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AT&T to Shift All Ad Work to 1 Agency

Five firms currently handle telecom titan's $3.3B budget

(Newser) - AT&T plans to turn its decentralized media buying and planning over to one advertising agency, and the five incumbents are in the running for the business, which Advertising Age values at $3.345 billion for 2006. The telecom giant, the second-largest advertiser in the nation, says it is “...

Teen iPhone Hacker Trades Up
Teen iPhone Hacker Trades Up
Aug 28, 2007 1:38 AM CDT

Teen iPhone Hacker Trades Up

He gets sports car, job and more iPhones

(Newser) - A New Jersey teenager who reconfigured an Apple iPhone to operate on networks other than AT&T's has parlayed his creation into a "sweet" new sports car and a consulting job. George Hotz, 17,  is trading the hacked iPhone to a Kentucky mobile phone repair company for a...

Teen Hacker Switches iPhone Carriers

Expert coders, solderers can ditch AT&T with procedure

(Newser) - A 17-year-old New Jersey student has unlocked Apple's previously AT&T-exclusive iPhone, the AP reports, potentially opening the floodgates for users who want to use the vaunted handset with other carriers. Teen hacker George Hotz used a complex combination of software alterations—and hardware soldering—to let his phone onto...

AT&T Slims Down Mammoth iPhone Bills

Online summaries will replace hefty paper records

(Newser) - AT&T will no longer mail out meticulously itemized iPhone bills after receiving a wave of complaints from consumers, some of whom had received bills tens—or even hundreds—of pages long. The bills listed each and every data transfer charge, the Times reports, even though iPhones come with an...

Webcaster Mutes Band's Anti-Bush Lyrics

Censor intercepts Pearl Jam's jab; AT&T blames 'mistake'

(Newser) - Pearl Jam is slamming AT&T after the telecom company censored its Webcast of the band's performance at Lollapalooza Sunday. Lyrics telling George Bush to "leave this world alone" and "find another home" during the Chicago show vanished from the streaming version of the gig; AT&T blames...

FCC Ruling to Test Google Power
FCC Ruling
to Test
Google Power
Jul 30, 2007 9:53 AM CDT

FCC Ruling to Test Google Power

Techies’ lobbying tactics on wireless auction vex old guard

(Newser) - The FCC will rule tomorrow on whether an upcoming airwaves auction will require its winner to build an open-access network, and the verdict will test Google’s lobbying prowess, the Washington Post reports. Google has been pushing the open network aggressively, to the chagrin of AT&T and Verizon, ...

'Midget-Man' Costas Unfazed by Bonds' Dig

Broadcaster takes it on the chin after steroid program

(Newser) - Broadcaster Bob Costas insists he's not insulted that slugger Barry Bonds called him "a little midget man who knows [nothing] about baseball," AP reports. The dig came after an installment of HBO's "Costas Now," in which the broadcaster weighed in on Bonds' reputed steroid use. "...

Mac Sales Protect Bruised Apple
Mac Sales Protect Bruised Apple
Jul 26, 2007 8:06 AM CDT

Mac Sales Protect Bruised Apple

Shares soar on record computer sales

(Newser) - Apple shares soared over 9%—despite stagnating sales of the iPod and an iffy launch of its iPhone—thanks to a record boost in its core business selling computers, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Apple sold $2.5 billion worth of computers in the last quarter, up 36% over...

Weak iPhone Sales Shock Apple Shares

AT&T profits up, but stock takes hit after hot gadget cools

(Newser) - Sales of the iPhone, the joint Apple-AT&T venture that jolted the tech world in June, have cooled—only 200,000 units moved this month, compared to an estimated 700,000 during the premiere weekend alone. Apple shares were down more than 6% today on the news. Meanwhile, AT&T...

Bonds Snubbed by Baseball Commish
Bonds Snubbed by Baseball Commish
Jul 24, 2007 4:47 AM CDT

Bonds Snubbed by Baseball Commish

Selig vows to skip Bonds' bid at home run crown

(Newser) - Just two blasts shy of Hank Aaron's all-time record, slugger Barry Bonds has a chance to become the new home run king in his own backyard. But Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has vowed not to attend Bonds' seven-game homestand in San Francisco that began last night—nor take...

Airwaves Sale to Break Open Cell Phone Biz

New access could loosen grip of telecom giants

(Newser) - An auction of government-owned frequencies could break open the cell phone industry and loosen the grip of giant telecom carriers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FCC is likely to set aside a band of radio-spectrum frequencies for an open network free of restraints imposed by Verizon and AT&T....

Peavy, Haren All-Star Starters
Peavy, Haren All-Star Starters
Jul 10, 2007 8:10 AM CDT

Peavy, Haren All-Star Starters

San Diego ace is 9-3 with a 2.19 ERA; Haren has an AL-best 2.30.

(Newser) - It's officially California's All-Star Game: San Diego's Jake Peavy will take the mound for the NL tonight, while Jim Leyland has tapped Oakland's Dan Haren to start for his AL squad. Leyland, who passed over his own Justin Verlander, admits it came down to venue; the AL-manager wants to give...

Vlad Impales Rios in HR Derby Final
Vlad Impales Rios in
HR Derby Final
Jul 10, 2007 4:00 AM CDT

Vlad Impales Rios in HR Derby Final

Angels' slugger topples Philly's Howard

(Newser) - Anaheim's Vladimir Guerrero dethroned 2006 champ Ryan Howard in last night's Home Run Derby at China Basin, after a final-round sprint past Blue Jay Alex Rios. The righty needed only 3 dingers to bury Rios, who Fox speculates blew himself out with an record 12-blast second round.

iPhone Calling! But Not for You, or You ...

Some early adopters report long delays in activating service

(Newser) - The iPhone became available Friday, and the grousing started minutes later. Customers around the country reported long delays in activating service, and when they weren't able to use their new gadgets to call their friends to complain, they took their frustrations to the Internet, the Mercury News reports. "I...

iPhone Frenzy Inspires Profiteers
iPhone Frenzy
Inspires Profiteers
Jun 28, 2007 5:00 AM CDT

iPhone Frenzy Inspires Profiteers

Scalpers find imaginative ways to take a bite of Apple

(Newser) - Apple and AT&T aren’t the only ones cashing in on the iPhone craze. The Washington Post reports on strategies—both high-tech and low-brow—being deployed to profit on tomorrow's release. Many of those camping on lines around the country are being paid for their trouble; offers on Craigslist...

iPhone Madness Has AT&T on High Alert

Exclusive service provider ready to go under the microscope

(Newser) - Day-after-Thanksgiving shopping madness may look like a tea party compared to the day the iPhone goes on sale, and AT&T says it's ready for a record-breaking launch next Friday. The company is hiring 2,000 extra employees to deal with anticipated demand for the sexy new gadget, the Journal ...

19M Ready to Pick Up iPhone
19M Ready to Pick Up iPhone
Jun 18, 2007 3:09 PM CDT

19M Ready to Pick Up iPhone

More than twice as many users as projected hear Apple's new gadget calling

(Newser) - The iPhone doesn't even hit stores until next week, and already 19 million American cellphones users have it on their shopping lists. The estimate, drawn from a survey of 11,000 Americans, is good news for Apple, which projects sales of 10 million units through the end of 2008, and...

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