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Students can now stream Hulu for just $1.99 a month

Usman Khan Lodhi — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 18:48:01 +0000

College students can now access Hulu's ad-supported plan for $1.99 per month, a discount of $4 from the plan's usual cost. The offer is restricted to students living in the United States. Read more...

Netflix testing new 'Mobile+' plan in India with HD streaming on mobile

Rajesh Pandey — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:00:01 +0000

Netflix is testing a new 'Mobile+' plan in India where subscribers can stream content in HD on their mobile phone, PC, laptop, or tablet. Only one stream is possible at any given time. Read more...

Google is making it easier to plan trips on the go

Usama Jawad — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:56:01 +0000

In a bid to make it easier for people to plan trips on the go, Google is rolling out some features that will facilitate users in booking flights and making reservations at hotels in a streamlined way. Read more...

Network rewards customers for downloading most 3G data

Andy Weir — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:02:02 +0000

A mobile network set out to prove that its data packages are truly unlimited, by encouraging its users to download as much data as possible, with one user downloading 419GB over 3G in a single week. Read more...

Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers

Steven Parker — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:35:14 +0000

I've been puzzling over transcripts of a couple of recent speeches by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates where he discussed his vision for the end of phone numbers. But it wasn't until today, when I learned... Read more...

Dell: Turnaround Plan Not About Quick Fixes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:51:41 +0000

Dell directors met with shareholders for the first time since uncovering a major accounting scandal at the company, announced a $10 billion stock buyback and said they believe their turnaround strategy is a long-term play.... Read more...

France unveils anti-piracy plan

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:21:56 +0000

French web users caught pirating movies or music could soon be thrown offline. Those illegally sharing files will face the loss of their net access thanks to a newly-created anti-piracy body granted the wide-ranging powers.... Read more...

U.S. partners with Google on energy savings plan

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:52:20 +0000

A partnership between the Google-founded Climate Savers Computing Initiative and a National Governors Association program has already yielded a commitment from two state governments to buy more energy-efficient computers. The governors of Kansas and Minnesota... Read more...

AT&T Silently adds Option to Remove iPhone Data Plan

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:21:28 +0000

AT&T is now allowing iPhone users to remove their iPhone data plan, allowing them to save at least $20.00 monthly if they feel that they don't use the EDGE network enough, don't need it all... Read more...

Washington's $50 Billion Tech Plan Derailed by Lawsuit

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:35:31 +0000

The General Services Administration has announced that project Alliant has been halted after a group of technology service providers claimed that the U.S. government broke its own laws in August when it selected contractors to... Read more...

Intel backs wireless Africa plan

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:49:38 +0000

Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel, believes that Africa needs to embrace wireless broadband since it is "cheaper, easier and more efficient to communicate wirelessly." Less than 1% of Africans have access to broadband and only... Read more...

Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:32:36 +0000

BT has backed a global wireless sharing service called Fon, touting it as the "world's largest wi-fi community" since it lets people share a "small portion" of their home broadband connection by opening up a... Read more...

Germany approves plan for TV on phones

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:15:02 +0000

German anti-monopoly authorities have approved plans by mobile phone operators T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone to create a joint technical platform to bring television to mobile phones. The three operators will work to develop broadcasts on... Read more...

AT&T quietly offers $10 DSL plan

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:43:19 +0000

AT&T Incorporated has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, cheaper than any advertised plan. The DSL plan introduced Saturday is part of the concessions made by AT&T to the Federal Communications... Read more...

Dell denies plan to exit LCD TV business

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:21:58 +0000

If you caught my previous story, my apologies for the mix-up. Dell Incorporated has denied reports that it plans to stop making LCD TVs. A report in the Taiwanese newspaper Economic Daily suggested that Dell... Read more...

Feds Ready Plan to Fight ID Theft

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:11:46 +0000

The federal government will release its plan to combat identity theft in the U.S. on Monday. After nearly a year's work, the President's Identity Theft Task Force will release its findings Monday at a press... Read more...

Sirius: Lower Price Plan With XM Buy

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:30:25 +0000

Sirius Satellite Radio Incorporated has announced that its customers would get the option to pay below the current $12.95 per month subscription fee for just the channels they want, if the company's plan to buy... Read more...

Intel pitches plan to beat chip glut

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:20:55 +0000

Facing a market glut of microprocessors and weak corporate demand for PCs running Microsoft's new Windows Vista OS, Intel hopes to stay profitable by producing new chip designs faster than its competitors, Intel CEO Paul... Read more...

Internet Plan for MTV Video Clips

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:14:04 +0000

US media company Viacom has been planning, for many months now, to allow people to take videos from a number of its websites and post them on their own blogs and sites. Viacom, which is... Read more...

Update:Plextor Denies Plan to Cease Optical Drive Production

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:13:16 +0000

Plextor LLC, a leading supplier of optical disk drives (ODDs) that belongs to Japanese electronics giant Shinano Kenshi, said on Tuesday that it would not exit the market of optical disk drives, despite of announcement... Read more...

Skype price plan claims 'more for less'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:18:45 +0000

VoIP provider Skype has rolled out a new pricing plan that eliminates per-minute charges in favour of a connection fee for certain calls. SkypePro subscribers will now be charged a connection fee of €0.039 to... Read more...

Samsung's Plan for Terabit Flash Memory

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:24:05 +0000

Researchers at Samsung, one of the leading producers of flash-memory chips, recently announced a new chip that can hold twice as much data as before, and without an increase in its footprint on a circuit... Read more...

Retirement plan for Windows XP SP1...

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:58:36 +0000

I know it's been a while, but just wanted to toss up this reminder.... End of support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 On October 10, 2006,... Read more...

EU welcomes autonomy plan for Internet governance

Steven Parker — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:17:48 +0000

The European Commission welcomed on Monday U.S. government moves to make the company that manages Internet domain names independent by 2009, but said it would monitor the process carefully. The Internet Corporation for Assigned... Read more...

Microsoft confirms plan to take on Apple's iPod

Steven Parker — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:46:28 +0000

Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the "Zune" brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer... Read more...

Vista Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Licensing Plan

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:29:02 +0000

Microsoft on Wednesday took the wraps off a desktop virtualization licensing plan for Windows Vista Enterprise and other licensing changes to accelerate the uptake of its Software Assurance update and maintenance program. Customers that acquire... Read more...

Cablevision Pursuing Wireless Service Plan

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:31:48 +0000

Cablevision Systems Corporation said on Tuesday it plans tomake its digital home phone network compatible with any U.S. wirelessnetwork, allowing subscribers to transfer calls between the two.PatriciaGottesman, Cablevision's executive vice-president of product managementand marketing, told... Read more...

Gates To Host China President; Meal Plan Released

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:09:25 +0000

I know what you're thinking. We're thinking it to. But we've got nothing else to write about. Microsoft, via Todd Bishop's great weblog, have released a copy of the meal plan for the... Read more...

Google, EarthLink Join For San Francisco Wi-Fi Plan

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:39:31 +0000

Google Inc. has teamed up with EarthLink Inc. to craft a citywide Wi-Fi proposal for San Francisco, which closed the RFP process for its wireless broadband initiative on Tuesday. Cisco Systems Inc. and... Read more...

Microsoft Plan Averts Conflict Over Antitrust Pact

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:43:48 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has averted a looming conflict with U.S. officials by agreeing to disclose more information about its Windows server operating system, according to documents filed in federal court on Wednesday Lawyers at the U.S.... Read more...

Plan to Charge Businesses for E-Mail Triggers Outcry

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:06:51 +0000

America Online's plan to start charging businesses to send commercial e-mail messages is creating an uproar among some marketers, a newspaper reported Monday. Some marketers argue AOL's plan to implement a certified e-mail system, which... Read more...

House Passes Compromise Digital TV Plan

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:36:18 +0000

The House of Representatives on Monday approved legislation to complete the country's transition to new, higher-quality digital television by February 17, 2009. Under a deal negotiated by Republicans in the Senate and House, a $1.5... Read more...

Microsoft, MCI Plan PC-To-Phone Service

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:31:04 +0000

Microsoft and MCI said Monday they'll soon offer a service that lets customers place calls from their personal computers to regular phones. But the service will permit only outbound calls at first, even as rivals... Read more...

Google's Plan for City Signals Wi-Fi Ambitions

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:35:05 +0000

Google's expansion into public Wi-Fi could be a boon to the embattled municipal broadband movement and presents intriguing new possibilities for the search giant, though putting the traditional carriers out of business isn't likely to... Read more...

DVD Format war Looms as Blu-ray Backers Plan Launch

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:27:21 +0000

Chances looked slim that consumers will be spared a DVD format war, as the backers of one standard said on Friday there was no common ground for a unified format and it was on track... Read more...

Google Pauses Online Books Plan

Howard Thomson — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:42:43 +0000

Google's most recent service, Google Print, has been temporarily suspended until November. The aim of Google Print is to make the world's books accessible to internet users with full-text search. Books would be scanned from... Read more...

Congress Crafts National Tech Recycling Plan

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:04:58 +0000

Recycling paper, plastic, and glass has become routine, but what are you supposed to do with the old laptop or analog television that's taking up precious storage space in your attic or basement? Electronic devices... Read more...

Developers slam Microsoft's Visual Basic plan

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:46:43 +0000

More than 100 influential developers using Microsoft products have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form. The developers, members of... Read more...

Mozilla Drops 1.8 Release, Introduces Transition Plan

Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:38:35 +0000

Mozilla has just announced that it will not be releasing or supporting any subsequent versions of its "Mozilla Suite" software. The suite has been moved aside so that Mozilla can focus on developing its key... Read more...

Microsoft Plan Bold New PC Features With Longhorn

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:00:36 +0000

At this year's VS Live and Windows Anywhere event, Microsoft showed of new technology it plans to launch with Longhorn for laptops and PCs, Techworld reports. The company plans to offer a system... Read more...