by Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
Wow, this is pretty strange behavior for a company that is hemorrhaging access lines.
AT&T has unveiled plans to raise landline phone rates by more than 20 percent in California, according to both the San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Chronicle.
by Jill Tucker, Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
From behind their bedroom doors, more than 1 out of every 10 teenagers has posted a nude or seminude picture of themselves or others online – a “digital tattoo” that could haunt them for the rest of their lives, according to a poll being released today.
by Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
Verizon Wireless is reportedly in the final stages of negotiating a five-year, multi-million dollar deal for the naming rights to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the decrepit home of the Oakland A’s and the Oakland Raiders.
by Howard Rheingold, Contributing Writer, City Brights, San Francisco Chronicle
The answer to almost any question is available within seconds, courtesy of the invention that has altered how we discover knowledge–the search engine. Materializing answers from the air turns out to be the easy part–the part a machine can do.
24/7 Wall St. has created a list of the 10 major daily papers that are most likely to fold or shutter their print operations and only publish online. Based on its analysis, it’s possible that eight of the nation’s 50 largest daily newspapers could cease publication in the next 18 months.
by Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
Hearst Corp. this afternoon said it may sell or close the San Francisco Chronicle if a new round of cost-saving measures cannot be accomplished in the coming weeks. Hearst said it will undertake “critical cost-saving measures including a significant reduction in the number of its unionized and non-union employees.”
by Suzanne Herel, Moderator, The Technology Chronicles, San Francisco Chronicle,
First, the Vatican went online, the late Pope John Paul II became the first pope to send an email, and the Holy See approved an iPhone application that delivers daily prayers to your handset.
by David Bunnell, Founder, MacWorld Magazine, MacWorld Expo
Steve Jobs didn’t show up to the first Macworld Expo, which was held in San Francisco in January 1985, one year after the introduction of the Macintosh. He was in the city, but he spent most of his time holed up at the Union Square Hyatt Hotel with his strikingly beautiful blond girlfriend, whom I only knew as Tina.
by Jaxon Van Derbeken, Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
A disgruntled city computer engineer has virtually commandeered San Francisco’s new multimillion-dollar computer network, altering it to deny access to top administrators even as he sits in jail on $5 million bail, authorities said Monday.
by Ellen Lee and Anastasia Ustinova, Staff Writers, San Francisco Chronicle
Four years ago, Geri Rebstock started using Yelp, a popular site for consumers to review local businesses and services. She critiqued her favorite veterinarian, a neighborhood print shop and an acupuncturist who took care of her bad wrist.
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