Archive for March, 2011 - Page 23

Play.Com Data Compromised

Play.Com Warns Users That Their Customer Email Addresses May Have Been Stolen & Are Now Being Spammed
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

If you’re a Play.Com customer, you might want to make sure your email spam filter is working. The company reports that email addresses may have been stolen from its records.

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Slacker Radio Announces Upcoming Availability Of ESPN Audio Content

ESPN Audio Coming To Slacker, Will Be Available For Free & Plus Listeners & Should Arrive "Soon"
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Slacker Radio has announced the latest addition to their listening lineup — ESPN Radio. And perhaps best of all — the ESPN Radio content will be customizable and available to both Free and Plus listeners.

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Chumby8 Officially Announced, Will Be Available April 5th With Pre-Orders Beginning Today

Chumby Announces The "Bigger and Better" Chumby8, Will Feature 8" Display, Revamped User Interface & $199 Price Tag
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

We have seen the original Chumby, which is now affectionately known as the Chumby Classic as well as the Chumby One. And for those who may not have kept up in terms of the Chumby, the One was the follow up device and seemed to make sense name wise. Well, [...]

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Asus Eee PC 1015B & Eee PC 1215B Netbooks Now Available For Pre-Order

Asus Eee PC Models 1015B With 10 Inch Display & 1215B With 12 Inch Display Now Available For Pre-Order Online, Grab One Today For $289 & $379 Respectively
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Asus has officially added two more Eee PC branded netbooks in the (almost) available category. The models include the 1015B and the 1215B, both of which are available by way of online retailer Excalibur PC.

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Verizon Extends "Today, Tomorrow, Plus" HTC Trophy Offer For Microsoft Employees

Verizon Continues To Push HTC Trophy WP7 Smartphone On Microsoft Employees, Promising Free Phone, Accessories & $100 Bill Credit
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

We have seen various rumored dates in terms of the HTC Trophy and Verizon Wireless. Some have included June and some the more more general timeframe of sometime in the spring. Needless to say, we are still awaiting the official word, however some could speculate that a release is going [...]

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HTC Merge Android Smartphone Pre-Orders Go Live With Alltel On March 28th

HTC Merge Coming To Alltel, Will Bring 3.8" Display, 5MP Camera, Android 2.2 & $124.99 Price Tag
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

HTC officially announced the Merge smartphone back in late-February and at the time they told us that it would be coming to “North American operators” during the spring. Well, it looks like spring has sprung for Alltel Wireless.

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Facebook Removes 20,000 Underage Accounts Per Day

Even With Strict Age Restrictions, 7 Million Young Kids Get to Sign Up With Facebook; The Company is Kicking Out Underage Users to Protect Both Kids & The Social Network's Image
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Underage social networking is troubling in so many levels. While Facebook disallows signups from users below 13, it gets to ban about 7 million per year.

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Google Books Settlement Agreement Found Illegal by US Courts

Google Violates Antitrust Provisions in Paying a Blanket Copyright Fee for Scanning Books
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Google has made an agreement with US publishers for the scanning and digital redistribution of books in its eBookstore. However, a US court has determined this to be illegal.

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CTIA 2011: T-Mobile Customers Will Be Allowed to "Keep" Current Pricing

Ralph de la Vega Tells Media That T-Mobile Customers Will Be Allowed To Keep "Current Pricing Structure" - Does That Mean Unlimited Data Will Be Grandfathered In?
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Speaking to IntoMobile at CTIA 2011, the head of AT&T’s wireless arm, Ralph de la Vega, told the site that “that T-Mobile will get to keep its current pricing structure.” This has spurred all sorts of speculation about what that could mean, and could help assure some upset T-Mobile customers [...]

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Microsoft Sues Barnes & Noble, Foxconn & Inventec for Patent Infringement by Nook Color

Microsoft Says Android Infringes on Microsoft Patents & Is Out to Get Any Company Manufacturing Android Devices
Filed by on Wednesday, 23. March 2011

Microsoft seems to be waging war with Android, with a recent lawsuit against Barnes & Noble for its Nook Color. Microsoft says manufacturers of Android devices are infringing on certain Microsoft user-interface patents.

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