Tag archive: June

The new official date for the U.S. to switch over to digital television might be June 12, 2009, but the Federal Communications Commission has just granted permission for 158 additional television stations to turn off their analog broadcasts before that date. Most of the stations transitioning early tend to be in smaller markets where the transition doesn't present a clear public safety issue; however, the list does include NBC and ABC… Read More

Even by Microsoft’s healthy standards, the figure is high. The $60.4 billion revenue it reported for the fiscal year ending June 30 is a record. And the net profit of $4.3 billion for the April-June quarter is none too shabby, either, up 41% from the same period in 2007. But not all the news is good. Microsoft’s online services business continued to underperform and disappointed analysts, with a $488 million loss from April to… Read More

“This eye-catching new color comes at an ideal time,” says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. “Nearly 2 million Nintendo DS owners in North America alone have demonstrated they want something new from a hand-held video game system. Soon, consumers will have two popular choices for the innovative dual-screened Nintendo DS, which features touch-screen… Read More

“According to the lawsuit, 126 IT workers were terminated in June. Stephen Snyder, the Minneapolis-based lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said that 82 of those workers were at least 40 years old — the minimum age required to file an age-discrimination claim. Thirty-one of the plaintiffs were among the workers who were dismissed in June. The 13 other plaintiffs lost their jobs when Best Buy laid off a total of 25 IT… Read More

Take the nearly 60,000 citizens of Rio Rancho, N.M., who on June 26 gained access to the Net from their homes, their cars, nearby parks — virtually anywhere around town. No need for DSL or cable-modem service in Rio Rancho, a hamlet that was the 81st of 83 nationwide markets to get broadband from its local cable operator. Read more at E-Commerce Times.