Daily News Alert | Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:00 AM PDT |
Web support pours out for Iran protesters
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:46 pm PDT
 AP - Google and Facebook have rushed out services in Farsi. Twitter users have changed their home cities to Tehran to provide cover for Internet users there. Others have configured their computers to serve as relay points to bypass Iranian censorship. Full Story | Top |
Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:21 pm PDT
 AP - The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry — if the big fine can withstand an appeal. Full Story | Top |
Smaller crowds greet new iPhone
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:40 pm PDT
 Reuters - Apple Inc's latest iPhone hit stores on Friday with new features and faster speeds, drawing plenty of fans, if not the crowds that had swarmed the previous iPhone debuts. Full Story | Top |
Nortel selling wireless unit to Nokia Siemens
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:50 pm PDT
 Reuters - Telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks (NT.TO) said on Friday that it will sell its advanced wireless technology business to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN.UL) for US$650 million and that it was making progress in talks to sell its other businesses. Full Story | Top |
Has the RIAA's Fight Against File Sharing Gone Too Far?
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:48 pm PDT
PC World - Some legal experts question the constitutionality of a $1.92 million fine given to a woman accused of pirating 24 songs. A Minnesota jury ordered Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay that yesterday, saying she "willfully" violated music copyrights and should cough up $80,000 per illegally downloaded track. Full Story | Top |
Apple CEO gets liver transplant: report
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:23 pm PDT
 AFP - The chief executive officer of computer maker Apple, Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January to take care of an undisclosed medical condition, has received a liver transplant in Tennessee, The Wall Street Journal reported. Full Story | Top |
Windows 7 Hits a New Low
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:35 pm PDT
PC World - I've always wanted to get a modern operating system to work on my graphing calculator. And we're about there, thanks to the efforts of a fellow (or strangly named lady) on The Windows Club forum. A user by the name of "hackerman1" has installed Windows 7 on his PC, which in itself is nothing to write home about. The catch here is that he's gotten a bootable, working installation on no less than a Pentium II system. No, that's not a typo--Pentium Two. The extreme...ly old machine consists of a 266 MHz CPU, a whopping 96 MB of memory, and a next-generation 4 MB graphics card. Full Story | Top |
iPhone 3G S Early Buyers Face Activation Delays
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00 pm PDT
PC World - Early iPhone 3G S adopters are reporting difficulty activating their iPhones, reports AppleInsider and MacRumors. In what is practically a carbon copy of last year’s iPhone 3G launch issues, it appears that Apple’s iPhone service activation servers were unprepared to deal with the influx of new registrations from today’s iPhone 3G S launch, leaving the zero-day adopters with a potential two day wait. Full Story | Top |
Thanks to iPhone, the Cisco Flip Video Camera Is Toast
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:00 pm PDT
PC World - Before Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior was hired by Cisco, she was the CTO of Motorola and dismissed in her blog the introduction of the Apple iPhone. However within 9 months of the Apple iPhone introduction, Motorola sales had collapsed by more than $4 billion (Page 1) and Motorola operating earnings dropped $3.8 billion to a loss of $534 million, leaving Warrior with absolutely no future as the CTO of Motorola. Full Story | Top |
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