Archive for September, 2007

New line of iPods

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Today's announce brought us many new iPods. First new colors for the Shuffle including Product(Red) iPod Shuffle, new iPod Nano, iPod Classic, and finally iPod Touch.via Engadgetvia iAnything

Apple Rumor round-up for Sept 5

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

# iPod Touch with flash-memory, WiFi and OS X-based Cover Flow user interface(ThinkSecret claims hard drive based)# iPod nano "phatty"# Wireless iTunes store sales for iPhone and wireless iPod(s)# (PRODUCT) Red iPod shuffle# iTunes ringtone service# Beatles on iTunes -- yes, againvia Engadgetvia GizmoLounge

Palm Foleo no more

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Apparently all the negative press that the Palm Foleo made Palm rethink things so much so that they cancel the launch. Not that anyone cared though.via Boy Genius

Meet the LG Viewty

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Check out Vincent from SlashGear peepout the LG Viewty.

Kyrgyz president calls referendum (AP)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

AP - Kyrgyzstan's president on Wednesday called a national referendum on changing the constitution to elect the Parliament by party list — a change that would hurt the country's many small parties and independent politicians.

Former Khmer Rouge leader arrested (AP)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

AP - Police arrested the top surviving Khmer Rouge leader Wednesday, serving 82-year-old Nuon Chea with a warrant on charges related to his role in the 1970s regime blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people.

Diplomatic convoys curtailed in Iraq (AP)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

AP - The United States on Tuesday suspended all land travel by U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials in Iraq outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, amid mounting public outrage over the alleged killing of civilians by the U.S. Embassy's security provider Blackwater USA.

Business as usual as Zimbabwe strike gets cool response (AFP)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

AFP - A two-day work boycott called by Zimbabwe's main union over the country's deepening economic crisis got off to a slow start Wednesday with shops and services in the capital operating as normal.

Body found outside dumped toddler's NZealand home (AFP)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

AFP - The body of an Asian woman was found Wednesday in a car outside the New Zealand home of a three-year-old girl allegedly dumped at an Australian railway station by her father.

Ban urges reconciliation in Lebanon (AP)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Lebanon's prime minister and parliament speaker to reconcile and try to elect a new president, warning that failure could lead to two governments and two presidents.