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Archive for October 4th, 2008

The ‘Brick’ is… The MacBook Brick is a block of high-quality, aircraft grade aluminum. (Seth Weintraub/9 to 5 Mac)

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
The ‘Brick’ is…  The MacBook Brick is a block of high-quality, aircraft grade aluminum.  It is the beginning.  —  The beginning of what?  —  It is the beginning of the new Apple manufacturing process to make MacBooks.  It is totally revolutionary, a game changer.  One of the biggest […]

Post Hate Mail About Our Link To Steve Jobs Heart Attack Report Here (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Post Hate Mail About Our Link To Steve Jobs Heart Attack Report Here  —  Around 9:15AM yesterday, we learned that the lead story on CNN’s citizen-journalism site iReport said that Steve Jobs had been rushed to the hospital after a heart attack.  By the time we found it … […]

Why We Linked To That Steve Jobs Heart Attack Report (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Why We Linked To That Steve Jobs Heart Attack Report  —  Around 9:15AM yesterday, we learned that the lead story on CNN’s citizen-journalism site iReport said that Steve Jobs had been rushed to the hospital after a heart attack.  By the time we found it, the story had more […]

Court Temporarily Shuts Down RealDVD (Chris Albrecht/NewTeeVee)

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Court Temporarily Shuts Down RealDVD  —  A court has ordered RealNetworks to temporarily suspend distribution of its controversial RealDVD product until Tuesday so that the judge can review all of the papers filed in the case, according to an email from a RealNetworks representative.

Google Image Search Ads In The Wild, Looks Like They Need Work (Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch)

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google Image Search Ads In The Wild, Looks Like They Need Work  —  Last May Google announced that it would begin experimenting with display ads on its popular Image Search, which it has largely been unable to monetize - in 2006 the company estimated that it was missing out on $200 […]

Fring Enables VoIP Calls Over Wi-Fi for iPhone with Skype Support (Arn/MacRumors)

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Arn / MacRumors:
Fring Enables VoIP Calls Over Wi-Fi for iPhone with Skype Support  —  Fring has released the iPhone version of their service today as a free download in the App Store.  —  Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, […]

SEC Examining False Report on Apple Chief Jobs (Connie Guglielmo/Bloomberg)

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Connie Guglielmo / Bloomberg:
SEC Examining False Report on Apple Chief Jobs  —  Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the origin of a false report on a CNN citizen journalist Web site that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs had a heart attack and was hospitalized.