Archive for November, 2009

Michael Arrington’s beloved pet project in the Crunchpad tablet has died at the hands of the hardware company in FusionGarage that initially backed the project, at least according to him in a lengthy blog post, asserting that FusionGarage’s shareholders decided to move forward without his direct involvement and even going as far as accusing the [...]

Yes, it’s a very tepid Cyber Monday. A lot of deal sites are telling you about deals that aren’t so hot. It can cause boredom, tiredness, and general fatigue.
Luckily, there is a cure, and that’s DealNewsroom.com. There, we ignore all the not-so-hot deals, and only give you the deals that are actually ones you might [...]

Today, we’re taking the wraps off DealNewsroom.com. As usual, we’re launching the site in real-time, so pardon some of the dust.
Like its predecessor, DealNewsroom.com is all about giving you the digest version of tech deals out there, so you get just the best deals… and none of the boring deal chatter.
We’re kicking off with Black [...]

Ebay is down.  When users try to search their query comes back with 0 results.  Ebay has posted the following message to users:
“Due to errors in some of our backend systems, members may be seeing different errors in Search. This could be that “We were unable to run the search results you entered. Please try [...]

Video game developer/publisher Konami has placed its entire iPhone game lineup on sale for $0.99, which includes Dance Dance Revolution S+, Dance Dance Revolution S, Frogger, Metal Gear Solid Touch, Silent Hill: The Escape, Krazy Kart Racing, Power Pros Touch, Silent Scope, and Field Prowlers Police Rush! (iTunes links)
The sale applies to the US [...]

After our quiet developer campaign for Full Circle, we’re back in the valley, and back at hosting our monthly WordPress meetups. Once again at Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View, we’ll be chatting about all things WordPress at 3 PM tomorrow.
Please be sure to RSVP, and yes, seating is really limited this time around. We’re [...]

Apple has emerged victorious in its long-running court case against the unauthorized manufacturer of Mac OS X compatible machines in Psystar, with Apple handed a summary judgement against Psystar which includes copyright infringement and a DMCA violation along with being granted the motion to seal the case.

Best Buy is currently selling the Acer Extensa 5230 15.4-inch laptop for $249.99, which is almost unheard of for a laptop with the following features:
Intel Celeron 900 (1MB L2 cache, 2.20GHz, 800MHz FSB)
- 2GB DDR2 667 Memory
- 160GB Hard Drive
- 802.11b/g/Draft N wireless LAN
- Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive w/ Double-Layer Support
- 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery
- Windows 7 [...]

Apple has released a Snow Leopard update this morning to fix a variety of issues such as:

an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
a problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
the reliability of menu extras
an [...]

AT&T has announced the forthcoming launch of the Sierra Wireless USBConnect Lightning USB modem.
The modem is compatible with the ongoing 7.2Mbps network upgrade being launched across the country, with Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami expected to launch the upgraded service the end of the year.
Pricing for the modem is set at $99.99 [...]