Archive for June, 2008

Rhapsody ditches (some) DRM, selling MP3s with Verizon and Yahoo

Rhapsody , the digital love-child of Real Networks and MTV, is best known for its DRM’d subscription music service. As such, the globe’s population of sheep-white -earbudded, sidewalk zombies have been completely off limits to its charms. Until today. While its DRM’d subscription deals remain in place,

NEC’s “Bubble Talk” delivers micro-voicemails

Between this, voice-to-text, and text-to-voice systems , the lines between talking and texting are getting very blurred indeed. NEC used the NXTcomm show in Las Vegas to show off its "Bubble Text" technology, which is really nothing more than voice SMS — record a quick snippet of talking, send it off,

France Telecom ups TeliaSonera bid, heated talks ongoing

Following a rather unceremonious rejection of a $41 billion offer earlier in the month, rumors are swirling that France Telecom is adding some extra cash onto its bid for TeliaSonera , a juggernaut carrier and ISP serving Nordic and Baltic countries. France Telecom’s flagship brand is Orange , and if some sort [...]

BuzzBall A Roller Coaster Ride Without The Rails

I know a lot of people must really enjoy roller coasters , otherwise amusement parks wouldn’t be spending millions of dollars on the latest and greatest designs. But the Faster /Taller /Twistier a coaster gets, the longer the line usually gets. So what if everyone could have their very own roller coaster [...]

Telcel’s iPhone pricing in Mexico: not bad

The strategies carriers around the world are employing to price the iPhone 3G and its plans seem to be varying pretty wildly — a side-effect of the newfound freedom Apple is giving them with the new model — but in Mexico , where Telcel’s signed up to release it, the strategy isn’t [...]

Anti Trojan Elite 4.0.7

Anti Trojan Elite provides a real-time malware firewall for user, once a trojan or keylogger would been loaded, the ATE can detect, block and then clean it in time.
The ATE can detect more than 35000 trojans , worms and keyloggers currently, and the number of malware ATE could clean is growing [...]

European 3G users break 100 million, 2G laughs maniacally

As much fuss as we make about 3G , the impact it has on the mobile experience, and the death of old-school GSM as a viable technology, deployed WCDMA networks in their various forms are still just a drop in the bucket when compared to the GSM subscriber pool as a whole — [...]

Pico USB Flash Drive

Keep it small with the Pico USB Flash Drive from ThinkGeek . This tiny USB Flash Drive is so small, it is a wee bit larger than your pinky while measuring less than 4mm Thin. It comes with a polished chrome finish,

AirPiano Touch Free, Sensing Gestural Music Controller

With the introduction of the Air Guitar Rocker , we pretty much bid the art of Air Rockin‘ Adieu . No longer could we slam our belt buckles in an attempt to whammy a downright nasty Bb chord without feeling ashamed. Thanks to the AirPiano, however, imaginary musicians the world over may have one [...]

Sony Ericsson, Maria Sharapova release accessory line

Like a dagger through Motorola ’s heart, we’re sure, Sony Ericsson’s collaboration with tennis superstar Maria Sharapova is starting to pay dividends with the Maria Sharapova Design Collection of custom