Archive for August, 2009
Jobless and homeless, blogger scores Elle job
Six months ago, Brianna Karp found herself living in an old truck and camper she inherited after the suicide of a father she barely knew.
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Apple confirms music-themed launch for Sept. 9
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple Inc. has officially set Sept. 9 as the date for its next music-themed product launch event in San Francisco.
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As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth
New York — Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.
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Samsung Application Store announced, the mobile mall gets a little more crowded
Oh, look, it’s another place to buy bite-sized mobile apps, this one courtesy of Samsung. The company isn’t exactly new to the whole application store thing, launching a little outlet for Nokia users earlier this year, but piggy-backing on someone else’s platform and boldly blazing a trail of iFart knockoffs on your own hardware are […]
Nikon Coolpix S1000pj won’t be with us until October, others also delayed
Alas, our dream of rocking parties with the projector-packing s1000pj will have to wait an extra month. Turns out that demand for the shooter was so high that even Nikon, whose sole purpose in life is making imaging equipment, couldn’t satiate it in time. The new dates for your calendar are October 23 for the […]
ASUS debuting two ultrathin laptops with 45nm Intel Penryn chips next week?
Those 45nm Intel Celeron 743 and SU2300 CPUs we’ve been seeing on spreadsheets and roadmaps may have found themselves a home with ASUS, if this DigiTimes report has any weight to it. According to the outlet, two new ultrathin portables powered by the aforementioned processors are set to launch on September 7th, with the […]
Bell’s latest Pre ad insults Americans, old people, and bloody roller derby girls in one pass
With the latest installment of Bell’s “Meet my Palm Pre” series, paid spokesman Bradley here has basically guaranteed himself that he’ll be visited by elderly American roller girls with bad attitudes and a taste for justice. Some of the gruesome highlights:
“Unlike our neighbors to the south, Canadians are an active people.”
“Coupe de Kill is kinda […]
Video: ASUS EeeTop PC ET2002T gets touched up
We might already have all the specalicious details on the new EeeTops from ASUS, but it never hurts to see one in action, right? Taking center stage here is the voice-activated widgetry ASUS has added to its Windows 7 install, allowing you to check the weather, play music, and even initiate Skype calls solely via […]
Xtreamer e-TRAYz NAS boasts up to 4TB storage, artistic license with English language
Loving your Xtreamer media player? The company’s gearing up for a much larger, more versatile NAS complement that supports up to 4TB of storage across two bays, and anyone who’s purchased last year’s model by November 1st will get a chance to pre-order this one for €59 (US $84) when the listing opens on that […]
Discovery Communications patents e-book reader, why not?
Let’s face it, at this point everyone is looking to get in on the e-book reader action. Back in February, broadcast television group Discovery Communication — known for BBC America, Travel Channel, TLC, and Discovery Channel, naturally — filed a patent for its own digital book reader back in February that’s now surfacing online. There […]
