Article Archive for August 2007
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
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Just over a month after it looked to crumble under lawsuits and pressure, AllOfMP3's website is back up today and promising a return of cheap music to its customers.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
A police officer, who had been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the conclusion of an investigation into alleged questionable content on his personal MySpace Web site, has resigned.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
The web never forgets. An archived copy remains online for the web page of the notorious "D.C. Madam."
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
Remember the old days of computing when hackers got sent to jail? Now they're given cars!
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
Just a week after rival Lenovo announced it is buying Packard Bell to expand its presence in the European market, Acer has outsmarted Lenovo by acquiring Gateway, which has first right of refusal to buy Packard Bell.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
TorrentSpy is no longer available to the US following action by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which is demanding that the site hands over user information.
Billing itself as the largest BitTorrent search engine, TorrentSpy is said to index about 10,000 new torrents each day.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
If you recently bought an iPhone, chances are you're disappointed that Apple's coders didn't include a simple application for IMing. It was only inevitable, but some hackers decided to fix Apple's blunder with their very own iPhone IM application.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
Yahoo has expanded its free Web mail services by introducing new features and enhancements, including software that lets its users send text messages to mobile phones directly from their email.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
A year ago, his bike was stolen. Then he spotted it on Craig's List…
A friend tipped off Martin Moulton that a "for sale" photo clearly showed his bike's custom seat. It was selling for $1000, in an ad claiming it belonged to "a friend" who "needs the money, which is why the price is so low. First serious offer gets the bike…"
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
July NPD numbers are in, and it looks like it was a good month for everybody with industry sales totaling $925.5 million, up 37% year over year.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
While they may not be the most practical power source to carry around with you, Sony has come up with a sugar-powered bio battery.
Sony, creators of a laundry list of gadgets over the years, has come up a battery that runs on sugar.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
Worried that there might be sex offender living in your street? Vision 20/20 is now offering a free web-based service, the Peach of Mind (POM) Offender Locator, that allows those living in the US to easily locate sex offenders in their area by typing in an address, or simply zooming up on a map.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
…but Sony's not sure exactly which Christmas. Sony Ericsson's, Peter Ahnegard, shares his company's thoughts about a possible Playstation branded phone.
Details are vague, but Sony Ericsson wants to introduce a Playstation branded phone eventually in the same way it has introduced Bravia, Walkman, and Cybershot phones.
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
T-Mobile, the brand recognized for having the best customer service in the cell phone service industry, is giving out free Wi-Fi for your PSP.
In an effort to promote its own Wi-Fi service and to promote the PSP on Sony's behalf, T-Mobile will give out the Wi-Fi to PSP owners for 6 months.
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on August 29, 2007
Belfast-based mobile phone unlocking service UniquePhones is reviewing its plans to sell iPhone unlocking software after receiving legal threats from AT&T.
