AT&T Hits Back Critics with “Seth the Blogger Guy” Over iPhone MMS Incapability

August 15, 2009

US wireless giant AT&T on Friday hits back on critics with “Seth the Blogger Guy” over the delayed multimedia messaging service (MMS) feature of the popular iPhone, which was exclusively being sold by the carrier network. Seth, who is part of AT&T’s public relations group, discussed the process of creating a new feature for the [...]

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Computer, Internet Addiction Center Opens in the United States

August 13, 2009

A new rehabilitation center called ReSTART was officially opened in the United States to help young and adults to break an Internet and computer addiction, which can be as destructive as drugs or alcohol. Located near Redmond, the headquarters of software giant Microsoft, the ReSTART center was opened on July. The center is the first [...]

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Court Orders Dish to Pay TiVo $200 Million for Live TV Injunction Violation

August 11, 2009

Dish Network Corp., along with its sister company EchoStar Corp. was ordered by a federal court to pay some $200 million to TiVo Inc. after being found “guilty” of violating a permanent injunction over a modified technology that will viewers to pause and rewind Live TV. In his decision, US District Court Judge David Folsom [...]

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Sony Gives Kindle a Run for Its Money with Cheaper, Smaller E-Readers

August 6, 2009

Sony Corp on Wednesday unveiled two latest e-readers that will take on the market leader Amazon’s Kindle. The new devices were called Reader Touch Edition and Reader Pocket Edition, which promises to bring down prices of the e-book reading devices significantly. The two new devices, according to Sony executives, will give users more affordable options. [...]

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Apple Releases Security Patch for iPHone

August 4, 2009

Following reports that Apple iPhones were vulnerable to hackers, the company on Friday released a security patch called OS 3.0.1. that will protect users’ sensitive data and information. Few weeks ago, security expert Charlie Miller proved the vulnerability of iPhone by running a software code on the device that can automatically turn on its microphone, [...]

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Firefox Surpasses One Billion Download Mark

August 2, 2009

Firefox Web browser has set a new record by surpassing the one billion download mark, Mozilla Foundation said on Friday. The fastest growing open-source web browser, including the latest 3.5 version, has recorded more than 1.0033 billion downloads, Otto de Voogd said. But spreadfirefox.com said that the numbers pegged at around 1.0044 billion, one of [...]

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Authorities Eye China Counterfeit Gangs’ Hands on Foxconn “Suicide”

July 30, 2009

Authorities are now investigating the involvement of underground counterfeit criminals on the alleged suicide of a 25-year-old Chinese factory worker who was accused of stealing prototypes of heavily guarded Apple iPhone, which were now, reported missing. Police earlier found the lifeless body of Sun Danyong, a contracted worker for Foxconn International in Dongguan, inside his [...]

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Microsoft Rushes to Issue Emergency Patches To Internet Explorer Kill-bit Bypass Attack

July 28, 2009

Microsoft Corp. immediately issued emergency patches for its popular Windows OS after their researchers found an alley that could bypass without being detected the security mechanism in the browser of the Internet Explorer. In a statement, Microsoft researchers David Dewey, Ryan Smith, and Mark Dowd said that they will demonstrate the exact way to bypass [...]

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Nissan comes up with new iPhone Car Remote

July 27, 2009

Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Corp. unveiled on Monday a prototype application for the popular iPhone that would allow users to access their electric vehicle’s battery level. In a demonstration test at the company research facility in Yokosuka, Japan, Nissan executives said that the application works by linking the electric cars’ electronic and IT system to [...]

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Hubble Captures Images of Collision in Jupiter

July 26, 2009

Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have release on Thursday images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of a rare collision of space objects with the planet Jupiter. Called the “sharpest visible-light picture,” scientist explained the collision produces a phenomenon rarely seen or captured by any human being. Aside from NASA scientist, [...]

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