Morning Xtra: Sci-Fi Becomes 'SyFy,' iPhone 3GS Jailbroken
by Chad Mumm on July 6, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- The Sci Fi channel is changing its name. Goodbye, Sci Fi; hello, SyFy. The shortened, homophonically named version of the channel will still rock all your favorite programming, but do so with less traditional vowels. [From: Washington Post]
- Engadget reports that 19-year old hacker-extraordinaire GeoHot claims to have successfully jailbroken and unlocked the new iPhone 3GS. [From: Engadget]
- Sure, Michael Jackson's death nearly blew up the Internet last week, but judging from some analyses of Web trends, the Web crowd is already over it. So why hasn't TV news figured that out yet? [From: Business Insider]
- The federal conviction of cyber-bullying MySpace-mom Lori Drew has been dismissed by a U.S. District Court judge. Despite previous misdemeanor convictions, the larger felony charges for hacking were unable to stick. [From: Reuters]
- After months in the works, ABC shows are finally coming to Hulu. 'Grey's Anatomy' hits the video site today, and more shows will be rolling out in the next two weeks. [From: Cnet]
- Thanks to Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox, and Apple's Safari, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is losing market share in the browser world -- and fast. TechCrunch has all the details from the front lines of this "new browser war." [From: TechCrunch]
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