Rogers clears up US data roaming with new One Rate plans
We know the boo birds are going to have a lot of fun with this, but today Rogers officially introduced North American One Rate data roaming plans. In exchange for an extra $10 per month, Rogers subs will be able to get their data freak on south of the 49th without having to pay a [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13
This fashionable small business ultraportable combines a great new keyboard with long battery life.
HP ProBook 6545b
This 15-inch small business notebook features a sturdy design and good graphics for a reasonable price, but we wish it lasted longer on a charge.
Post Royalty Rate Agreement, Wowza Seeing A Big Uptick In Streaming Radio Interest
After years of uncertainty and talk of shutting down, Internet streaming radio finally got the break it needed a few weeks ago. SoundExchange, the group responsible for setting the listening rates being charged to the Internet radio services, agreed to cut its proposed rate hikes in exchange for trade-offs such as a higher guaranteed rate. [...]
Engadget’s recession antidote: win a VTech IS9181 WiFi radio!
This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget [...]
Verizon and Slacker make sweet music together on your BlackBerry Storm
If you own a BlackBerry and haven’t yet heard of Slacker, you clearly haven’t been paying attention. The spunky Internet radio provider is making headlines again today and VZW-branded Storm owners should take note — Big Red has announced a new deal to get Slacker on your handset whether you like it or not. But [...]
Asus Eee T91 Touch Tablet Review: Keep Dreaming [Lightning Review]
The Asus Eee T91 is a return to netbooks gone by—a tiny 8.9-inch screen, 16GB SSD—except for one thing: It’s a touchscreen tablet.
Price: $499
Verdict: Have you ever wanted to touch Windows XP? No? There’s a pretty good reason for that—it’s a really crummy touch experience, even with slightly larger-than-usual buttons. It’s kind of like trying [...]
TuneWiki for iPhone Is Now Fully Armed and Operational [IPhone Apps]
TuneWiki, one of our favorite mobile apps, is finally in the App Store in a non-gimped way with full access to your iTunes library (if you close it, it keeps playing through iPod even, like a fake background app).
You get subtitled lyrics (with translations), music maps showing where people are listening to what, internet radio, [...]
Hold on, Pandora didn’t save all Internet radio
All is not perfect in Internet radio land, despite earlier sighs of relief.
Pandora may have done good by securing a long-term royalty agreement for itself and other large-scale Web radio services, but smaller stations could get lost in the shuffle.
That’s at least according to Johnie Floater, General Manager for Live365, an aggregator of over 6,000 [...]
Pandora resolves royalty dispute; policy changes coming
First and foremost, Internet radio lovers have some serious cause for celebration as Pandora announces a somewhat workable resolution to the ongoing royalty dispute that nearly drove the company into the ground. By somewhat workable, we mean it’ll keep them in business but it’s still paying the highest royalty rate in radio. What does this [...]
