‘Citizen Journalist’ Could Face Prison for Fake Jobs Story

Posted on October 4, 2008 by digg.com: Stories / Apple / Popular.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
The gutsy (or stupid) "citizen journalist" who posted an erroneous story about how Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack could face criminal charges for stock manipulation, according to one attorney.

IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle

t's official: The iPhone is more popular than Amazon.com's Kindle. And not just in the obvious categories like listening to music, browsing the Web or the other applications where Kindle barely competes. Now, the iPhone is also muscling into Amazon's home turf: reading books.

Apple denies CNN iReport of Steve Jobs heart attack

Apple has categorically denied a citizen report published to the CNN iReport website early Friday claiming that chief executive Steve Jobs had been rushed to a local ER following a major heart attack.

Fring Enables VoIP Calls Over WiFi for iPhone with Skype Support

Fring has released the iPhone version of their service today as a free download in the App Store.

Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, ICQ. I...

Fring Enables VoIP Calls Over Wi-Fi for iPhone with Skype Support

Fring has released the iPhone version of their service today as a free download in the App Store.

Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, and ICQ...

iTunes 8.0.1 fixes HD episode deletion issue and more

While we were all busy playing Vice Presidential Debate drinking games Thursday night, iTunes 8.0.1 came out. The update addresses a number of issues that have come up since the software's release in early September that, while perhaps not deal-breakers, can be pretty annoying. Here's the copied-and-pasted fixes list:

Yahoo Contemplating Cuts, Senator Urges DOJ to Block Google-Yahoo Pact

Posted on by Jason Mick.
Categories: IT News Feed.
Could more layoffs be in store for Yahoo?

Fake Rumors of Steve Jobs Heart Attack Circulate

Last night, an individual started spreading fake rumors of Steve Jobs suffering from a heart attack. The story was posted to CNN's iReport "unedited" and "unfiltered" citizen journalism site and subsequently submitted to Digg.com.

The...

Yahoo Stock Hits 5-Year Low

Posted on by Jason Mick.
Categories: IT News Feed.
Internet giant hit by failures, poor economy, falls to lowest trading value since .com bust

Apple’s Plans: New Products or Establishing Existing Ones?

Businessweek's Arik Hesseldahl raises some questions about what the strategic direction Apple will pursue in the next 6 to 24 months.

As obvious as the path to a tablet device seems now, I have trouble imagining the next obvious path ...