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Sony Determined To Not Cut The PS3 Price, Even If Xbox 360 Goes $299 - eFluxMedia

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0000

PlayStation 3 unlikely to see a price cut
TechWhack (press release), India - 51 minutes ago
Sony has said that they have no plans to cut the price of the Playstation 3 gaming console. The company has made huge losses and they are now aiming to ...

Xbox 360 Premium Dropping To $299.99 Tomorrow
Kezins, WV - 1 hour ago
By Will Snizek • July 12, 2008 It looks like the rumors that Microsoft will be handing out price cuts for E3 are true. According tho the Wall Street Journal ...

Microsoft and its Xbox 360 franchise gets competitive with a price ...
BloggingStocks - 1 hour ago
Sorry, Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), but your problems just got worse. According to a Wall Street Journal (subscription required) piece, sources say that ...

Xbox 360 Can Do Whatever It Wants, PS3 Maintains Price
eFluxMedia - 2 hours ago
By Alex Garrel On Friday, during an interview at the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley , Idaho , Sony chairman Howard Stringer said there was no need ...

No Price Cut for PlayStation 3 Console
TechShout!, India - 2 hours ago
After the rumors regarding price cut for Xbox 360, now it was PlayStation 3, which has been surrounded by speculations. The rumors say that the price of the ...

Target Selling $299 Xbox 360
Next Generation, CA - 15 hours ago
By Kris Graft Ahead of an expected official announcement from Microsoft, Target has begun selling Xbox 360 Pro hardware at $50 less than the "official" ...

No PS3 Price Cut Planned for This Year, Says Sony
Shacknews - 15 hours ago
by Aaron Linde Jul 11, 2008 6:20pm CST tags: Sony, Price Cut Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda revealed that the company currently has no plans to reduce the price of ...

Sony Debunks PS3 Price Cut Rumors CFO says no to price drops.
IGN, CA - 15 hours ago
by Scott Lowe July 11, 2008 - The Sony Playstation 3 may be one of the less expensive BRD live-enabled Blu-Ray players on the market, but its certainly ...

No Price Cuts Planned for Playstation 3 - New York Times

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:17:00 +0000

Microsoft to cut price of Xbox 360 to $299
Reuters - 11 hours ago
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is set to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model to $299 from $349, ...

Sony won't cut price of PlayStation 3 to counter Xbox move
Bizjournals.com, NC - 15 hours ago
Sony Corp. won't counter a rumored $50 price cut in Microsoft's Xbox 360 Pro by dropping the price of its own PlayStation 3 game console. ...

Xbox 360 price cut coming July 13
CNET News, CA - 17 hours ago
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about rumors that Microsoft was planning to chop the Xbox 360's price in July. Well, that price cut was all but confirmed ...

Talk Of Price Cuts Heat Up Videogame Sector Ahead Of E3
CNNMoney.com - 18 hours ago
Rumors of price cuts on next-generation game consoles swirled ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the videogame industry's major trade event for the ...

Game|Life Predicts E3: Animal Crossing and Other Leaks
Wired News - 19 hours ago
By Chris Kohler July 11, 2008 | 12:53:07 PMCategories: E3 2008 In just a few days' time, Game|Life will be headed to the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los ...

Sony says to put virtual ads in PlayStation 3 games
AFP - 20 hours ago
TOKYO (AFP) — Sony announced Friday that it will start offering virtual advertising space in PlayStation 3 games as part of efforts to stem losses from the ...

Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 price tag
ZDNet - Jul 11, 2008
By Tom Magrino, GameSpot, News.com After weeks of rumors and leaked retailer adverts, it now appears as if official confirmation has arrived for a $50 price ...

No plan to cut PlayStation 3 price: Sony
AFP - Jul 11, 2008
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Sony has no plan to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console, the company's chief financial officer Nobuyuki Oneda said Friday. ...

Sony CFO: No Plan to Cut Price
Wall Street Journal - Jul 10, 2008
By SE YOUNG LEE SINGAPORE -- Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda said Friday the company has no plan to reduce the price of its Playstation 3 ...

E3 predictions
The Age, Australia - Jul 10, 2008
Screen Play next week will have all the big news from the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Microsoft's press conference will be first, held in the early hours ...

Microsoft to Cut Price of Xbox
Wall Street Journal - Jul 10, 2008
By NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft Corp. plans to cut the price on a popular model of its Xbox 360 game console to boost sales of the product in the face of ...

Holiday titles, price cuts in focus at game show
Reuters - Jul 10, 2008
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Jennifer Martinez TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As top video game makers gather next week in Los Angeles for the E3 trade show, ...

Is This Really the Xbox 360 'Wii-mote'?
PC World - Jul 10, 2008
British games market media site MCV claims it's found official footage of the Xbox 360 'Wii-mote', even though the tabloids broke the news about the ...

Dean’s most anticipated games of E3
VentureBeat, CA - 1 hour ago
For the first time in a few years, I’m not one of the E3 judges who evaluate the best games of the video game industry for GameCritics.com. Not to worry. ...

Sony Decided To Not Cut The PS3 Price, Even If Xbox 360 Goes $299
eFluxMedia - 2 hours ago
By Anne Shaw It seems like Sony is decided to keep its “most expensive” label for its PlayStation 3. While Microsoft is expected to announce a new price, ...

Top PS3 pre-E3 lineup Part 1: What’s hot and what’s not
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - 2 hours ago
By Mike Ferro Okay folks, a few weeks ago I went through the pre-E3 Xbox 360 lineup straight down the list from what’s hot and what’s not. ...

Sony Will Not Cut the Price of PS3
Game Guru, India - 3 hours ago
There are lots of sources on the internet that have pointed out that Microsoft apparently would soon be slashing the price of its next generation gaming ...

Xbox 360 Pro Now $299.99 At Target
Video Game Generation, NC - 4 hours ago
By Jared Black 07/11/2008 21:04:46 PST Target isn't waiting for Sunday's super-secret Xbox 360 Pro price drop, as it has already dropped the price on its ...

Update 1: Microsoft To Announce $299 As Xbox 360 New Price
eFluxMedia - 6 hours ago
By Max Brenn The Wall Street Journal has revived an old rumor about the imminent Xbox 360 price cut. As other gaming and technology sites have already ...

Xbox 360 hits US$299.99, Sony to drop PS3 price?
iTWire, Australia - 7 hours ago
by Mike Bantick Though not officially official at this point, retailers are already advertising the new US$299.99 tag for the Xbox 360 20GB Pro. ...

The next evolution in motion-sensitive gaming — maybe
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 7 hours ago
By David Sheets It’s called Darwin, and it’sa motion-sensitive game controller rumored to work with Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and maybe Sony’s PlayStation 3. ...

FCC Chief Would Bar Comcast From Imposing Web Restrictions - New York Times

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:17:00 +0000

US regulator's criticism of throttling an important precedent, Net ...
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 5 hours ago
A decision by the chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission could ensure the Internet remains open to all and that companies such as Bell Canada ...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to stop Comcast file-sharing limits
Los Angeles Times, CA - 6 hours ago
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said Friday that he wanted to stop Comcast Corp. from hampering subscribers' ability to share big ...

FCC Gets Firm with Comcast
BusinessWeek - 7 hours ago
by Olga Kharif Consumers may be nearing a victory in keeping the Internet open. Under pressure from advocacy groups, the Federal Communications Commission ...

FCC Chairman Seeks to End Comcast's Delay of File Sharing
Washington Post, United States - 11 hours ago
By Cecilia Kang Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said yesterday he would seek to stop Comcast from its practice of slowing ...

FCC chief hopes Comcast sanction serves as warning
The Associated Press - 14 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A recommendation to punish Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic should serve as a warning to other service providers, ...

FCC's Martin Won't Seek Fine
Wall Street Journal - 16 hours ago
By FAWN JOHNSON Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Friday he would not seek to fine cable giant Comcast Corp. for slowing some ...

FCC rules against Comcast on network throttling
VNUNet.com, UK - 16 hours ago
The head of the Federal Communications Commission has said that Comcast did break the rules of internet traffic management when it decided to throttle or ...

FCC: Comcast Broke Rules, But Will Not Face Fines
PC Magazine - 17 hours ago
by Chloe Albanesius Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin Martin will not recommend a fine against Comcast regarding its network management ...

CAGW Opposes FCC-Imposed Net Neutrality
MarketWatch - 17 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Jul 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today expressed its opposition to news that the Federal Communications ...

FCC head wants Comcast penalty
Bizjournals.com, NC - 22 hours ago
Kevin Martin, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, wants Comcast Corp. to be held accountable for not allowing customers open access to the ...

FCC chief plans to recommend sanctions against Comcast
CNET News, CA - 23 hours ago
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin will recommend sanctions against cable company Comcast for allegedly blocking access to file-sharing ...

Report: FCC to Punish Comcast Over Web Blocking
PC Magazine - 23 hours ago
by Chloe Albanesius The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reportedly ready to rule that Comcast's network management policy has resulted in the ...

Glitches delay sales of the Apple iPhone 3G - Los Angeles Times

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:17:00 +0000

Activation glitches, an overhwelmed iTunes don't slow iPhone purchases
MLive.com, MI - 1 hour ago
Press Photo/Adam BirdMichael McDermott takes the payment pad to sign for his new iPhone late Friday morning at the Apple Store in Woodland Mall. ...

Crush of traffic stymies Apple iPhone 3G debut
Detroit Free Press, United States - 1 hour ago
BY MIKE WENDLAND • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 12, 2008 What should have been a spectacular day for Apple had a pretty shaky start Friday. ...

iPhone wrong number
Edmonton Sun, Canada - 1 hour ago
By IAN MCDOUGALL, SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA The launch of Apple's eagerly awaited iPhone had Edmontonians lining up outside Rogers Wireless stores early ...

Long lines, network problems mar debut of Apple's enhanced iPhone
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago
By Jonathan Sidener An iTunes network meltdown took the shine off Apple's much-anticipated worldwide release of its upgraded iPhone yesterday. ...

Overnight iPhone wait 'worth it'
Vancouver Sun, Canada - 1 hour ago
A cheer went up at 8 am Friday outside the first store in Vancouver to sell the hotly awaited Apple G3 iPhone as more than 100 people started to flood ...

iFiasco: Phone launch flawed
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 2 hours ago
BY KEVIN ALLEN kjallen@suntimes.com Excitement gave way to frustration Friday morning when hundreds of people who waited in line at the Michigan Avenue ...

'Worth the wait'
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 2 hours ago
By John Boudreau Lines for what the faithful call the "Jesus phone" started forming early Friday outside Apple Stores from Silicon Valley to Hong Kong, ...

Crush of new iPhone owners puts iTunes store on mute
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 2 hours ago
Howls of frustration drowned out whoops of joy yesterday when the global launch of the new 3G iPhone descended into chaos. What should have been a day of ...

For Apple, a taste of humble pie
Boston Globe, United States - 3 hours ago
About 50 people were outside the Apple store on Boylston at 6 am yesterday awaiting the 8 am opening to purchase the new iPhone. (George Rizer/Globe Staff) ...

Widespread iPhone hangups at 3G launch
Seattle Times, United States - 4 hours ago
Customers who lined up early Friday for a new iPhone 3G were expecting to walk away making calls and surfing the Web on the hot new mobile. ...

Brier Dudley Really cool advances of iPhone 3G are subtle
Seattle Times, United States - 4 hours ago
Excerpts from the blog After spending Friday morning playing with an iPhone 3G, I can see why Apple enthusiasts lined up again for Steve. ...

New iPhone?
Hartford Courant, United States - 4 hours ago
As at other stores, Apple technicians at Westfarms ran into problems trying to activate phones using the company's iTunes software. ...

LIers flock to stores to buy latest Apple iPhone
Newsday, NY - 4 hours ago
Hundreds of Long Islanders lined up to purchase Apple's latest iPhone released Friday, as overburdened servers prevented some buyers from using the phones ...

AN IPHONE FLURRY
Chicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours ago
A day intended to celebrate a second coming-out party for the world's most-talked-about phone turned into a frustrating snarl of glitches and shortages for ...

Apple bruised by rotten start for iPhone 3G
Indianapolis Star, United States - 4 hours ago
I'm no Apple fanboy (or fangirl, as it were). I don't expect perfection. But I certainly didn't expect the kind of chaos and seeming lack of preparation ...

Apple iPhone 3G is a hit here, at least
Indianapolis Star, United States - 4 hours ago
By Erika D. Smith Computer servers slowed and tempers flared around the world, but customers in Central Indiana escaped many of the problems that ...

Rough start for the 3G iPhone
Financial Times, UK - 4 hours ago
Some Apple fans were finding it hard to make use of their new 3G iPhones on Friday as a flood of shoppers trying to activate their new handsets overwhelmed ...

AT&T server hangs up on newest iPhones
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 5 hours ago
By Dawn House An AT&T sales consultant, left, transfers information from Buz Richmond's old cell phone onto his new iPhone 3G just after 8 am Friday. ...

Apple Bumbles its iPhone 3G Launch
TIME - 5 hours ago
A customer looks at a new Apple iPhone 3G at the Apple retail store in Regent Street, London. Sang Tang / AP Anticipation quickly turned to frustration on ...

Hang-ups mar iPhone 3G debut
Houston Chronicle, United States - 5 hours ago
By BRAD HEM Technical glitches with activating Apple's iPhone 3G dampened spirits for some of the hundreds of eager buyers who waited hours in line before ...

Busy signal for new iPhone launch
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 6 hours ago
Although Apple didn’t release the new iPhone until 8 am Friday, people were lined up at Ridgedale Mall at 4:45 am As for the glitches? ...

• Faster iPhone Gets Off to a False Start - Washington Post

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:17:00 +0000

Glitches mar debut of iPhone
Dallas Morning News, TX - 53 minutes ago
By ANDREW D. SMITH / The Dallas Morning News Shortages, slow lines and software glitches tormented consumers who tried to buy the second-generation iPhone ...

Glitch keeps iPhone customers waiting on big day
Boston Herald, United States - 1 hour ago
By Warren Allen The excitement surrounding the new iPhone 3G was dampened yesterday as server problems left hundreds of customers standing in the sun for ...

An iPhone customer at the Apple Store in Manhattan
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The new Apple iPhone went on sale Friday morning, but early reports of software problems overshadowed the debut of the faster, ...

Activating your iPhone 3G: What you need to know
Macworld, CA - 4 hours ago
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld.com No, it’s not a lot of fun standing in line for three-and-a-half hours to buy and activate an iPhone 3G. ...

The IPhone Makes It into a Business
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 4 hours ago
This blog has been skeptical about the rate at which businesses will adopt iPhones. Our take is that most corporate information-technology departments are ...

Problems mar Apple iPhone launch
VNUNet.com, UK - 4 hours ago
Registration problems and stock shortages have marred the launch of Apple’s new 3G iPhone. Purchasers in many countries were disappointed that they could ...

IPhone 3G Delays Ease as Day Goes on
PC World - 5 hours ago
People buying the hotly anticipated handsets in New York and San Francisco on Friday morning had to wait longer than expected to get them working, ...

Nielsen: iPhone In Fourth Place Among Smartphones, First In ...
Washington Post, United States - 6 hours ago
Nielsen Online is publishing stats about the mobile industry in general and the iPhone in particular today. They note that Apple still trails HTC, ...

Original iPhones come back to life as iPod touches
Macworld, CA - 6 hours ago
by Dan Moren, Macworld.com A lot of people have come to us with questions, and one of the most common is this: what do I do with my old iPhone when I buy a ...

iPhone glitches derail Apple's launch event magic
CNET News, CA - 6 hours ago
Dale Larson, the first person in the San Francisco iPhone 3G line, deals with activation headaches Friday morning. Apple's singular ability to whip up ...

UPDATE 2-Apple hits activation snags with some new iPhones
Reuters UK, UK - 7 hours ago
By Ritsuko Ando and Edith Honan NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - Activation problems marred the US launch of Apple Inc's (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) new ...

Gadget lovers flip for iPhone 3G but glitches mar release
AFP - 8 hours ago
NEW YORK CITY (AFP) — Gadget lovers around the world on Friday crammed into stores to buy the latest super-fast iPhone G3 only to find activating the ...

AT&T Says Apple Breakdown Delays IPhone Activations (Update3)
Bloomberg - 8 hours ago
By Connie Guglielmo July 11 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc. said a breakdown in Apple Inc.'s iTunes service prevented customers from activating their new iPhone 3G ...

Dude, now is not the day to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 software
ZDNet - 9 hours ago
Can there be any surprise that with the huge demand for activation of iPhone 3G, Apple’s and AT&T servers might be overwhelmed on Friday? ...

West Coast Report On iPhone Mania
CBS News, NY - 9 hours ago
I've been at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif. all morning watching the crowds snap up the new iPhone. Some people spent the night in line but there ...

iPhone 3G Lures Determined Buyers To NYC Apple Store
InformationWeek, NY - 9 hours ago
iPhone 3 customers in New York City came from as far as Russia and endured long lines and delays caused by activation glitches to get their new phones. ...

Lining Up For The 3G Apple iPhone
CRN, NY - 10 hours ago
Like a lot of other tech reporters this morning, I got up early and went to my local Apple Store to see what kind of circus was taking place on the streets ...

I see you, iPhone Remote
Macworld, CA - 10 hours ago
by Jason Snell, Macworld.com While I'm waiting for my iPhone 3G to arrive, I thought I'd point out an amusing thing I've noticed on the local network here ...

Is Apple Manufacturing a First-Day iPhone Shortage? - TechCrunch

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0000

iPhone fans jam Valley stores
Arizona Republic, AZ - 1 hour ago
by David van den Berg - Jul. 12, 2008 12:00 AM Shoppers eager to snap up the new iPhone jammed AT&T and Apple stores throughout the Valley on Friday. ...

Software Problems Bug Apple's Launch Of New iPhone Throughout The ...
Hartford Courant, United States - 3 hours ago
By ZACHARY ABRAHAMSON | Courant Staff Writer Bill Mooza, who arrived at the Apple store at the Westfarms mall before 6 am Friday, plays with his new Apple ...

iPhone 3G Launch Plagued By Long Waits, Phone Shortages And ...
MTV.com - 4 hours ago
The new phone may be cheaper and streamline, but getting one has proved quite a hassle for many. By Gil Kaufman You'd think after the initial headaches and ...

EPIC iFAIL
ZDNet - 6 hours ago
My wife Rachel has been awaiting the iPhone 3G for several months. Even though I am wedded to my beloved BlackBerry, she wanted to be able to carry a single ...

Software glitches frustrate iPhone fanboys
Bangkok Post, Thailand - 6 hours ago
San Francisco (dpa) - Apple's eagerly awaited new iPhone went on sale around the world Friday but software glitches that hampered the activation of the new ...

No iPhone 3G for me!
CNET News, CA - 9 hours ago
I am an AT&T customer. My current two-year contract is up on July 30-- just 19 days from now. Normally, AT&T allows customers to upgrade early by paying a ...

iPhones Choking on 2.0 Firmware Upgrades
CRN, NY - 13 hours ago
Apple customers are grappling with a balky upgrade process to iPhone 2.0 software, with numerous reports of first-generation phones becoming "bricked" in ...

iPhone gets an upgrade
Indianapolis Star, United States - 20 hours ago
Today marks the second coming of the Apple iPhone, dubbed the iPhone 3G. Before rushing to buy one, here's what you need to know. ...

iPhone 1.0: Sell It While It's Hot
PC World - Jul 10, 2008
Today, first-generation iPhones are commanding upward of $350 on eBay. But you might have to sell yours for less starting tomorrow. ...

iWait for the iPhone
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - Jul 10, 2008
Long lines are expected to be at Apple and AT&T stores tomorrow to snap up new iPhones. Will you be one of the many braving the lines? We'll be there, ...

Apple: Will Tomorrow Bring iPhone Activation Chaos?
Barron's Blogs - Jul 10, 2008
Tomorrow morning, Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) stores will start selling the much awaited iPhone 3G, and demand is likely to be huge. ...

Don't Buy an iPhone 3G
PC Magazine - Jul 9, 2008
Sure, the Apple iPhone 3G will be a great smartphone, but it comes with some serious shortcomings. by Dan Costa The media blitz for Apple's iPhone 3G is in ...

iPhone a Dazzler; Now If You Could Only Call Someone
Firefox News, AZ - 1 hour ago
By barbara mountjoy I’ve been writing ever since I was a little girl, unable to control the words that wanted to percolate through my fingers into the ...

Eager customers buy out Vestal AT&T store's iPhone inventory
Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - 1 hour ago
By Debbie Swartz • Press & Sun-Bulletin • July 11, 2008 VESTAL -- Nearly 40 people eager for Apple's new iPhone lined up outside AT&T's store on the Vestal ...

Apple's New $199 iPhone: Worth it?
WCPO, OH - 1 hour ago
It's finally here. Apple's new iPhone is now on sale today. And I couldn't believe the dozens of people I found line up outside the Rookwood Plaza AT&T ...

Hundreds wait to snap up new iPhones in Marin
Marin Independent-Journal, CA - 2 hours ago
Some camped overnight, others showed up at sunrise and more kept coming as hundreds lined up outside the Apple Store in Corte Madera to buy the new iPhone ...

Our iPhone 3G purchase review: Campout trip from hell
Playfeed - 3 hours ago
We had no idea that our quest to grab a few iPhone 3G units at launch here in the Seattle area would turn out to be an utter fiasco. ...

Anxiety turns to frustration for some iphone fans
Villager, TX - 4 hours ago
By YAN DIGILOV The voices of dozens of would-be customers standing in line for the new iphone 3G rang loud and guided others to the doors of The Apple Store ...

Early iPhone 3G adopters bothered by yellow-tinted screens
Apple Insider, VA - 4 hours ago
By Slash Lane A number early iPhone 3G adopters are finding that their new phone's display is much warmer, or yellow-tinted, compared to the displays of the ...

MobileMe set to launch Wednesday night as .Mac goes offline - Ars Technica

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Apple's MobileMe Also Has Activation Problems; But Might Be The ...
Washington Post, United States - 4 hours ago
Apple's ( NSDQ: AAPL) new Web service called MobileMe, which allows people to sync their contacts, calendar, email and other data between their iPhone and ...

Apple users angry over MobileMe outage
Computerworld, MA - 8 hours ago
By Gregg Keizer Michael says: All I have to say is, if this was Microsoft, this would lead the stories at CNN.com. Apple is supposed. ...

Apple’s MobileMe goes live
Macworld, CA - 10 hours ago
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld.com Apple’s MobileMe service has officially launched, after Apple completed a roll-out process that began Wednesday evening. ...

An Inside Look at Apple MobileMe
CRN, NY - Jul 9, 2008
That's how Apple describes MobileMe, its new Internet service that will be released Wednesday night, which is replacing the .Mac online service. ...

Apple plans MobileMe launch on Wednesday
Computerworld, MA - Jul 8, 2008
By Gregg Keizer July 8, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc. will launch its revamped MobileMe online service Wednesday night sometime between 6 pm and midnight ...

.Mac to shut down Wednesday in advance of MobileMe launch
Macworld, CA - Jul 7, 2008
by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com The curtain is about to fall on .Mac, Apple’s collection of Web-based services, as the company prepares to make the final ...

First Look: MobileMe promising, but limps out of the gate
BetaNews - 3 hours ago
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews In my three plus years of covering Apple, its MobileMe product is probably the most exciting concept, in my opinion. ...

Walkthrough: MobileMe on your iPhone
the iPhone Blog, FL - 3 hours ago
MobileMe, Apple, Inc.’s answer to the consumer-based “push” concept has launched today. MobileMe comprises of web-based applications that not only ...

Apple runs into troubles with MobileMe
BetaNews - 6 hours ago
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews After briefly going online this morning, Apple's replacement for .Mac has gone down yet again, with tests showing just about the ...

MobileMe service for iPhone, PC and Mac is now live
iPhone World, Canada - 7 hours ago
MobileMe service is now live. Just go to me.com and log-in into your account, or register for one. Subscription for one year costs 106CAD($99usd), ...

Familiar ITS Services Now Available on the iPhone
News from the University of Texas at Austin, TX - 8 hours ago
Friday, July 10, 2008, marks the release of Apple’s iPhone 2.0 software. Coming standard on iPhone 3Gs and available by upgrade to users of older iPhones, ...

Apple's MobileMe is live... finally
Stuff.tv, UK - 8 hours ago
MobileMe is the new name for .Mac, and if you visit www.mac.com you'll be redirected to www.me.com and invited to log-in. I have an existing . ...

Apple Web service outages during iPhone launch
TMCnet - 8 hours ago
As the Apple iPhone (News - Alert) ver 2 launches today, Apple had some outage issues with their website. Late yesterday/last night, Apple users could not ...

Friday, 11 July 2008 Apple statement on Mobile Me transition delay
Macworld UK, UK - 11 hours ago
Apple's rocky transition of its .Mac service to the new Mobile Me service continues to cause problems, as frustration continues at iPhone 3G queues across ...

Apple fluffs MobileMe switch 8:20AM, Friday 11th July 2008
PC Pro, UK - 15 hours ago
Apple warned that .Mac subscribers would be without online services for six hours while it switched them over to MobileMe. Almost 24 hours after the switch ...

.Mac to MobileMe cutover causes angst as servers go down
iTWire, Australia - 17 hours ago
by Stephen Withers Apple's rebranding of its .Mac Internet service to MobileMe is throwing users into disarray as the service has been offline for prolonged ...

MobileMe Launch Issues keeps Service Unavailable
I4U - 17 hours ago
Apple seems to have issues launching MobileMe on me.com. There service was up and down during today, but is down right now at the time of writing this story ...

MobileMe live, accounts now available
TG Daily - 17 hours ago
By Christian Zibreg Chicago (IL) - After initial hiccups, Apple's new online service MobileMe is now live. Dubbed "Exchange for the rest of us", ...

Apple fesses up to MobileMe transition difficulties
engadget, CA - 17 hours ago
by Paul Miller, posted Jul 11th 2008 at 1:12AM It doesn't talke a genius to figure out that there's something wrong with Apple's MobileMe transition ...

Apple TV v2.1: security patch, MobileMe
MacNN, CA - 22 hours ago
Apple says the v2.1 update for Apple TV addresses six security issues. Several of the fixes involve code that can be executed from "maliciously crafted" ...

MobileMe Debuts in Advance of Apple's iPhone 3G
CIO Today, CA - 23 hours ago
By Gloria Reiss Apple, Inc. shut down its .Mac service to transfer users to its new MobileMe service, but the site was offline longer than expected. ...

Current iPhone Owners Should Think Twice Before Upgrading To The ... - InformationWeek

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:18:00 +0000

iWant it NOW! [25 mins ago]
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 7 hours ago
AP Video 3G phones will be activated in stores before customers leave the store. The process is expected to take approximately 15 minutes. ...

Crowds Brave Elements To Grab iPhone 3G
CBS2 Chicago, IL - 11 hours ago
CHICAGO (CBS) ― The next generation of the iPhone goes on sale around the globe at 8 am local time, and the frenzy is in full swing with some eager ...

New I-Phone Available Friday
WJTV, MS - Jul 10, 2008
By Erin Jones The new I-Phone is set to be released Friday. It's the second-generation of the phone, with faster internet service and a lower price tag. ...

iPhone 2.0 Software Upgrade Makes an Early Appearance
Brighthand, CA - Jul 10, 2008
Apple hasn't officially released the major system software upgrade for the original iPhone that it promised, but those eager to get their hands on it can do ...

First review: The hotly awaited iPhone 3G from Apple
Daily Mail, UK - Jul 10, 2008
By Mark Prigg Apple's original iPhone, possibly the most over-hyped product in the history of electronics, was a huge success in the US, despite criticism ...

Should I really buy an iPhone 3G? 8 reasons why you shouldn’t
Phones Review, UK - Jul 9, 2008
Many of you are still pondering on the thought whether you should buy the Apple iPhone 3G or not, personally myself will be getting an upgrade, ...

Glitches Bug Newest iPhone Debut
KYTX, TX - 3 hours ago
The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their ...

The new iPhone, in plain English
Denton Record Chronicle, TX - 15 hours ago
By ANDREW D. SMITH The original iPhone used elegant software to cram a functional computer into a palm-size package. The iPhone 3G, which goes on sale today ...

Newer, faster, cheaper iPhone 3G
Moneyweb, South Africa - Jul 9, 2008
Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been the world's most influential smart phone since its debut a year ago, widely hailed for its beauty and functionality. ...

Review: 3G iPhone -- Still Not Perfect, But Really Close
NewsFactor Network, CA - Jul 9, 2008
By Edward C. Baig The iPhone's 3G successor arrives a full year after the mind-boggling hype and hysteria surrounding the first iteration's debut. ...

iPhone 3G review: now more work horse than show pony
Nowra South Coast Register, Australia - Jul 9, 2008
The iPhone 3G, the new incarnation of Apple's first foray into the mobile handset business, will go on sale in 22 countries on Friday. ...

For iPhone, the ‘New’ Is Relative
Gadsden Times (subscription), AL - Jul 9, 2008
One year and 11 days ago, our nation was swept by iPhone Mania. TV news coverage was relentless. Hard-core fans camped out to be the first in line. ...

Sony: No PS3 price cut plans - GameSpot

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Xbox 360 Will Cost $50 Less
Enews 2.0, UK - 1 hour ago
By Ralph Foster Microsoft has announced that it will cut $50 from the price of its popular gaming console, the Xbox 360. This will make the 40 GB Xbox 360 ...

Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales
Video/Imaging DesignLine, New York - 3 hours ago
Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii game console once again outsold Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine publisher said. ...

Microsoft Likely To Cut $50 Off US Price of Xbox 360
NewsFactor Network, CA - 6 hours ago
By Jennifer LeClaire Microsoft is reported ready to cut $50 off the US price for its Xbox 360 video-gaming console with a 20GB hard drive, from $349 to $299 ...

Microsoft Xbox 360 Rumour Roundup
istockAnalyst.com, OR - 8 hours ago
Microsoft are very, very, very determined to win the console wars. And they have both the money and the brains to do it. They have even dragged the Xbox ...

Sony: No PS3 price cuts
Absolute Gadget, UK - 9 hours ago
It looks increasingly like the reassuringly expensive Playstation 3 will stay just that - Expensive. As Sony puts the kibosh on any rumours that the ...

eish, spelling mistakes....HOW!!!!
ITWeb, South Africa - 11 hours ago
Nintendo's Wii game console has been a runaway success and has outsold Sony's PlayStation 3, but Sony says the two do not belong in the same category, ...

Sony has no plans to cut PS3 price
Eurogamer, UK - 14 hours ago
Sony doesn't intend to cut the price of PlayStation 3 in the near future, according to the company's chief financial officer. Nobuyuki Oneda, as he's known ...

UPDATE 1-Microsoft to cut price of Xbox 360 to $299 - source
Reuters - 22 hours ago
SEATTLE, July 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is set to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model to ...

Holiday titles, price cuts in focus at game show
Reuters Canada, Canada - Jul 10, 2008
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Jennifer Martinez TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As top video game makers gather next week in Los Angeles for the E3 trade show, ...

Sony won't cut price of PlayStation 3 to counter Xbox move
MSN Money - 1 hour ago
Sony Corp. won't counter a rumored $50 price cut in Microsoft's Xbox 360 Pro by dropping the price of its own PlayStation 3 game console. ...

New iPhone debut prompts expected long lines
SmartBrief, DC - 5 hours ago
With iPhone lovers paying people as much as $100 to wait in line for them in Washington, DC, a half-mile queue forming at stores in Tokyo and the first ...

NetNewsWire spoonfeeds iPhone the news - CNET News

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:18:00 +0000

AT&T unveils free YellowPages.com mobile service for the iPhone
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 10 hours ago
AT&T subsidiary YellowPages.com has launched the free YellowPages.com Mobile service for the iPhone native application at Apple's new App Store. ...

Apple's iPhone App Store opens for business
Computerworld, MA - Jul 10, 2008
By Gregg Keizer July 10, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc. opened its App Store today with more than 550 applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch -- about a ...

Why I won't spend money on the App store
CNET News, CA - Jul 10, 2008
Now that Apple has officially launched the App Store, everyone seems excited about the possibility of expanding the functionality of their favorite cell ...

PayPal Application Available on Apple App Store at Launch
MarketWatch - Jul 10, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jul 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PayPal today announced that its PayPal Mobile application for iPhone and iPod Touch will be available from ...

Whrrl Available on Apple App Store
MarketWatch - Jul 10, 2008
SEATTLE, Jul 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Whrrl, the new real-world social networking and discovery service from Pelago, Inc., will be available today from ...

iPhone remote control app goes live
CNET News, CA - Jul 10, 2008
You can turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a remote control with this new app. As expected, iPhone and iPod Touch owners can now use their devices as ...

PC Mag reviews iPhone OS 2.0: Still a niche player, Microsoft ...
MacDailyNews - 2 hours ago
"Welcome to the computing world, Apple iPhone and iPod Touch—we've been waiting for you. Distributed via iTunes and timed with the July 11th release of the ...

It Looks Like Apple Wasn't Quite Ready
bMighty.com, NY - 4 hours ago
There's plenty of anecdotal evidence: Apple wasn't ready for the iPhone 3G rollout. There have been widespread reports of problems with activations of the ...

EA rolls out new iPhone games
TechRadar.com, UK - 13 hours ago
In case you have been incarcerated without access to media for the last three months, you might not know that the iPhone 3G releases worldwide today, ...

Review: iPhone 3G firmware
TechRadar.com, UK - 14 hours ago
The new iTunes App Store is arguably the 'killer feature' of the new iPhone 2.0 software. You can take or leave the iPhone 3G. In the first reviews, ...

Free Applications to iPhone Customers
ITvoir, India - 17 hours ago
Apple, a leading Company of iPhone today declared that more than 500 resident applications will be available on the iPhone’s Apple Store. ...

It's here: iPhone fever lands in Australia
CRN Australia, Australia - 17 hours ago
By William Maher First iPhones have been sold, as Apple unloads 500 new apps on its App store. If you're buying the iPhone, you'll want to checkout what's ...

iPhone: It's The Apps, Not The Gizmo
Sin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia - 18 hours ago
Many want the new iPhone that becomes available in Singapore and 69 other countries only in a few weeks' time. Apple continues to command a considerable ...

iPhone Firmware 2.0 Unlocked & Jailbroken already
iPhone Buzz, AZ - 21 hours ago
Not only has the iPhone 2.0 software been released a day early for first-gen handset owners, bringing functionality like push email, but it’s already been ...

iPhone App Store Takes on Amazon Kindle with 99 Cent E-Books
Mobile Magazine - Jul 10, 2008
We already knew that the App Store would bring about an onslaught of tip calculators and mobile games, but it has also become the territory of ...

Developers can't offer discounts on the iPhone App Store
The Industry Standard, CA - Jul 10, 2008
Applications on the iPhone App Store can't be discounted according to one developer's Twitter feed. Iconfactory, the minds behind the excellent Twitterrific ...

Hands-on with iPhone firmware 2.0, App Store
Yahoo! Tech, CA - Jul 10, 2008
The iPhone 3G doesn't go on sale until Friday, but if you ask me, its coolest new feature—the App Store, along with 500 new programs—has already arrived, ...

Lots of iPhone 3G News
TreoCentral, FL - Jul 10, 2008
Those of you on the fence about getting an iPhone 3G would probably be interested to know that iPhone 2.0 is now Live! Yep, you can now download a crap load ...

Apple Remote: control iTunes with your iPhone
T3, UK - Jul 10, 2008
Apple has just released Remote, an app that transforms iPhones and iPod Touches into touch screen remote controls for iTunes and the Apple TV. ...

US iPhone, App Store mania builds as iPhone 2.0 launch nears
Ars Technica, MA - Jul 10, 2008
By Jacqui Cheng | Published: July 10, 2008 - 11:14AM CT The iPhone 3G may not be available in the US until tomorrow morning, but iPhone-launch-related mania ...

Nexonia Announces iPhone Expense Report Application for Apple App ...
PR Web (press release), WA - Jul 10, 2008
Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) July 10, 2008 -- Nexonia, Inc., today announced its expense report application is available on the App Store today. ...

Europe Sells Out at iPhone 3G Launch - Apple Insider

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Software problems bug Apple iPhone launch
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 1 hour ago
Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday morning, met by hordes of buyers worldwide -- including more than 300 people waiting for the University Village ...

Caugh in iPhone Activation Hell, Part 2
PC World - 2 hours ago
Shortly after I finished writing my previous iPhone-activation-hell entry, something seemingly wonderful happened: iTunes displayed a "Let's Get Started" ...

New iPhone: what a debacle
CNET News, CA - 2 hours ago
I can't even believe what an unbelievable debacle the new iPhone sales/activation process has been. As an Apple fan boy I find it hard to believe that this ...

Continuing coverage: Apple launches the iPhone 3G
Computerworld, MA - 3 hours ago
iPhone 3G buyers were being sent home to try to activate their new phones today after glitches with iTunes 7.7 stymied the activation process. ...

Glitch fouls up release of Apple's new iPhone
Bizjournals.com, NC - 3 hours ago
A software problem kept people who bought Apple Inc.'s new iPhone from fully activating it in stores on Friday. The frustrated customers had to take the new ...

Apple iPhone 3G: Another Year, Another AT&T Retail Mess
Barron's Blogs - 6 hours ago
I’ve just returned from the AT&T (T) kiosk in the food court at 4 World Financial Center in lower Manhattan, where about 40 people had queued up to buy ...

The Best iPhone 3G Alternatives
PC Magazine - 17 hours ago
These viable alternatives afford you a good measure of the iPhone 3G experience minus the bother of switching to AT&T. by Sascha Segan The iPhone 3G may be ...

Eager buyers line up for iPhone 3G
USA Today - 22 hours ago
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Today is iPhone 3G day across the globe. Lines had already formed Thursday at some Apple Stores, including New York and San ...

Here comes the iPocalypse
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog, WA - 1 hour ago
Apple (and especially its marketing department) should think twice about knocking Microsoft in the future over a not-so-smooth product launch. ...

iPhone Mania
WLNS, MI - 1 hour ago
Entertainment News from AP Phone fanatics are in heaven. On Friday, the new iphone 3g went on sale at AT&T stores nationwide. Since the stores opened, ...

Latest Version of iPhone Hot Item in Omaha
KPTM-TV, NE - 1 hour ago
OMAHA (KPTM) - The new generation iPhone makes its debut. It's a hot item around the country and here in Omaha. There was so much demand to get the 3G ...

AT&T Customers Without Cell Phone Service Friday Afternoon
KHBS/KHOG 40/29, AR - 1 hour ago
ROGERS, Ark. -- Company officials said eight cell towers were without service in Northwest Arkansas Friday afternoon. They said many AT&T customers were ...

IPhone launch hobbled by self-inflicted Denial-of-Service attack
Good Morning Silicon Valley, CA - 2 hours ago
Y2K wasn’t this much fun. As Apple’s carefully orchestrated launch of the iPhone 3G rolled through the time zones, it left chaos in its wake, ...

Canadian iPhone 3G Launch is an Epic Fail
Mobile Magazine - 3 hours ago
Bear in mind that this is one account from one person at one Rogers store, but it seems like the Canadian launch of the iPhone 3G is going quite as smoothly ...

Activation Hiccups Greet iPhone 3G Buyers
PDAstreet, CT - 3 hours ago
By Damon Brown According to the AP, Apple iTunes servers are having a tough time keeping up with the registration demand. This has lead many iPhone 3G ...

Carson City store sells out iPhones within two hours
Reno Gazette Journal, NV - 4 hours ago
By Matt Farley • mfarley@rgj.com • July 11, 2008 One Carson City AT&T Store sold out of the Apple iPhone 3G within two hours of the smart phone’s release ...

New iPhone Hits Stores, Draws Crowds
KCRA.com, CA - 4 hours ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than 100 people of all ages lined up in front of the AT&T store at Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento hoping to get their hands on the ...

FCC Chief Backs Sanctions Against Comcast Over Blocking - New York Times

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:18:00 +0000

US regulator backs network complaint against Comcast
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
By Peter Kaplan WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The head of the US Federal Communications Commission said on Friday he will recommend that the agency ...

FCC Advocates Comcast Sanctions For Web Blocking
CRN, NY - 2 hours ago
By Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin called for action against cable giant Comcast for what the federal ...

FCC May Prohibit Comcast Traffic Management
PC World - 6 hours ago
Amid news reports that the US Federal Communications Commission is moving to prohibit Comcast from throttling BitTorrent traffic on its broadband network, ...

UPDATE 1-US regulator backs network complaint against Comcast
Reuters - 6 hours ago
By Peter Kaplan WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The head of the US Federal Communications Commission is recommending that the agency sanction Comcast Corp ...

FCC Chairman To Set Precedent In Seeking Comcast Penalty
CNNMoney.com - 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's recommendation that cable giant Comcast Corp. ...

FCC Chief Says Comcast Violated Internet Rules
Slashdot - 6 hours ago
Several readers sent in word that the FCC chairman, Kevin Martin, is calling for sanctions and enforcement actions against Comcast for resetting BitTorrent ...

FCC chairman wants Comcast punished
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 7 hours ago
Comcast's idea of network management amounts to unauthorized network manipulation, says the head of the Federal Communications Commission, ...

FCC chief wants to throttle Comcast
Register, UK - 9 hours ago
By Joe Fay → More by this author The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking aim at Comcast for violating the agency’s guidelines ...

FCC seeks to punish Comcast in Internet probe: report
Reuters - 9 hours ago
(Reuters) - The head of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday he will recommend that Comcast Corp be punished for violating agency ...

Blog Post, Hands-on
CNET News, CA - Jul 10, 2008
By Dong Ngo – July 10, 2008 1:50 PM PDT Post a comment Eventful Inc., an event-driven social Web site, announced today its release of Eventful For iPhone ...

You abuse the throttle, you should expect a ticket
Good Morning Silicon Valley, CA - 1 hour ago
Some encouraging news out of Washington overnight — FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said he’s recommending that the commission punish Comcast for secretly ...

Martin Throws P2P Penalty Flag At Comcast
Multichannel News, NY - 2 hours ago
By Ted Hearn and Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 7/11/2008 12:28:00 PM Washington—Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin on Friday said ...

Comcast Faces The Music
Mobility Site, AL - 2 hours ago
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, violated fed guidelines when it blocked and degraded web traffic by blocking peer to peer (file sharing) ...

Trying to Pare Losses
Briefing.com, CA - 3 hours ago
[BRIEFING.COM] Stocks continue making an attempt to peel off their session low. The major indices are still trading with marked losses, however. ...

FCC to push for Comcast sanctions over throttling
BetaNews - 3 hours ago
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews Chairman Kevin Martin says that the cable provider has run afoul of regulations that guarantee open access to the Internet, ...

FCC Chairman Recommends Not Fining Comcast (CMCSA) for Slowing ...
StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI - 3 hours ago
Dow Jones is reporting that the FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin, said he will not seek to fine Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) for slowing internet traffic. ...

FCC: Comcast Is Violating Internet Rules
OverTheLimit.info, Canada - 4 hours ago
Washington, DC- The FCC is accusing Comcast for Internet violations regarding open access, maintaining that Comcast blocked certain types of P2P network ...

Internet Users Stop Comcast, Net Neutrality Win on Horizon
Huffington Post, NY - 5 hours ago
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is taking action against Comcast for illegally violating Net Neutrality, after a coalition of Net ...

FCC Chief: Comcast is violating the agency’s principles
CaymanMama.com (press release), TX - 5 hours ago
Seattle, Washington (CaymanMama.com) — The head of the FCC said on Thursday that he recommends that the largest cable company in the nation should be ...

FCC's Martin wants Comcast to pay for P2P blocking
FierceTelecom, DC - 6 hours ago
By Jim O'Neill Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is planning on taking Comcast to the woodshed for violating FCC principles that ...

Comcast Caught, Denies Blocking Traffic
GigaOm, CA - 6 hours ago
Comcast has been accused of blocking traffic several times in its history and may have even admitted to more than the straight up P2P blocking we all knew ...

Current and New iPhone Users Plagued by Software Problems - New York Times

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:17:00 +0000

MIKE WENDLAND iPhone access issues improving
Detroit Free Press, United States - 1 hour ago
After huge hiccups from massive activation and access problems today, the Apple Web servers used to get the new iPhone 3Gs working and old ones updated seem ...

The 'iPocolypse' is at hand
MSNBC - 1 hour ago
By Helen AS Popkin In a tragedy of Shakespearian proportions — at least for those technophiles and trendmesiters affected —the Apple iPhone update failed to ...

Apple's iTunes Server = FAIL
InformationWeek, NY - 1 hour ago
Talk about an absolute, total and epic failure on Apple's part, today's 3G iPhone activation issues are inexcusable. As I mentioned earlier from the front ...

iPhone 3G encounters massive activation problems
Detroit Free Press, United States - 2 hours ago
The activation and synchronization of the new iPhone 3G, coupled with a huge software update for millions of old iPhone users, have overwhelmed Apple's Web ...

Setup problems plague Apple's new iPhone
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours ago
(07-11) 11:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- As the updated iPhone went on sale Friday morning, Apple enthusiasts who waited hours in front of Apple Stores reported ...

My 3G iPhone's not a total brick
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago
For existing AT&T customers who bought a new 3G iPhone this morning and are having trouble activating it, all is not lost. My new phone doesn't show up in ...

iPhone Launch: Most stores sold out
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago
There may be some stores out there that still have iPhone 3G's available for sale, but the vast majority are sold out already, AT&T spokeswoman Sarah ...

Software problems bug Apple's launch of new iPhone
Economic Times, India - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK: The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get ...

Apple iPhone draws lines waiting to be among first to get new version
Seattle Times, United States - 3 hours ago
With the usual anticipation, a long line of early adopters came to buy the new Apple iPhone 3G at University Village this morning. ...

Analyst: iPhone could hurt some retailers
CNNMoney.com - 4 hours ago
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - An analyst on Friday said the limited availability of Apple's popular iPhone could hurt consumer electronics retailers and ...

All not well nationally for iPhone buyers
Indianapolis Star, United States - 5 hours ago
AP The second generation of the Apple gadget went on sale today to eager buyers worldwide, many of whom spent hours standing in line. ...

Adventures in iPhone hunting
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 5 hours ago
Our tale begins with the game plan of trying to figure out how to get one of them shiny new iPhone 3Gs, which launched today around the world (see video). ...

iPhone 3G activations in US trouble-plagued
Computerworld, MA - 5 hours ago
By Matt Hamblen July 11, 2008 (Computerworld) AT&T Inc. reported that in-store iPhone 3G activations were suspended at about 9:30 EDT today nationwide ...

iPhone launch: Software problems update
Dallas Morning News, TX - 5 hours ago
There's a worldwide issue with iTunes that Apple is working to resolve. We're signing people up for service in the AT&T stores -- their plan, ...

iPhone launch-o-mess-o-rama
CNET News, CA - 6 hours ago
As you know, the Macalope's not galloping out this morning to get an iPhone 3G. Particularly since he feels like he just got a new iPhone yesterday with the ...

Apple Servers Fail To Handle iPhone Frenzy - InformationWeek

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:19:00 +0000

Some iPhone customers unable to make calls
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - Some of the first US buyers of Apple Inc's (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) new iPhone were not able to make calls on Friday ...

Glitches mar Apple's iPhone debut
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
By Scott Moritz, writer NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The new Apple iPhone went on sale Friday morning, but early reports of problems activating the device ...

Beware the "PLU" when trying to buy a 3G iPhone
CNET News, CA - 1 hour ago
So, after waiting three hours in line at the Apple Store, Apple was unable to activate my iPhone. The reason? There was a "PLU" on my account. ...

Apple hits activation snags with some new iPhones
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many eager US buyers of Apple Inc's new iPhone left stores on Friday frustrated because their new gadgets did not work due to problems ...

Apple, AT&T See Glitches With New IPhone Activations
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The Apple Inc. (AAPL) faithful who waited in line for the iPhone 3G will have to wait a little longer to use their new device. ...

Sector Snap: Most handset stocks decline
Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago
AP 07.11.08, 1:45 PM ET Handset stocks mostly declined Friday, as Apple Inc. released an updated version of the iPhone but customers had problems activating ...

If you wanted the 16gb iPhone 3G from AT&T, you should have lined ...
Chicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago
It didn’t take long for the new, top-of-the-line iPhone 3G to disappear from some stores Friday morning. I was outside the AT&T store at 57 E. Chicago Ave. ...

Unlocking iPhones
Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago
A year ago, George Hotz was a New Jersey suburb-dwelling teenager with a new iPhone, engineering talent, an anti-authoritarian streak and a lot of free time ...

Apple iPhone goes on sale, but software glitch already reported
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 1 hour ago
By John Boudreau Apple's new iPhone 3G goes on sale in as the Valley Fair mall in San Jose on Friday, July 11, 2008. The second coming of the iPhone arrived ...

Utahns wait overnight for new iPhone
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago
By Dawn House A man identified as Tony sits in front of the Apple store in New York as one of the first in line for the upcoming release of the iPhone ...

Live Report Part 3: I Have The 3G iBrick, Er, iPhone
InformationWeek, NY - 2 hours ago
After four and a half hours, I walked away from the Apple store only partly victorious. I was able to buy a 3G iPhone, but it couldn't connect to the iTunes ...

System Requirement for iPhone 2.0: Patience
CRN, NY - 2 hours ago
The same thing happened in the Test Center lab that is happening around the country Friday morning: an iPhone, in an attempted upgrade, froze and was ...

iPhone launch: Sellout update (2)
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago
A reader responded to the first post to say that NorthPark Center is sold out but he/she didn't say whether it was the AT&T Store, the Apple Store or both. ...

iPhone 3G is in short supply
Detroit Free Press, United States - 2 hours ago
BY MIKE WENDLAND • FREE PRESS TECHNOLOGY COLUMNIST • July 11, 2008 It's out. The iPhone 3G, the much-awaited update to Apple's touch screen phone, ...

It's iPhone 3G day with new phone, hundreds of new applications
Detroit Free Press, United States - 2 hours ago
By MIKE WENDLAND • Free Press Technology Columnist • July 11, 2008 Starting at about 5 am, lines formed at several AT&T stores this morning as hopeful ...

iPhone activation woes hit early buyers
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 2 hours ago
By Marc Ferranti and Elizabeth Montalbano , IDG News Service , 07/11/2008 Some of the first people in the US to purchase the iPhone 3G walked out of an ...

iPhone launch: Tell us of Dallas-area sellouts
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago
We're trying to get a complete list of which Apple and AT&T stores do and don't have iPhones left in stock. Unfortunately, neither company is giving us live ...

Software problems bug Apple's launch of new iPhone
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work. ...

On LI, lines and some activation problems
Newsday, NY - 2 hours ago
By Emi Endo and Michelle Trauring | Newsday Staff Writers Waiting at Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station since 5:30 am, Monica Scott eagerly snapped up ...

Want an iPhone? Get in Line.
Washington Post, United States - 2 hours ago
Did people line up to buy the latest iPhone in the Washington area this morning? You bet they did. I stopped in at Montgomery Mall Apple store this morning ...

Early iPhone In-Store Activation Go Smoothly, Later Activations Stall
PC World - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK – No shortage of hopeful iPhone 3G customers here at the Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island, New York. Not only did the Apple Store here have a ...

The iPhone 3G's debut - Los Angeles Times

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:17:00 +0000

iPhone 3G: You Can Buy It But You Can't Use It
BusinessWeek - 59 minutes ago
You would think that after six months of nearly nonstop iPhone hype, Apple would have been ready for the big day when it finally came. ...

iPhone launch: Some phones are bricks
Dallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour ago
I wrote a few minutes ago that I was unsure whether problems with iPhone activation software meant that people were emerging with completely useless phones ...

iPhone 3G Frenzy Causes Glitch
Red Herring, CA - 1 hour ago
by mark selfe Across the world they gathered and waited like little children hoping to see Santa at the local shopping mall, only to be disappointed and ...

Frustration Grows In Westfarms Over iPhone
Hartford Courant, United States - 1 hour ago
By ZACHARY ABRAHAMSON | Courant Staff Writer Angry and frustrated iPhone customers waited for hours at the Apple and AT&T stores at Westfarms Mall this ...

Crowds, activation delays mar iPhone launch
Macworld, CA - 1 hour ago
by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com Jonathan Seff went out to pick up an iPhone 3G Friday morning as part of a story we’re working on about the activation ...

Twitter abuzz that new iPhone owners can't activate
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 1 hour ago
Reports are streaming in over Twitter that activation of the new iPhone is a nightmare. One guy, who was said he camped out at the San Francisco Apple store ...

iPhone 3G Goes On Sale, Plagued By Activation Problems
Washington Post, United States - 1 hour ago
The phone may be quicker, but the wait sure is a drag. After New Zealand and Japan got there first, after Europeans queued up, one year after iPhone 1.0 hit ...

Local shoppers line up for new iPhone from Apple
Bizjournals.com, NC - 1 hour ago
Hundreds of customers waited hours in front of local Apple Stores to buy the latest iPhone. Brothers Zach McLean and Ryan McLean of Annandale waited all ...

iPhone launch: crowds everywhere, iTunes malfunction
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago
AT&T says that pretty much every store in the Dallas area has a line of 30-40 people, which is very bad because each customer takes at least 15 minutes to ...

O2 must get its iPhone act together
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago
By Shane Richmond I was the third person into the Lewisham branch of O2 this morning when the doors opened at 8.02am. By then a queue of around 30 had ...

iPhone 3G debuts, some glitches reported
Computerworld, MA - 2 hours ago
By Gregg Keizer July 11, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc. started selling its new iPhone 3G today, with crowds reported in locations from Tokyo and Europe to ...

Don't Run Out To Buy An iPhone Today
Washington Post, United States - 4 hours ago
Whether you love, like or are just curious about the iPhone 3G, I'll recycle my modest suggestion from a year ago: Don't line up at a store to buy one today ...

iTunes with App Store promo
CNET News, CA - 20 hours ago
No longer need you hunt around for a "secret" way to access the iTunes AppStore. About an hour or so ago, iTunes finally made it official by promoting the ...

From AM New York
Newsday, NY - Jul 9, 2008
Pierre-Etienne Dabernat, 37, of Los Angeles, CA (left), Dries Den Outer, 12, of Amsterdam, Holland (center), and Jan Den Outer, 15 of Amsterdam, ...

Apple's deal with AT&T follows a 'walled garden' strategy
Economic Times, India - Jul 8, 2008
In August, less than three months after the introduction of Apple’s iPhone, a New Jersey teen announced that he had ‘hacked’ into the mobile-communications ...

iPhone 3G Launch Day Headaches Servers struggling under the ...
Dslreports - 58 minutes ago
The 3G iPhone launch isn't going particularly smoothly today, with Gizmodo noting that people are having a hard time activating their phones and installing ...

Apple debuts faster, cheaper iPhone
The Register-Guard, OR - 1 hour ago
By Jill Aho Paul Sakuma/AP Customers wait in line for the new Apple iPhone 3G at an Apple Store in Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday. ...

Problems plague official iPhone, iPod touch Software 2.0 release
iLounge, CA - 1 hour ago
By Charles Starrett Apple has officially released iPhone Software 2.0 through iTunes and its $9.99 iPhone 2.0 Software Update for the iPod touch. ...

iPhone OS 2.0 available: issues, first look
MacNN, CA - 1 hour ago
Apple officially released iPhone version 2.0 via iTunes on Friday morning. And as thousands of users upgrade their first-generation iPhones, ...

iPhone Activations Fail Nationwide
The Consumerist, NY - 1 hour ago
A nation-wide epic fail of the iPhone activation systems has gutted the release of the new iPhone 3G. Here's an account from reader Tyler: So, I just talked ...

New iPhone goes on sale, but iTunes balks
Tulsa World, OK - 1 hour ago
By Robert Evatt, World Staff Writer Apple’s new generation of iPhone drew crowds to AT&T Wireless stores across Tulsa on Friday, with the 5505 E. 41st St. ...

FCC seeks to punish Comcast in Internet probe-AP - Reuters

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:17:00 +0000

Bad Comcast! FCC Chairman Wants Punishment For P2P Interference
eFluxMedia - 44 minutes ago
By Dee Chisamera Comcast will not get away that easily for interfering with Internet traffic, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin ...

Comcast’s traffic management assurances may be too little too late
TeleGeography, DC - 46 minutes ago
After cable TV provider Comcast pledged that its traffic management practices will not interfere with VoIP service provider Vonage’s traffic travelling over ...

Business news in brief
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 4 hours ago
The head of the Federal Communications Commission said yesterday that he will recommend that Comcast Corp. be punished for violating agency principles that ...

Comcast loses: FCC head slams company's P2P filtering
Ars Technica, MA - 4 hours ago
By Nate Anderson | Published: July 11, 2008 - 01:30AM CT Remember how Comcast this week told us that 1) the FCC's "Internet policy statement" (PDF) had no ...

Most Potential iPhone Customers Will Wait 'Til Xmas - InformationWeek

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:16:00 +0000

iPhone App Store: The Early List of Top Downloads
Washington Post, United States - 2 hours ago
As of now (about noon California time) the iPhone 2.0 software update hasn't officially launched yet, but everyone who cares knows that for the last five ...

That Didn't Take Long¿iPhone 2.0 OS Unlocked
Washington Post, United States - 2 hours ago
It has not even been officially released yet, and the iPhone 2.0 OS already has been unlocked. In contrast, the original iPhone OS took hackers a couple of ...

Low-priced International Calling Comes to the iPhone(TM), Thanks ...
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
LONDON, Jul 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Designed to provide low-priced international calls for Apple(R) iPhone users, Truphone for the iPhone hit Apple's ...

Apple's iPhone 3G on sale from 11 July
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 3 hours ago
Apple's iPhone 3G will go on sale effective 11 July. The iPhone 3G combines all the features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast, ...

The latest edition of the device goes on sale today, but those ...
Houston Chronicle, United States - 4 hours ago
By DWIGHT SILVERMAN Apple's new iPhone 3G will be available today starting at 8 am Here's what you'll need to know. • What: 8-gigabyte and 16-gigabyte ...

Sure the new iPhone is cool, but those apps...
Boston Globe, United States - 6 hours ago
I haven't laid hands on the new Apple Inc. iPhone yet, and I don't much care. That's because I've already spent hours with Apple's most important innovation ...

The Apple iPhone 3G and me
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 11 hours ago
Three weeks as one of the first people in Britain with Apple's hot new phone. By Claudine Beaumont I have, a colleague tells me, become unbearable recently. ...

Software Drives the iPhone 3G
InternetNews.com - 12 hours ago
As interest in the next iPhone grows to a fever pitch ahead of Friday's debut, developers ready its next generation of software. ...

Software update gives new life to the first iPhone
CNET News, CA - 12 hours ago
Though tomorrow's launch of the iPhone 3G is getting all the news, the original iPhone is getting another day in the sun with the iPhone 2.0 software update ...

Hey Apple, where are the free trials for iPhone applications?
ZDNet - 13 hours ago
I know a few of us here on ZDNet are hard at work on iPhone 3G and iPhone application articles and one aspect of the new Apple iPhone Application store that ...

On the Watch: Apple's next generation iPhone
CNNMoney.com - 14 hours ago
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Apple Inc. is set to release its new iPhone on Friday and is tying the debut to the launch of its online App store. ...

FCC Chair: Comcast Violated Open Access Ruled - Washington Post

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:17:00 +0000

An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago
By Vindu Goel When Comcast admitted last fall that it was blocking — or slowing down, as the company preferred to call it — certain file transfers by ...

Comcast Again Chided For Allegedly Blocking Internet Traffic
InformationWeek, NY - 10 hours ago
The company's agreement to smoothly deliver Vonage's VoIP services raises critics' questions about the ISP's network management practices. ...

Comcast And Vonage Partner For Network Management
CRN, NY - 10 hours ago
Comcast and Vonage announced this week a plan to work together to ensure that the cable company's decision to manage network traffic does not interfere with ...

Comcast, Vonage to address network management issues
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 19 hours ago
US cable operator Comcast and VoIP provider Vonage have reached a collaborative agreement to address the reasonable network management of internet services. ...

Japan bureau rules that man died of overwork at 45
The Associated Press - Jul 9, 2008
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota Motor Corp.'s top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest decision ...

FCC Set To Punish Comcast For P2P Choking (CMCSA_
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - 1 hour ago
We tend to think of FCC chair Kevin Martin as a convervative politician who's been overly interested in keeping the airwaves free of cusswords and nipples. ...

NFL Channel Urges FCC to Act on Its Comcast Complaint
Television Week, MI - 8 hours ago
By Ira Teinowitz The NFL Channel is pushing forward on its claim that Comcast was discriminatory in not including the channel on basic cable packages. ...

Comcast Works Alongside Vonage for Improved Services
Enews 2.0, UK - 11 hours ago
By Alexandre Carst On Wednesday, Comcast Corp. said it would work together with Internet phone company Vonage Corp., as it wants to make sure the latter’s ...

Comcast - We won't block Vonage or any other VoIP provider
TMCnet - 14 hours ago
According to eFluxMedia, Comcast is "working on rehabilitating its name and implementing reasonable management techniques through a new partnership with ...

Comcast Plays Nice With Vonage, And Sets A Dangerous Precedent
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - 14 hours ago
Comcast says it will lend a helping hand to Vonage, the Internet phone company, to make sure the cable giant's network management techniques don't mess up ...

NFL to File Response to Comcast at FCC
Broadcasting & Cable, NY - 14 hours ago
National Football League scheduled to file response to FCC in ongoing battle with Comcast over carriage of NFL Network. By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting ...

Comcast Flips, Flops Way Around Throttling Lawsuit Now says the ...
Dslreports - 17 hours ago
A federal judge in California has granted Comcast's request to suspend a lawsuit in California over their traffic shaping practices until the FCC has ...

Rival Vonage Takes Part In Comcast’s Rehabilitation Process
eFluxMedia - 18 hours ago
By Dee Chisamera Comcast is working on rehabilitating its name and implementing reasonable management techniques through a new partnership with VoIP service ...

Japanese man, 45, died of overwork
KRIS-TV, TX - Jul 9, 2008
AP - July 9, 2008 12:53 PM ET TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese labor office has ruled that 1 of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours. ...

Acidifying oceans pose danger to coral reefs - Reuters

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:17:00 +0000

Fish catches unreported
Radio Australia, Australia - 1 hour ago
A major new study has found fish catches from Pacific island nations are vastly under-reported. The research by the Canadian research organisation, ...

Coral reef deaths threaten tourism
The Age, Australia - 1 hour ago
Food supplies will run short, tourism will be hit and coastal communities affected as the world's coral reefs gradually decline under climate change, ...

Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil
Hindu, India - 2 hours ago
Fort Lauderdale: Scientists announced the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest ...

One-third of world's coral species at risk of extinction
Radio Australia, Australia - 4 hours ago
The survey by an international team of scientists has been published in the prestigious journal, Science and announced at the International Coral Reef ...

Study: Global Coral Crisis Is In Full Bloom
NPR - 4 hours ago
by John Nielsen Black band disease spreads across a colony of Favia speciosa at the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Cathie Page White spots mark areas of ...

Report: One Third of World's Coral Reefs Could Face Extinction
Voice of America - 6 hours ago
By Jessica Berman Experts say one-third of the oceans' coral reefs face extinction by the middle of the century if nothing is done to save them. ...

One third of coral species face extinction
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 7 hours ago
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor One third of the major reef-building coral species are vulnerable to extinction, and the pace of destruction is ...

Not-OK Coral
Science News - 8 hours ago
By Susan Milius TOUGH TIMES Porites pukoensis coral (top left, close-up of polyps each some 2 millimeters in diameter when expanded) now ranks as critically ...

Corals at risk – and we're to blame
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 8 hours ago
By Jenny Haworth A THIRD of the world's reef corals are at risk because of climate change and other human activities, scientists have warned. ...

Reef extinction risk increases
ABC Online, Australia - 9 hours ago
By Environment reporter Sarah Clarke A study has found 231 species of coral are either vulnerable or facing extinction. (AFP Photo) A new report has found ...

New Coral Bleaching Prediction System Calls For Low Level Of ...
Science Daily (press release) - 9 hours ago
ScienceDaily (July 10, 2008) — A new NOAA coral bleaching prediction system indicates that there will be some bleaching in the Caribbean later this year, ...

Reef Corals Face Extinction Due to Global Warming, Over-Fishing
Bloomberg - 10 hours ago
By Alex Morales July 10 (Bloomberg) -- A third of reef-building corals face extinction as global warming adds to other man-made threats including ...

Reef-building corals most vulnerable to extinction
Los Angeles Times, CA - 10 hours ago
Nearly one-third of the small animals that build the most ambitious structures in coral reefs face elevated risk of extinction from global warming and ...

A Third of Reef-Building Corals at Risk of Extinction
National Geographic, DC - 11 hours ago
A third of the world's major reef-building coral species are in danger of extinction, an international team of scientists warns in a study published today. ...

One-third Of Reef-building Corals Face Extinction
Science Daily (press release) - 12 hours ago
ScienceDaily (July 10, 2008) — A third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive ...

'Alarming' plight of coral reefs
BBC News, UK - 12 hours ago
By Richard Black That is the stark conclusion from the first global study to assess the extinction risks of corals. Writing in the journal Science, ...

A third of reef-building corals threatened with extinction: scientists
AFP - 12 hours ago
GENEVA (AFP) — A third of reef-building corals worldwide are threatened with extinction due to climate change and water pollution, according to the first ...

A quarter of the world's corals face extinction
New Scientist (subscription), UK - 13 hours ago
Within one generation, diving on coral reefs could be a very rare holiday opportunity. The first comprehensive review of tropical coral species reveals that ...

Coral Grief: Warming Climate Threatens Reef Destruction
Scientific American - 13 hours ago
By David Biello CORAL CRISIS?: Nearly one-third of coral species, like Purites pukoensis pictured here, are threatened with extinction by climate change and ...

One third of reef-building corals face extinction, study shows
guardian.co.uk, UK - 13 hours ago
Almost one third of all the coral species that build reefs could be heading for extinction, according to a new comprehensive study published today, ...

Climate change hurts coral sex life
TVNZ, New Zealand - Jul 9, 2008
Researchers have recently discovered that the marine organisms spawn almost around the world at the same time in what experts say may be the world's biggest ...

Apple iTunes 7.7 - PC Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:17:00 +0000

Asia queues for new Apple iPhone
AFP - 1 hour ago
HONG KONG (AFP) — Apple fans across Asia queued for hours to get their hands on the new iPhone Friday, looking to be the first to own a gadget the company ...

Hearing new iPhone's call
Houston Chronicle, United States - 1 hour ago
By DWIGHT SILVERMAN Apple's new iPhone 3G will be available today starting at 8 am Here's what you'll need to know. • What: 8-gigabyte and 16-gigabyte ...

Our Favorite iPhone Apps
PC Magazine - 3 hours ago
Here's a quick look at some of the fun stuff we've seen in Apple's App Store so far. And we're only getting started; we'll keep adding to this list as we ...

Jott Networks Announces Notepad Application for Apple's App Store
FOXBusiness - 3 hours ago
SEATTLE, July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Jott Networks announces that its Jott for iPhone application is available today as a free download from ...

MyWeather Announces Unique Weather Application for iPhone and iPod ...
FOXBusiness - 3 hours ago
MADISON, Wis., July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----MyWeather LLC, an industry-leading developer of personalized weather and traffic digital content, ...

Here's what the new iPhone can do
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 3 hours ago
More than 500 software programs - featuring neat stuff like video games, music programs and office applications - flooded onto the Internet Thursday in ...

Somewhere between virtue and vice
Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago
Patience may be a virtue, but when comes to the iPhone, many Canadian Apple fans might rather have sided with vice. For more than a year, ...

Interview: GoTV Networks CEO Thomas Ellsworth Dishes On All Things ...
Washington Post, United States - 5 hours ago
With Apple's ( NSDQ: AAPL) App store launching today, we got in touch with GoTV Network's CEO Thomas Ellsworth today to discuss his company's plans for the ...

iPhone App Store: Will people pay for apps?
Dallas Morning News, TX - 6 hours ago
Of the 500 or so iPhone applications available on the first day of App Store operations, only about a quarter of them are free, Apple says. ...

hotels.com Announces Native Application for Apple App Store
MarketWatch - 6 hours ago
DALLAS, July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- hotels.com(R), the leading provider of lodging worldwide, announced its new application for ...

Google Earth
CNET News, CA - 7 hours ago
With so much fairy dust in the air over Apple's day-early release of the App Store and iTunes 7.7 (for Windows and Mac), it's easy to get caught up in the ...

MySpace Catches iPhone Fever
InternetNews.com - 8 hours ago
Social networking giant doubles down on its mobile efforts with a free app for Apple's iPhone. By Kenneth Corbin: More stories by this author: MySpace has ...

Apple-palooza! Apple Unleashes App Store
CRN, NY - 8 hours ago
The App Store became available this morning when Apple released its 7.7 version of the iTunes software. "The reaction we have gotten so far has been really ...

Read all 'iPhone 2.0 software update' posts in Crave
CNET News, CA - 8 hours ago
Several new iPhone apps are bringing Vegas-style poker to the mobile world. With them, users can deal and draw without toting around a deck of cards. ...

Read all posts by Kent German in Crave
CNET News, CA - 8 hours ago
Though tomorrow's launch of the iPhone 3G is getting all the news, the original iPhone is getting another day in the sun with the iPhone 2.0 software update ...

Read all posts by Jessica Dolcourt in Crave
CNET News, CA - 8 hours ago
Dark and lustrous, Twitterific for iPhone is one of the best-looking apps from the iTunes App Store I've seen all day. The application, originally built for ...

Read all posts by Ben Wilson in Crave
CNET News, CA - 8 hours ago
We've been playing Super Monkey Ball for a few minutes--OK, hours--now, and it's every bit as fun as promised. If you're not familiar with this title, ...

iFixit takes the iPhone 3G apart
CNET News, CA - 8 hours ago
It was bound to happen; the folks over at iFixit have gone ahead and taken apart the iPhone 3G that they waited so long in line for in the cold wintry air ...

iPhone 2.0 and all kinds of little mobile RIAs
ZDNet - 8 hours ago
I generally break RIAs into three categories: browser-based, desktop, and mobile. After playing with the iPhone 2.0 firmware, checking out some of the ...

Shazam on iPhone could change music discovery
CNET News, CA - 8 hours ago
Shazam has been around for a few years now--CNET UK took note of the service back in 2006--but with today's launch of Apple's App Store, it could become a ...

iPhone application store opens its doors
VNUNet.com, UK - 8 hours ago
The online store is the first effort by Apple to promote third-party applications which run natively on the iPhone and iPod Touch, a move it had originally ...

Yahoo Offers Open Source Search With BOSS - CRN

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:17:00 +0000

Yahoo Wants You To Build Your Own Search Service
InformationWeek, NY - 2 hours ago
BOSS removes many of the usage restrictions on Yahoo's search APIs, encouraging developers to create "credible alternatives to Yahoo and Google. ...

Yahoo lets outside firms tinker with search engine
Business Standard, India - 2 hours ago
Yahoo! Inc, amid criticism from billionaire investor Carl Icahn for failing to keep up with Google Inc, is inviting outside developers to tinker with its ...

Yahoo! Tweaks Search Tools
TheStreet.com - 3 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo!YHOO unveiled new technology that will allow third-party developers to re-rank and control the presentation of search results, ...

Microsoft's bid to buy out Yahoo decried
Mathaba.Net, UK - 1 hour ago
The US Software giant Microsoft's bid to buy out Yahoo has been decried as tactics to torpedo Yahoo's business. LOS ANGELES, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft is ...

Yahoo Recruits Dev Army With Open Search Move
LinuxInsider.com, CA - 1 hour ago
By Renay San Miguel Yahoo is opening up its search technology to outside developers via BOSS, its open search Web services platform. ...

Quick Hits: Yahoo Asks, Who's BOSS?
Minyanville.com, New York - 3 hours ago
Now, any website can: Out of the goodness of their hearts -- or in a blatant attempt to slow its ongoing corporate freefall -- Yahoo has begun offering ...

Yahoo launches BOSS in Google catch-up attempt
BetaNews - 3 hours ago
By Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews To help make more of a dent in the Google-dominated search and ad markets, Yahoo is rolling out an initiative that will open ...

Sprylogics' Cluuz.com Search Engine Technology Leverages Yahoo ...
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 4 hours ago
TORONTO, July 10 /CNW/ - Sprylogics International Corp. (the "Company" or "Sprylogics") (TSX-VENTURE: SPY), a developer of next generation semantic search ...

Yahoo! Opens API to Developers
Web Host Industry Review - 4 hours ago
By Justin Lee, theWHIR.com July 10, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Search engine provider Yahoo! (yahoo.com) announced on Thursday it has launched ...

Yahoo opens up search to third-party developers
Business Feet, UK - 4 hours ago
Yahoo has announced that it is going to allow external developers to use its own technology to develop their own search engines. Third-party websites will ...

Hands-on: iTunes Remote App - CNET News

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:17:00 +0000

Apple opens online 'extras' shop on eve of iPhone 3G launch
AFP - 31 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Apple on Thursday threw open the virtual doors of an "App Store" brimming with independently created mini-programs promising to make ...

Google Mobile Search App Debuts At iPhone App Store
InformationWeek, NY - 48 minutes ago
Google is among the many developers introducing iPhone applications through Apple's iTunes App Store. On Thursday, the search company introduced Google ...

iPhone App Store: Pandora gets rave reviews
Dallas Morning News, TX - 57 minutes ago
Not having an iPhone (because I'm holding out for the 3G model) I haven't used the App Store yet myself, but our resident Mac Fanboy Jim Rossman has been ...

reQall Launches the iPhone's First Memory Aid
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today reQall ( http://www.reQall.com) released the first-ever memory aid specifically ...

MIM for the iPhone Is Available Free From the Apple App Store
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
CLEVELAND, July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- MIMvista Corp., a leading global provider of medical imaging and fusion software, announced the ...

iPhone applications all the rage
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 1 hour ago
With the new Apple iPhone slated for release tomorrow, people are already getting excited about some of the third party applications that are rolling out ...

Unlock/jailbreak for iPhone OS 2.0 imminent (screenshot)
CNET News, CA - 1 hour ago
The release of a tool capable of unlocking first-generation iPhones for use on unofficial carriers as well as allowing full read/write access to the ...

Games Galore on the iPhone App Store
Wired News - 1 hour ago
By Chris Kohler July 10, 2008 | 2:49:00 PMCategories: Portable Gaming The iTunes App Store launched today, bringing with it over 150 games for the iPhone ...

Sega Mobile: 'We Refer To The iPhone As The First Version Of ...
Washington Post, United States - 1 hour ago
The gaming industry came out early and strongly in favor of the new features the iPhone brought to the scene just over a year ago. ...

Apple Launches iPhone App Store
InformationWeek, NY - 1 hour ago
The App Store opened its virtual doors with about 500 applications for Apple's iPhone, ranging from games to business tools. By Antone Gonsalves Apple on ...

MyWeather Announces Unique Weather Application for iPhone and iPod ...
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
MADISON, Wis., July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- MyWeather LLC, an industry-leading developer of personalized weather and traffic digital content, ...

How to Get the iPhone 2.0 Upgrade Right Now - For Free
Wired News - 1 hour ago
By Dylan Tweney July 10, 2008 | 2:27:08 PMCategories: iPhone You don't have to wait until tomorrow to get iPhone 2.0. You can download it and install it to ...

Twitterrific adds iPhone version
Macworld, CA - 1 hour ago
by Jason Snell, Macworld.com The iPhone version of the Iconfactory’s client for the Twitter messaging service, Twitterrific—which won an Apple Design Award ...

The Iconfactory Announces Twitterrific for the App Store
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
GREENSBORO, NC, Jul 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Iconfactory, a Greensboro graphics and interface design firm, today announced the immediate release of ...

With the 3G iPhone, Apple (AAPL:
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
, , ) is not only releasing what is seen as its most important product in recent memory, but also firing a direct shot across the bow of a new set of ...

iPhone 3G review response: App Store will fill feature holes
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago
In my response to the early iPhone reviews, I wondered why the reviewers spend so much time talking about small missing features like voice controls and MMS ...

Getting an Early Look at the App Store
BusinessWeek - 2 hours ago
The iTunes App Store isn’t quite officially open for business, but you can get an advanced look with a small bit of effort. Here’s how to do it: —Open ...

Apple Launches ITunes App Store With 500+ Apps
Slashdot - 2 hours ago

iPhone 2.0 review
infoSync World, Norway - 2 hours ago
By Philip Berne, Thursday 10 July 2008 We update our original iPhone to the new firmware and check out the new e-mail features and App Store. ...

Apple's Apps Store Opens
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours ago
Apple's Apps Store opened today, introducing more than 500 applications developed just for the iPhone and iPod touch. The store opened a day ahead of the ...

Developers hear iPhone ring
Business Standard, India - 2 hours ago
Indian software development firms have started developing iPhone applications for the Apple iPhone, which is yet to be introduced in India. ...

Discovery may lead to quake early-warning system - Reuters

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:18:00 +0000

Shaken and stirred: Seismic signals might be quake predictor
USA Today - 15 hours ago
Seismologists studying the San Andreas Fault in central California have made an important discovery that might help them reach an elusive goal: predicting ...

New Tools May Predict Earthquakes Hours Ahead Of Time
Voice of America - 16 hours ago
By Jessica Berman Scientists have registered signs of an impending earthquake 10 hours before it occurred along California's San Andreas Fault. ...

Earthquake Prediction: Pre-earthquake Changes Detected In Crust
Science Daily (press release) - 19 hours ago
ScienceDaily (July 9, 2008) — Although measurement techniques surrounding earthquakes have improved enormously over the last few decades, it has remained ...

New instruments could provide advanced earthquake warnings
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 22 hours ago
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Advanced warnings that an earthquake will strike within a matter of hours are now a possibility, seismologists have said. ...

Pre-quake changes seen in rocks
BBC News, UK - 22 hours ago
Scientists have made an important advance in their efforts to predict earthquakes, the journal Nature says. A team of US researchers has detected ...

US scientists test early warning system for earthquakes
iTWire, Australia - 1 hour ago
by William Atkins An early warning system for the detection of upcoming earthquakes may be possible with the use of very sensitive new equipment developed ...

Shifts in Rocks Predict Earthquakes Hours in Advance
Discover Magazine, NY - 2 hours ago
Researchers working at California’s San Andreas Fault say they detected subtle geological shifts that occurred hours before two small earthquakes, ...

Predicting earthquakes
InTheNews.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
Scientists believe they are one step closer to creating a system that could predict when earthquakes are about to strike. A team in the United States ...

Scientists make advances in the art of earthquake prediction
The Tech Herald, IN - 3 hours ago
by Rich Bowden - Jul 10 2008, 00:34 US scientists have made what could be an important breakthrough in the science of earthquake prediction. ...

Pre-Earthquake Changes Found In Rocks
RedOrbit, TX - 3 hours ago
Scientists say they have discovered the ability to predict an earthquake hours before it strikes simply by studying changes in rocks. ...

Earthquakes Might Soon Be Reported Ten Hours Before Occurring
eFluxMedia - 6 hours ago
By Michael Todd Scientists have been developing for quite some time now an extremely sensitive technology that might become the main help in identifying ...

Stress Meter Detects Quake Hours In Advance
AHN - 12 hours ago
Berkeley, CA (AHN) - The measurement of stress in rocks deep in California's San Andreas Fault has shown promise in predicting earthquakes after the method ...

Detecting earthquakes: Are we close?
abc7.com, CA - 13 hours ago
By Gene Gleeson Scientists have found a change in the speed of seismic waves just before small earthquakes. They say they hope it may be a way to detect a ...

Early Earthquake Warning System
ToTheCenter.com, NY - 15 hours ago
Reuters reported on Wednesday that researchers working at California’s San Andreas Fault have observed small changes in the earth occurring hours before an ...

Fair Warning From Earthquakes?
Science Now, DC - 17 hours ago
By Richard A. Kerr Predicting earthquakes is the Holy Grail of seismology, but despite intensive research, not a single warning sign has proved reliable. ...

New technologies show promise for early quake warning
China Daily, China - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- Using remarkably sensitive new instruments, seismologists in the US have detected minute geological changes that preceded small earthquakes ...

New technique may help predict quakes: study
AFP - 22 hours ago
PARIS (AFP) — Scientists in the United States have devised a method for measuring changes in the speed of seismic waves that could one day help predict ...

Pre-quake seismic wave changes discovered
United Press International - 17 hours ago
PARKFIELD, Calif., July 9 (UPI) -- US scientists say they observed changes in seismic wave speeds before two small California earthquakes -- a finding that ...

Can Internet Activity Ever Be Truly Anonymous? - PC Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0000

Senate wary of regulating personal data
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 6 hours ago
By Frank Davies WASHINGTON - Consumers enjoying the benefits of online advertising also face a growing threat of privacy violations, but legislation to ...

Author : RESEARCH-AND-MARKETS
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 36 minutes ago
DUBLIN, Ireland - (Business Wire) Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/aeefc3/behavioral_targeti) has announced the addition of ...

2.0 brings 'new' iPhone to current owners - MSNBC

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0000

Users rush to play games as iPhone App Store launches, can't
Dallas Morning News, TX - 56 minutes ago
The iPhone App Store launched this morning with over 500 applications. iPhone owners are madly downloading applications on their computers for the purposes ...

Apple releases iPhone Configuration Utility for corporate environments
Macworld, CA - 2 hours ago
by Dan Moren, Macworld.com Apple has posted a new application that helps you manage your iPhones in a corporate environment: the iPhone Configuration ...

HTC's IPhone 3G Rival, the Touch Diamond
PC World - 4 hours ago
There's no getting away from comparisons to Apple's upcoming iPhone 3G these days, so here it is: The HTC Touch Diamond was built as a follow up to the HTC ...

Faster, cheaper iPhone to draw crowds around globe
Reuters - 9 hours ago
By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - The new iPhone is expected to attract hordes of buyers when it goes on sale on Friday in more than 20 countries, ...

Samsung, LG IPhone Clones Achieve Partial Victory: Grace Aquino
Bloomberg - 10 hours ago
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- If you're thinking of getting the new iPhone but don't want to switch mobile networks, an iPhone clone could be the next best thing. ...

New iPhone Costs Less — And More
Hartford Courant, United States - 13 hours ago
By ZACHARY ABRAHAMSON | Courant Staff Writer The new iPhone 3G goes on sale at 8 am Friday, and Apple aficionados are already salivating at the prospect. ...

iPhone 3G reviews: Do you really need MMS?
Dallas Morning News, TX - 13 hours ago
I'm somewhat mystified by the iPhone 3G reviews in the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times. The gist of both of them is that while the extra speed and GPS ...

Review: iPhone 3G - is it worth the hype?
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 16 hours ago
By Matt Greenop With about as much hype as any gadget maker could ever hope for, you'd swear that imminent arrival of the iPhone 3G was the second coming. ...

iPhone 3G reviews reviewed
CNET News, CA - 17 hours ago
Three journalists have reviewed the iPhone 3G prior to its release on Friday. Rather than postulate a general consensus, we’ll present a series of salient ...

3 reasons why mobile analytics matter
CNET News, CA - 18 hours ago
By Jessica Dolcourt – July 9, 2008 1:02 PM PDT Roughly 150 mobile enthusiasts crowded into a Microsoft conference room on Monday night at the Mobile Monday ...

Amid hype, Apple iPhone expansion also runs risks
The Associated Press - 19 hours ago
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a ...

Mobile Internet Not Enough For US Cell Phone Users
InformationWeek, NY - 21 hours ago
The wish list includes longer battery life, larger screen size, more memory, and improved data input, a Nielsen survey found. By W. David Gardner US cell ...

Apple Lemmings Lining Up For Friday's iPhone 3G
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 21 hours ago
More iPhone madness is about to descend upon the world this Friday when Apple unleashes the iPhone 3G. Would-be and well indoctrinated Apple lemmings will ...

Early adopters face chills in battle for hot iPhones
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 22 hours ago
PEOPLE desperate to be among the first to secure an iPhone on Friday morning will likely have to brave not only crowds but also Melbourne's cold streak. ...

Jobs bars 3G Jesus Phone sales at Canuck Apple Stores
Register, UK - Jul 8, 2008
By Cade Metz in San Francisco → More by this author On Friday, the 3G Jesus Phone makes its debut in 22 countries across the globe, including Canada. ...

Affiliates Upset Over iPhone 3G Promotion Ban
Dialaphone, UK - 50 minutes ago
Mobile phone affiliates in the UK are angry today after Carphone Warehouse revealed that they would be banning affiliates from promoting the iPhone 3G. ...

Is the iPhone 3G a game-changer for mobile broadband?
FierceWireless, DC - 1 hour ago
By Sue Marek Tomorrow's much-awaited launch of the 3G iPhone has me wondering if this latest iteration of Apple's smartly designed device will finally drive ...