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Delta to Put WI-Fi on All Domestic Flights
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc will soon start rolling out broadband Wi-Fi access for its entire domestic mainline fleet of more than 330 planes, the U.S. carrier said on Tuesday. The access will cost $9.95 on flights of three hours or less and $12.95 on flights of more than three hours. Beginning this ...
Is Your ISP Fouling Your 'Net Connection? Find Out
Are you familiar with Robb Topolski? He's the guy who originally figured out Comcast was 'playing' with BitTorrent streams. Though scores of people were affected, it took a real propeller head geek to understand what was going on and blow the (Cap'n Crunch) whistle.. Robb will not be on the Comcast Christmas card list this year. ...
Apple Tops Online Music Vendors, but Amazon Climbs
Apple's iTunes store remained the number one music retailer in the first half of 2008, but the launch of Amazon's mp3 store has helped it jump one spot to number four, according to a Tuesday report from NPD Group. The top five music retailers, according to NPD, are iTunes, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target. The ...
Dish Network Unexpectedly Loses Subscribers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. satellite television provider DISH Network Corp reported a surprise quarterly loss in subscribers as it lost ground to cable and phone competitors amid a weaker economy, sending its shares down more than 5 percent. Although the subscriber loss meant lower installation costs for DISH, which helped boost its second-quarter profit to ...
Google, Microsoft, Others Asked About Data Collection
A House panel is ramping up its battle against behavioral advertising by requesting that major ISPs and Internet companies provide detailed information about how they collect and store information about Web users' Internet activity. Online users have a right to explicitly know when their broadband provider is tracking their activity and collecting potentially sensitive and personal ...
SEC Updates Rules Regarding Web, Blog Posts
With major technology mergers dominating the news in 2008, having up-to-date information on the investor relations Web sites of companies like Microsoft, Yahoo, or Google can help reporters on deadlines as well as shareholders wondering whether their life savings are about to chewed up and spit out by Carl Icahn. Federal guidelines for what type of ...
Adobe Updates Photoshop Express
Adobe on Thursday issued a number of updates to its Photoshop Express beta, the company's online photo management tool originally introduced back in March. Among the new features being introduced this round is an updated Uploader powered by Adobe Air, which lets users drag and drop photos from their desktop directly into the browser app. Photoshop ...
Yahoo Music Refunds Can Be Rhapsody Credit
Users affected by the shutdown of Yahoo Music Unlimited will also have the option of receiving credits from Rhapsody, Yahoo! said Wednesday. Yahoo said earlier this week it would offer refunds to people affected by the closure, and that it was pursuing other options for compensation. That option is coupons from Rhapsody. For any consumers that ...
LG's Blu-Ray Player Streams Netflix Movies, Too
On Thursday, LG Electronics launched the LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc player, a DVD player that will play both Blu-ray and standard definition discs. As a bonus, the player will also allow consumers to instantly stream any of the 12,000 movies and TV episodes available to Netflix subscribers. With a wired broadband connection, Netflix members can ...
Report: Dell to Re-Enter MP3 Player Market
In recent months, personal computer maker Dell Inc., has been testing a digital music player that could go on sale as early as September, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said, citing several Dell officials. Dell's new foray would put it into an Apple-led market that has defied assaults. Companies like Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp have ...