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Samsung Unveils Blu-ray/HD DVD Player, MP3 Players (PC World)

Posted on: Friday, August 31st, 2007 in: Digital Music

PC World - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled an MP3 music player with video playback and its first high-definition player supporting the two rival movie disc formats– Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD.
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Amazon.com to launch music service in September: report (Reuters)

Posted on: Friday, August 31st, 2007 in: Technology Top Stories

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc has tentatively set a mid-September target for the launch of its music service, the New York Post reported in its online edition on Friday, citing sources familiar with the situation.
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HTC Touch Smart Phone Goes 3G (PC World)

Posted on: Friday, August 31st, 2007 in: Mobile & Wireless

PC World - Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) has taken the wraps off a thinner, faster version of its Touch smartphone.
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iPhone Unlocking Video Hits Web (PC World)

Posted on: Friday, August 31st, 2007 in: Apple/Macintosh

PC World - A video showing the founder of a Belfast, Northern Ireland company unlocking the iPhone hit the Web early Wednesday U.K. time as proof that software exists that can unlock Apple Inc.'s device for use with carriers other than AT&T Inc.
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HSBC gives way on student overdrafts after Facebook campaign (AFP)

Posted on: Friday, August 31st, 2007 in: Technology Top Stories

AFP - Banking giant HSBC has reversed a decision to scrap interest-free overdrafts for university graduates after a campaign launched on the Internet social networking site Facebook, it said Friday.

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Analyst Says Nokia N95 Trumps iPhone (NewsFactor)

Posted on: Friday, August 31st, 2007 in: Apple/Macintosh

NewsFactor - On Thursday, Nokia launched four new mobile devices optimized for entertainment, music, and games at its Go Play event in London. Combined with the unveiling of Ovi, the door to Nokia's new Internet services, the quadruple release is designed to draw some attention away from the Apple iPhone and perhaps even the rumored […]