Bin Laden story shows changing media nature
Tue, 3 May 2011 06:00 am PDT
 AP - A soldier in Afghanistan learned about the death of Osama bin Laden on Facebook. A TV producer in South Carolina got a tip from comedian Kathy Griffin on Twitter. A blues musician in Denver received an email alert from The New York Times. And a Kansas woman found out as she absently scrolled through the Internet on her smartphone while walking her dog. Full Story | Top |
Comcast 1Q earnings climb 9 pct to beat Street
Tue, 3 May 2011 05:17 pm PDT
 AP - Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable TV company, on Tuesday said earnings exceeded estimates for the first quarter, helped by healthy results both in its cable operations and the newly acquired NBC Universal business. Full Story | Top |
Xbox 360 gamers targeted in phishing attack
Tue, 3 May 2011 03:50 pm PDT
Yahoo! News - While everybody is focusing on the extensive outage that hit 77 million PlayStation Network customers all over the globe, it looks like the Xbox Live network hasn't escaped security controversy, either. Late last week, reports started popping up that a … Full Story | Top |
Sony Admits Another Hacker Attack, 24.6 Million User Accounts Compromised
Mon, 2 May 2011 10:08 pm PDT
Mashable - After a recent hacker attack, which took down the Sony PlayStation Network for an extended period of time, Sony has admitted that hackers have broken into its servers on April 16th and 17th, 2011 and may have stolen personal user data. This time, hackers targeted the accounts of Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) users; according to Sony, they may have stolen personal data from approximately 24.6 million SOE accounts, as well as some of the data from an outdated database from 2007. This database includes approximately "12,700 non-U.S. credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes), and about 10,700 direct debit records of certain customers in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Spain." Full Story | Top |
Comcast profit up on Internet, NBCU ad sales
Tue, 3 May 2011 03:24 pm PDT
Reuters - Comcast Corp posted stronger quarterly earnings on Tuesday as its benefited from healthy ad sales at its newly consolidated NBC Universal joint venture and added more Internet and phone subscribers. Full Story | Top |
Apple Has Already Won Against Android
Tue, 3 May 2011 09:04 pm PDT
ContributorNetwork - The war between Apple and Android has supposedly been going on since the first Android handset, the T-Mobile G1, was rushed to market in 2008. But in fact, the two were never even fighting -- at least not directly. Because both Apple and Android are gaining market share, at the expense of things like RIM's BlackBerry. Full Story | Top |
How Would We Know If Android Beat Apple?
Tue, 3 May 2011 09:03 pm PDT
ContributorNetwork - This year, Android phones in the aggregate beat Apple's iPhone, to take the top spot for smartphone market share. Does that mean Android has finally won the fight against Apple? Full Story | Top |
Americans React to Bin Laden's Death on Facebook
Tue, 3 May 2011 09:06 pm PDT
ContributorNetwork - The power of social media was extremely apparent in the aftermath of the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death. For some people, Facebook was the first clue that something was afoot. Numerous people started speculating as to what the big news would be when President Barack Obama took the podium. Immediately following the national address, news feeds were flooded with a wide range of responses. Full Story | Top |
Sony Online Entertainment Goes Dark
Tue, 3 May 2011 09:04 pm PDT
ContributorNetwork - First the Playstation Network, now all of Sony Online Entertainment has been taken offline in the wake of a fresh invasion by hackers. Citing an "issue that warrants concern," SOE made an announcement on Monday that it would be taking their servers offline for an unspecified length of time while they addressed the problem. Full Story | Top |
Time Inc. and Apple magazine deal could open the door for other publishers
Tue, 3 May 2011 03:15 pm PDT
Appolicious - On Monday, Time Inc. and Apple (AAPL) settled a more than year-long standoff, reaching a deal to make all of the publisher’s iPad editions free to print magazine subscribers. Time has been meeting with the company since February of last year, protesting the extra fee its subscribers were required to pay to access content via the iPad. Full Story | Top |
New iMac Debuts Today
Tue, 3 May 2011 09:04 pm PDT
ContributorNetwork - Apple kept the gadgets coming this week with the launch of the new and reportedly improved iMac. Retailing at $1,199 for the base model, the new iMac is supposed to be faster and an overall better performer than the last generation of the model. Full Story | Top |
Study Sees 243 Percent ROI on Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Tue, 3 May 2011 10:33 am PDT
NewsFactor - A new study released Tuesday says Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 provides a three-year, risk-adjusted ROI of 243 percent over a payback period of 4.1 months. The study was commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by Forrester Consulting. Full Story | Top |
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