Archive for January, 2009

Nike CEO sees big jump in online sales (Reuters)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Reuters - Nike is experiencing a sharp increase in online sales, driven in part by cost-conscious shoppers conserving gasoline, the U.S. company’s chief executive said on Saturday.

When you watch these ads, the ads check you out (AP)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Shoppers are shown near an advertising kiosk at the Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Small cameras can now be embedded in the screen or hidden around it, tracking who looks at the screen and for how long. The makers of the tracking systems say the software can also determine the viewer's gender and approximate age range and, in some cases, ethnicity. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Watch an advertisement on a video screen in a mall, health club or grocery store and there’s a slim ? but growing ? chance the ad is watching you too.

Yahoo's Bartz has a big brass ring (CNET)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

CNET - It was a rather blase day for Yahoo’s closing stock price Friday. It didn’t shoot to the moon on the latest Microsoft takeover rumor, nor crater to the Earth’s core on fears that the software giant is never coming back in some shape or form.

Ex-Fannie Mae programmer says not guilty of virus (Reuters)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Reuters - A 35-year-old computer programer pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that he planted a computer virus designed to destroy all the data on 4,000 Fannie Mae computer servers the day he was fired from the company.

UAC Fix in Windows 7 Creates Security Hole, Blogger Says (PC World)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

PC World - A change that Microsoft made in Windows 7 to improve its controversial User Account Control security feature has left the new OS less secure, according to a blogger who follows Microsoft closely.

Orange starts selling pay-as-you-go BlackBerry (CNET)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

CNET - Orange has launched the first pay-as-you-go BlackBerry deal in the U.K.

Comcast testing new free Wi-Fi service (AP)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

AP - Comcast Corp. is testing a free wireless Internet service for its cable subscribers in parts of New Jersey, following in the footsteps of a fellow cable operator.

â??Duck Huntâ?? iPhone game pulled at Nintendo's request (Macworld.com)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Macworld.com - Lawl Martâ??s Duck Hunt, an iPhone and iPod touch game that has been available at the App Store, canâ??t be found any more. The developer says that the game came down at the request of Nintendo, which alleges copyright infringement.

House set to vote again on analog shutdown delay (AP)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

AP - Congress is going to take another crack at delaying the analog TV shutdown by four months.

Nike CEO sees big jump in online sales (Reuters)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Reuters - Nike is experiencing a sharp increase in online sales, driven in part by cost-conscious shoppers conserving gasoline, the U.S. company’s chief executive said on Saturday.