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tripleevenfall writes:
Lance Ulanoff of PC Mag wonders if Netflix isn't primed for a fall. The fears stem from the fact that Netflix will have to face continued rent-seeking from film companies just to keep content it currently owns in its streaming library. In addition, many of these agreements have user caps, which could mean big increases in expenses later — evidence the now-imploded relationship with Starz.
It seems the demise of high cost models may be greatly exaggerated, at least for now, as the media conglomerates still have ways to ratchet up cost — to say nothing of the hurdle that is bandwith caps on home internet.
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tripleevenfall writes:
A Blaine, MN man was sentenced to 18 years Tuesday for using his computer skills to harass and embarrass his new next-door neighbors. The man was accused of hacking into his next-door neighbors' Wi-Fi and using their identity to send pron to co-workers and threats to elected officials
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tripleevenfall writes:
Windows Phone 7's major update seems to have been delayed beyond the "fall" timeline originally forecast. "Mango", also known as Windows Phone 7.5, based on comments made by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who seems to expect it to arrive at Christmastime.
"Mango" is purported to be a massive, game-changing update that totally re-works the way the operating system functions.
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tripleevenfall writes:
The Murdoch media empire today said it is shutting down the 168-year-old News of the World over a massive phone-hacking scandal.
James Murdoch, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, News Corp.and Chairman of News International, commenting on the scandalous acts said "it was inhuman and has no place in our Company."
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tripleevenfall writes:
Ad-targeting firm Specific Media has agreed to buy News Corp.'s struggling social-media site Myspace.
The deal, expected to be announced today, values Myspace at between $30 million and $40 million, well below the $100 million News Corp. was seeking for the troubled social-media site. The deal involves considerably more equity for News Corp. than cash, according to a person familiar with the matter. News Corp will retain a small stake in the site, the people familiar with the matter said.
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tripleevenfall writes:
Today Microsoft launched Office 365, and it also released the first service pack for Office 2010.
Office 2010 SP1 includes the usual roll-up of past security and hotfix patches, as well as a number of improvements and new features, particularly for its Office Web Applications that are key to Office 365, the service CEO Steve Ballmer today called "Office meets the cloud."
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tripleevenfall writes:
It's been rumored for some time, and today it was finally confirmed: Google Health, having failed to "catch on the way" the company "would have hoped," will see the lights go dim on Jan. 1, 2012.
The personal health record is one of two projects – the other being Google PowerMeter – being retired by the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm. Both were "based on the idea that with more and better information, people can make smarter choices," according to a Google blog post on Friday, "whether in regard to managing personal health and wellness, or saving money and conserving energy at home."
Ultimately, however, the two ventures "didn't scale as we had hoped."
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tripleevenfall writes:
A code update left Dropbox, the popular cloud storage service, password-free for about four hours on Monday afternoon.
During this time, anyone could access any of Dropbox's 25 million user accounts by typing in any password.
The lapse occurred between 1:54 p.m. to 5:46 p.m. PT. According to Dropbox's blog post, "much less" than one percent of its members logged in during this period. However, the company still isn't clear whether any improper behavior occurred during the time.
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tripleevenfall writes:
Clayton Morris reviews the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and finds it lacking, especially at the $400 price point, saying "I can't in good conscience tell you to go out and spend $400 on this half-baked experience when the fully baked iPad experience can be had for just a few dollars more."
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tripleevenfall writes:
Microsoft is relying on phone carriers to help sell Windows Phone 7, but with partners like that, who needs enemies?
PC Magazine sent a mystery shopper around to several carrier stores in Manhattan to try and buy a Windows Phone.
The AT&T store had only one phone on display — with a damaged screen. The reps at the Sprint store and Verizon kiosks tried to sell her an Android phone instead, and the Verizon rep admitted that most stores don't even carry any Windows Phones.
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tripleevenfall writes:
I'm looking for the best low cost android phone I can find. Which is the best one in terms of openness, while still being low cost? I'd be purchasing the phone outright, and my provider is AT&T.
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tripleevenfall writes:
As the amount of bandwidth gradually expands in most American homes, webmasters around the world are increasingly deciding for us that video should be the default delivery method of choice on the web. One only needs to peruse popular websites such as local news sites or ESPN to see that visitors are increasingly being pushed to watch videos where once it was easy to access a text-base story. Is this really an improvement? Isn't something lost when users are forced into a much more linear medium? Will there be any user backlash?
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tripleevenfall writes:
Apple edged out Microsoft by a cool $700 million in profits for the quarter ending March 31. While Apple had previously surpassed Microsoft in market cap and revenue in a quarter, but never before in profit.
The days when Ballmer said there was "no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share" seem so long ago.
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tripleevenfall writes:
Buoyed by the iPad and iPhone, Apple's profit in Q1 surpassed that of Microsoft for the first time in well over a decade. Apple had recently gone past their rival in terms of quarterly income, but this is the first time they have managed to beat them on actual profit.
Four years ago, when Steve Ballmer said there was "no chance the iPhone will get any significant market share", seems like a long time ago.
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tripleevenfall writes:
The hackers who broke into the PlayStation Network are now reportedly attempting to sell the stolen credit card numbers on "underground hacker forums."
"The hackers that hacked PSN are selling off the DB," Keven Stevens, a security analyst with Trend Micro, wrote on Twitter. "They reportedly have 2.2 million credit cards with CVVs." With that ominous notice, the word went out that PSN customers who provided their credit card details to Sony are indeed facing a very real risk of fraud.
