Archive for February, 2008

Netflix axes HD DVD; will carry high-def DVDs only in Blu-ray format

Monday, February 11th, 2008 1 views

(Via MacDailyNews - Where Mac News Comes First.) With the industry now having picked a winner in the face-off between the two competing high- definition DVD formats...

Study: iPhone satisfaction down from last October

Monday, February 11th, 2008 1 views

(Via Infinite Loop.) Sales and satisfaction may be slowing this quarter, but more consumers than ever are still planning to ditch their old 'n busted phones for the iPhone.

Starbucks moves to AT&T hot spots and away from T-Mobile

Monday, February 11th, 2008 0 views

(Via Macworld.) Starbucks Corp. Monday said it is moving away from T-Mobile Wi-Fi and will transition its customers to AT&T Inc.'s Wi-Fi service in more than 7,000 of its high-end coffee shops beginning this spring.

Best Buy to push Blu-ray over HD DVD

Monday, February 11th, 2008 0 views

(Via MacNN.) Large-scale retailer Best Buy this afternoon unsettled the HD video industry by announcing that it would promote Blu-ray over HD DVD. The chain had originally claimed to remain platform-neutral but now says Blu-ray will be its "preferred" format and will reflect this choice in its stores. Blu-ray ...

Many issues resolved with latest security updates

Monday, February 11th, 2008 0 views

(Via MacNN.) Apple's latest Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 update and 2008-001 security update for 10.4 Tiger users fixes a number of different vulnerabilities that have existed in a number of different system resources. A stack buffer overflow in Directory Services could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code, while ...

OS X 10.5.2 at last

Monday, February 11th, 2008 0 views

(Via Insanely Great Mac.) Leopard graphics, security updates also wriggle free. WebObjects gets a going over, too

PC Magazine reviews Apple Mac mini: ‘Worth putting on your short list’

Sunday, February 10th, 2008 0 views

(Via MacDailyNews - Where Mac News Comes First.) The Apple Mac mini has been around in one form or another for almost three years, and while...

Yahoo to reject $44.6 billion Microsoft unsolicited takeover bid

Sunday, February 10th, 2008 0 views

(Via MacDailyNews - Where Mac News Comes First.) Yahoo! Inc., the world's second most popular Internet search engine, plans to reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion unsolicited takeover offer...

Meet the (old) boys of spring

Friday, February 8th, 2008 1 views

(Via ESPN - MLB.) Five uniform lessons learned at fantasy camp: No, I am not a 34 waist. Why the hell did I tell them I was a 34 waist? Talk about fantasies. I haven't been a 34 waist since Barry Bonds was a 7¼ cap. Remember to zip up your fly. (And ...

Minis in Iowa

Friday, February 8th, 2008 0 views

Could be my summer ...