AT&T commits censorship on a Pearl Jam concert, and then tries to allay concerns over the need for net neutrality.   AT&T’s webcast of Lollapalooza on Saturday included a performance by Pearl Jam that was somewhat abbreviated. The band was doing a rendition of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” and Vedder threw in some ...

Did your cool new Apple gadget just die?   Well, maybe it’s not so new anymore. The two or three years since you bought your last iPod have just flown by. That’s the lifespan Apple gives the Lithium Ion batteries used in its iPod. iPhone is a bit too new to be talking battery lifespan but its time is surely coming.   Of ...

Keep your eyes out for flocks of thieving magpies while bringing your shiny, new iMac home.   The high-performance iMac features an anodized aluminum frame and glossy glass cover. With a look like that, Apple fans won’t be the only ones lusting after it.     When Apple’s store went down early this morning anticipation ...

Where in Azeroth can the World of WarCraft expand to next? Attendees at the second-ever Blizzard Entertainment Convention will find out first hand.   Doors opened on the two day event in Anaheim, California this morning. Attendees will be treated to some of Blizzard juiciest games announcements and rumors are swirling across the ...

DIVX (Digital Video Express). Before it became a pirate’s paradise it was supposed to be Circuit City’s new Enterprise! Warning: this article is just a history lesson on the name DIVX - it in no way is meant to reflect a business connection between the Circuit CIty enterprise and the modern compression method - except for the modern and ...

Tired of sunny summer afternoons yet? Now you can enjoy summer outdoors and enjoy the mobility of a true gaming PC. Alienware introduces its Alienware m9700 for the summer of '07. It makes the perfect companion to that cottage with a Wi-Fi hotspot.   Alienware has long been the standard in cutting-edge gaming PCs. Even after being ...

If you’ve been waiting since it was announced at CES ’07, the wait is finally over. Nokia’s foray into the tablet PC got a communications boost with Skype on Wednesday. The Wi-Fi enabled tablet PC by Nokia still finds itself in an uncomfortable position: not quite a Pocket PC or Smartphone, but it’s not really a PC either. Let’s face it, this ...

Don’t mess with LG! It was only last February LG took TTE Thompson Electronics to court over the V-Chip technology.  now the Korean electronics company is going after Quanta, a notebook computer manufacturer out of Taiwan. It seems Qunata has been using some of LG’s DVD technology without permission.   The dispute revolves around ...

Craig’s list is booming with iWait stand-ins. It seems there is no shortage of enterprising young men ready to stand in line for you if you must be first on your block to get yourself an iPhone. You’ve got to hand it to them, it’s probably the most interesting thing I’ve heard of in iPhone news in at least a few days. Gizmodo has this ...

Apple launched iTunes Plus yesterday, the new version of iTunes (for which an upgrade to iTunes 7.2 is required) that sells DRM free music at higher bit rates. It all came out of recording label EMI’s decision to allow its wares to be sold without copy protection at a slightly higher price. The DRM-free music will sell on iTunes for $1.29 ...