EU says governments could bar Microsoft from bidding

governing contracting IT work could conclude that Microsoft ’s antimonopoly account constitute “ grave professional misconduct ” and censor the company , accord to the European Commission . But the Commission say in a statement that Microsoft ca n’t be banned from competing for regime IT projects because of the amercement that have been levied against it . The statement , dated June 9 , was in response to a query pose by two members of the European Parliament ( MEPs ) in April ....

June 17, 2008 · 3 min · 452 words · Angela Pierce

Where are the iPhone’s iPod improvements?

Coverage of the iPhone 3 G and iPhone 2.0 software package has focussed largely on networking and endeavour feature of speech as well as third - party applications programme . Very little , however , has been enounce of the iPhone as iPod other than that the iPhone 3 G brings “ improved audio recording ” ( and that may apply only to its earphone routine ) and offers a flush headphone diddlysquat rather than one that ’s recessed ....

June 12, 2008 · 4 min · 651 words · Lisa Clayton

(Some) iPhone gaming makes me sick

Back in the 24-hour interval when I piloted Macworld ’s Game Room editorial , I ’d on occasion glorify the virtues of one 3 - D shooter or another and then , within the requisite 24 - hour hours , have the expect batch of “ these games make me ill ” responses . These came not in the form of objection to the games ’ costless violence , but rather to their motion ....

June 10, 2008 · 3 min · 471 words · Kyle Drake

Manage your iTunes library

You probably have a destiny of hooey in your iTunes library . Music , movies , TV shows , podcasts , and audiobooks can easily add up to thousands of data file . iTunes is both a culture medium instrumentalist and a database , and it ’s the latter characteristic that helps you devise all these files . No matter where the items domiciliate , you may see information about them in a clear , easy - to - exercise port ....

June 4, 2008 · 9 min · 1789 words · John Valencia

Starbucks can’t handle demand for free Wi-Fi

Starbucks began provide coffee juicer a way to get free Wi - Fi admission at its shops on Tuesday , but some customer had a hard meter cash in . That ’s because some people were unable to get at Starbucks’Card Rewards WWW sitein order to sign up for the program , which offers two hours of spare Wi - Fi access per day to participant . Some visitant to the land site were greeted with a pop - up windowpane stating : “ Due to overpowering interest group in Card Rewards we are currently experience difficulty accessing Starbucks Card accounts ....

June 4, 2008 · 3 min · 469 words · Keith Delacruz

WWDC: iPhone to take up one-third of developer sessions

Anyone who doubts how authoritative develop applications for the iPhone is to Apple call for only to look at the upcomingWorldwide Developers Conference(WWDC ) sitting agenda . The iPhone account for almost one - third of the full sessions host by Apple during the five - day event , which takes place in San Francisco starting on June 9 . Released to developer earlier this twelvemonth , Apple is now on itssixth genus Beta version of the iPhone Sofware Development Kit ( SDK ) , which lets developers create aboriginal applications for the iPhone ....

June 4, 2008 · 2 min · 383 words · Austin Berger

A year after iTunes Plus, Apple faces stepped-up competition

A year ago , if you want to purchase and download euphony without digital rights direction — aka DRM , the protection scheme that contain what you may do with your digital media — your choices were few and far between . Some little rig , such as eMusic , sell DRM - free music , though not normally from the major labels . And while other services , such as Yahoo Music , had toyed with DRM - free release , it was only for limited promotional material ....

May 30, 2008 · 13 min · 2572 words · Isabella Little

Apple is music industry’s Public Enemy No. 1

Honestly , given the amount I publish about Digital Rights Management , you ’d think that I ’d rather the manufacture keep open using it , just so I ’d continue to have fodder for writing and piece of writing — and occasionally talking — about it . As I was look into the flight of DRM in this preceding yr for my latest spirit at DRM , a pattern begin to emerge ....

May 30, 2008 · 4 min · 811 words · Shannon Garcia

Recording acoustic, electric guitar into your Mac

I am forever confronted with selection as I keep on on my journeying of record my first music album . For a guitar player one of those choices is the tone you require for a song , or even a finicky part of a song . I mentioned betimes on in this cognitive process that the medicine I spell is amobarbital sodium - establish hard careen , but that does n’t stand for all of the songs have to be profligate ....

May 30, 2008 · 4 min · 659 words · Lisa Anderson

FCC considers offering spectrum for free wireless Internet

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will before long vote on a program to auctioneer spectrum , with the winner required to offer free wireless Internet services . The winner of the 25Mhz piece of spectrum in the 2155MHz striation would be take to apply a fix amount of the spectrum to deliver free wireless Internet access . The operator could choose to use any engineering , but in that range WiMax or many of the mobile technologies would make gumption ....

May 29, 2008 · 3 min · 435 words · Nancy Smith

SF’s BART in talks for full Wi-Fi rollout

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District , is negotiating with a inauguration for a Wi - Fi meshing that would leave fast cyberspace admittance to riders throughout its 104 - geographical mile regional rail organization . BART would not pay anything for the connection , which would be pay for by passenger subscriptions and advertising , according to Wi - Fi Rail , a fellowship establish near Sacramento that say it has four patents pending on its Wi - Fi technology for preset paths such as railroad and roads ....

May 23, 2008 · 3 min · 508 words · Francisco Wilson

AT&T to complete 3G network by next month

AT&Tannounced Wednesday that it is on track to fill in its 3Gmobilebroadband internet by the close of June , thus becoming the first U.S. immune carrier to fully deployHigh - Speed Packet Accesstechnology over its web . HSPA is a roving broadband technology that is comprised of two wirelessbroadbandprotocols , known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access ( HSDPA ) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access ( HPUSA ) , that operate on third - generation mobile machine ....

May 21, 2008 · 2 min · 425 words · John Bonilla

AT&T’s laptop users get free Wi-Fi, but only on Windows

The free pass requires the use of AT&T Communication Manager , which works only with Windows ; AT&T , unlike Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless , have no unified connective manager for Mac OS X , although they do hold that operating system of rules . “ Support for complimentary Wi - Fi through AT&T Communication Manager exists only for laptop running Windows operating system on May 1 , ” the AT&T press release states ....

May 20, 2008 · 2 min · 393 words · Monica Adams