PC maker Acer saidit is cutting the price of its Aspire "netbook" to $349 from $399. It's cutting the price of another netbook, the Linpus Linux Lite, to $329 from $379. The entire category of so-called netbooks – personal computers designed primarily for Internet use – may be headed over a price cliff, according to industry analysts.
Internet users in China have been complaining this week that they cannot access Apple’s iTunes Store. The start of the problems coincided with an announcement from a pro-Tibet group which said that around 40 Olympic athletes had downloaded a benefit album that was also carried on iTunes.
The $2,200 Elite BDP-09FD Blu-ray player from Pioneer is not going to attract value customers. The unit, which will be available later this year, offers users the option to adjust 16 different picture variables to get the ultimate image, gold-plated connectors, plus a wide range of audio formats and high-bit-rate picture processing.
Qwest has upgraded its network in Denver for the Democratic Party convention, adding 3,344 miles of single strands of fiber and 140 miles of copper wire and cable. The aggregate data capacity of Qwest’s network at the convention is about 50 billion bits per second, the company said.
Flat-panel televisions are not just displacing picture-tube TVs in the developed world. Developing countries are quickly adopting the technology, according to the latest global sales report from DisplaySearch.
Wholesale prices for the L.C.D. panels have been dropping and excess inventory is forcing HDTV prices down as companies try to get rid of their finished products so they can move in new models.
Palm Pro
Devotees of Palm’s Treo brand of smartphones (whoever is left raise your hands) have a new model to get excited about: the Treo Pro.
On Wednesday the company announced it would begin selling a sleeker and more elegant version of its once popular Treo for a suggested price of $549 in the United States. It [...]
