Archive: May 2008
Wi-Fi Warning: That Person Next To You May Be A Hacker
Next time you flip open your laptop as you wait for a flight or work at a coffee shop, beware, says the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The person next to you may be stealing your personal bank account information, address book and other files from your computer. The agency warned...
By Cecilia Kang | May 9, 2008; 4:34 PM ET | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
MySpace Makes Your Profile Portable
Do you have a MySpace profile? If you do, your personal information on MySpace could soon be made available to a number of other Web sites. The largest social network in the U.S. said today that it is making its members' data available to third-party sites. The first partnering sites...
By Kim Hart | May 8, 2008; 6:25 PM ET | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Mobile Ads: Useful or Annoying?
The promise of mobile marketing has been talked about for several years now, yet we still haven't seen the flurry of cellphone ads that have long been predicted--let alone the sophisticated ads consumers see in other countries. This week, the Federal Trade Commission held a "town hall" meeting to discuss...
By Kim Hart | May 8, 2008; 2:16 PM ET | Comments (6) | TrackBack (0)
Nintendo's "Mario Kart Wii" at Union Station Today
Some folks from Nintendo's public relations team are in town today showing off the company's new "Mario Kart" racing game for the Wii at Union Station. The video game company is the middle of a 12-city tour to drum up some buzz for its latest title, and is, at the...
By Mike Musgrove | May 8, 2008; 11:46 AM ET | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
GTA IV: 6 Million Sold
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive Software announced today that the latest version of the popular and controversial game has sold 6 million units globally in its first week on the market. Put it another way, that's $500 million in sales. The company says it sold 3.6 million copies of...
By Mike Musgrove | May 7, 2008; 3:40 PM ET | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Eddie Izzard's IPhone
British comedian Eddie Izzard isn't famous for his consumer tech humor, as far as I know, but he worked many observations and riffs about technology into his act last night at DAR Constitution Hall. Izzard, known by some for his role on the TV program The Riches, and to others...
By Mike Musgrove | May 2, 2008; 11:23 AM ET | Comments (9) | TrackBack (0)
Another Jab At 'White Spaces'
Today, several sports leagues, including the NFL, NASCAR, and NBA, formally challenged the "white spaces" proposal put forth by tech companies including Microsoft and Google. In a filing, the leagues asked Federal Communications Commission require the technology companies that want to sell wireless white space devices to prove that their...
By Kim Hart | May 1, 2008; 3:34 PM ET | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
