Technology News

Amazon: Kindle DX Begins Shipping This Month

Source: PC Magazine
June 2, 2009

The Kindle DX will begin shipping to consumers in less than two weeks, the Internet retailer announced Monday. The exact date? June 10. Amazon launched the DX, a widescreen version of its e-book, in May. It is currently available for pre-order and all orders are prioritized on a first-come, first-serve basis, according to Amazon. The DX is the third Kindle and retails for $489, compared with $359 for the Kindle 2. The DX boasts a 9.7-inch screen -- 2.5 times ...

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Online Travel Agencies Kill Booking Fees, for Now

Source: PC Magazine
June 2, 2009

Fees charged by the four U.S. online travel agencies to book most flights could be a thing of the past as the companies, hungry for market share, try to make their offerings more appealing to the traveling public. Orbitz Worldwide on Monday said it has permanently removed airline ticket booking fees on domestic and international flights. Travelocity said on Monday it would continue to waive flight booking fees. Expedia Inc said the same thing last week. The fee waivers at ...

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Alt Text: Beware Nebulous Internet Disease

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2009

CDC NOTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning of a sharp rise in an affliction its calling Nebulous Internet Disease, or NID.

This is the first disease actually transmitted over the internet. Through as-yet-unknown means, NID is transmitted directly over data lines, into computers and from there somehow infects the user.

The infection typically begins when the victim reads about an unusual affliction on a news site or current-events blog. ...

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More Springsteen Ticket Woes

Source: Michael Ricci
May 31, 2009

The attorney general of New Jersey has filed charges against three ticket resellers, saying that the companies were offering to sell tickets to coming Bruce Springsteen shows that had not yet gone on sale.

The attorney general, Anne Milgram, filed lawsuits on Wednesday in Essex County Superior Court against Select-A-Ticket, Orbitz Worldwide and TicketNetwork. The companies were selling tickets at several hundred dollars above face value to Mr. Springsteens concerts on Sept. 30, Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 at Giants ...

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Audiolife Adds Warehousing to on-Demand Indie Artist Services

Source: HypeBot
May 30, 2009

Keeping costs down as you're growing a business is crucial whether your a tech start up or a rock band; and in recent months, Audiolife has been building an infrastructure to help D.I.Y. and indie artists do just that. The company offers a platform that allows artists to create CDs, t-shirts and other merchandise on-demand with no up front costs for sale alongside downloads in a virtual storefront. (Watch a video after the jump.)

Now Audiolife has added fulfillment and ...

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Obama Makes Plans to Protect U.S. Cyberspace

Source: PC Magazine
May 30, 2009

President Obama on Friday designated cyber security as a national security priority, announced plans to select a cyber-security coordinator within the White House, and released a 76-page cyberspace action plan. “[The] cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation," Obama said during a press conference at the White House. “It's the great irony of our Information Age – the very technologies that empower us to create and to build also ...

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A Quick Look at the New $5 Napster

Source: HypeBot
May 30, 2009

What Do You Think Of The New Napster?

I've spent some time on the new Napster service over the last few days, and aside from a less than intuitive interface, I can't find much to dislike. At just $5 a month for unlimited streaming of a deep catalog along with 5 mp3's monthly, the service is effectively free. And if I'm in Napster previewing a track or album (and since they've already got my credit card), why not just buy ...

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Time Warner Still Aims to Spin off AOL

Source: PC Magazine
May 30, 2009

Time Warner Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes said on Friday that his company is still leaning toward spinning off AOL to shareholders as the preferred method for divesting the struggling Internet unit. Bewkes said forms of separation being considered include a split-off, spin-off or a combination. A spin-off would see Time Warner distribute the stock it owns in AOL on a pro rata basis to its shareholders, similar to a dividend distribution. As widely expected, Time Warner confirmed on Thursday ...

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