Barnes & Noble Nook eBook Reader to cost around USD 259
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the upcoming eBook Reader model from Barnes & Noble would cost around USD 259.
The report added that the device has been named Nook.
It would compete with Amazon Kindle device which is currently the best selling [...]
Wall Street Journal to charge for mobile access from October 24
Wall Street Journal has announced that their mobile services would go paid from next month.
The company would start charging for access to their services from mobile devices from October 24.
WSJ has apps for Blackberry and Apple iPhones. These apps would now require users [...]
PayPal goes down for almost an hour!
Wall Street Journal has reported that eBay owned online payment service PayPal went down for around an hour on Monday.
The report said that the problems started at around 10:30 AM Pacific Time. Most customers had regained access to the services in around four hours.
PayPal is one of [...]
Dell working on an Android powered Apple iPod Touch rival?
Wall Street Journal has reported that Dell is working on a mobile internet device which would be powered using Google Android mobile platform.
This device would be similar to Apple iPod Touch but slightly larger.
It would not work as a mobile phone but would feature [...]
Wall Street Journal: Steve Jobs had a liver transplant
Wall Street Journal has reported that Apple chief Steve Jobs had a liver transplant around two months ago.
But he is recovering well and he is expected to return to work by the end of the month.
The report said that Jobs might work part time after [...]
Palm Pre could come to Verizon early next year
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Palm might start offering their Pre smartphone through Verizon early next year.
Palm Pre is already available in the US market but through Sprint Nextel.
The report in the WSJ stated that Verizon could start offering the Pre smartphone to their [...]
China requires PCs to ship with web filtering software!
Wall Street Journal has reported that the Chinese government has now made it compulsory for all machines sold in the country to ship with web filtering software.
This software is to be designed to block a pre-configured list of web services. Customers would not get access to the [...]
Steve Jobs expected to be back at Apple this month
June is going to be an exciting month for Apple.
They are expected to launch their iPhone 3.0 update for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The company might even launch a brand new iPhone.
They are also expected to reveal more about Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
And…
Steve Jobs [...]
Digital Sky Technologies wants to invest in Facebook
Wall Street Journal has reported that Russian Internet group, Digital Sky Technologies has shown interest in investing in the world’s most popular social networking service Facebook.
The deal offered by Digital Sky puts the value of Facebook at around USD 10 billion.
Facebook declined to comment on the rumours. A [...]
Apple wants to design their own chips?
Wall Street Journal has reported that Apple is continuing hiring experts from the semiconductor industry as they are working on creating enough talent to develop their own chips.
Apple already is deeply involved in the design of the hardware and of course the software part of their products.
Getting into the [...]
