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Archive for May, 2010

Apple stomps bugs with iPhone 2.1 software release

27 May 2010

Chief Executive Steve Jobs had promised the iPhone update in a speech Tuesday during a launch event for next-generation iPod music players, saying, “This is a big update, and it fixes lots of bugs.”

The page also instructs iPhone users to use the latest version of iTunes to perform the update. So beware, Windows Vista users.

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Google leaps, Microsoft drops in brand value

24 May 2010

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Microsoft slipped from second to third place, edged down a peg by IBM, according to the study by BusinessWeek and Interbrand, which base their results on the value of the brand as judged by how much revenue it will likely earn for the company.

Google’s brand name value jumped from 20th place last year to [...]

CNET News Daily Podcast What the financial crisis

20 May 2010

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Apple is rumored to soon be releasing its 2.2 software update for the iPhone. According to Apple sources, expect this one to include a refit of
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Sick Google shares health searches with govt.

18 May 2010

Let’s all search for “invasion of privacy” together, shall we?
Everyone is for preventing the flu. It’s a nasty, snotty nuisance. Like certain children you were forced to sit next to in elementary school. But is everyone for allowing their private searches to be lumped together with the aim of deducing mass information, sometimes of an [...]

Mobile phone Wi-Fi usage on the rise

15 May 2010

But given the fact that Wi-Fi hot spots aren’t ubiquitous, users still need some kind of cellular data plan to get Internet access everywhere. What’s more, carriers in the U.S. typically require customers who buy these Wi-Fi-enabled phones, like the iPhone, to also subscribe to a monthly “unlimited” data plan. So even if subscribers are [...]

Microsoft calls on Congress to reconsider bailout

03 May 2010

The House voted down the $700 billion bailout plan by a vote of 228 to 205, with 133 Republicans and 95 Democrats casting “no” votes.

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Congressional leaders of both parties proceeded to blame one another for the bill’s failure on Monday, with minority leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) blaming a partisan speech from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while Pelosi (D-Calif.) insisted that Democrats held up their end of the deal.

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