Archive for September, 2009

An iPhone gets Zipcar drivers on their way (USA Today)

The iPhone can do many things. Now it can even lock an&#...

 

The iPhone can do many things. Now it can even lock and unlock a car and start the engine.

In-Depth Review: iPod touch (3G) (The Mac Observer)

 

On the outside, all three versions of the new 3d generation iPod touch (8GB, 32GB, and 64GB) look the same as the previous generation. But the new 32 and 64GB models are up to 50% faster and include OpenGL ES 2.0 support for smoother gaming, Voice Control to navigate your music by voice command, and Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic. And the 8GB version, while lacking those new features, does …

Giant video screen enters the record books

 

The world’s largest High Definition (HD) video screen enters the Guinness Book of Records.

Online advertising ‘overtakes TV’

 

Online advertising spending in the UK has overtaken television expenditure for the first time, a report says.

‘Time telescope’ could boost web

 

A simple method of magnifying light pulses in time could pack significantly more information into the data packets of the internet.

Google bosses on trial in Italy

 

Four Google employees go on trial in Milan over the posting of a video showing a teenager being bullied.

Google invites users to join Wave

 

Google is unleashing its communication tool which it hopes will reinvent e-mail and instant messaging.

TiVo turns on in BlackBerry App World

 

Post updated Wednesday, September 30 at 8:20 a.m. PDT with more information.

TiVo DVR Scheduler for BlackBerry(Credit: TiVo)

Good news comes to TV-watchers with TiVo DVRs installed in their living rooms. On Wednesday, TiVo and BlackBerry-maker RIM unveiled a free TiVo app that will let people control their TiVos from the BlackBerry …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

18m Freeview homes in TV retune

 

More than 18 million households with Freeview will need to retune their set-top boxes and TVs later as the service is upgraded.

Online thieves step up bank raids

 

Cyber-criminals are increasingly avoiding bank anti-fraud software and recruiting money mules to avoid being caught.