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Streaming Net radio for the iPhone, even over EDGE

No Wi-Fi? No problem. A new service makes it easy to tune in to Net radio—even over the iPhone's poky EDGE connection—although you shouldn't expect crystal-clear audio quality. Discovered by the Macheads at the Unofficial Apple Weblog, FlyTunes lets you browse about 350 Net radio stations and podcasts; just navigate to FlyTunes.fm on your iPhone or iPod To… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 23, 2008 at 6:08pm — No Comments

American Airlines to charge $15 for first checked bag

American Airlines is so deeply troubled (compounded by the crushing effects of inflated oil prices) it's now come to this: You'll have to pay 15 bucks to check your first piece of baggage when you choose it to fly the increasingly hostile skies. This week American said it would axe about 12 percent… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 23, 2008 at 6:06pm — No Comments

Dior phone details surface

yahoo.com Good news, Dior lovers: More pictures, and details, of the upcoming Dior mobile phone have emerged. We knew the fashion house was introducing a luxury handset after images of the phone appeared online, but the pictures didn't really reveal anything about specifications, pricing and colo… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 23, 2008 at 6:05pm — No Comments

Finding cracks in Facebook

The social-networking supersite is taking flak from users, developers, and advertisers. Right about now a young CEO like Mark Zuckerberg usually steps aside quietly. Not this time. By Jessi Hempel, writer

(Fortune Magazine) -- Late last year Mark Zuckerberg, the 24-year-old CEO of social-networking phenomenon Facebook, got onstage before a Madison Avenue c… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 13, 2008 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Grad Students Redefine Easy Money With $1-a-Letter Web Site

Grad Students Redefine Easy Money With $1-a-Letter Web Site By Mathew Honan Email 04.21.08 | 6:00 PM

Ready to taste envy? To burn with regret? Meet Paddy Donnelly and Lee Munroe. They're selling words at a buck per letter. Donnelly, 22, and Munroe, 23 — graduate students at the University of Ulster-Belfast — dreamed up the Big Word Project while brainstorming a mass collaboration W… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 13, 2008 at 1:18pm — No Comments

HP to buy EDS for about $13.2 billion in cash

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is buying Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $13.2 billion in a deal that will create the second largest technology services provider behind IBM. Under the terms announced Tuesday, Palo Alto-based HP will pay $25 per share in cash for EDS, which pioneered the concept of running computer… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 13, 2008 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Closing the Door to Microsoft Vista

by Aaron Ricadela General Motors (GM) may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating system from Microsoft (MSFT). The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011. "We're considering bypassing Vista and going straight to Windows 7," says GM's Chief Systems &… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 13, 2008 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable

AP MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. Following similar moves by the two biggest online hangouts, Internet search leader Google Inc. is introducing tools that are supposed to make any Web site more sociable. A… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 13, 2008 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Are Unlimited Calling Plans a Bargain or an Up-Sell?

By:Robin Raskin: The Boomer Are Unlimited Calling Plans a Bargain or an Up-Sell?

I love it when big companies vie for first place. You know who the winner is, don't you? That would be us. The latest buzzword in mobile phone-speak is unlimited calling. The first salvo came from Verizon Wireless earlier in the week. It introduced an unlimited calling plan for… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 11, 2008 at 12:06am — No Comments

Sprint's WiMAX dreams get a $3.2B shot in the arm

Just a month ago, Sprint's plans for a national, $5 billion WiMAX network looked decidedly shaky; the planned launch of a handful of markets was delayed, Sprint's balance sheet looked iffy, and rumors that tech titans such as Google, Comcast, and Time Warner would come to the rescue didn't materialize. But today's announcement gives Sprint's hopes for a nat… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 11, 2008 at 12:04am — No Comments

Stiffer penalties for pirates on the way

New legislation which toughen penalties for software piracy (including music, movies, and computer programs) passed a big test in the House recently. The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved the new propsal known as the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (Pro-IP) Act, sending it to the floor of the House for debate an… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 11, 2008 at 12:03am — No Comments

Hands-on with Samsung's touchscreen Glyde

On paper, the just-announced Glyde has almost everything it needs to trump the iPhone, including 3G data access, GPS, and slide-out QWERTY keypad. But touchscreen phones need great user interfaces to go with them, and the Glyde's—like many of the UIs on the latest touch phones—falls well short. Set to go on sale… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 10, 2008 at 11:52pm — No Comments

FTC: Kids having a tougher time buying M-rated games

Today's kids are having much more trouble buying M-rated games than I ever did sneaking into R-rated movies, according to a new government report. Ars Technica got its hands on a recent survey by the Federal Trade Commission, which sent a squad of secret shoppers—13-to-16-year-olds, to be exact—to retailers across the country. Their mission: To see how eas… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 10, 2008 at 11:50pm — No Comments

The lighter side of backpacks

The lighter side of backpacks Fri May 9, 2008 7:36PM EDT See Comments (2) Buzz up!on Yahoo! Any blogger who's been to CES or some other exhausting conference is probably thinking what I'm thinking? I must have one of those. The Laptop Backpack looks like a bulletproof vest, but it's actually a very minimal laptop backpack with enough room inside to hold a no… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 10, 2008 at 11:49pm — No Comments

PC gamers shun Vista, sticking with XP

PC gamers shun Vista, sticking with XP Sat May 10, 2008 12:46PM EDT Buzz up!on Yahoo!

One of Windows Vista's biggest selling points was that it was the only way you could DirectX 10, the software component that would be required to play the very latest video games in their full glory. Sure, you could still play games in DirectX 9, but the differences with Direct… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 10, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Yahoo, McAfee Team to Guide Searchers Through Web Minefield

By Jim Offner E-Commerce Times Part of the ECT News Network Yahoo is clearly trying to climb higher on the search ladder with the new SearchScan service it launched in partnership with McAfee. However, the portal has a long road ahead of it if it wants to come close to Google. Yahoo's share of the search market is about 21 percent; Goog… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 7, 2008 at 11:18am — No Comments

Microsoft, Yahoo Game Going Into Extra Innings?

By Erika Morphy E-Commerce Times Part of the ECT News Network Yahoo may have said "no means no" once too often. Now that Microsoft has shrugged its shoulders and not let the door hit it on the way out, Yahoo seems to be on the verge of an anxiety attack. CEO Jerry Yang is singing a different tune, hinting that maybe Yahoo would like another round at… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 7, 2008 at 12:21am — No Comments

Zune Gives Marketplace a Makeover By Walaika Haskins TechNewsWorld The Zune enjoyed a significant…

Zune Gives Marketplace a Makeover

By Walaika Haskins TechNewsWorld The Zune enjoyed a significant overhaul to its online store Tuesday. Short-format video and television shows are now available, as well as a social networking feature that lets subscribers download whatever music their fr… Continue

Posted by Tycromedia LLC on May 7, 2008 at 12:13am — No Comments