Archive for April, 2007

Jobs Says Apple Users Don’t Want To Rent Music

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Steve Jobs has stated that the company's customers don't want to rent music. He's been resisting calls for the company to adopt a subscription model for iTunes. "Never say never, but customers don't seem to be interested in it," Jobs told Reuters in an interview after Apple reported blow-out quarterly ...

Eleksen Makes Bank On Fabric Ipod Controls And Keyboards

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

There's big profits in small items as Eleksen has found out. The company has been riding high, selling accessories behind the Ipod revolution. They say consumers are hooked on their products. "Historically, people bought devices because of the functionality it provided them, now it has a lot more to ...

People Forced To Live Without Crackberries

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

The addictive qualities of Blackberries has long been known. But no one knew what it would be like to go without their devices until an outage forced everyone to find out. BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion Ltd. said on Wednesday morning that service to most customers had been ...

Music Gadget: Gibson Firebird V Zebra Wood

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Who says music instruments can't be impressive gadgets? The people at Gibson certain know they can, and the Gibson Firebird V Zebra Wood is quite impressive. Week 12 for Guitar of the Week series, this week Gibson has released a guitar that looks a lot like a guitar version of ...

Intel may have upper hand in processor war, for now

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Despite the number of AMD fanboys in the world, it looks like Intel is still kicking butt in the processor war. And it doesn't look like things will change anytime soon, based on current views. AMD's woes were underscored earlier this week when it said that lower prices and unit ...

Google Acquires DoubleClick

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Google acquires DoubleClick in a mega deal totalling $3.2 billion. This should help the company keep its' grip on search. Web advertising leader Google Inc. said on Friday it has agreed to acquire DoubleClick Inc., a top online advertising network, for $3.1 billion, beating out other major Internet players with ...

Samsung SC-DC575 Lets You Record Straight To DVD

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Do you like the idea of recording your favorite moments but hate the idea od having to mess with clunky video editing and other software to duplicate it? Then you might want to have a look at the Samsung SC-DC575 camcorder that allows you to record straight to DVD. The Samsung SC-CD575 ...

Silicon Valley Plans On Re-Inventing Wireless Industry

Friday, April 13th, 2007

The wireless industry doesn't currently conjure up too many images of grandeur right now, but some execs are hoping this could change in the near future. They're planning on making changes that will help some mighty big new players such as Google and Yahoo really enter the industry. A start-up ...

Researchers Consider Scrapping Internet And Starting Over

Friday, April 13th, 2007

There are a lot of things that suck on the internet. SMTP, for example, has always had myriad issues. Plus, concerned people have to worry about problems like spyware and virii. So it's not completely unthinkable that a group of people is out there considering doing the ...

Broadcom Claims Qualcomm A Fraud

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Broadcom is not happy with Qualcomm these days, claiming the company is fraud. It's not uncommon in the tech world for companies to get into bitter disputes about technology, and this case is no different. The two companies have been involved in several patent infringement disputes, including one in which ...