AT&T Answers the Call of the Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2009
- Garmin and AT&T have announced that the Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 will be available in the U.S. beginning October 4, bringing not only voice and mobile Internet capabilities, but the full suite of navigation and guidance capabilities that Gar...
Dell Takes a Slice At Apple with Super-Thin Latitude Z- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2009
- Computer maker Dell is looking to take a slice out of Apple in the notebook design wars with its new Latutide Z series. which features a super-thin, high-precision design with a collection of high-end features aimed to appeal to executives and comput...
Among the New Features in CNN iPhone App: A Price- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2009
- There's been a lot of talk this year about finally charging readers for news, especially on mobile devices, where media executives see a chance to condition consumers to handing over a few dollars for a constant stream of updates to their pocket. CNN...
Microsoft to Release Free Antivirus PC Software- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2009
- Microsoft Corp. says its new computer security program can be downloaded starting on Tuesday.Microsoft Security Essentials, as the free antivirus software is called, has been available in a beta test version since June.The software updates daily to s...
Dell Settlement Has Tougher Accounting Oversight- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2009
- Dell Inc. says it will beef up accounting and corporate governance rules as part of a settlement tied to an investigation into past financial practices.The PC maker will also pay $1.75 million in legal fees.After a Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Retired NFL Players Seek to Join EA Lawsuit- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2009
- Two retired NFL players on Monday asked a judge to let them formally support a former college quarterback's legal fight with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.Hall of Famers Herb Adderley and Jim Brown asked U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilke...
A Winter Coat to Charge Your Phone- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- Mountain Hardwear has displayed its new multitasking jacket just in time for fall. The Mountain Hardwear Refugium Jacket is powered by an Ardica portable power and heating system that will heat the coat and charge your gadgets at the same time. Ardic...
Preparing Your iPhone for International Travel- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- An inventory for a trip to a tropical beach could read like this:Swimsuit, check.Sunscreen, check.Passport, check.And iPhone, check.Well, make that a possibly giant check, drawn from your bank account. Unaware travelers can blithely rack up eye-poppi...
Satphone Operator Iridium Goes Public Through GHL Acquisition- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- Satellite-based phone services has always been one of those seemingly-great ideas that never really took off—although the technology holds out the promise of offering real-time communication from anywhere in the world, there have been several s...
Xerox Gets Into Services with $6.4 Bln ACS Acquisition- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- The trend has been developing for a while, but leave it to Xerox to put a nice big punctuation mark on things: the document management and printing company has announced a deal to acquire Affiliated Computer Services for some $6.4 billion in stock an...
TomTom Looks to Google to Offer Mid-range Connected GPS Navigation- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- GPS maker TomTom has announced its latest navigation offering, the TomTom XL 340S Live, a new connected GPS that hooks into the AT&T mobile network and which features local search capabilities powered by Google. The XL 340S Live represents the fi...
What's Government's Role in Making the Web Secure?- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- There is no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer. Yet when a Senate committee was exploring ways to secure computer networks, a provision to give the president the power to shut down Internet traffic to compr...
Not So Exclusive: Orange to Sell the iPhone in the UK- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- When Apple rolled out the iPhone internationally, it mostly made exclusive deals with single mobile carriers for individual markets, mirroring its deal with AT&T in the United States. However, as the market has matured, Apple is showing signs of ...
EU To Order Volume Limits on MP3 Players- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- For years, consumer and health advocates have warned about the dangers of pumping loud music into our heads using personal music players like iPods and cell phones: health and safety experts have long warned that most music players can put out music ...
Games Journalism 2.0- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- Getting paid to review games for a living sounds like a dream job, but as many veteran games journalists have discovered, slapping a number on every game that shows up on your desk while dealing with the pressure of deadlines and advertisers is no ea...