5:29 PM
The Stuxnet computer worm is apparently *still* causing havoc with Iran's nuclear sites, with indications that has been successful at taking over the control systems and evading detection at their nuclear sites:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/experts-stuxnet-worm-wreaks-havoc-irans-nuclear-sites
Apple, Google, and Nokia are among the companies making their final bids for Nortel's IP portfolio:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101209/tc_nm/us_nortel_2
Sprint plans to expand its table computer portfolio next year to try to get business customers that have been replacing laptops with tablets. Sprint says that tablets are the hottest new device among their corporate clients:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B853C20101209
Costco reported a strong quarter and confirmed that they will stop selling Apple products:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013631005_costco09.html
Verizon Wireless and DirecTV are testing an in-home broadband and entertainment service that could really hurt their competition. They are looking to partner Verizon's LTE service with DirecTV service (outside of FiOS service areas). DirecTV gets a broadband service (LTE as a replacement to cable modem/DSL) and Verizon gets a bundle that Clearwire cannot match:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/556328/201012091836/Verizon-And-DirecTV-Test-4G-Wireless-In-A-Product-Bundle.htm
Sprint's CEO said that their gamble that WiMAX would provide it with a 4G lead of at least 2 years over the competition did not pay off--Verizon deployed LTE faster than they expected and Sprint's CEO acknowledged that LTE will win out over WiMAX:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/212878/sprint_ceo_says_wimax_bet_paid_less_than_hoped.html
Android has basically killed BlackBerry sales on Verizon. Two years ago, BlackBerry was the best-selling device on Verizon and now *80%* of smartphone sales last month at Verizon were Android devices. Even with smartphone sales increasing rapidly on Verizon, BlackBerry sales at Verizon were down 45% last quarter as compared to last year and are projected to be down 49% this quarter as compared to last year:
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20101210/verizons-cure-for-crackberry-addiction-android/
Remember the huge coverage of the Texas man whose exploding Droid 2 sent him to the hospital? It turns out that the phone may not have exploded at all...the man appears to have *dropped* his phone and didn't notice the glass had cracked, so he cut himself when he put his phone up to his ear:
http://www.gearlog.com/2010/12/droid_2_was_dropped_didnt_expl.php
Former high school softball coach in Oklahoma admitted to police that he secretly videotaped his girls' softball team while they changed clothes in the locker room. He also admitted to having child porn on his home computer and to videotaping himself having sex with a passed out woman:
http://newsok.com/coach-to-face-filming-claims/article/3522035
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/experts-stuxnet-worm-wreaks-havoc-irans-nuclear-sites
Apple, Google, and Nokia are among the companies making their final bids for Nortel's IP portfolio:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101209/tc_nm/us_nortel_2
Sprint plans to expand its table computer portfolio next year to try to get business customers that have been replacing laptops with tablets. Sprint says that tablets are the hottest new device among their corporate clients:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B853C20101209
Costco reported a strong quarter and confirmed that they will stop selling Apple products:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013631005_costco09.html
Verizon Wireless and DirecTV are testing an in-home broadband and entertainment service that could really hurt their competition. They are looking to partner Verizon's LTE service with DirecTV service (outside of FiOS service areas). DirecTV gets a broadband service (LTE as a replacement to cable modem/DSL) and Verizon gets a bundle that Clearwire cannot match:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/556328/201012091836/Verizon-And-DirecTV-Test-4G-Wireless-In-A-Product-Bundle.htm
Sprint's CEO said that their gamble that WiMAX would provide it with a 4G lead of at least 2 years over the competition did not pay off--Verizon deployed LTE faster than they expected and Sprint's CEO acknowledged that LTE will win out over WiMAX:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/212878/sprint_ceo_says_wimax_bet_paid_less_than_hoped.html
Android has basically killed BlackBerry sales on Verizon. Two years ago, BlackBerry was the best-selling device on Verizon and now *80%* of smartphone sales last month at Verizon were Android devices. Even with smartphone sales increasing rapidly on Verizon, BlackBerry sales at Verizon were down 45% last quarter as compared to last year and are projected to be down 49% this quarter as compared to last year:
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20101210/verizons-cure-for-crackberry-addiction-android/
Remember the huge coverage of the Texas man whose exploding Droid 2 sent him to the hospital? It turns out that the phone may not have exploded at all...the man appears to have *dropped* his phone and didn't notice the glass had cracked, so he cut himself when he put his phone up to his ear:
http://www.gearlog.com/2010/12/droid_2_was_dropped_didnt_expl.php
Former high school softball coach in Oklahoma admitted to police that he secretly videotaped his girls' softball team while they changed clothes in the locker room. He also admitted to having child porn on his home computer and to videotaping himself having sex with a passed out woman:
http://newsok.com/coach-to-face-filming-claims/article/3522035