Archive for May 8th, 2008
Via Mobilecrunch Looks like Best Buy’s got a pretty large boner for Carphone Warehouse, as it’s just increased its ownership share from 2.9% to 50%, according to IDG News Service. Ideal Purchase has agreed to invest an additional $2.1 billion in the European retailer, likely by the end of August. Carphone Warehouse will be opening stores here in the […]
Looks like Best Buy’s got a pretty big boner for Carphone Warehouse, as it’s just increased its ownership share from 2.9% to 50%, according to IDG News Service. Best Buy has concurred to invest an additional $2.1 billion in the European retailer, likely by the end of August. Carphone Warehouse will be opening stores here in the says this year and Ideal Purchase is planning to open its first store in the UK in 2009. It appears that these kind of partnerships will be Best Buy’s main method of gaining access to foreign markets, as it’s also recently formed similar alliances with Future Shop in Canada and Jiangsu Five Star Appliance in China.
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Dealzmodo: “Our Lady of the Trunk” 100dB Back-Up Alarm For $8 [DealzPosted by: admin in General Gadgets News
May
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2008
Cablevision to Build Wireless Broadband Network in U.S.Posted by: admin in Mobile Gadget
In a conference call, Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge said that over half of the homes in the Cablevision coverage area also subscribe to high-speed World wide web service. Rutledge stated Cablevision will build the new service over the next two years. Customers will be offered Internet through mobile devices like the iPhone, BlackBerry or laptop computers. Rutledge said the Wi-Fi high-speed World wide web will be free to existing customers and available to non-subscribers for a fee. The network will eventually be able to offer wireless phone service. Via Mobilecrunch Lyrics: Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb In the shape of an “L” on her forehead Well the years start coming and they don’t stop coming Back to the rule and I hit the ground running Didn’t make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb So much to…
May
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2008
iPhone Stocks Run out in UK, No More Until 3G [Apple]Posted by: admin in General Gadgets News
It was announced yesterday that Intel is an investor in a WiMax partnership that Sprint Nextel and Clearwire are building in the United Says. Intel invested $1 billion in the U.S. venture. Intel has also invested money with a group that is planning to build a WiMax network in Japan. It appears as though Intel is spreading around a tiny seed money to help grow WiMax technology in already developed markets. It is banking that the wireless nature and fast download speeds of WiMax will be able to crack national markets that are already near the saturation point, when it comes to mobile phones and number of national World wide web connections. Via Mobilecrunch
May
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2008
Some guy states cellphones and other shut devices ruining the World wide webPosted by: admin in Life GadgetsAccording to Jonathan Zittrain, the World wide web is being locked down by unhackable devices. In a Reuters interview, Zittrain, an World wide web law expert, believes that devices like the iPhone and PCs are changing the way people use and “hack” the World wide web, reducing our freedom while stealing from us the chance to create new and novel applications. […]
According to Jonathan Zittrain, the World wide web is being locked down by unhackable devices. In a Reuters interview, Zittrain, an Internet law expert, believes that devices like the iPhone and PCs are changing the way people use and “hack” the World wide web, reducing our freedom while stealing from us the chance to create new and novel applications. He calls them “tethered devices.”
While I understand his point — you don’t buy gadgets anymore, you by a Potemkin Village built and maintained by Microsoft, Apple, HP, or Dell — I find his arguments highly simplistic. There are two types of electronics users — the user and the hacker. Never the twain shall meet. The user might turn into a hacker and vice versa, but the user wants to plug in their iPhone or N95 and move music over so they have the ability to listen to it on the train. The hacker wants to install apps and fresh firmware and go nuts. I believe, in my line of work, I’ve met more hackers than users. These are folks who are not afraid of EULAs and are generally accepting of technology as a creative act rather than a tool. The rest of the world are users. They consume technology in the same way they consume TV and they’re happier for it. At work, they use email. They pull out a Blackberry and are excited by new mails, not the push technology in the background. Zttrain believes we’re suffering from too much Internet regulation but I think his argument, at least in this limited article, is wrong. Internet regulation is a facade. If you or I wanted to connect over the Internet securely and share data and create novel applications, we could. No one could stop us. Even if they shut down the World wide web, we’d be able to do it. He says that technologists have to have faith in World wide web users and I think they do. In fact, they place too much trust in the average user, assuming their virus software and understanding of basic concepts is sound. As a result, email and the World wide web has become a cesspool of Spam and phishing. Hackers aren’t affected, but users are. This is where the tethering comes in. Operating systems tether you to one company who, in some way, has your interests at heart. Allowed not in the way our grandmas had our ideal interests at heart, but as a service provider they know you might like some virus protection to go with your $2,000 personal. They provide it or provide access to the service. I’m glad my Father is tethered just as I’m glad my son will be able to hack my Personal computers and laptops when he gets old enough to. I concur that the “user” mindset is damaging. I was discussing with my friend about my hacked 360 and he stated he didn’t want to do it because it wasn’t fair to Microsoft. His loyalty is misplaced. It’s not fair to game producers, definitely, and I try to purchase games I’d purchase regardless — GTA IV for example — to support these producers. But I don’t “owe” Microsoft anything just as they don’t owe me anything. They sold me a box and I opened it up and had my way with it. Hackers can do that and users don’t have to. But users can always come over to the other side. It only takes a few clicks of a mouse. Incidentally homeboy is also trying to sell a book so I guess he’s just trying to stir the pot up a tiny. Movie junkies, rejoice! Criterion, the people who bring the very ideal versions of movies with lots of extras to DVDs, has officially announced its going Blu-ray. That means many of the best films ever made absolutely remastered for 1080p, specifically tailored for the format. It makes those $40 boxed sets actually worth the price. Hit the […]
Hit the jump to see a list of the films available soon! The Third Man The Last Emporer? In 1080p? Yes, please.
May
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2008
What Would You Like Giz to Explain? [Giz Explains]Posted by: admin in General Gadgets News
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Both 8GB and 16GB models of the iPhone are out of stock in the UK, according to both the O2 and Carphone Warehouse websites, even though units are still ready to ship from the Apple Store online. I guess they’re clearing the decks for the 3G version. Just tell us cuando, cuando cuando, Apple. [
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