July 2007

Hardware

$20 iPhone Battery Replacement Kit

10:20 am PDT • July 31, 2007

Apple doesn’t want you messing with the iPhone’s battery. Really, it doesn’t. When your iPhone’s warranty runs out, you’ll have to send it back to Apple to get the battery…

Facebook Outage

10:00 am PDT • July 31, 2007

Facebook is down, and has been so since at least 10 am PST. Anyone notice it down earlier than that? We’ve emailed the company for their comment. Update: Facebook is…

Eminem, who peaked in 2000, has filed a lawsuit against Apple, which peaked on June 29, 2007. The lawsuit centers on the whether or not Universal Music, which publishes Eminem’s…

Hardware

The Reason Robots Exist

9:47 am PDT • July 31, 2007

Go ahead and hit play on the video above. It’s OK, I’ll wait while you gasp in total amazement. You see my friends, these are Chuck E. Cheese type robots…

Hardware

Apple iTunes Sales Top 3 Billion Songs

9:33 am PDT • July 31, 2007

Back in the day, Apple hit 1 billion songs sold on iTunes and the world exploded in celebration. Well not really, but the mood of the occasion was very jovial…

It’s been a few days since I mentioned any new Samsung phones, but that changes today. Samsung’s latest is circling the Web and its features are rather impressive. The i550…

Yeah, he looks happy… Maybe if the Far East regulated itself a little better, dogs wouldn’t have to spend umpteen hours in this oxygen chamber, which I think is called…

Hardware

AT&T Launches eMusic Mobile

9:00 am PDT • July 31, 2007

Some music fans will rejoice as they flip open their AT&T phones this morning. AT&T is now offering DRM-free tracks from eMusic in MP3 format, meaning for once, you can…

Blogging here in the morning, I’m either listening to house and/or trance mixes or to talk radio, be it NPR or the Norton and Friends show. If I lived in…

Soon more people will be doing their talking on mobile handsets than landlines in Europe. According to a new report from Analysys, a European consulting telecommunication and IT firm, the…

Today AT&T announced the launch of an over-the-air music download service with eMusic, the largest retailer of independent music. This new service will AT&T subscribers the ability to preview and…

Bloglines has created the “Ultimate Pro” edition of iBloglines for the iPhone audience. It’s got added functionality like a “pin” to save posts or feeds until you’re on the fixed…

Calling in to a conference call has been easy enough from a mobile phone – and nothing beats soaking in the rays on a roof garden while listening to a…

Media & Entertainment

Roaming Charges Cut in EU

4:22 am PDT • July 31, 2007

Calls between EU countries may just get a little cheaper this week. Under new EU rules, telecom companies have until the end of July (as in today) to offer customers…

Budgets are something that many college students have to deal with, and students will look for ways to make ends meet. This week Mobile Campus, a provider of mobile communications,…

Yesterday we reported that according to a recent Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) study, very few mobile handsets are actually being recycled. So what is happening to them? Well, landfills…

Last week we reported that Oxygen Media was working on mobile game based on the reality TV series The Bad Girls Club, and this week additional details were announced. The…

Hardware

Daily Crunch: Embarking Edition

3:33 am PDT • July 31, 2007

Inter Milan Launches New Home Kit On Second Life Futurama Makes Its Triumphant Return November 27 Dimple: The DAP With A Dimple Instead Of Buttons Another Reason To Stay In…

Hardware

Porn Destroys Amp'd Mobile

12:28 am PDT • July 31, 2007

Amp’d Mobile is most likely shutting down today, July 31, and a list of assets for sale shows where the $360 million in VC went that caused the MVNO to…

Hardware

Rumor: Best Buy To Axe Xbox 360 Core?

12:01 am PDT • July 31, 2007

More news on the rumored Xbox 360 price drop due to happen on or around August 8th. According to a source at Best Buy, the $50 cut doesn’t include the…

StreetAdvisor Launches New Services

12:00 am PDT • July 31, 2007

StreetAdvisor will today launch a range of new upgrades that will give homeowners, renters, and buyers a more complete picture of where they could live. The new StreetAdvisor provides a…

Hardware

Nokia N800 Gets iPhone-like Keyboard

11:55 pm PDT • July 30, 2007

iPhone envy is still abound throughout the US, but more so outside of the country and it’s quite evident by the video showcasing a virtual touch-keyboard on the Nokia N800.…

Microsoft Offers Works For Free

11:30 pm PDT • July 30, 2007

Microsoft has released the new version of Microsoft Works as a free, ad supported office package that will compete directly with Open Office and Google Docs & Spreadsheets. The Works…

Symantec has put out a warning to Mac users that an unpatched exploit found in Samba, an open-source file-and print-sharing software included with OS X, could leave your Apple open…

In conjunction with the launch of two HD camcorders earlier today, Panasonic announced the launch of a 8GB Pro High Speed SD memory card today that features both high speed…

RingCube Technologies has announced the release of the MojoPac Enterprise Edition software that allows telecommuters, contract workers and road warriors the ability to store a virtual desktop onto a USB…

Retrevo, one of a number of automated, aggregate review sites we previously covered, is releasing an alpha version of a new product comparison feature called “Product Snapshot”. The feature helps…

This fall will see many conventions around the country as companies gear up for the holidays and other fun times. This means a lot of travel for a lot of…

Hardware

Sony PS3 Goes Rockstar

6:47 pm PDT • July 30, 2007

I believe I’m on the verge of taking back every bad thing I said about the PS3 with news that Sony has signed an exclusive deal with Rockstar Games for…

Hardware

Vista Service Packs Leaked

6:30 pm PDT • July 30, 2007

Beta testers are an unruly bunch that rarely adheres to the rules. MS beta testers are the worst and it’s quite evident with the premature release of the Vista Performance…