T-Mobile suffers another outage
T-Mobile acknowledged a widespread service disruption Tuesday afternoon, the second high profile outage for the carrier in the past two months.
World of Warcraft May Go Dark in China
Blizzard's World of Warcraft could be headed for a good ol' fashioned plug-pulling in China, thanks to simmering government infighting gone wild. A Chinese regulation body has ordered NetEase, a Chinese internet company that hosts World of Warcraft in China, to disconnect the game after rejecting NetEase's application to operate Activision Blizzard's The Burning Crusade, the popular MMORPG's second expansion.
Best Buy Movie Downloads: Is the Death of the DVD Nigh?
The announcement that Best Buy is teaming with CinemaNow on movie downloads is yet another sign that DVDs are plummeting fast into a steep downward trajectory.
Cisco, EMC, VMware partnership is a long shot
Cisco, EMC and VMware today joined forces to sell products as a private cloud offering to enterprises. Called the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition, the announcement was called "unprecedented," something destined to lead to "greater IT infrastructure flexibility."
TwitterPeek: Twitter-Only Gadget Destined for Extinction
Gee willikers, have you heard? They've just invented a new device that can let you use Twitter, even if you aren't at a computer! This could be the biggest thing in made-to-be-obsolete technology since the standalone Wi-Fi text messenger!
FBI warns of $100M cyber-threat to small business
Cyberthieves are hacking into small- and medium-sized organizations every week and stealing millions of dollars in an ongoing scam that has moved about US$100 million out of U.S. bank accounts, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Tuesday.
A Single Sign-In for All Your Websites? Google Hopes So
It's one of the basic tenets of online security: Never use the same password/username combo for every website that requires one. The logic is sound, of course. A single security breach could expose your most private information -- such as banking and credit card numbers -- to the bad guys.
AT&T sues Verizon over TV ads
The nation's two largest wireless carriers already battle fiercely on smartphone devices and customers, but AT&T took matters to federal court, claiming Verizon Wireless' latest TV ads are misleading, and falsely indicate that AT&T has gaps in wireless coverage.
Google Apps will get stronger video chat capabilities
Google Apps users can expect to see significant improvements in the suite's voice- and video-chat capabilities, as the company builds on Gmail's current features in that area.
G-Technology announces support for Hitachi 2TB hard drives
Earlier this year, we reported that Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) acquired Fabrik, the parent company of G-Technology and SimpleTech, manufactures of external hard drives. So it comes as no surprise that G-Technology drives use Hitachi-made hard drive mechanisms. On Tuesday, Hitachi GST announced that the G-Technology line of storage devices that use 3.5-inch hard drive mechanisms will now have a 2TB option.
HTML 5 progresses despite challenges
A W3C briefing offers updates on HTML5, which is still facing video codec issues but could reach the candidate recommendation phase by the end of 2010
Microsoft rolls out beta rewards program
Microsoft has begun to test a new rewards program on XBox Live, offering participants in the beta digital currency in return for filling out surveys, paying for Live subscriptions and purchasing downloadable content.
Sony enhances employee productivity with a DMS
Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is one of India's leading television channel operators. It's stable includes SET, a leading Hindi general entertainment channel; MAX, a premium movies channel; and PIX, a Hollywood movies channel; among others.
Spector reveals spiritual successor to Deus Ex
As more Epic Mickey details surface, developer Warren Spector has openly discussed his plans for a sequel and his hopes that Disney will back development on the pair of titles Junction Point was working on before they were acquired in 2007.
World Series rivals to reunite at Modern Warfare 2 event
As I write this, Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels and Yankees players Nick Swisher and Jerry Hairston are both in Philadelphia, PA, taking part in Major League Baseball's largest event, the World Series (fill disclosure: go Phils!). In a week, though, at least one of the three men will have bragging rights as the World Series will have concluded, and the remaining player or players will be able to extract revenge, using Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, as the three players are scheduled to appear at a Modern Warfare 2 pre-launch event in New York City, according to Game Informer.