THE MIDDLE SEAT
Wall Street Journal - A couple weeks earlier, on Friday, June 8, a Federal Aviation Administration computer snafu, along with some thunderstorms in the Northeast, left planes parked on taxiways at Newark Liberty International Airport like cars for sale at an auto
Will iPhone change everything or fall flat?
Globe and Mail - And unlike the BlackBerry, its oversized screen makes it a Web surfing computer, as well as a phone and e-mail device. In its search for superlatives, Apple isn’t shy about calling its latest product revolutionary. There has never been a phone like
With hype high, iPhone may have to fight a flop
Boston Globe - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs holds the new iPhone in San Francisco, California on January 9, 2007. Not since Alexander Graham Bell has so much attention been lavished on a phone. But the hype surrounding Apple Inc.’s media
If successful, iPhone could raise the bars
San Francisco Gate - It doesn’t let users download music and videos wirelessly; they still need to connect to their computer to do that. Though Apple recently announced extended battery life for the device, some still worry it isn’t enough. And at $500 to $600 apiece
LG Electronics Signs Pact With Microsoft
US News and World Report - Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft will gain access to LG’s patents relating to computer-related devices for its products, LG said. Microsoft will also use other patents developed by LG that are owned by MicroConnect Group, a U.S.-based business
Preparing for computer attacks
Silicon Valley - Anyone who follows technology or military affairs has heard the predictions for more than a decade. Cyberwar is coming. Although the long-announced, long-awaited computer-based conflict has yet to occur, the forecast grows more ominous with every
Family Slayings Suspect Appears In Court
Guardian Unlimited - Vaughn, 32, a computer consultant from Oswego, Ill., was arrested by Illinois State Police on Saturday at a funeral home in this St. Louis suburb just before he was to attend a memorial service for his family: Kimberly Vaughn, 34, and children
Live Free or Die Hard
Coming Soon! - Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is called into service to bring in computer hacker Matthew Farrell (Justin Long) who may have played a part in a cyber-terrorist attack, but then, they’re both attacked by the henchmen of the man responsible