AP - China pressed ahead with a restructuring of its telecommunications market Monday as mobile phone company China Unicom Ltd. announced plans to take over a fixed-line provider and sell off a mobile business.
AP - Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure millions of obsolescent TVs, old computers and other unwanted gadgets don't poison the nation's dumps.
AP - Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD. -- read full article
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:00:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Bangladesh's mobile telephone operators
must deactivate more than one million unregistered SIM cards
from Sunday as deadline for registration ended last night,
telecoms watchdog officials said.
Macworld.com - Macgamestore.com has released Cooking Academy, a new casual game for the Mac. It costs $19.95, and a 60-minute trial version is available for download. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 05:00:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Macworld.com - Scandyna Speakers has introduced the Dock Pack, which combines their Micropod SE speakers with an iPod docking station. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 05:15:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Macworld.com - Griffin Technology has announced the availability of the PowerDock 2, a device that simultaneously charges an iPhone and an iPod. It costs $49.99. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 16:45:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - DISH Network Corp and
EchoStar Corp said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit
against TiVo Inc and asked a Delaware court to find
that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.
AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for "smart" phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC's vendor survey. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 21:32:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The syncing software has been overhauled to improve the speed, stability, and features for the latest Mac OS X operating system. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 22:22:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The satellite companies have asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 23:16:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - New technologies and pricing due by the end of 2008 have the potential to eliminate the problems of embedded wireless 3G notebook purchases, Gartner now suggests. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 23:40:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The reason for RIM's success? It's been able to broaden the appeal of the BlackBerry to more than just professionals, an IDC report found. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 23:57:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
USATODAY.com - Dell says its profit and sales grew in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street's expectations in a sign the computer maker's turnaround efforts may be starting to pay off. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 11:10:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News