AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong is pitching to the company’s shareholders that it would be a good idea to sell to Yahoo, Reuters reports. The companies could save $1.5 billion in costs by merging, Armstrong has been telling shareholders, according…
A Jacksonville, Fla., man has been arrested and charged with multiple counts in connection with a celebrity hacking case that included the release of nude photos of Scarlett Johansson, Reuters reports. Christopher Chaney, 35, was arrested this morning and charged…
Theater owners have scored a victory in their showdown with Universal over the new Eddie Murphy movie “Tower Heist,” The Baltimore Sun reports. The movie studio announced that it has canceled plans for an early VOD release for the movie,…
DirecTV is preparing to offer a new product to subscribers that will allow for DVR content to be viewed on the go on up to five mobile devices, reports Multichannel News. The new device, Nomad, will sell for $149 with…
The make of the BlackBerry mobile device said today it is working round-the-clock to repair an outage that has hit the devices services worldwide, Reuters reports. Research in Motion did not say when it expects services to be restored. The…
Steve Jobs was known for his trademark black turtleneck, and a new biography on the Apple founder explains how his fashion choice was inspired by post-World War II Japan, according to Gawker. Before he died, Jobs explained his wardrobe to…
Netflix is banking on a new strategy that some observers say carries a high risk, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The company made a slew of deals at the international television market MIPCOM last week, buying up foreign television shows,…
Sony Corp. has again been targeted by hackers, and has responded by suspending about 93,000 user accounts, Bloomberg reports. The accounts of users of the company’s online gaming and entertainment offerings were temporarily suspended after “a massive number” of unauthorized…
Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar-winning writer of “The Social Network,” says Apple founder Steve Jobs asked him during their final conversation to write a Pixar movie, and Sorkin turned him down, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The two men were telephone…
The tech site eWeek.com is listing 10 reasons to buy the older iPhone 4 instead of Apple’s recently unveiled newer model, the iPhone 4S. Apple’s pitch to get people to move to the new model has focused on the unit’s…