Archive for September, 2009

Reuters – Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Wednesday at the age of 28, deploying digital tools to draw a younger and less elite audience to classical music.

Bangladesh set for record IPO (AFP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

AFP – Bangladesh’s largest mobile phone provider Grameenphone will launch the country’s biggest public sale of shares on Sunday, a move seen as a key test for the national stock exchange.

PC World – A long-time critic of the video game industry has sued Facebook for US$40 million, saying that the social networking site harmed him by not removing angry postings made by Facebook gamers.

Samsung Instinct HD: powerful but pricey

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

After the disappointment of the Samsung Instinct S30 , Samsung has redeemed itself with the Samsung Instinct HD for Sprint . Both an upgrade and an improvement over the original Instinct , the Instinct HD offers ..

IPhone, Android Boost Mobile Web Usage (PC World)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

PC World – Newcomers to the mobile-phone market are driving more wireless Web access at the expense of the phone makers that have been around for a while, according to a new report from AdMob.

RIM syncs Macs with BlackBerries

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Dear Palm: that includes iTunes Beginning this Friday, BlackBerry-using Mac owners will be able to sync their contacts, calendars, tasks, and notes – plus iTunes music – to their Research In Motion smartphones.…

Lawson Software predicts 2Q profit (AP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

AP – Lawson Software Inc. predicted Wednesday that it will earn up to 3 cents per share in its second fiscal quarter, which ends Nov.

InfoWorld – With Microsoft set to wind down support for the Visual SourceSafe software version control system, the company is encouraging developers to move over to Microsoft’s more full-featured ALM (application lifecycle management) server, the TFS (Team Foundation Server) product featured in the Visual Studio platform.

15 worthy Blu-ray movies for less than $15

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Critics of Blu-ray often talk about how expensive the discs are, but in recent weeks, a growing number of Blu-ray movies have become more affordable, with several dipping below the $15 price point and some even slipping in at $9.99 on Amazon. Cheap is popular these days and, not … Originally posted at Fully Equipped

AP – Sony’s PlayStation Portable is the most high-powered handheld video-game machine on the market, but it’s usually my third choice when it comes to on-the-road action.