Mac Mini to be replaced by Mac Nano?  —  We approach all Apple-related rumors with skepticism, but sometimes we get a certain feeling about them, and today’s from Mac OS Rumors gives us that tingle of plausibility.  Word from one of that site’s “oldest and most reliable sources in Cupertino” …

Source:   Crave: The gadget […]

Bernstein’s Yahoo (YHOO) Break-Up Plan: Ridiculous  —  The normally astute firm Sanford Bernstein appears to have developed brain rot this morning, at least with regard to a purported Yahoo break-up plan.  According to Reuters and 24/7 Wall St, Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay posits …

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Henry Blodget
Link:   http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/10/bernsteins-yaho…

Sony offers cut-price PlayStation  —  A cut price PlayStation 3 (PS3) with a smaller hard drive and no backwards compatibility with previous consoles goes on sale later this month.  —  The £299 PS3 has a 40-gigabyte hard disk and will be released in Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7030164.stm

iPod Sets Man’s Pants On Fire  —  ATLANTA — The new iPod Nano is hot.  But one Douglasville man said his old Nano got even hotter — hot enough to burst into flames.  —  “So I look down and I see flames coming up to my chest,” said Danny Williams.  —  Williams said the burn […]

Internet Ad Revenues Set Record  —  Internet advertising revenues for the first half of 2007 reached nearly $10 billion, setting a new record representing an increase of nearly 27 percent over the same period last year, according to a new report from the Internet Advertising Bureau and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Source:   WebProNews - Breaking eBusiness News
Author:   […]

INTERNET ADVERTISING REVENUES CONTINUE TO SOAR, REACH NEARLY $10 BILLION IN FIRST HALF OF ‘07  —  Historic Second Quarter: Revenues Exceed $5 Billion for the First Time  —  The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today released the IAB Internet Advertising …

Source:   Interactive Advertising Bureau
Link:   http://www.iab.net/news/pr_2007_10_04.asp

Four reasons why the RIAA won a jury verdict of $220,000  —  The Recording Industry Association of American got a chance on Thursday to show everyone just how heavy and intimidating the legal club of copyright law can be.  —  As my colleague Greg Sandoval wrote a few hours ago …

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   […]

iPod “nana” spews chest-high flames from trousers — lawsuit at 11  —  Prepare to be amazed at what passes for investigative journalism on television these days.  Atlanta’s WSB-TV Action News team ran a sensational iPod “nana” piece last night under the title “Man’s Pants Catch Fire At Airport.”

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Thomas Ricker
Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/ipod-nana-spews…

China Blocking RSS Feeds  —  The Chinese Government has added a blanket ban on all RSS feeds, according to a report at Ars Technica.  —  There has been reports previously that Feedburner feeds have been blocked, but to-date information delivered by RSS feeds has generally gone uncensored …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Duncan Riley
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/china-blocking…

Exclusive: Holt Renfrew Insider Says iPhone Coming to Canada in Two Weeks  —  While we’re still marking this as rumour alert, a Holt Renfrew insider has told DigitalJournal.com the luxury retailer will be carrying Apple’s iPhone across Canada by mid-October 2007.

Source:   Digital Journal
Author:   Christopher Hogg
Link:   http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/236409…