New iPhone Specs?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10246124-1.html?tag=mncol;posts

• Rumors are running rampant about the new iPhone that is slated to come out in July.  Some of the specs include a 32GB model of the phone, a 3.2 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities, and double the speed and processing power.  The more intriguing rumored specs, the ones that I really want to see, are a built in FM radio transmitter and a glowing Apple logo on the back.  Oh yeah...  

AT&T to Hit 4G...by 2011?!

http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/05/27/att.details.7.2mbps.3g/

• AT&T is preparing to speed up their network to a new 7.2Mbps HSPA network, which roughly translates to about 3.5G.  It's double the capacity that AT&T currently provides, but is only a "prelude" to the future 4G network that they plan on rolling out in 2011.  Seems awfully far away given the exponential speed in that tech seems to grow.  Also rumored is that the newest iPhone 3G will have a 7.2Mbps 3G chipset from Infineon that will automatically use the added speed when it exists on the local 3G network.

The (de)Evolution of Twitter

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/05/twitter-future-jack-dorsey.html

• So even the creator of Twitter himself, Jack Dorsey, thinks that Twitter might be a fad?  Well, with a Twitter integrated TV show on the horizon, it's looking like too much press is becoming bad press for the much-hyped microblogging tool.  Hey, we here at Mevio Tech were on the Twitter bandwagon way before Oprah or Ashton.  Looks like this might be our stop.

The On Again, Off Again Relationship Woes of Microsoft and Yahoo!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/165628/report_yahoos_ceo_ready_for_a_microsoft_deal.html

• In other "*groan*-Oh-Not-That-Again!" news, it looks like the new Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz is interested in getting back into bed with Microsoft....that is, if the terms and conditions of the relationship were to her liking.  She states that "if there's boatloads of money and the right technology involved, we'd do a deal, sure."  Funny.  Sounds just like every ex-boyfriend I've ever had... ;)

Time-Warner and AOL Split

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article3340944.ece

• Speaking of power couples and break-ups, AOL and Time Warner have officially called it quits.  Back in 2000, this merger was hailed as "the deal of the century", as AOL acquired Time Warner for $164 BILLION dollars.  And what a bust that was.  Soon thereafter, people dubbed the deal "the Worst Deal of the Century" as AOL's inability to keep up with technological trends and to monetize the vast wealth of subscribers they had bogged down both companies' ability to make money.  Where was the pre-nup for this one?!