Lala and Courier Go Kaput, YouTube Smoothly Modifies Its Player
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
Despite promising prospects, music streaming site Lala failed to carve a successful niche in its highly competitive market. Apple recently absorbed the struggling site and will officially, and permanently, close Lala's doors May 31st. The news isn't all bad, though, as subscribers will be still able to listen to tunes until that ...
Now that Apple has jumped into the tablet arena, everyone else is clamoring to capitalize on the new found attention being garnered by the form factor. We already know that HP has one in the works, and Microsoft has been teasing us with the drool-inducing Courier for months now. Even Dell and Nokia are getting in on the slate craze, and we spent some hands on time at CES with many lower profile ...
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We briefly mentioned Microsoft's Courier tablet concept back in September, but more details about the would-be iPad-killer have finally leaked. While the design seem to have moved into a less "pie-in-the-sky" direction, the demo videos and mock-ups are still quite impressive.
We now know that the dual-screened electronic journal will be less than an inch thick, and that each screen ...









