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NBC and Apple have ended their pricing dispute over NBC’s downloadable TV shows in iTunes. Good news for fans of popular NBC shows like The Office. NBC Universal and Apple ended their pricing battle this week, restoring popular series such as “The Office,” “Heroes” and “30 Rock,” to the iTunes Store. NBC’s Pricing Feud With …
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs was thin, but the new iPods were thinner at Apple’s “Let’s Rock” press conference yesterday. In addition to new versions of the iPod Nano and iPod Touch, Jobs also announced iTunes 8.0 and a “Genius” feature. Apple is revamping its iPod line up. The thicker iPod classic is history. It will …
Apple Inc. has scheduled an event for next Tuesday, hinting at forthcoming music products from the company. Apple provided few details, although the event’s invitation shows a silhouette of a dancing man with an iPod and bears the title “Let’s Rock.” Separately, the Cupertino, Calif., company is working with music-industry partners to develop “interactive albums” …
My Facebook page called me fat. Maybe it’s my age, my sex or the fact that it knew I was engaged, but the site decided I was a gal who needed to drop a few pounds. And it wasn’t shy about its tactics. This was not a close friend taking me aside, telling me in …
Recharge your cellphone, iPod, iPhone and camera with this USB solar powered bonsai tree by French designer Vivien Muller. Thanks to 54 tiny photovoltaic panels, the iBonsai (we just made that name up) will store energy in a hidden battery during the day, allowing you to recharge your gadgets even at night.
What happens when a company that usually makes powerful lasers for the Chinese military decides to make a flashlight? They make a flashlight with a beam so strong that it can start a fire.
Last Saturday, the MSNBC DNC Segway Team, dressed up as donkeys and elephants and zipped around downtown Denver letting everyone know about MSNBC’s live broadcasts for the Democratic National Convention. From the start, the response to this campaign was outstanding. Crowds of visitors immediately started surrounding the team for pictures and asking for more information …
Is Digg.com founder and Diggnation star Kevin Rose abusing his Apple contacts? This past weekend Rose blogged about some new stuff being released by Apple next month including new iPods and an iTunes update. According to Kevin, Apple will announce the following within the next few weeks: the iPod nano will take on a slimmer, …
Nexcopy announced its new 20 target PC based SD Card Duplicator. Definitely a device for the uber-geek who’s into loading Secure Digital media onto SD cards. Who Really Needs A SD Card Duplicator? At first glance, you ask yourself “Who’d want 20 copies of their SD card from their camera?” But it’s clear Nexcopy isn’t …
When Apple launched their new App Store on July 10, 2008, everyone knew it would be a success. But no one could have known it would be this BIG of a success.
Microsoft's Vista operating system is a public relations failure. Can something called the Mojave Experiment help save Microsoft Vista's reputation?
The online retailer is a distant second to Apple, but a deal with MySpace could move Amazon up the charts. It was easy to scoff two years ago when word leaked out that Amazon was launching its own digital music service. The Seattle-based online retailer wasn’t just mulling an iTunes-like download store – it was …
Major North American marketers will set records of sorts when the Olympics open in Beijing on Aug. 8, debuting a slew of Hispanic-targeted ads during Telemundo’s broadcast of the Summer Games. Target, Farmers’ Insurance, U.S. Navy and AT&T are among the various marketers lining up — many for the first time — to secure ad …
With the first phase of the iPhone 3G launch in the rear view, Apple Inc. is now shifting much of its focus towards product refreshes targeting its two other revenue drivers and is advising resellers to be prepared for product shortages in the interim. More specifically, the Cupertino-based company in recent days issued an advisement …
Cuil is a new Internet search engine created by ex-Googlers Tom Costello and Anna Patterson that promises new privacy features for Internet users.
According to AppleInsider, Apple is releasing a touchscreen laptop or tablet in October. Of course it's still just a rumor, but a lot of people are very excited about finally getting their hands on a Mac touchscreen tablet.
DesbloqueioBr, a Brazilian telecom company, says they are the first to find a way to unlock Apple‘s new iPhone 3G. Brazilian newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo, says DesbloqueioBr altered the iPhone’s firmware and added a special card to the phone’s SIM chip. Users with one of these Brazilian iPhones can connect to any mobile carrier …
