AAPL up on upgrades from Merril, Thomas Weisel [The Macintosh News Network]

10:44:19 AM    

Second post in a week that broke Radio.  Oy.  Need to examine alternatives. [John Robb's Weblog]

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Virginia Indicts 2 Under Antispam Law. Two people have been charged with four felony counts, each of which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a $2,500 fine or both. By Saul Hansell. [New York Times: Technology]

9:18:41 PM    

What Sprint told us last week. Almost forgot to mention that we met with Sprint last week and was able to glean the following nuggets of information: 1. They still haven't decided whether or not to carry Sony Ericsson's T608 cellphone. Basically, Sony Ericsson quit making CDMA phones (at least for North America) and they are trying to sort out who would support the phone if it broke, etc. Also, even if they do decide to offer the T608, they haven't settled on whether or not it would have Bluetooth enabled (though we'd love to see how long it took someone to hack that). 2. They're thinking about carrying Samsung's i600 Smartphone. 3. The PCS Vision network is due to get a bump up in speed early next year. Sprint is going to improve the compression, which should mean faster download speeds. 4. Sprint should finally support SMS (rather than the cumbersome web interface they have... [Gizmodo]

9:34:18 PM    

Your next car might run on Windows. The AP has an article about Microsoft's efforts in the field of telematics. It's a way, way too easy to make a joke about cars running on Windows, so we won't even bother tossing out any of the ones we came up with:First Microsoft set out to put a computer in every home. Now the software giant hopes to put one in every vehicle, too. "We'd like to have one of our operating systems in every car on Earth," said Dick Brass, vice-president of Microsoft's automotive business unit. "It's a lofty goal." Cars with the Microsoft software will speak up when it's time for an oil change. They'll warn drivers about wrecks on the road ahead and scout alternative routes. They'll pay freeway tolls automatically. The software running their brakes will upgrade itself wirelessly.Before you scoff, there's a chance you've already ridden in a car running on Microsoft's software, as... [Gizmodo]

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