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Don’t Even Tempt Them, BlackBerry…

RIM’s CEO Mike Lazaridis spoke out ahead of tomorrow’s banning of BlackBerry services in Saudi Arabia, coolly pointing out that “everything on the Internet is encrypted. This is not a BlackBerry-only issue.” [WSJ] https://gizmodo.com/saudi-arabia-to-ban-blackberry-services-this-friday-5604006

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 5

Google’s Facebook Rival Won’t Be a Rip Off…Says Google

Codenamed “Google Me,” Google’s rumored Facebook-like site wasn’t exactly confirmed by their CEO Eric Schmidt, when talking to the WSJ, but he did have something to say about cloned sites, and how no-one needs ’em. https://gizmodo.com/googles-facebook-killer-google-me-confirmed-by-former-5575237 It’s believed that their social networking site will be very online-gaming focused, with developers such as Playdom Inc, EA’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 28

Prince Rants and Raves About the Internet, iTunes and “Digital Gadgets”

Prince is as renowned for his feelings towards iTunes and the internet as he is for women wearing raspberry berets. In an interview with the Daily Mirror, he repeated that “the internet’s completely over,” and slagged off these “digital gadgets.” His full quote on the topic: “The internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 6

Fighting Words From BlackBerry

RIM’s so confident that its upcoming two flagship phones and OS 6.0 will pound the competition into mincemeat, their co-CEO Jim Balsillie has taken to using physics to express his excitement. It better not just be that flip-phone, RIM. [BusinessInsider] https://gizmodo.com/two-blackberry-phones-on-way-before-august-says-rim-5572452

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 25

Steve Ballmer Takes On Everyone (Microsoft Included)

Steve Ballmer took his turn in the hot seat today at D8, and anybody hoping for a few candid spitballs from Microsoft’s quotable CEO wasn’t disappointed. Ballmer had plenty to say about everyone’s faults—starting with his own company’s: It’s no secret that Windows Mobile 6.5—you know, the one before Microsoft gutted everything in favor of…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 3

Hurt Locker Producer Drops Email Bomb On BitTorrenter

Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier—you know, the guy who wants to sue tens of thousands of people for downloading his movie—has made two things very clear over email: pirates are morons, and let’s hope their kids are jailed. https://gizmodo.com/hurt-locker-producers-take-up-arms-against-pirates-5537281 The sentiments came in response to a Boing Boing reader who’d written Chartier in protest over…

Tech News Brian Barrett May 19

Francis Ford Coppola Watched Part of Avatar Without 3D Glasses On

Joining fellow film industry chum Roger Ebert, Godfather director Coppola has spoken out against 3D movies, saying that “until you can watch 3D without glasses, it’s the same thing we know.” https://gizmodo.com/why-roger-ebert-hates-3-d-and-you-should-too-5528270 Saying he’d rather make films in 2D with larger format for “some big scenes much like Abel Gance did with Napoleon” (or Christopher…

Movies Kat Hannaford May 12

Do Not Watch Samsung 3DTV If Drunk Or Preggers

Samsung’s 3DTVs come with a list of warnings as long as you are tall. Basically, you shouldn’t watch 3DTV under the same conditions that you wouldn’t drive a car. Better wear a seatbelt, then. [Samsung via Kotaku via TechRadar] https://kotaku.com/3d-tv-sets-arent-great-for-drinkers-kids-pregnant-wom-5515718

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Apr 13

Jon Rubinstein Gets Frank On What Palm Could’ve Done

In another world, the Pre would be available on more than Sprint and Verizon, Palm would’ve made $22 million last quarter, and their ads would’ve actually made you want one of their phones. Oh, and Google would own Palm. [Fortune]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 9

Google’s Sergey Brin On Microsoft’s Refusal To Tackle Chinese Censorship

After Microsoft refused to take a stand with Google against China’s web censorship (and Bill Gates commented that the censorship was “very limited,”) Sergey Brin has shoved back, saying he’s “very disappointed.” [The Guardian]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 24

The Entertainment Industry’s Biggest Problem: “Piracy” Is Too Sexy a Word

It’s tough being a record label or a movie studio these days. People are stealing your content, all because they want to be Jack Sparrow. No, seriously: that’s actually what the industry thinks. The head of the International Actors’ Federation really hit the nail on the head this week with this gem: “To me, piracy…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 18

The Pirate Bay’s Founder Likens P2P To Coke

At SXSW, The Pirate Bay‘s Peter Sunde helmed a conference via Skype, where he likened P2P to Coca Cola, and The Pirate Bay to sugar. He also said he could make Sergey Brin “want to marry me.” [TechRadar]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 15

The Best Google-Yahoo Comparison To Date

Happy Birthday, Yahoo! You turned 15 today. As a present, here’s a pretty scathing assessment of you from Ditherati, compliments of Twitter. You know, your new content-sharing partner! It’s okay… everyone’s teen years are awkward. Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz‘s comments about comparing her company to Google came during a CNBC interview today, in which she…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 2

Google CEO Thinks Buzz Privacy Worked Just Dandy

So much for apologies! Google CEO Eric Schmidt yesterday described user discomfort over Buzz’s privacy issues as “confusion,” saying that “nobody’s personal information was disclosed.” This is, of course, complete and utter manure. https://gizmodo.com/google-admits-buzz-testing-sucked-and-they-are-very-v-5473660 Buzz’s privacy problems are widely documented. Google’s misadventure in social networking has already inspired an FTC complaint and a class action…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 18

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