By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on August 9, 2010
Rumor has it that Apple is buying millions of CDMA chipsets for a Verizon iPhone launch, according to TechCrunch.
Posted in Tech |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on August 9, 2010
The man who is claiming he’s owed stake in Facebook, has said why he waited six years to come forward.
Posted in Facebook, Internet, Social Networks, Tech |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on August 9, 2010
Skype, the Internet telephony company, is looking to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering, according to an S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will be selling American Depositary Shares (ADSs) and will trade on the NASDAQ Global Market. The offering will be managed by Goldman, Sachs & Co., [...]
Posted in Internet, Software, Tech |
By Bobby Schaeffer, Vice President of Editing and Design on August 6, 2010
Google has purchased Slide, founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and makes widgets that help people express themselves, for $228 million. This seems like their next stem in creating a huge social network that will rival Facebook in years to come. Google’s message regarding the acquisition was rather vague, and not much is known about [...]
Posted in Tech | Tagged deal, Google, purchased, Slide |
By Bobby Schaeffer, Vice President of Editing and Design on August 6, 2010
Samsung, Toshiba, Sharp, LG and other major electronics companies have been accused by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of fixing, or causing a change in price, on their LCD screens. It is reported that these companies had secret meetings to discuss the minimum prices, increases, and rates of LCD screens that were to be [...]
Posted in Hardware, Software, Tech | Tagged lawsuit, LCD, price fixing |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on August 4, 2010
Barnes and Noble is considering putting itself up for sale.
The bookseller chain said it’s considering “strategic alternatives, including the possible sale of the company”.
Posted in Tech |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on August 4, 2010
Maybe it was just ahead of its time. Or maybe there were just too many features, but Google is saying today that they are going to stop any further development of Google Wave.
Posted in Google, Tech |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on August 4, 2010
Wall Street didn’t have high expectations for AOL’s quarterly earnings–after all, one of the company’s executives exclaimed at a conference last week that “we have a big f-ing problem!”–but the Internet service provider turned media outlet still failed to meet the mark. AOL posted revenues of $584.1 million, a 26 percent decline from the previous [...]
Posted in Internet, Tech |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on August 2, 2010
Jailbreakme 2.0 works on all iPhones and iPod touches running iOS4, its developers say.
Posted in Apple, Tech | Tagged iPhone / iPod Touch |
By Nancy Raskauskas, Administrator on July 29, 2010
When I went to one of the most anticipated sites, font-face.com, which soon promised (for a price) to finally free designers to use actual fonts that could be viewed on their webpage, I was greeted with this epitaph: Our Google Announcement Google have recently announced that they are also entering the web-font market – with the [...]
Posted in Google, Tech |
By Nancy Raskauskas, Administrator on July 29, 2010
Amazon will soon release it’s competition for Barnes and Noble’s Nook WiFi version. The newest Kindle costs only $139 ($10 less than the Noook WiFi) and is an appeal to those who do casual reading. Rather than accessing books through a cellphone network like Kindles do the Kindle Wi-Fi will use the less expensive wireless [...]
Posted in e-readers, Tech | Tagged $139.00, e-reader, kindle, Wifi only |
By Nancy Raskauskas, Administrator on July 27, 2010
Firefox 4,0 Beta was released today for Mac and Windows with a Linux release reported soon. The new features include: New Look for Tabs. 1. NEW LOOK for TABS -New Tab Location Tabs are given top visual priority for more efficient and intuitive browsing. -Switch to Tab Navigate more easily by switching to open tabs [...]
Posted in Browsers, Tech | Tagged Firefox 4.0 Beta, Mozilla, New Look |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on July 27, 2010
Apple released new iMacs on Tuesday. The company also introduced what it calls the Magic Trackpad.
Posted in Apple, Tech |
By Jamie Welch, Network Administrator on July 26, 2010
Once a bag of crap arrived, one woman found that she was luckier than she had thought. Her box contained the usual assortment of random closeout goodness, and a folded-up envelope containing $609 in cash.
Posted in Tech |
By Nancy Raskauskas, Administrator on July 26, 2010
The newest battle between Google and Microsoft concerns selling Web-based email and other software to the federal government. These two technology giants already compete to win contracts from private businesses as well as state and local governments by attracting customers who hope to cut costs by switching to Web-based software from programs installed on their [...]
Posted in Google, Microsoft, Tech | Tagged cloud, Email, Google, GSA, Microsoft |
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