TOKYO - Sony is recalling 416,000 digital cameras because the case may warp, creating an edge that can cut or scratch the user’s hands, the company said Thursday.
The company will replace the bottom casing, where the problem occurs, at no cost.
The recall affects 350,000 Cyber Shot DSC-T5 cameras sold [...]
[Read more...]MIAMI - A Japanese computer science student fails to take a full load of university classes and loses his student visa. A 10th-grade Indian girl is detained because of a high school essay she wrote on the Department of Homeland Security.
These are two of the characters in “ICED!” - a new video [...]
[Read more...]SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. will test a free, advertising-supported version of Works, an already inexpensive package of word processing, spreadsheet and other programs, but would not say whether it is exploring a similar Web-based suite.
The company said Wednesday that a limited number of computer makers will pre-install Microsoft Works 9 SE on [...]
[Read more...]SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. will delay the release of Office 2008 for Apple Inc.’s Macintosh computers until the middle of January 2008, in order to fix lingering bugs in the software.
The software maker previously said the new suite, which is to include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the Entourage e-mail program, would [...]
[Read more...]SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. will delay the release of Office 2008 for Apple Inc.’s Macintosh computers until the middle of January 2008, in order to fix lingering bugs in the software.
The software maker previously said the new suite, which is to include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the Entourage e-mail program, would [...]
[Read more...]SAN JOSE, Calif. - Apple Inc. has issued a software patch to fix some security holes that independent security researchers recently discovered for the company’s vaunted iPhone.
The software update that Apple said it released late Tuesday addresses several bugs and security issues, but most notably a flaw that could have allowed hackers [...]
[Read more...]SAN JOSE, Calif. - Apple Inc. has issued a software patch to fix some security holes that independent security researchers recently discovered for the company’s vaunted iPhone.
The software update that Apple said it released late Tuesday addresses several bugs and security issues, but most notably a flaw that could have allowed hackers [...]
[Read more...]LOS ANGELES - When it debuts Tuesday on the Web, My Damn Channel will become the latest attempt by Hollywood professionals to cash in on the huge popularity of online video.
Comedian Harry Shearer, filmmaker David Wain and music producer Don Was, among others, also hope to find creative freedom seldom offered by [...]
[Read more...]WASHINGTON - The public will be able to purchase copies of thousands of historic films and videotapes via the Internet under an agreement the National Archives has reached with Amazon.com Inc. and one of its subsidiaries.
The non-exclusive arrangement allows Amazon and CustomFlix Labs Inc. to make digitized copies of some footage and [...]
[Read more...]NEW YORK - Dave Legeret silently fumed as the man seated beside him on the plane blasted techno music on his iPod at full volume.
“It was kind of rude,” recalled Legeret, 38, a jewelry designer from Sandy Hook, Conn., who was forced to listen while flying from New York City to Disney [...]
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