Tag archive: Alabama

Electronics maker LG, in conjunction with th Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a recall for 30,000 LG 830 Spyder mobile phones due to poor voice quality on calls to 911 emergency services and difficulties maintaining phone connections. The recalled phones have software versions T83LGV03 and T83LGV04; users can check the software version on their phone by selecting “Phone Information” from the handset's Settings… Read More

Rural Internet users left out of the loop by mainsteam Internet solutions like cable and DSL may soon have a new option thanks to a deal IBM has hammered out to begin providing broadband over power lines. On Wednesday, the company announced it had signed a $9.6 million deal with IBEC, a broadband-over-power-line (BPL) provider, to begin equipping several rural test markets with BPL technology. Under the agreement, IBM will supply project… Read More

Alabama resident Jessica Alena Smith has become the first to file suit against Apple for sub-standard 3G performance in its new iPhone 3G. And she's requesting her suit be granted class-action status, owing to the large number of iPhone users who are experiencing dropped calls and unreliable 3G data service from the devices. Numerous iPhone 3G owners in the U.S. and around the world claim to be experiencing dropped calls and problems… Read More

Thai video game distributor New Era Interactive Media has announced it is suspending sales of Take Two Interactive's controversial Grand Theft Auto games after a teenager confessed to committing a robbery and murder in an attempt to recreate a scene from the game. According to Reuters, the teenager said he wanted to see if it was as easy to rob a taxi in real life as it was in the game. Although the teenager said he did not intend… Read More

If you’re the kind of driver with high insurance rates because you’re stuck in a crummy statistical demographic, here’s your chance to prove your mettle behind the wheel and break free: Progressive’s new MyRate program will electronically monitor driving habits to determine insurance rates. The insurance company announced on Monday that it would begin rolling out the system in Alabama immediately. Drivers… Read More

Motorola might have rolled out the MOTOKRZR way back in mid-2006 when it was trying to capitalize on the starting-to-wane popularity of its RAZR phones. But Boost Mobile thinks now is the “perfect time” to add the flip phone to its lineup—specifically, its Unlimited by Boost offering available at wireless retailers as well as locations like Radio Shack, Wal-Mart, and Sprint retail stores (Boost is a wholly-owned subsidiary… Read More

If you’re a student at an online university, watch out. New webcam technology is going to make online exam invigilation much easier.   There’s already software available that locks a user’s computer, making it impossible to search stored files or the Internet. But something fresh from Software Secure, goes a couple of steps further.   Not only does it include fingerprint identification to stop you allowing a ringer… Read More

Following immediately on its settlements with Texas and California, music label Sony BMG has agreed to pay some $4.25 million as part of settlement agreements with 39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia regarding copy protection software included on some of the labels music CDs which caused computers to malfunction and exposed users to security threats. The terms of the agreement are similar to earlier settlements with Texas and… Read More

Alabama's Doghouse Electronics

“America Online, which earlier this year stopped signing up new broadband customers, is telling existing broadband subscribers in nine Southern states that they must find a new broadband carrier by Jan. 17. Bentley said she expects AOL will phase out existing broadband customers in the rest of the country in a similar manner over the next year.” The affected states are Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana,… Read More

From the press release: AT&T today announced that it is adding residential digital subscriber line (DSL) high-speed Internet service to its bundle of local and long distance services in 11 additional states including Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Arizona and Minnesota. With these 11 new states, AT&T now offers DSL as part of its communications bundle in 25… Read More