Thursday, July 21, 2011

YouTube to stream Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits (AP)

YouTube to stream Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits (AP)


YouTube to stream Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 09:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2010 file photo, music fans watch Wolfmother's performance during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago. YouTube will live stream Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits in the video site's continuing push to bring music festivals to digital screens. The Google Inc.-owned YouTube will announce Friday, July 22, 2011, that it will present online coverage of the festivals, two of the summer's largest. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)AP - YouTube will live stream Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits in the video site's continuing push to bring music festivals to digital screens.


Microsoft 4Q profit climbs, Windows revenue dips (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo made March 10, 2010, Microsoft Window7 products are shown for sale in Mountain View, Calif. Microsoft Corp., reports quarterly financial results Thursday, July 21, 2011, after the market close.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Microsoft Corp. reported record fourth-quarter revenue Thursday, helped by strong sales of its Office software suite. Investors still seem concerned about the world's largest software maker's growth prospects, however, as consumers buy fewer computers that run its Windows software.


Sales of new chip lift AMD to 2Q profit (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:21 PM PDT

AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has been punished so hard for unexpectedly ousting its CEO more than 6 months ago that the second-quarter profit it posted Thursday gave investors a measure of confidence about its direction.

Remember that AT&T and T-Mobile merger? It’s still on track (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:35 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - You may not have heard much about it for a while, but the massive merger that would combine T-Mobile and AT&T into America's largest carrier is still in the works for next year. Today AT&T expressed its confidence that the merger …

How Apple’s new entry-level laptop runs circles around more serious MacBooks (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Yesterday Apple released its new lineup of ultralight MacBook Air notebooks, killing off the white MacBook that's been in the family since 2006 while they were at it. The funny thing? According to many tests, the new "starter Mac" is actually …

Are You a Dexter Fan? Ask Michael C. Hall Your Social TV Questions (Mashable)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:49 PM PDT

Mashable - Anyone who's watched Showtime's Dexter has likely wondered what goes on in the creepy yet charming mind of the serial killer of serial killers. Now's your chance to find out. 

Microsoft profit soars on record revenue (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 07:15 PM PDT

The Microsoft logo is seen at the Xbox 360 booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in June, in Los Angeles, California. Microsoft said on Thursday its annual profit soared on record revenue thanks in part to hot demand for its Xbox 360 videogame console gear and online network.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)AFP - US technology giant Microsoft said its annual profit soared on record revenue thanks in part to hot demand for its Xbox 360 videogame console gear and online network.


Microsoft deal to buy Skype to close by October: CEO (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:05 PM PDT

Skype chief executive Tony Bates said he expects Microsoft's purchase of the Internet voice and video leader to close by October, once it gets the green light from European regulators.(AFP/Getty Images/Illustration/Mario Tama)AFP - Skype chief executive Tony Bates said he expects Microsoft's purchase of the Internet voice and video leader to close by October, once it gets the green light from European regulators.


U.S. judge criticizes Google and Oracle at hearing (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 07:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Both Oracle Corp and Google Inc have taken unreasonable positions on the scale of damages involved in a high stakes patent battle over the Android operating system, a U.S. judge said in court.

Nearly 1 in 5 people drop their smartphone in the toilet (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 08:32 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Based off a new study from Plaxo, 19 percent of people drop their smartphone in the toilet and are forced to spend money on a costly replacement. Plaxo is in the business of protecting data as its service provides contact syncing across a variety of devices. This data corresponds with another study from Google that stated nearly four out of every ten people bring the phone into the bathroom for use. Of the 19 percent, more than half state that the biggest hassle in replacing a mobile phone is restoring the contact database.

Google+ hits 20 million users in less than a month (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 09:00 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Google+ may still have some way to go to equal Facebook’s 700 million users and Twitter’s 200 million, but 20 million unique visitors to the new social networking site in the space of just three weeks isn’t a bad way to start. Of the 20 million, five million were inside the US. The Google+ iPhone app released on Tuesday is sure to boost numbers further.

US approves its first 'tablet' for federal workers (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Photo illustration of a Blackberry Playbook tablet. Blackberry's PlayBook electronic tablet has been approved for use in all US federal government agencies, becoming the first tablet to get certified, developer Research in Motion said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - Blackberry's PlayBook electronic tablet has been approved for use in all US federal government agencies, becoming the first tablet to get certified, developer Research in Motion said.


Sneaky times call for sneaky iPhone apps (Appolicious)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Appolicious - Be careful, someone may be monitoring your every keystroke as your read your daily dose of Appolicious. Although if the most scandalous part of your day is reading Appolicious, you're probably fine. Everyone else should be more concerned.

Icahn: Motorola could split patents and handsets (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:21 PM PDT

The Motorola PHOTON 4G Summer (L) and the Motorola TRIUMPH Virgin Mobile Summer mobile phones are seen during their launch in New York June 9, 2011 REUTERS/Andrew KellyReuters - Activist investor Carl Icahn urged Motorola to consider splitting off its patent portfolio to cash in on surging interest in wireless technology from companies like Google Inc and Apple Inc.


200 Blockbuster stores to close (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 07:10 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. has announced it will close 200 Blockbuster stores in the US, leaving the number operating at about 1,500. Dish Network took over the ailing movie rental company in April, bidding $320 million (finally paying in the region of $230 million) for it in a bankruptcy auction.

Nokia posts loss; to speed cuts (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - The mobile phone giant swung to a Q2 loss of $523 mil, as it continued to lose share to high-end smartphone rivals like Apple's iPhone and low-end Asian producers. Revenue fell 7% to $13.3 bil. Nokia was recently passed by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL - News) as the top smartphone maker. It remains the overall No. 1 cell phone maker, but Q2 shipments fell 20% to 88.5 mil. Nokia plans to speed a cost-cutting program. Shares rose 5.9%.

Microsoft Windows fizzles as PC fears loom (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Sales of Microsoft Corp's flagship Windows software disappointed for the third straight quarter, taking the gloss off better-than-expected earnings that were aided by an unusually low tax rate.


Intel posts strong results, but braces for Windows 8 (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Digital Trends - Chipmaking giant Intel posted financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2011, showing double-digit growth across all its business segments and revenue of some $13 billion dollars. The company pulled in some $3.9 billion in operating profit, and while that’s a slight increase over the same quarter a year ago, the company also saw its gross margins contract by 6.6 percent. Intel’s revenue success was largely based on broad adoption of its Sandy Bridge line of CPUsâ€"after a recall stung the company’s balance sheet earlier this yearâ€"as well as strong sales to enterprise and emerging markets.

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