The New Small Screen: IPod Video
...s begun production of a new version of its iPod digital music player that will be capable of playing videos, AppleInsider has learned, according to a post on the AppleInsider website. Sources who claim to have seen the new iPod describe it as being similar to Apple's 60-GB iPod photo player, but sev......more...Sony Cuts 10,000 Jobs
...g electronics and entertainment conglomerate Sony said it would cut about 7 percent of its global work force, sell more than $1 billion in assets and post a loss this year.
With a restructuring plan that failed to excite some analysts, Sony (SNE) hopes to reverse its fading fortunes and catch up wit......more... Daily Kos Swings for the Fences
...portsBlog runs on Scoop, blogging software that allows for threaded and community-moderated comments à la Slashdot. Scoop also allows readers to post their own blog entries, called diaries, which themselves can be commented on by other readers.
At Daily Kos, some diarists now get more comments ......more... Apple Suit Raises Suspicions
...ts strong record, it has been suggested on websites and forums ThinkSecret is Apple authorized: a semi-official outlet for leaks, like the Washington Post and the White House.
De Paul's Muniz noted politicians have long used leaks and rumors to manipulate the press -- presidential trial balloons, fo......more... Phones for Days and Days
...e reportedly is preparing to fire more than 700 employees in early December -- mostly at the company's Northern Virginia headquarters.
The Washington Post reports that it's a cost-cutting move tied to AOL's continuing loss of subscribers to faster or cheaper internet services. The paper says that ro......more... Caught With Their Pants Down
...online. The program, dubbed Johns TV, has featured 397 men since it began in 2002.
Other cities, including St. Paul, Minnesota, and Orlando, Florida, post pictures of people who have been arrested -- but not convicted -- on prostitution-related charges.
Bates' hometown of Oklahoma City had such a te......more... Tech Boosts the Fraudsters
...eared real, but the blogosphere immediately challenged their legitimacy, and journalists, including some from the Associated Press and The Washington Post (registration required), followed up with stories questioning the memos.
Among other things, the skeptics noted that the documents use superscrip......more... Attacking the Fourth Estate
...nas that Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney from Chicago, has doled out to Time magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post and NBC? Already one reporter -- Matthew Cooper from Time -- has been held in contempt by a federal judge for refusing to appear before the grand......more... E-Vote Rigging in Venezuela?
... question on the ballot. Should Chavez be recalled or not? Fifty-nine percent of voters said no.
The Carter Center, which observed the election and a post-election audit, concluded in a report released Saturday that the results reflect the will of the Venezuelan people.
But Coordinadora Democratica,......more... |