Tag archive: Mercury

Cricket Wireless has officially added a new Android smartphone to their growing range. Called the Huawei Mercury, it's the third device from the Chinese manufacturer that the network will offer, although it may be more familiar to some under its previous name of the Huawei Glory. As with other Huawei phones, this endless renaming isn't unusual, and the Mercury/Glory is also known as the Huawei Honor and under the U8860 model number.… Read More

For the first time in human history, an Earth-made vehicle has successfully entered the orbit of Mercury, the closest planet to our sun. NASA's Messenger spacecraft entered Mercury's orbit at about 9:15pm EST on Thursday after a 30-minute rocket blast pushed the unmanned probe into the planet's gravitational pull, the Los Angeles Times reports. Announcement of Messenger's orbit entry was met with jubilation from the… Read More

Aiming to simplify the wireless connection process for customers who just need a plug-and-surf solution, AT&T on Tuesday introduced the USBConnect Mercury, an easy-to-use HSDPA broadband modem. By plugging into a common USB port and offering all the necessary setup software onboard, the Mercury aims to make tapping into AT&T’s 3G network as painless as possible. Sierra Wireless manufactured the device with AT&T… Read More

You'd never guess that computer and electronics maker Hewlett-Packard was laying off significant portions of its workforce trying to save money and streamline operations: the company has just announced a all-cash $4.5 billion deal to purchase Mercury Interactive. Mercury Interactive develops business management software focussed on payroll, inventory management, and sales tracking, and offers consulting and management services to… Read More

Other World Computing, a manufacturer of Mac related accessories, today announced an updated version of their Mercury Pro external DVD/CD burner. The Mercury Pro DVR-111 is priced at $129.99 and available now. The Mercury Pro DVR-111, said Other World Computing, features up to 16x DVD, 8x Dual Layer DVD and 40x CD burning speeds and includes both USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 interfaces. This external drive also reportedly offers high-speed… Read More

The Mercury News has a great question and answer column regarding the free magazine subscribtions that Best Buy is giving away at their stores. And by the sounds of it, the clerks have not been properly trained and reportedly are telling customers that a card will come to them in the mail asking if they would like to renew their magazine subscription. The Truth: When your free 8 week subscription is up (only 2 issues), you will… Read More

Ford Motor Company today announced that it is expanding its availability of SIRIUS Satellite Radio as a dealer-installed option, and is targeting up to 20 vehicle lines for factory installations overthe next two years. Ford, Mercury and Lincoln now offer SIRIUS Satellite Radio as a dealer-installed option on nine models.  Beginning this fall, this offering will be expanded to four additional models - Ford Escape, Crown Victoria,… Read More