Every major PC vendor except Lenovo is in free fall
Throughout this year of gloomy PC sales, one constant has remained: Lenovo has been the only vendor whose shipments have either held steady or have …
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Online TV gets legitimate as Netflix makes Emmy history
The questions about whether online content distributors can deliver compelling shows on par with what we see on broadcast and cable channels have been answered. …
Windows Phone has now finally extinguished Symbian at Nokia
While quarterly losses and dropping handset ASPs gobbled up all the headlines surrounding Nokia’s earnings report on Thursday, there is another aspect of Nokia’s latest …
Microsoft offering free year of Xbox Live Gold for Office 365 subscribers
Microsoft has come up with a clever way to tie its popular Office productivity software in with its popular Xbox gaming console. In a new promotion …
Nvidia undeterred by gloomy projections, pledges loyalty to Windows RT
Even though manufacturers keep running away from Windows RT, chipmaker Nvidia is sticking by its commitment to make GPUs for devices based on Microsoft’s tablet …
Google posts big miss with Q2 EPS of $9.56
Google on Thursday reported earnings of $9.56 per share on revenues of $14.11 billion, thus missing Wall Street’s second-quarter EPS consensus of $10.78 on $14.4 …
Apple’s TV plans likely won’t disrupt the big cable companies
While Google and Intel look dead-set on disrupting the cable industry, Apple appears to be taking a more accommodating approach. The New York Times reports …
LG gives its next-gen hero phone an official name: G2
It may not be the most surprising choice, but LG has officially decided to call its next flagship phone the G2. What’s more, the company …
Upcoming Motorola Droid Ultra leaks again in new color
Motorola is adding some more color to the smartphone world with its soon-to-be-announced Droid Ultra. A leaked picture posted by @evleaks over at The UnLockr …
It’s not Windows’ world anymore
Any rival computing platform trying to break through 10 years ago faced a daunting challenge since Microsoft’s Windows was by far the most widely used …
Startup wages war on PC bloatware
One of the more frustrating parts of buying a personal computer comes when you fire it up and realize that the OEM has larded it …
Why the NSA will have a tougher time spying through the Xbox One Kinect sensor
Given all the allegations surrounding Microsoft’s supposed cooperation with the United States government on implementing the PRISM surveillance program, it’s not too far-fetched to worry that the National …
Microsoft reseller rips company’s ‘insane’ strategy for selling the Surface
Microsoft made several curious decisions in selling its first-generation Surface tablets last year but one of the most questionable was the decision to initially only …
Google to reveal what’s next for Android on July 24th
Although we were disappointed that Google didn’t unveil the newest version of its Android mobile operating system at Google I/O earlier this year, the company …
Patent filing suggests Apple is close to bringing LiquidMetal to the iPhone
While we still don’t know for certain whether the next iPhone will feature an indestructible LiquidMetal case, a new patent filing flagged by MacRumors suggests …
The thrill is gone for smartphone buyers
Given that everyone from Apple to Samsung to BlackBerry has posted disappointing sales for their flagship devices over the past year, it shouldn’t be surprising …
Verizon’s brand new Droid lineup will likely be unveiled next week
Anyone who has been waiting for a new Droid smartphone likely doesn’t have much longer to wait. Verizon has sent out invitations for a press …
Google, copyright holders agree on plan to starve piracy sites of cash
Google has followed through on its pledge to help copyright holders come up with a plan to starve piracy websites of funding. The Guardian reports …
2014 projected as a breakthrough year for smartwatches
Although smartwatches aren’t likely to be the “next big thing” along the lines of smartphones or tablets, they are likely to have a big breakthrough …
Google is looking to drive a stake into cable with its own online TV service
Google has never been shy about disrupting markets and now unnamed sources have told The Wall Street Journal that Google “has approached media companies about licensing their …
Current crop of Windows tablets deemed ‘simply too flawed to recommend’
Tablets based on Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Windows RT operating systems have struggled to gain traction so far and Paul Thurrott of the Supersite for …
Is Spotify helping kill off music piracy?
Artists may like griping about subscription-based music streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora, but they appear to be doing a lot to kill off music …
BlackBerry may now be stuck in a no-win situation
With BlackBerry’s comeback momentum seemingly stalled, many analysts have started coming up with ideas for how the company can survive if its current plan to …
Apple’s new iPhone 5S might be hard to find when it launches this fall
In what’s becoming a regular occurrence, an upcoming Apple product is reportedly facing manufacturing setbacks. Digitimes reports that “poor yields of fingerprint-recognition chips and LCD …
T-Mobile rivals feel the heat: AT&T unveils its own UNcarrier-like plans
While it’s not shocking that T-Mobile has started pressuring rival wireless carriers to offer a wider variety of options for upgrading devices, it is surprising …
Cable companies mull ditching sports stations to cut customers’ bills
Believe it or not, cable companies are actually trying to think of ways to lower their customers’ bills. The Wall Street Journal reports that cable …
In odd twist, Chinese PC vendor Lenovo shifts manufacturing to U.S.
We hear a lot about American companies offshoring their manufacturing operations to China, but now we have a true man-bites-dog story of a Chinese company …
Apple’s iPhone sales growth expected to stagnate
The iPhone has long been Apple’s profit monster but what happens when that monster stops growing? Fortune takes a look at consensus projections for how …
How to escape Google’s clutches while surfing the web
Google has built a very powerful empire of key web services that it very conveniently lets you use while signed into one account, including Gmail, …
Microsoft’s big Windows 8 problem: Touch not seen as important for PCs
In developing Windows 8, Microsoft made a big bet that adding touch capabilities to personal computers would help revive an industry that was getting eaten …
