TNW has reported over the past months on cybersecurity, including the passage of CISPA in the House, failed attempts to pass a bill in the Senate, and most recently the talk of the President of the United States putting forth an executive order on the topic. The President doing so would allow for some...
Daily Archives: September 14, 2012
Initial shipments of iPhone 5′s sold out on all carriers, Apple says it’s “blown away by the customer response”
Apple has sold out of its initial shipment of iPhone 5′s across all major US carriers including ATT, Sprint and Verizon. Apple’s own site is sold out of the first shipment, which arrives to customers September 21st, as are the sites of ATT, Sprint and Verizon. An Apple spokesperson gave a statement to The...
Is Comcast considering a 500 GB broadband cap?
Three months after it suspended its 250 GB-a-month cap on broadband data, the largest American broadband provider, Comcast is reportedly looking to double that to 500 GB a month, according to a DSLReports source. This is part of Comcast previously promised tests with cap-tiers and pricing. Comcast replaced the 250 GB-cap plan with 300...
HP’s Turnaround Effort Fails To Plug Leaks
Has it been only one year since Meg Whitman took the reins at HP? The latest in a daisy chain of top executives, Whitman was charged with turning the company around after years of stagnation. More and more, her efforts look like someone tirelessly bailing water out of a leaky boat. Only the ship keeps taking more water....
Digitally Integrated Burberry Flagship Store Opens in London
Burberry’s London flagship store recently underwent a renovation that turned the 192-year old building into a digitally integrated showroom for the luxury fashion brand. Last weekend, American Public Media’s radio show, Marketplace Money, aired a feature about how some luxury brands are starting to hurt in the long-suffering economy even as inexpensive brands are...
Should I Upgrade My Jailbroken iPhone to iOS 6?
As months of frenzied iPhone rumors are put to rest, a nagging question remains. For iOS users like me who have jailbroken their devices, the debate begins: Should I upgrade to iOS 6? Would having an iPhone 5, which ships with the new iOS version, be worth giving up the advantages I now enjoy?...
Analyst: IPhone 5 set to cost U.S. carriers $10B in subsidies
An analyst firm downgraded both ATT and Verizon’sstock to hold on Friday on fears that the two companies were overvalued and would see lowered margins because of the success of the newly launched iPhone 5. Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher King wrote in his downgrade notices, that because the iPhone 5 would go on sale...
Apple to slowly roll out more Lightning cable options
Apple is promising that the iPhone 5 will be the fastest rollout of an iPhone yet by hitting 100 countries by December. However, it looks like the new Lightning dock connector accessories aren’t on that same swift timetable. Apple is forcing a migration to a new, smaller dock connector called Lightning with the latest model iPhone...
HP CEO Meg Whitman: ‘We have to ultimately offer a smartphone’
HP’s plan for Palm and webOS may not have worked out exactly as planned, but that doesn’t mean the PC giant is giving up on smartphones. In fact, HP CEO Meg Whitman told Fox Business Network in an interview that her company has no choice but to offer such a device at some point...
3 Scams That Are More Social Than Technical
Internet scams always have a target-rich environment, and they exploit it with a little bit of technology and a lot more con-artistry. Here’s a look at three such social-engineering scams to be aware of, including one that targeted me recently. Scam A: Gary from IT The caller ID showed an unknown person, which is...