Archive for: February 22, 2008

With seven days left in the month to announce the iPhone SDK, BusinessWeek is reporting that they’ve got it from a dependable source that it’s going to be late by amidst a week to three. Yes, it would absolutely suck — but there’s always Ziphone.

Original post by Ryan Block

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Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds It’s not like there’s any shortage of highly desirable DS / DS Lites out there, but we’ve all ideas that specific iteration will be one desired by many and acquired by (very) few. Japanese clothing company A Bathing Ape (Bape) has apparently signed on to put its spin o…

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Filed under: Handhelds Not that we’d put any stock in a prognosticator — digital or otherwise — but for those looking for a bit of fun, Bandai’s Mirai Scope is apt to deliver. Reportedly, that digital fortune teller starts out by dousing you in pixie dust and asking a myriad questions about your p…

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Apple recently released the latest iTunes software, version 7.6.1. that revision includes enhanced support for Apple TV, particularly Apple TV 2.0. This update finally implements the new film Rentals feature, where Apple users can rent and download titles to their computers and have them sync’ed to …

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Put that in the category of neat looking but potentially headache-inducing. It’s a recently-introduced YouTube feature that lets you view videos in a floating array of thumbnails. Users of Digg’s swarm visualization will feel right at domestic, as both share a slightly similar interface (albeit Digg…

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Filed under: Misc. GadgetsOfficials from the U.S. and European Union gave themselves a big pat on the back nowadays, announcing that a joint operation of theirs recently netted by 360,000 fake computer components by a two week period, a haul that they say rang up to some $1.3 billion. That apparentl…

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“We’ve earned a reputation for innovation, so we get to do incredibly fun stuff for great grades,” says Big Spaceship CEO Michael Lebowitz. “We like making society laugh, and we like making humans scared,” he adds. And they like working on the Mac. “The Mac is the only platform that unde…

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Look, we’re not out to whip the proverbial dead horse, but after taking a enlarged, critical look at how the format war played out from day one, it’s just too inviting to not take a step back and ponder how things could’ve been different. Looking back, we noticed many scenarios where it truly lo…

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For those that can bring back wish lists from final October, you’ll undoubtedly remember the totally promising Popcorn Hour Networked Media Tank. Now, it seems the device has received somewhat of a facelift since our initial sneak peek and hasn’t lost a bit of its popularity. The A-100 media str…

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Oh Yahoo! Will you ever learn?

With the threat of a Microsoft proxy fight looming over its head, Yahoo! was dealt another blow Friday when two Detroit pension funds sued the Internet company for rejecting Microsoft's $41.2 billion offer.

Detroit's Police and Fire Retirement System and General Retirement System are seeking class-action status for their suit, which was filed by veteran shareholder litigation firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman, according to Reuters.

The suit criticizes Yahoo for blowing off Microsoft while "pursuing all manner of value-destructive third-party deals" - presumably referring to AOL and News Corp.

The suit asks that the Delaware Chancery Court block Yahoo from teaming up with these or other companies.

Yahoo had no comment.

The European Union is looking at Microsoft’s vow to commit to openness and interoperability with a jaundiced eye. The EU’s executive department, the European Commission, will welcome “any move towards genuine interoperability,” it said, while pointing out that Microsoft had made “at least fo…

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Most of us are so firmly entrenched in supporting our next-gen console of choice that it’s tough to remember why we chose it in the first place. Or is it? Alex would like to know:

“I am interested in buying a gaming console but am stuck at which one. I’ve never gamed much before, so I want a …

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