Google’s Ultra-Fast Broadband
- Posted by vdub
- February 10 2010 at 3:38pm .
Google, you see, has just announced plans to build a series of uberfast broadband networks in cities across America. The Google broadband service would bring speeds up to a hundred times faster than what we currently use, the crew from Mountain View says, and it'd all be delivered directly to our homes.
Apple Leaves Room For iPad Discounts
- Posted by vdub
- February 10 2010 at 3:29pm .
Apple spends less than half the iPad's retail
price in making the tablet computer, giving the company some flexibility
in lowering the device's price if needed to boost sales, a teardown
estimate released Wednesday showed.
4 Years Not Enough
- Posted by vdub
- November 26 2009 at 8:52am .
Is four years and a $250,000 fine really the best punishment for the
self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam?" Put another way: Do we take the
criminal aspects of spam seriously enough? I don't think so. But, we're also not ready to hunt down spammers or create effective measures to stop spam at the source.
Sony movie service
- Posted by vdub
- November 20 2009 at 9:48am .
Looks like Sony wants to take on the likes of Apple, Netflix, and Amazon in the digital content business: in an interview, Sony executive VP Kaz Hirai has said that Sony is hoping to launch its own online content service by early 2010.
AT&T’s Verizon Ad Battle
- Posted by vdub
- November 14 2009 at 6:57am .
To be clear; AT&T's beef isn't with what the ads say about its 3G
network, but rather what it believes the ads might imply: The maps,
AT&T says, could lead a consumer to believe the company has no
wireless coverage whatsoever in the whited-out areas, rather than
believing only that it has no 3G coverage in those spots (a fact
AT&T does not dispute).
