The Medison Celebrity laptop was supposed to be a low cost Linux alternative to mainstream laptops and with only a $150 price tag, how could things go wrong. Things have gone wrong and Medison will supposedly be giving returning that preorder money to customers if it can’t ship the laptop within three months.
If you think the minimum age of a principal credit card holder is 18 years of age, think again. A nine-year-old boy named Kyle Shoemaker has received not just one but two credit cards and an $18,000 line of credit.
Intel is on the defensive after a preliminary finding by the European Commission found that the company is engaging in anti competitive behavior. Intel’s senior counsel has responded to the finding by saying that the company’s actions in Europe actually benefit consumers.
George Washington University has started testing the technical and economic feasibility of using dual-mode wireless phones that allow users to experience smooth transition between university-controlled Wi-Fi networks and external cellular networks.
A 22-year-old intern said today he’s the “scapegoat” for the loss of over 800,000 social security numbers.
Today’s hi-tech prostitutes are leaving the streets, and turning to the Internet to find their next ‘John.’ A recent prostitution sting in Chicago, Illinois, uncovered many hookers who used Craigslist, the popular online classifieds service, to advertise their special services.
It seems the BBC is moving away from what it was set up to provide – services for everyone, free of commercial interests and political bias – with the organization set release its iPlayer to a Windows-only audience.
If an attractive Russian woman contacts you after being intrigued by your MySpace profile, chances are she’s not Russian, not a woman, and not really interested in you. What he or she is probably trying to do is to suck you into into the so called Russian Dating Scam. That’s the experience of one Australian man who was recently the target of such a deception.
While the retail giant will continue to sell discs of both formats, Target stores will promote and sell only Blu-ray players during the critical ‘07 holiday season.
Analysts for CIBC World Markets are lately noticing small demand numbers for the current iPhone model. Checks on Apple suggest a 3G version heading for the US very soon.
There’s been a lot of angst in the UK recently about possible health effects of mobile phone masts, and let’s face it, most of us at some time have wondered whether they really are safe. A major new study by scientists at the University of Essex has found that mobile phone masts are not the cause for the short-term symptoms that some people experience when near them.
Digg is joining forces with Microsoft for the next three years. Today Digg’s founder Kevin Rose announced that Microsoft has been chosen to serve all of Digg’s ads –and they’ll also be responsible for finding Digg’s advertisers.
For forty-five minutes on July 24th, 365 Main lost power to upwards of 40% of the websites hosted at its data center in San Francisco, CA.
In a long requested move, MySpace has finally struck a blow at one of the biggest complaints with the popular social-networking site: sex offenders.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social networking site, Facebook, is being hounded by three students from Harvard, claiming they had hired him for programming services on their website. The three allege that Mark Zuckerberg stalled them for months, before releasing his own version of their site. A Boston Judge will be deciding this week whether the three men’s claims are legitimate enough to continue with a lawsuit.
Some new iPhone owners have been complaining about the somewhat short battery life of the iPhone and the biggest problem of all, it’s not user replaceable though Apple is quite happy to replace it for you should it die for the low low price of $85. Now, it is trying something new that won’t cost you several hours of wages, tips for longer iPhone battery life.
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