Stuff.co.nz Borders Group's Entry in E-Books May Herald Discounts Wall Street Journal Intent on catching up in the fast-evolving e-book arena, retailer Borders Group Inc. is launching an e-bookstore with titles provided by Kobo Inc., the Canadian e-book retailer in which it has an investment stake
Archive for July 7th, 2010
July 7th, 2010
Borders Group’s Entry in E-Books May Herald Discounts – Wall Street Journal
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Blizzard: ‘We’re Definitely Listening To Player Feedback’ On Real ID – Gamasutra
CBC.ca Blizzard: 'We're Definitely Listening To Player Feedback' On Real ID Gamasutra Since World Of Warcraft and StarCraft II creator Blizzard announced that its official forums would phase in mandatory use of its newly announced “Real ID” system, which marks posts with their writers' real-life names, there has been a … Blizzard Real ID system sparks controversy GameSpot 'WOW' players angry over plan to use real names msnbc.com Blizzard to Require Real Names to Be Used in Forums PC Magazine TG Daily
Posted in Latest Tags: blizzard-real, mandatory-use, player-feedback, sci/tech, system-sparks, their-writers, writers No Comments »July 7th, 2010
Video: Solar Impulse Cleared for Night Flight – Wired News
The Hindu Video: Solar Impulse Cleared for Night Flight Wired News The Solar Impulse team has given pilot André Borschberg the thumbs up to fly through the night. The team on the ground has been carefully monitoring the aircraft's batteries and power usage throughout the day in Switzerland
July 7th, 2010
Bad software blamed for AT&T iPhone upload choke – Register
MiamiHerald.com Bad software blamed for AT&T iPhone upload choke Register The hue and cry over AT&T's supposed “throttling” of iPhone 4 uploads turns out to have been premature — that is, if AT&T's explanation is to be believed. AT&T Wednesday issued a statement that said the upload slow-downs stemmed from software problems … AT&T Blames Alcatel-Lucent Software for Slow IPhones BusinessWeek AT&T blames slow iPhone 4 uploads on Alcatel-Lucent CNET AT&T's Upload Bug Tied Alcatel-Lucent Equipment PC World BetaNews
Posted in Latest, Software Tags: blames-alcatel-, news-articles, sci/tech, Software, software-blamed No Comments »July 7th, 2010
Strong Android Smartphone Sales Boost HTC Revenue 58 Percent – eWeek
DailyTech Strong Android Smartphone Sales Boost HTC Revenue 58 Percent eWeek The HTC brand, since buddying up with Google's Android, has had a number of successful smartphones, and on July 6 it posted the figures to prove it. Its net income jumped 33 percent, and total revenue exceeded 58 percent year over year. …
Posted in Latest, Mobile Tags: figures, Mobile, percent-year, sales, sci/tech, since-buddying, strong-android No Comments »July 7th, 2010
YouTube wants viewers to ‘leanback,’ stay longer – The Associated Press
All Things Digital (blog) YouTube wants viewers to 'leanback,' stay longer The Associated Press SAN BRUNO, Calif.
Posted in Latest Tags: brainless-and, make-the-jump, replace-their, television, things-digital, wants-viewers No Comments »July 7th, 2010
U.S. aims to detect cyber infrastructure attacks: report (Reuters)
Reuters – The government is launching a program nicknamed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private U.S. companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear power plants, the Wall Street Journal said in its online edition, citing people familiar with the program.
Posted in Internet Tags: detect-cyber, electricity, nuclear-power, perfect-citizen, street, street-journal, such-as-the, the-program, wall No Comments »July 7th, 2010
Touch and Feel: What Works on the iPad Will Be Even Better on the Mac – BNET
ShutterVoice Touch and Feel: What Works on the iPad Will Be Even Better on the Mac BNET Though Apple hasn't announced any broader plans to revamp other MobileMe or desktop apps besides iDisk, many Mac developers I've interviewed have reported … Special Report: The end of Apple's iPod era part II Apple Insider MacDailyNews app notes: Push notifications to resume soon, high-res graphics … MacDailyNews (blog) all 156 news articles
Posted in Apple, Mobile Tags: Apple, better-on-the, desktop-apps, have-reported, Mobile, resume-soon, revamp-other, special-report No Comments »July 7th, 2010
IBM and EU Establish Cloud-computing Consortium (PC World)
PC World – IBM on Wednesday said it was establishing a consortium with the European Union and universities to research new cloud-computing models to reduce the cost of hosting and maintaining Internet-based services.
Posted in Internet Tags: and-universities, consortium-with, research-new, technology, wednesday, world No Comments »July 7th, 2010
No quick fixes likely for iPhone ‘death grip’ (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson – If you were hoping that the software update promised by Apple last Friday would include some special secret sauce that would prevent the new iPhone’s reception from dipping when it’s held the wrong way, prepare for disappointment.
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