The 2009 version of the Cell Tax Fairness Act has been introduced to the US House of Representatives, renewing hopes that users of phone and data services will get some tax relief. The bill was introduced earlier this week by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Trent Franks (R-AZ), who seek to impose a five-year moratorium…
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Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely to the Web
Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely to the Web — SEATTLE — The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will produce its last printed edition on Tuesday and become an Internet-only news source, the Hearst Corporation said on Monday, making it by far the largest American newspaper to take that leap. Tweet Source
Why Apple’s New iPod Shuffle Isn’t Consumer Friendly
Last week, several blogs pointed out that the new iPod Shuffle, with the controls moved off the Shuffle and onto the headphones, was "needlessly complex" and "far from cost-effective." But it also turns out the new Shuffle uses DRM to lock out aftermarket accessories that aren’t authorized by Apple, and by "authorized" we mean, "Apple…
AT&T Fails The SXSW iPhone Test
South by Southwest is one of the biggest annual geek shows, so naturally there are thousands (tens of thousands?) of iPhones roaming around downtown Austin. Good luck making calls or receiving text messages, especially anywhere near the convention center. Tweet Source
Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web
Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web — On March 13th, 2009 the World Wide Web will turn 20 years old. Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented this world-changing layer on top of the Internet on this day in 1989. Tweet Source
Google Voice to finally take GrandCentral’s place
Google has finally revealed what it’s doing with GrandCentral, a company it bought over two years ago, relaunching it Thursday as Google Voice. GrandCentral first appeared in 2005, offering a single phone number that can ring multiple phones, collect messages, and generally act as your own private switchboard operator. Now, as Google Voice, the service…
New Battery Could Recharge in Seconds
An MIT team develops a battery that has super-quick recharge potential. A special coating applied to lithium iron phosphate allows the ions to move around much more quickly. Tweet Source
Apple Announces Incredible New iPod shuffle
Apple Announces Incredible New iPod shuffle — World’s Smallest Music Player Now Talks to You — Apple® today introduced the all-new iPod® shuffle, the world’s smallest music player at nearly half of the size of the previous model, and the first music player that talks to you. Tweet Source
NASA to stream daily video feed from ISS
Streaming digital video showing activities inside and outside the International Space Station and the view of Earth from up there will now be available for about twelve hours every day, according to NASA. The feed will also contain audio of communications between Mission Control and the astronauts, including (for instance) live video of maintenance activities…
Microsoft still wants to strike a deal with Yahoo!
Remember over a year ago when Microsoft made a $47.5 billion dollar offer to acquire Yahoo!, the second biggest search engine in the United States? Former CEO Jerry Yang rejected the deal which ultimately led up to the company’s shareholders forcing Yang to resign. Since the bitter failed attempt, Microsoft has once again opened the…
