Verizon today has launched their own visual voicemail system for their LG Voyager phone.
As you’d expect, the service works similarly to the visual voicemail system available from AT&T on the iPhone–instead of having to call in to check your voicemail systems as you would now, the new visual voicemail system allows you to visually navigate [...]
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While most iPhone 3G users are having a great time and enjoying the heck out of the device, some are frustrated with its 3G data performance and poor reception.
The culprit?
According to Nomura Securities analyst Richard Windsor “these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack.”
Windsor believes that the supplier of the the [...]
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Following the big Madden 09 kickoff on Spike TV last night, Sony has announced that their new Madden 09 PSP Entertainment Pack is now available.
Included in the pack is:
Limited edition metallic blue PSP
Madden 09 game
NFL: In Just One Play UMD
1GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
Beats PSN voucher (expires on March 31, 2009)
If you’re interested [...]
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After spending years making, among other things, chipset for Intel and AMD-based platforms, VIA has announced that it is leaving that business and instead will focus on their own processors and associated platforms like the upcoming OpenBook.
Richard Brown, vice president of marketing for VIA, says that “one of the main reasons we originally moved into [...]
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Yahoo disclosed in an SEC filing that during it’s fighting off of Microsoft’s buyout attempt it managed to spend $36 million on fees for third-party advisors with the majority going to Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Moelis & Company, and Skadden Arps.
Note to self: start an advisory company.
[Via Valleywag]
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New AMD CEO Dirk Meyer has said that the company was “just months away” from spinning off their manufacturing and fabrication business into a separate company and if a new story at TG Daily is correct that it might be happening even sooner.
According to their sources, an announcement is planned for next month for their [...]
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After reporting a net loss of $38.4 million in their second quarter, video game developer and publisher Midway Games has announced that it is laying off 90 of 130 people from their Austin location in a plan to “allow Midway to maximize its development resources and apply manpower and capital to projects with the highest [...]
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Looks like the yet unannounced Nikon D90 DSLR is all but confirmed if the above screenshot is true.
What you’re looking at is a photo of Circuit City’s inventory system showing the D90 kit with an 18 - 105mm lens for $1,299.99.
Let’s assume the photo is legit, any chance it could be wrong? Sure, [...]
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The next time you’re in an airport and realize you forgot to bring your memory card, charger, etc., you might be able to pick one up from a vending machine courtesy of Best Buy.
Beginning on September 1st Best Buy, together with ZoomSystems, will be adding vending machines to several airports across the US to test [...]
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Earlier today both Apple’s MobileMe and Google’s Gmail services each experienced their own hiccups today leaving millions of users unable to access their email.
For Gmail the problem was first reported at roughly 5pm Eastern time and was caused by a problem with the contacts system used by Gmail. Around 7:30pm Eastern things were back to [...]
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