IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (I4U News) 01/05/2011

Sony to hold Press Conference on Playstation Network Hacking on Sunday

Sony has announced a press-conference hosted by Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai on Sunday. Hirai will talk about the massive Playstation Network hacking at 2pm Japanese time (1am ET).According...

The BlackBerry PlayBook: A Working Review

The Future of SiLo's Language Library: My Interview with Ase Deliri

Early this morning I had a chance to speak with Ase (pronounced 'Ace') Deliri, curator of SiLo, the world's first digital language library. At its core, SiLo is a mash of Wikipedia and Babelfish, an...

The PSN Hack: What Sony Did WRONG

Hackers are very, very tricky people. Billions of dollars spent on security and a whole team of experts can't protect you from sufficiently creative nerds. Which is why I tried to give Sony the...

Bose donates Majority of Company to MIT

Dr. Amar Bose, Bose Corporation’s Founder, has given to MIT the majority of the stock of Bose Corporation in the form of non-voting shares. MIT will receive annual cash dividends on those shares...

iMac 2011 comes next Week, UK runs Dry already

This week Apple launched the white iPhone 4 and next week we expect the updated 2011 iMac. Today more evidence appeared that this will indeed happen on Tuesday. The UK Apple Store has (via 9to5Mac)...

Scosche freeKEY Flexible Wireless Keyboard Launches

The iPad is an excellent replacement for a notebook or a netbook for many users. The one clear downside compared to using a netbook or a notebook for the iPad or iPad 2 is the lack of a keyboard. The...

iPad and other Tablet Shipments may suffer from Component Shortage Through May

The Japanese earthquake has a longer term impact on electronic component supplies. Digitimes reports today that shortages of components needed to make tablets are in effect at least until the 2nd...

iCould.com Purchase by Apple is confirmed

Yesterday we reported about a rumor that Apple bought the domain iCould.com from a swedish based company for $4.5m. Today John Paczkowski writes that his sources confirmed that Apple bought the...

Product Spotlight: Samsung LN40C560 40-inch 1080p LCD Smart TV

Today I am shining the product spotlight on tone of the cheapest Samsung Smart TVs that you can get your hands on. The Samsung LN40C560 is a smart TV that has features from 2010, but when it comes to...

Black Friday 2011 will not have Netbook Deals

The decline of the netbook market has been already seen last year. The iPad was blamed for it. Still in the crucial holiday season netbook sales where still decent and Black Friday circulars had...

If I would not have to Work, the iPad would be all I need

I use now an iPad 2 since a couple weeks and it really is ideal for everything I do online, but doing my job. If I could retire today, the iPad would be the only computer I need. It works great for...

Motorola Xoom 4G Upgrade is Delayed

Back in February when Motorola confirmed the $799 price-tag for the Xoom, the company argued that the Xoom is faster than the iPad and therefore more expensive. This is only true with LTE. During the...

Hot Mother's Day Kindle Deals: Get $25 Gift Cards with Purchase

Mother's Day is coming up on May 8th. Amazon just announced a great deal for its Kindle eBook readers. The $189 Kindle 3G and the $379 Kindle DX come with a $25 Amazon gift card. Get these Kindle...

Sony to counter legal Action with User Compensation for Playstation Network Outage?

The Playstation Network is now down since April 19. Hackers broke in and stole 77 million user account data. It is still not clear if credit card data i stolen as well. There are reports that credit...

Google announces Google Talk Video Chat on Android Phones

Google announced a new feature in Google Talk for Android. You can now do video chats. You can now video or voice chat with your friends, family and colleagues right from your Android phone, whether...

Microsoft beats Street, but pales against Apple

Microsoft announced better than expected earnings for the last quarter. Microsoft's third-quarter revenue is $16.43 billion for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2011. This is a 13% increase from the same...

ThankYouPen: Snail Mail Goes Digital. Wait, what?

A new app- ThankYouPen, has just blown my mind a little bit. Like many nerds, I have a bad memory for the sorts of things that tend to offend people when forgotten. Birthdays, anniversaries, Thank-...

Sony S1 and S2 Tablet have Playstation Buttons

Sony unveiled this week the Sony S1 and Sony S2 Android tablets. Both of the tablets will hit the market this fall. Earlier this year Sony announced the new PSP dubbed NGP, which will be released at...

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

IT News Head Lines (I4U News) 01/05/2011

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