On the worm that affects Skype for Windows users  —  (updated at 16.30 GMT, added Symantec reference)  —  The new week has started with a bang.  And not the kind of bang we like.  —  Skype has learned that a computer virus called “w32/Ramex.A” is affecting users of Skype for Windows.

Source:   Heartbeat
Author:   Villu […]

Fun, Tours and a $3,000 Bill for Hardly Using an iPhone  —  When Neil Dingman recently went on a European vacation, he took his iPhone with him with no intention of using it much.  In fact, for the 14 days he was there, he used it only a handful of times and had expected to […]

Google’s ‘top spot for sale’  —  GOOGLE has been selling off the top rankings on its search engine results to commercial partners, rather than sorting them by relevance as it claims to, a Sydney court has heard.  —  The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) …

Source:   NEWS.com.au
Link:   http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22393393-2,00…

Steve Jobs: iCame, iSaw, iCaved  —  Let me get this straight: Steve Jobs insists that songs on iTunes cost 99 cents and television episodes cost $1.99 because consumers crave simple pricing.  —  Except, of course, when it comes to Apple’s own products.  —  On Thursday, I was at the massive Apple temple just off Central […]

Apple Eyes the Wireless Auction  —  Steve Jobs & Co. consider joining the FCC’s auction of wireless spectrum, and a win would give Apple many intriguing options—for the iPhone and more  —  Talk of the government’s pending auction of valuable wireless spectrum has focused largely …

Source:   Business Week
Author:   Peter Burrows
Link:   http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content…

Apple Sells One Millionth iPhone  —  Apple® today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone™ yesterday, just 74 days after its introduction on June 29. iPhone combines three devices into one—a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod®, and the best mobile Internet device ever …

Source:   Apple
Author:   Natalie Kerris
Link:   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/10iphone.html

SanDisk Announces the New Sansa View: a Sleek Video MP3 Player with Remarkable Features and Capacity at an Unbeatable Price  —  MILPITAS, Calif., September 10, 2007-SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the second largest seller of MP3 players in the United States, today announced the new Sansa® View …

Source:   Sandisk
Link:   http://www.sandisk.com/Corporate/PressRoom…

Music industry betting on ‘ringle’ format  —  NEW YORK (Billboard) - As the recording industry wakes up from its summer slumber and starts thinking about what will motivate the consumer for the holiday selling season, the major labels are getting ready to launch the “ringle,” …

Source:   Reuters
Author:   Ed Christman
Link:   http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type…

Google Apps Goes After Enterprise Market - “Team Productivity” The Catchphrase  —  UK newspaper The Guardian is reporting that Google has partnered with major IT consultancy and outsourcing specialist CapGemini, to sell Google Apps to enterprises.  CapGemini, which is also a partner of Microsoft and IBM …

Source:   Read/WriteWeb
Author:   Richard MacManus
Link:   http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives…

Battle of the Quad Cores  —  They are fast becoming the Grumpy Old Men of Silicon Valley: Intel Corp. (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), long-time rivals who bicker in public and spar over everything from clock speeds to BUS technologies, are at it again — this time over quad core processors.

Source:   GigaOM
Author:   […]