Comments? Is the 8GB iPhone 3GS at $99 a big deal?

(Via The Boy Genius Report)

Interestingly, BGR’s source isn’t AT&T but Rogers, a Canadian carrier, and a tipster sent the site some screenshots that seem to provide proof of the transition between models. None of this is confirmed, of course, but if AT&T (and other carriers like Rogers) offered an 8GB iPhone 3GS for $99, it would be another aggressive move by Apple in its quest to dominate the smartphone space. I’m no

In the 50 security bulletins published from October 2008 to June 2009, Microsoft released security updates in response to 138 vulnerabilities; these updates resulted in 140 Exploitability Index ratings.

The news comes after Microsoft announced on Friday that it would be releasing security updates on Tuesday–outside of its monthly patch cycle–for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer and a moderate vulnerability in Visual Studio.

Microsoft also is announcing

Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system, which hits the streets on Friday, has plenty of new technology–but one of its major new features will soon be available on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and other major platforms.

See, OpenCL isn’t just for GPUs. It was designed from the beginning to get the most out of multicore processors too. After all, if you have a multicore CPU–and you probably do–why let it go to waste? OpenCL is flexible enough to support both CPU-optimized and GPU-opti

One of the larger changes is clearer language of Facebook’s share to everyone feature, which is now an integral part of the social network’s updated search engine. The new wording makes it pretty clear that anything users post with the “everyone” designation can be seen by the entire world, not just users on the service.

The company also added a new section which details proper use of its pages features, including who is able to administrate them, and provisions that requi

Although there aren’t any free options, Blinksale is one of the more affordable services in this roundup. Prices range from $6 per month up to $24 per month. There’s just one catch: some services charge based on the number of clients, but Blinksale charges based on the number of invoices you send. Its cheapest plan allows you to send six invoices per month.

3. Chargify: Chargify boasts the best payment plan of any service in this roundup. If you run an online company, try it ou

With a change in accounting rules, we'll soon have a more accurate picture of the iPhone's success.

The change will be of particular interest to companies like Apple, which has stuck to a rather bewildering accounting practice of recognizing revenue from sales of the iPhone and Apple TV over a period of two years, or eight financial quarters. The practice was put in place on those two products to avoid charging a fee for every product upgrade–something Apple was told it wo

PS3 Slim….the next console leader?

There is a general shortage of optimism in the industry right now. The one bright spot: sales generally jump during the holiday-shopping season, but to what degree those sales will increase remains to be seen.

Neither software nor hardware could stop the industry’s slide. Hardware sales came in at $297.6 million for the month–down 25 percent compared with August 2008. Video game sales brought in $470.32 million–a 15 percent hit,

Motala walks on her new leg over the weekend.

One of the best things about this job is getting to share stories that are often totally friggin’ awesome. This is one of those stories.

(Credit: Friends of the Asian Elephant)

It doesn’t start happily, though. Motala is a 48-year old former working elephant from Thailand (she moved large trees for a living). In 1999, while wandering in the forest looking for food on her lunch break, she accidentally stepped on

This was originally published at ZDNet’s Between the Lines.

In a terse statement, FTC bureau of competition director Richard Feinstein said:

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple’s board but that won’t be enough to curtail a probe by the Federal Trade Commission.

It’s likely Levinson will be forced to pick one of the companies.

Reuters reports that Schmidt’s resignation would usually close an FTC investigation of int

GE’s Consumer & Industrial division announced in October 2008 that it was developing home appliances that could ease the strain on electrical grids by coordinating with a grid’s off-peak hours to perform flexible functions.

Masdar City is under construction in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It aims to be the first carbon-neutral and zero-waste city. It’s also home to the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. The post-graduate research center, a collaborator w