Macworld.com - Speck on Tuesday announced their PixelSkin cases for the iPhone 3G. iSkin has announced its new DuoBand for the iPod nano, and Ivyskin is offering its iPhone 3G XyloT3 case. -- read full article
Reuters - Carrying bags of stolen groceries, Oleg
Vorotnikov takes out the batteries of his mobile phone before
entering the secret headquarters of his underground art
collective on the outskirts of Moscow.
CNET - Correction, 7:30 a.m. PDT Wednesday: This report mischaracterized the iPhone 3G's influence on AT&T's second quarter. The phone's launch came after the quarter's close. -- read full article
Reuters - The German Federal Patent Court ruled
on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case
against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid.
AP - Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. -- read full article
Macworld.com - Griffin Technology on Wednesday announced Lucky 7 Slots for the iPhone, a game that simulates casino slot machine action. It costs $1.99. -- read full article
AP - TextBuyIt, a recently launched shop-by-cell phone service from Amazon.com Inc., seemed like the ultimate comparison shopping tool — perfect for an unabashed bargain hunter like myself.
NewsFactor - Microsoft is opening the Xbox 360 to third-party software creators in a bold attempt to dramatically expand the number of games available on its platform. The goal is to give gaming aficionados far more choices than rivals Sony and Nintendo are offering. -- read full article
Macworld.com - SmileOnMyMac on Tuesday announced the release of PDFpen 3.5, an update to its PDF editing and form-filling software for Mac OS X. The update is free for registered users; it costs $49.95 to register. -- read full article
PC Magazine - At the Gamefest 2008 Conference keynote Tuesday, Microsoft chief technology officer Chris Satchell revealed updated plans for the company's XNA player-created games initiative.
PC Magazine - Online shopping addicts beware. A TiVo-Amazon partnership will soon allow TiVo customers to purchase items via Amazon.com without ever leaving the couch. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - If it passes a peer review, the creator will receive up to 70% of the total revenue generated by the game. -- read full article
NewsFactor - Nintendo's Wii may be in the lead, but Sony is looking to reach the 150 million sales mark for its PlayStation 3 video-game console within the next few years. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The product-purchase option will debut with four TV shows, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "The Colbert Report," and "Burn Notice." -- read full article
