Universal really wants to slap Apple across the face and stick it to iTunes in a big way. After recently declaring it wanted to punish iTunes for its success, Universal is ready to go to war.   So, how does an old-school music industry dinosaur like Universal deal the too-cool-for-school, #1 US online music retailer a black eye? By ...

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 ...

Is consumer product “fanboyism” taking over? Or is fanboyism just a vocal minority of trolls causing trouble online?   There are communities across the web where forums, message boards and blogs touch on certain hot-button issues. These discussions often illicit such focused and fervent reaction you’d think you were reading about ...

The latest twist in the saga of SunRocket’s demise involves what looks like a new broadband phone service called Teleblend. Ostensibly the new service is dedicated to delivering SunRocket’s denizens from its dial tone dereliction. But who is this new face that claims to be SunRocket’s official replacement?   Beware of white knights who ...

What does Apple do to follow up iPhone’s release-day success? It makes a smaller, cheaper version, of course. Or does it?   Rumors of a smaller, less expensive follow-up to the iPhone may be greatly exaggerated. The rumors started last week when astute bloggers looked up the database of the U.S. Trade and Patent Office. It seems Apple ...

Blackberry finally gets WiFi on a dual phone, but will Crackberry addicts really care?   Research in Motion has just announced features for its Blackberry 8820, the thinnest Blackberry yet. The 8820 is a dual mode phone that can take advantage of a GAN network (Generic Access Network). It’s an amazing technology that allows you to roam ...

Silence. That's what SunRocket subscribers heard through their phones on Monday.   SunRocket is a VoIP service provider, that suddenly left some 200,000 customers with no phone service. No warning was issued to subscribers even though many had already paid for a full year’s service. Calls in progress were simply dropped, ...

The Sony PS3 price drop so far – Sony drops the cost of the 60 GB version of the PS3 by $100 just in time for E3 despite what it said earlier about not planning any price drops. That’s the good news. The bad news is the freshly cost cut PS3 60GB is being replaced by a new 80GB version. You’d think adding 20GB to the hard drive would be a good ...

Disc format rivals Microsoft and Disney set aside differences for HD content on Xbox Live Marketplace.   At this week’s E3, Microsoft announced it will carry Disney movies in HD on Xbox 360’s Xbox Live service. The Disney movies will be made available on Xbox 360 online community as part of Xbox Live Marketplace’s expanding media ...

“Congratulations, you’ve won a free iPhone” … or something akin to the message that’s sure to make any penny pinching Apple fan tremble with excitement. All you have to do is click a link, just one link to get all the details about the iPhone you’ve won. But don’t do it! It’s the latest phishing scam intended to divert your browser to a website ...