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Gym patrons forced to generate electricity

Connecticut residents who just want to lose a few pounds have been forced to mount diabolical devices that help pump electricity back into the utility grid. Is no one safe?

| News | Tech & society | 10/06/08 at 5:19 pm |


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GoDaddy hosts Exchange to offer first desktop mail service

Web domain and hosting provider GoDaddy Monday unveiled its first desktop mail offering based on a partnership with Microsoft to host Exchange Server 2007.

| News | SaaS | Small business | 10/06/08 at 5:13 pm |


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Porn filters on in-flight Wi-Fi may be just the start

A reported decision by Delta Air Lines to block "inappropriate" Web sites from its planned in-flight WiFi service could be just the tip of the iceberg for airlines' control of Internet use.

| News | Mobile & wireless | 10/06/08 at 5:09 pm |


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Apple doesn't need Jobs, analyst says

Early on Friday, Apple shares slid below US$100 for the first time since May 2007 after a false report circulated that Apple's 53-year-old CEO had suffered a major heart attack. The report, posted on iReport.com, a "citizen journalist" Web site operated by CNN, was quickly denied by Apple, but not before the share price had slid nearly 11%. The panic was unwarranted, said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research Inc.

| News | Business | 10/06/08 at 5:02 pm |


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