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Apple TV gets a price drop

14 Sep

Apple has shaved the price of its 160GB Apple TV model to $229 and eliminated the 40GB version.

Intel shakeup gives EMC a longtime chip exec

14 Sep

The two tech titans are reshuffling their top ranks, with chip bigwig Pat Gelsinger headed from Intel to storage specialist EMC.

New hybrids proclaim their German engineering

14 Sep

New BMW cars that will be on display at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show reveal two possible futures for hybrid drivetrains in Europe and around the world.

GE boosts offshore wind with acquisition

14 Sep

GE’s wind business closes $18.5 million purchase of ScanWind, a Scandinavian direct-drive wind turbine developer.

Beware of pricier mobile Internet data plans

14 Sep

Voice plans are getting cheaper by the day. So how will carriers make up the difference? Don’t be surprised if they start charging more for your Internet usage.

Former Joost CEO ousted as chairman

13 Sep

Mike Volpi has been removed from the board by a shareholder vote and Joost is investigating his actions during his time as chairman and CEO, according to the company.

Heads up Apple, the Intel Netbook is unstoppable

13 Sep

Take note Apple, the Netbook is a hit. Snubbing the category may not be such a great idea after all.

Dirt cheap: Techdirt bets on ‘free’ business models

13 Sep

Mike Masnick of the blog Techdirt is one of the Web’s most outspoken critics of copyright owners, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to save them.

Steve Jobs’ return and the Journal’s ad placement

13 Sep

The placement of an ad featuring two skeletons immediately opposite a Wall Street Journal article about the return of Steve Jobs to Apple’s stage has raised a few eyebrows.

‘Microserfs’ author Coupland talks tech

12 Sep

In his latest novel, “Generation A,” Douglas Coupland digs deeper into the “retribalizing” effects of electronic technologies.

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