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Friday, 09 May 2008

Apple slammed on climate change

Jonny Evans

Apple should complete an inventory of greenhouse gas produced by its factories and deliver clear energy and emissions reduction targets, activists claim.

Friday, 09 May 2008

Apple settles two Canadian iPod battery lawsuits

Jonny Evans

Apple's problems with early iPod battery life continue, company agrees to pay up to $3.54 million to owners of first, second and third-generation iPods in Canada.

Friday, 09 May 2008

Intel continues to invest in WiMax

Mikael Ricknäs

Intel Capital is one of the winners in the Swedish 4G auction, which concluded on Thursday after 16 days of bidding.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

Best Buy buys half of Carphone Warehouse for $2.1B

Mikael Ricknäs

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Thursday said it will acquire 50 percent of The Carphone Warehouse for about £1.1 billion ($2.1 billion).

Thursday, 08 May 2008

Hitachi reveals 320GB laptop drive

Brian Fonseca, Computerworld (US online)

Hitachi is unveiling a 320GB mobile computer hard disk drive that offers 60 per cent more capacity and requires some 25 per cent less power.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

iPhone for Latin America

Jonny Evans

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay to get iPhone.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

Internet Archive challenges FBI records demand

Grant Gross

The Internet Archive's challenge of the NSL is only the third case that the ACLU is aware of in which an NSL has been challenged in court, said Melissa Goodman an attorney for the civil liberties group's National Security Project.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

No iPhone price cut for France

Peter Sayer

France Télécom does not plan to change the price it charges for Apple's iPhone until a new model is on the market.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

IE-only marketing campaign skewed Firefox, Safari numbers

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US online), Macworld edit

An "extremely large" marketing campaign among a small number of sites that targeted only users of IE was responsible for aberrant market share numbers, says NetApplications

Thursday, 08 May 2008

WiMix set to take over the world

Nancy Gohring and Stephen Lawson

"You will see WiMax chips in just about everything that moves, and even that doesn't move."

Thursday, 08 May 2008

Microsoft won't pursue other partnerships, says Gates

Martyn Williams

Microsoft won't be pursuing tie-ups or takeovers to replace the Yahoo deal that was rejected over the weekend, Bill Gates said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

AT&T staff cancel June holidays

Jonny Evans

Employees at AT&T retail stores across the US have been told not to book holiday time between 15 June and 12 July. Does this hint at an early release for the iPhone 2.0?

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

CMS Peripherals turns 20

Jonny Evans

CMS Peripherals celebrates its 20-year history this week

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

Multi-carrier strategy for iPhone

Jonny Evans

Vodafone may not have secured an exclusive deal to carry iPhone in Portugal as report claims local telcos remain in talks to secure similar deals.

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

Yahoo may fire board members

Linda Rosencrance, Computerworld (US online)

Yahoo set its annual stockholders meeting for 3 July.

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

Sprint, Clearwire, others set to announce deal

Nancy Gohring

The Wall Street Journal is reporting an imminent announcement regarding a deal between Sprint and Clearwire that will be backed by Google, Intel and others.

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

3 lowers 3G rates

John E. Dunn, Techworld.com

3 lowers its rates for 3G access as wireless networks begin to up their competition with fixed-line broadband solutions

Tuesday, 06 May 2008

Egami Media reaches iTunes deal

Jonny Evans

Egami Media to offer content through iTunes, making shows and films available for download and/or rental through the service, agrees to make films available on the same day they ship on DVD, 'when possible.

Tuesday, 06 May 2008

Laptop battery supplies improving

Dan Nystedt

A global shortage of laptop PC batteries should clear up in the third quarter, a major battery maker says.

Tuesday, 06 May 2008

Japan plots 'iPod tax'

Jonny Evans

Japanese government mulls new tax levy on iPod, digital media player and digital hard disk recorder sales, money raised intended to compensate rights holders.

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