Microsoft bows to pressure on XP  —  Customer demand has forced Microsoft to extend the shelf life of Windows XP by five months.  —  Microsoft was scheduled to stop selling the six-year-old operating system on 30 January 2008 to leave the field clear for Vista.

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7017624.stm

Die!  Press release!  Die!  Die!  Die!  —  I’ve been telling the PR industry for some time now that things cannot go along as they are . . . business as usual while mainstream media goes to hell in a hand basket.  I’ve been saying this privately and publicly and having some very useful discussions on […]

Verizon Wireless Introduces The Ultimate Consumer Entertainment Source: The MOTORIZR Z6tv  —  The MOTORIZR Z6tv is Motorola’s First Device to Premiere V CAST Mobile TV  —  BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and SCHAUMBURG, IL — Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the nation’s …

Source:   Verizon
Link:   http://news.vzw.com/news/2007/09/pr2007-09-28f.html

Daniel Cooperman to Join Apple as General Counsel  —  Apple® today announced that Daniel Cooperman, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Oracle Corporation, will join Apple as the company’s senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Source:   Apple
Author:   Susan Lundgren
Link:   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/28cooperman…

Apple’s growth, an unwinnable iPhone war and a reputation at risk  —  Apple is clearly in a war with hackers over the iPhone and its most loyal fans could take a few hits.  How Apple performs through these battles will determine the company’s overall reputation going forward.

Source:   Between the Lines
Author:   Larry Dignan
Link:   […]

3Com Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by Bain Capital Partners for $5.30 Per Share in Cash  —  Transaction valued at $2.2 billion  —  MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS - News) today announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired …

Source:   Business Wire
Link:   http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070928/20070928005377.html

CBS Creates ‘EyeLab’ To Woo Web Surfers  —  CBS Corp. thinks Web surfers would rather watch a blooper reel from the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” than an actual episode of the show.  —  To cater to what it believes is the short attention span of online audiences, the network today is launching CBS […]

Apple has a PR nightmare brewing…  Tons of people on Twitter are reporting problems with their iPhones.  Including my son.  Including Jeff Clavier.  Anyone else having this problem?  These are people who have not unlocked their iPhones.  I’m about to update mine and will report what happens.

Source:   Scobleizer
Author:   Robert Scoble
Link:   http://scobleizer.com/2007/09/27/apple-has-a-pr…

Apple Geniuses are reportedly unbricking iPhones  —  Apple continues posting warning signs around their stores, cautioning customers that unlocked and modded iPhones fall outside their warranty.  And at the same time, Apple Geniuses around the country quietly are reportedly accepting bricked iphones …

Source:   The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Author:   Erica Sadun
Link:   http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/27/apple-geniuses-are…

Day 73: The (Sleepy) Attack of the Yahoo Vice Presidents  —  Despite a lot of noisy speculation all around the Internet yesterday about big changes afoot, let me give you the skinny on exactly what is going to happen today at Yahoo when all its top brass gather at its Sunnyvale headquarters for an all-day […]