ... read more
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Microsoft's Offers Users Prizes for Using Live Search
Thursday 2 October 2008 – 10:20
Microsoft is up to its old tricks to try and garner itself a bigger a share of the search market. The company has announced a new system called ... read more
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T-Mobile Sees Overwhelming Demand for G1
Thursday 2 October 2008 – 10:20
High demand for HTC’s G1 handset, available exclusively on the T-Mobile network and the first mobile phone running Google’s mobile operating ... read more