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Shelly Palmer chats with Harold Goldberg, author of All Your Base Are Belong To Us about the history of pong. Continue Reading →

Apple has been under scrutiny over location data privacy concerns, but the Wall Street Journal reports that Google collects location information multiple times an hour. Google Android phones collect user location information as well as details about surrounding Wi-Fi access points, according to security analysts. The data collection spurs a multi-billion dollar location-based services market. Continue Reading →

Sony’s PlayStation Network has been offline for days, due to what Sony is calling an “external “intrusion.” The service that lets PlayStation 3 owners play their games online is not scheduled to come back online until April 26th. While it is not confirmed, many attribute the outage to the hacker group, Anonymous. Read the full Continue Reading →

The white iPhone 4 is finally making its way into stores. Retailers began receiving promotional material suggesting an AT&T and Verizon launch this week. Apple hopes the white iPhone 4 will boost sales until the new model comes out late this year. Read the full article at AppleInsider.com Continue Reading →

NASA recently invested money into private companies for spacecraft development and it’s already paying off. Rocket producer SpaceX claims its Dragon capsule cannot only deliver goods to space stations, but hopes to land on other planets. The first manned mission could happen as early as 2014. Read the full article at TheRegister.co.uk Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110425_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Sony’s PlayStation Network has been offline for days, due to what Sony is calling an “external “intrusion.” The service that lets PlayStation 3 owners play their games online is not scheduled to come back online until April 26th. While it is not confirmed, many attribute the outage Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with John Abell about the future of Android OS. Continue Reading →

Restless leg syndrome, Vacuums that lose suction, Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction and most recently, Apple knows where you are and where you’ve been! It’s all FUD-mongering. (FUD is an acronym for fear, uncertainty and doubt.) And Apple has inspired a huge FUD cycle. It’s not surprising. People are always looking for things to be Continue Reading →

Congress is already questioning Apple’s motives for tracking user’s location information on the iPhone. Leading the charge is Senator Al Franken who wrote a letter to Steve Jobs, demanding that Apple clarify why and how the tracking is happening. Apple has yet to respond to any of the accusations. Read the full article at ComputerWorld.com Continue Reading →

Amazon’s cloud hosting service recently experienced errors that took down several big websites including Foursquare and Reddit. Amazon is among the leaders in cloud-based hosting, leading a cloud market worth $68.3 billion in 2010.  The outage is making companies realize the need for a backup plan when the cloud fails. Read the full article at Continue Reading →