The $100 Laptop Plan Causes Mixed Feelings
Earlier this week at a United Nations Internet summit, Nicholas Negroponte of MIT showed off the current design for the $100 laptop. According to one Read More…
Month: May 2007
Microsoft Windows Live & Office Live
In an effort to take advantage of the extremely lucrative online advertising market, Microsoft has decided to compete more directly with Google by creRead More…
Trusted Download Program: Certified Non-Invasive Software
News.com has announced that America Online, Yahoo, CNET Networks, Verizon and Computer Associates are among the companies backing the new Trusted DownRead More…
Google Testing Infrastructure In Case It Wants to Become a Wireless Carrier
The Wall Street Journal has the latest on Google’s cellphone plans via its usual mix of industry analysts and “people familiar with the matter.”Read More…
How to Fight Phishing & Spoof Email Scams
Expect more “phishing” emails Spoof emails are on the rise, and they are getting trickier. Several months ago Computers.net released an articRead More…
TC News: Yahoo & Google Changing Email, Wal-Mart Sells Out of $200 PC, More Ways to Pay Online
TechConsumer News is a feature we started out of a hobby of tracking the latest happenings within the consumer related technology sphere. The goal is Read More…
Using Digg & The Wall Street Journal Together: Review with Screenshots
Digg founder Kevin Rose announced that Digg buttons will now be available on the Wall Street Journal website (WSJ.com). Not only that, but anyone willRead More…
Netflix: My name is Hiro Nakamura, I come from the future.
Apparently I can’t get enough of trying new ways to get my digital entertainment. This time around Netflix’s “Watch Now” is going to get the sRead More…
Radiohead Responds to Download Stats: Says They’re False
Radiohead has decided to respond to the previous coverage of their social experiment of offering their album online at a name-your-own price. AccordinRead More…
What the “Gphone” Means for Consumers: Good News & Bad News
So Google today announced its plans to be the latest force in the cellphone industry. The gist of the press release is that Google has partnered with Read More…