AP - Samsung Electronics Co. is equipping Blu-ray DVD players so they can retrieve movies and TV shows from Netflix Inc.'s Internet streaming service, accelerating Netflix's push to develop more delivery methods beyond the mail.
Reuters - Sony Corp said on Thursday it expects to beat its sales forecast for its PlayStation Portable handheld game gear for the year to March. -- read full article
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:46:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
AP - Google is jumping into the mobile phone business with its new G1 phone. The G1 is available starting today for $179 with a two-year contract from T-Mobile.
PC Magazine - AT&T announced today that the BlackBerry Bold will launch in the US on Tuesday, Nov. 4 for $299.99 with 2-year contract and mail-in rebate. -- read full article
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:46:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
PC Magazine - Based upon an informal survey of about a dozen stores scattered about Sacramento, San Jose, and San Francisco, the T-Mobile G1 doesn't have the buzz of the iPhone. But stores reported some small lines and generally brisk sales early on Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:47:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
AP - AT&T Inc. says that the new flagship BlackBerry model that was initially expected this summer, the Bold 9000, will go on sale Nov. 4. -- read full article
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:30:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Canadian media and publishing group Quebecor Inc confirmed on Wednesday it will spend as much as C$1 billion ($800 million) over four years to roll out a wireless network to compete against the country's Big Three mobile phone companies. -- read full article
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:13:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
CNET - Google officially opened its Android Market Wednesday and promised that beginning next year, programmers will get the lion's share of revenue from applications sold on the download site for the company's mobile phone operating system. -- read full article
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:34:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Nokia hopes giving away the Symbian technology used in its high-end mobile phones will encourage Internet developers to build innovative applications on the platform, helping it win back market share.
Reuters - Apple Inc's iPhone is giving its sole U.S. carrier AT&T Inc a big boost in subscribers and buffering the impact of slower landline sales, but the success is coming at a cost that many AT&T investors do not like.
Reuters - AT&T Inc said on Wednesday it would sell the BlackBerry Bold from Research In Motion Ltd for $299, or 50 percent more than it charges for Apple Inc's iPhone.
Macworld.com - Maintain has announced the release of Cocktail 4.2 (Leopard Edition), a new release of their utility software for Mac OS X 10.5. A free update for registered users, Cocktail costs $14.95. -- read full article
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:15:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News