http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:13:24 +0200 http://img.bestofmedia.com/img/tomshardware/design/rss.gif http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Steve-Jobs-Heart-Attack-Apple,news-2701.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Steve-Jobs-Heart-Attack-Apple,news-2701.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:50:00 CEST Following last week’s that Apple founder, Steve Jobs, had suffered a bout of ill health, Apple saw stocks drop below $100 for the first time since May 2007.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-unlimited-Data-GoPhone,news-2700.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-unlimited-Data-GoPhone,news-2700.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:20:00 CEST AT&T has reportedly decided to discontinue the $19.99 unlimited data plan it offered for Pay As You Go customers.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DS-DSi-nintendo-region-lock,news-2699.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DS-DSi-nintendo-region-lock,news-2699.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:10:00 CEST Owners of portable gaming systems so far have had the option to enjoy software from all over the world, thanks to the lack of region locking on systems such as the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS. That will all change, however, with the Nintendo DSi.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Bold-Delay-iPhone-3G,news-2694.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Bold-Delay-iPhone-3G,news-2694.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:30:00 CEST Reports have emerged that Research In Motion’s latest handset has been delayed to ensure BlackBerry Bold users do not fall victim to the 3G issues that have been hounding owners of Apple’s iPhone 3G.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-Data-Lost-Customers,news-2698.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-Data-Lost-Customers,news-2698.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:40:01 CEST If you ever have massive amounts of data that is supposed to be secure, you are probably better off eating it so that nobody can get their hands on it. ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/eBay-Bill-Me-Later-Cuts,news-2696.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/eBay-Bill-Me-Later-Cuts,news-2696.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:40:00 CEST eBay today announced lay offs of 1,000 employees, which in turn amounts to a ten percent of the company’s staff. More to the point, the company also announced a few acquisitions on the side.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HTC-T-Mobile-G1-Shipments-Sales,news-2695.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HTC-T-Mobile-G1-Shipments-Sales,news-2695.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:10:00 CEST According to CENS, U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile expects to sell 400,000 to 500,000 of the Google-based, G1 handsets in the fourth quarter of this year alone and HTC is set to make over $210 million before the year’s end.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Yahoo-Google-advertising-deal-delayed,news-2693.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Yahoo-Google-advertising-deal-delayed,news-2693.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:40:00 CEST The Washington Post today reports that Google and Yahoo! will hold off on the controversial advertising deal, which has attracted the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice and European Union Antitrust Regulators.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nintendo-Dsi-Best-Buy-Retail,news-2690.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nintendo-Dsi-Best-Buy-Retail,news-2690.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:50:00 CEST In one brief statement by Goldman Sachs analyst Matthew J. Fassler, Best Buy saw drops in share value at the mention of the upcoming Nintendo DSi gaming unit and its capability to play downloadable games.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Steve-Jobs-Heart-Attack,news-2688.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Steve-Jobs-Heart-Attack,news-2688.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:30:00 CEST Apple spokeswoman, Katie Cotton, has denied rumors that surface this morning about Apple CEO and founder Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/PlayStation-3-Sony-Sales,news-2682.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/PlayStation-3-Sony-Sales,news-2682.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:10:00 CEST According to Sony, the current economic crisis plaguing the entire globe isn't hurting the sales of its PlayStation 3 and PSP consoles.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iTunes-shut-down-CRB-Royalties,news-2689.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iTunes-shut-down-CRB-Royalties,news-2689.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:00:00 CEST The Copyright Royalty Board yesterday denied the National Music Publishers’ Association’s request for an increase in royalty rates for music sold online.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HP-Smartphone-iPaq,news-2685.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HP-Smartphone-iPaq,news-2685.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:30:00 CEST Now that Blackberry is giving its a market a little more wiggle room and introducing a smartphone that’s geared at both work and play, it’s not surprising to see other companies try and pull off the same feat.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype-China-Tom-Skype,news-2684.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype-China-Tom-Skype,news-2684.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:40:00 CEST Skype President, Josh Silverman has responded to yesterday’s reports that the company’s Chinese branch, TOM-Skype is monitoring user chats and in some cases, storing user data on insecure servers accessible by the public.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-iphone-Obama-Obama08,news-2687.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-iphone-Obama-Obama08,news-2687.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:50:01 CEST Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama has, launched an iPhone application designed to help supporters connect with other voters and keep them up to date on how things are progressing in the Obama camp.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Kindle-iPhone-ereader-electronic-books,news-2683.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Kindle-iPhone-ereader-electronic-books,news-2683.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:50:00 CEST According to a recent report on Forbes.com, one particular iPhone application is stepping on the toes of the Kindle ebook reader. So much so, speculation suggests the app will outsell Amazon’s one trick pony device by the end of the year.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Economy-technology-industry-stocks,news-2686.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Economy-technology-industry-stocks,news-2686.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:30:00 CEST Apple and Google stocks fell for the second time yesterday, despite clawing back numbers after a sharp drop earlier in the week.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nintendo-Wii-holiday-Season,news-2681.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nintendo-Wii-holiday-Season,news-2681.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:40:00 CEST Nintendo reports that consumers should have no troubles locating a Wii console this holiday season. ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-news-blogs-blogspot,news-2679.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-news-blogs-blogspot,news-2679.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:30:01 CEST Google has Google News-ed its blog search function to make it easier for people to see blogs relevant to their search.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/movie-downloads-broadband,news-2675.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/movie-downloads-broadband,news-2675.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:30:00 CEST Vudu, Inc., the folks who brought you the Vudu Box and movie-download service, have announced a new video format that they claim offers better image and sound quality than any other on-demand service. ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DS-camera-DSi-nintendo-wii,news-2680.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DS-camera-DSi-nintendo-wii,news-2680.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:50:00 CEST As it does every fall, Nintendo held a U.S. press event in San Francisco today. The DSi was on everyone's mind, and will stay that way for the foreseeable future as the handheld won't hit the west until next year]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Panasonic-Toughbook-A-V,news-2674.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Panasonic-Toughbook-A-V,news-2674.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:10:00 CEST Matsushita Electric Industrial is celebrating its 90th anniversary by changing its name. Never heard of Matsushita? That explains why the company is switching its corporate identity to match one of its biggest brands: Panasonic. ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DHS-Laptop-Confiscate-Border-Bill,news-2677.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DHS-Laptop-Confiscate-Border-Bill,news-2677.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:10:00 CEST Last week members of the senate proposed a bill that, if passed, would see the Department of Homeland Security require reasonable suspicion before confiscating your laptop or other device capable of storing information.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/TomSkype-Skype-China-Censor,news-2673.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/TomSkype-Skype-China-Censor,news-2673.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:30:00 CEST A report released this week by Canadian researchers alleges TomSkype, the Chinese version of Ebay’s Skype, run in cooperation with Tom Online, monitors users Skype chats, scanning for certain words.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/gamestop-stolen-games-undercover,news-2670.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/gamestop-stolen-games-undercover,news-2670.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:40:00 CEST http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DS-camera-DSi-nintendo-wii,news-2671.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DS-camera-DSi-nintendo-wii,news-2671.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:00:00 CEST In a press conference in Tokyo today, Nintendo revealed the successor to the wildly popular DS and DS Lite handheld consoles. ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Digital-Praise-GTA-Guitar-Praise,news-2664.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Digital-Praise-GTA-Guitar-Praise,news-2664.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:10:00 CEST Speaking in an interview with MTV, Christian game maker, Digital Praise, has said it may endeavor to produce a wholesome version of Jack Thompson’s favorite video game, but admitted such a game would be a challenge to produce.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/YouTube-Media-Uploader,news-2668.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/YouTube-Media-Uploader,news-2668.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:50:00 CEST Internet media giant YouTube is taking a not-too-surprising step into expanding its service by raising the file upload cap to a whopping 1GB]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-iTunes-Royalties-music,news-2665.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-iTunes-Royalties-music,news-2665.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CEST This Thursday, an upcoming ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board will decide the fate of iTunes as artists demand greater royalties.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DS-camera-music-playback-nintendo,news-2667.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DS-camera-music-playback-nintendo,news-2667.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:50:00 CEST Despite the Nintendo DS being the best selling gaming device on the market today, all signs are pointing towards a new iteration coming soon.]]>