A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a class-action lawsuit seeking to hold Apple Inc responsible for possible hearing loss caused by using its popular iPod music player.
Joseph Birdsong and Bruce Waggoner had filed a lawsuit against Apple for potential hearing damage against the headphones supplied with iPod. Neither of the plaintiffs suffered from any [...]
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Apple wins appeal over iPod
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Wells Fargo Changes Compensation Policies
Wells Fargo became the latest financial institution to change its compensation policies in the wake of a national uproar over executive pay this year.
Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday it gave Chief Executive John Stumpf and three other top executives stock payouts worth a total of about $25 million, but it said none of [...]
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Hacker Cracks GSM Mobile Encryption Algorithm
A German computer scientist working with a team of experts has broken the code used to secure about 80% of the world’s mobile phones. But the group responsible for protecting GSM communications said Tuesday the feat is a “long way from being a practical attack.”
In a presentation given on Sunday at the Chaos Communication [...]
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Nexus One Pricing Details Leaked
The Nexus One, also known as the Google Phone, has been making a stir this month after details began to emerge about the project. Google plans to offer the Nexus One smartphone for $529.99 unlocked or $179.99 from T-Mobile with a two-year contract.
It appears that T-Mobile is offering only one rate plan: $39.99 Even More [...]
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Nokia Accuses Apple in Patent Suit
Nokia Corp. said that it filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) charging that technology in “virtually all” of Apple Computer Inc.’s mobile phones, music players and computers violates the Finnish company’s patents.
Nokia alleges that “Apple infringes Nokia patents in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players and computers.” [...]
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Halt & Resume iPhone Sales in NYC
AT&T is resuming online sales of iPhones to New Yorkers after suspending them over the weekend for unclear reasons. Apple iPhone was still on sale through retail stores. Then abruptly started selling them again just as mysteriously on Monday.
People who entered a New York zip code over the Christmas weekend while trying to buy an [...]
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AT&T Halts Apple iPhone Sales in NYC
AT&T has blocked users in the greater New York City area from purchasing iPhone’s. The rationale is still being debated, but it seems to be just the latest in a series of public relations and strategic blunders for the number two U.S. wireless provider.
The story started with a reader contacting the Consumerist, claiming that AT&T’s [...]
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Amazon Sold More Kindle Books Than Physical Books
The Amazon Kindle is the most popular gift item purchased from the online store this year. Te company sold more Kindle books than physical books. any people got a Kindle for Christmas and ordered a bunch of eBooks.
Strong Kindle sales followed a holiday shopping season during which an ever-increasing number of customers flocked online [...]
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Is iSlate.com for new Apple Tablet?
Macrumors found an interesting website whois record showing that Apple once owned the domain name “iSlate.com”, a possibly hint towards the name of Apple’s new tablet. The domain information has since been changed to “Mark Monitor” a company that protects trademark domains from being taken.
Rumors regarding the Apple Tablet have lacked hard evidence in recent [...]
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Apple stock jumped on tablet rumor
Apple Inc. shares hit an all-time high Thursday as reports surfaced of a January unveiling of a new Internet tablet. The stock surged $6.94, or 3.4%, on Thursday to close at a record high of $209.04. That topped the previous closing high of $207 on Nov. 17.
The New York Times on Wednesday confirmed the existence [...]