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Is Apple working on a new combination mp3 player and cell phone called the iPhone? Apple’s CFO, Peter Oppenheimer, might have let the ‘cat out of the bag‘ on an Apple analyst Q3 conference call. When Merrill Lynch analyst Richard Farmer mentioned the success of the Sony Walkman Phone, Oppenheimer responded by saying: “As regards …
The golden age of YouTube might be over. According to the new YouTube terms of service, the popular video-sharing service now owns your content, not you. The changes to its terms of service have a lot of people outraged and now many YouTube users are contemplating switching to other video sharing sites like REVVER. According …
Frank O'Connor knows everything there is to know about "Halo 3," even though the game isn't coming out until 2007. It's hard for him not to, since he already has a copy of the latest version of the game on his Xbox 360.
National Semiconductor is laying off employees and wants them to return the iPods that they just received as bonuses.
Jason Bunch was listening to Metallica on his iPod. Then he got struck by lightning. Here's the full story of what happened...
There’s been a lot of hype behind Flock – especially within tech communities. At this point, even the average person might have heard the name “Flock” but not known exactly what it was all about. Flock is a web browser, like Safari or Internet Explorer, but with a big difference. Flock is considered a “social …
The New York Knicks fired head coach Larry Brown on Thursday and replaced him with president and general manager Isiah Thomas. “Larry has had a long and storied career. We hired him last summer with the expectation that he would be with the Knicks for a long time. Sometimes decisions work and sometimes they don’t,” …
Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own series of hit singles, including “Outta Space” and “Nothing From Nothing,” died Tuesday at 59. Preston’s longtime manager, Joyce Moore, said Preston had been in a coma since November in a care facility and was …
Does this black and red iPod look familiar? It should. It’s the second coming of the U2 iPod. The original (eBay link) (eBay link) (eBay link) (eBay link)(eBay link) iPod U2 Special Edition was announced on October 24, 2004, and was the first black iPod Apple ever produced. Apple discontinued it about a year later …
SONY just announced the STR-DG1000 receiver… the first A/V receiver designed to optimize Blu-ray discs and other HD content. What is Blu-ray you ask? A Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a next-generation optical disc format meant for high-density storage of high-definition video and data. The Blu-ray standard was jointly developed by a group of consumer electronics …
Some keen-eyed Google Earth users have found what looks like a giant iPod somewhere in Australia.
Lawsuit claims that Verizon violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the government for a secret NSA surveillance program.
Despite contradicting reports, Fox has put several of their TV shows in the iTunes Music Store. You can now purchase episodes of 24, Prison Break, Unan1mous, Stacked, and several other “Fox Television Classics” including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Lost in Space for $1.99 each. However, several Fox cartoon standouts like Family Guy, The …
The battle of the two Apples is over…. for now. Apple Corps, The Beatles record label, lost their ridiculous court battle with Apple Computer over its iTunes download service on Monday. The Judge ruled that Apple Computer used its logo in association with its store, not the music, and was not in breach of an …
Matthew R. Decker, 21, was indicted Tuesday in Wichita, Kansas, with ”accessing without authorization” U.S. Army computers and with ”unlawfully possessing, with intent to defraud,” 531 credit card numbers and account information. The government seeks the forfeiture of more than $53,200 in proceeds from the crimes, as well as computer equipment used in the crime, …
UPDATE: The Beaconsfield miners were rescued at approximately 9PM US EST [May 8, 2006]. If you were trapped underground for a few days, what would you want more than anything in the world? Probably not to be trapped underground… Anyway, to help relieve the extreme boredom of two trapped Australian miners, rescuers have given them iPods. …
First Lauren Weiss gave men an inside look at the world of women. Now 3 Men and a Little Gravy let you eavesdrop on the disturbing things that go on in the minds of men. Patrick Walsh, Josh Shurtleff and Ian Friedman cover such diverse topics as Pat’s spelling bee race scandal, Josh’s humiliating fitness …
