AP - First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a veil of secrecy over software developers trying to broaden its appeal.
AP - Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too — to help convict him of killing four family members.
AP - Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by lower prices and restructuring charges. The earnings were short of Wall Street estimates, and Dell shares plunged.
Reuters - Comcast Corp, the largest U.S.
cable operator, said on Thursday it will cap customers'
Internet usage starting October 1, in a bid to ensure the best
service for the vast majority of its subscribers.
Reuters - Yahoo Inc has lost its lead of
the U.S. market for online display advertising to MySpace and
its parent company News Corp's Fox Interactive Media and
MySpace, new industry data shows.
AFP - NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software.
AP - Intercepting Internet traffic, and spying on the communication between two computers, is a gold mine for hackers. Now Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope software they've built will make it harder for criminals to hit that jackpot.
NewsFactor - Perhaps you've seen this movie: A virus infects a human-piloted spacecraft, and within days the mission is compromised and Earth is lost to the alien attackers. There's now a report that the first part of that storyline has come true -- only it's a computer virus on the International Space Station.
PC Magazine - Google will house its Android marketplace on an open content distribution system similar in style to YouTube, and the first Android phone will include access to a beta version of Android Market, the search engine giant said Thursday.
NewsFactor - According to a report in Thursday's Wall Street Journal, Verizon is on the verge of a deal with Google to provide Web-search services on its wireless network. The ubiquitous Google search bar is already on the iPhone and on a number of Sprint PCS phones.
Reuters - Mobile service provider Verizon Communications
Inc. is nearing an agreement with Google Inc. on a wide-ranging
partnership, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people
familiar with the situation.
