AP - A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company’s slump.
Frequent fliers have probably noticed a funny thing over the last couple of years: Flights are landing not just on time but early. Really early. …
AP - Electronic Arts Inc. narrowed its net loss in the last quarter but video game sales declined, and a disappointing outlook for the company sent its shares down sharply Monday.
Remember the outrage after Apple chopped $200 off the price tag of the first iPhone, just a few months after the original $599 8GB model went on sale? Well, heads up, early adopters: Apple execs are reportedly saying they’ll “remain nimble” when it comes to iPad pricing, especially if consumers fail to line up for the upcoming tablet.
AP - Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.
Disappointed that Steve Jobs didn’t announce an iPhone for Verizon — or any other carrier besides AT&T — during the big iPad event two weeks ago? Well, at least one tech analyst thinks there’s a better-than-even chance that the wait for a non-AT&T iPhone could stretch well into next year.
It’s official: Windows 7 doesn’t suck.
At least, that’s what the marketplace says so far.
In the space of barely three months, Windows 7 has just about hit double-digit market share percentages. …
Could a cell phone stand in for your well-worn copy of “Italian for Dummies” the next time you’re traipsing around Rome? Leave it to Google to promise a mobile version of the universal translator from “Star Trek,” or the Babel Fish from the immortal “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
If you listen to the geek crowd (guilty!), Apple’s iPad is a rank disappointment. …
We’re still deep in rumorville, folks, so don’t get too excited just yet, but word has it that Microsoft is getting ready to show off the latest (and long-awaited) version of Windows Mobile next week in Barcelona, complete with a completely revamped “Start” page and an overall experience that’s “very similar” to the Zune HD user interface.