New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said a subsidiary of EarthLink Inc. has agreed to end what he called deceptive marketing practices that led to overcharges for customers using its dial-up Internet service. PeoplePC is advertised as a low-cost alternative to other Internet providers such as America Online. PeoplePC — with about 1.6 million subscribers nationwide — agreed to detail more clearly the cost of its service and provide refunds to its 50,000 New York customers who were billed for what Cuomo says were undisclosed charges. Cuomo said the company’s “Smart Dialer,” which promised to use the lowest-cost and fastest dial-up connection, sometimes used long-distance lines that resulted in higher-than-expected bills. The company will pay the state $20,000 and reimburse customers as much as three months’ account service charges and one month’s telephone charges for calls made using a telephone access number suggested by PeoplePC. There was no immediate comment from the company. New York customers may get refund claim forms through the Attorney General’s office, at http://wwww.oag.state.ny.us. Completed forms must be sent by May 20 to: EarthLink, Inc. 1375 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Ga., 30309.

Doctor Who - Day of the Daleks
Doctor Who - Day of the Daleks Customer Review: an eye sore and a bore to boot. Like a lot of the 1972 pertwee stuff this was flat and had a lot of extra scenes of running around and Pertwee action which was lame and snoozer boring. The Three-wheeler(3-wheeled motorcycle called a “rover” […]

Intel To Announce 16 New Low-Power Notebook Chips
In a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Monday, Intel chief executive officer Paul Otellini will make a small announcement: the introduction of the chip manufacturing giant’s tiny but powerful new processors (codenamed Penryn) for notebook computers. Otellini will also introduce the company’s new Menlow platform, which is designed to dramatically reduce power consumption without sacrificing processing capabilities for ultra-mobile devices (UMDs) and mobile Internet devices (MIDs). According to a pre-CES news bulletin issued by the company, the Penryn processors and their mobile counterpart, Silverthorne, both use a new 45-nanometer “Hafnium-based, Hi-k metal” transistor gate that delivers improved performance and significantly longer battery life. Menlow Ships This Summer? Intel executives are particularly excited about the potential for delivering the complete Internet experience “in your pocket.” Earlier this week, Gary Willihnganz, Director of Marketing for the Intel Ultra Mobile Group, demonstrated some Menlow-based prototypes for GottaBeMobile.com video blogger Warner Crocker, and talked about Intel’s vision for the future of mobile computing. Holding up a tiny processor, Willihnganz said “This is Silverthorne, the CPU complex for the Menlow platform. It’s built on our 45nm Hi-k manufacturing processes. That means it’s going to be fast! It combines with our Poulsbo chipset, and together, that makes up the Menlow platform. Intel’s news release said that both Silverthorne and Poulsbo have been designed from scratch to work in low-power devices, and that the company has been successful in marketing the Menlow platform to a variety of handset manufacturers. Full-scale production of the 45-nanometer chips is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2008. A successful launch of the Menlow platform could significantly boost Intel’s position in the Open Handset Alliance, the coalition of hardware, software, and online service companies working to develop the Android platform for mobile devices. Smaller Chips, Olympic-Sized Market? In his video interview, Willihnganz said that one…

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