HP sued for allegedly stiffing workers on overtime pay
Just what HP (HPQ) needs: Another public relations headache! Business Insider reports that some HP tech support employees are suing the company for allegedly having …
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Verizon’s new anti-piracy policy will throttle repeat offenders’ connections down to dial-up speeds
Unless you have acute nostalgia for AOL dial-up service circa 1998, then you probably shouldn’t get busted pirating copyrighted material on Verizon’s (VZ) network. TorrentFreak has got …
Video game retail sales continued to slide in December, down 22% from 2011
The PC industry isn’t the only one that had a rough time over the holiday quarter. Per VentureBeat, the latest data from the NPD Group …
Next-generation iPad, iPad mini tablets reportedly due in March
Anyone holding off on buying an iPad mini because it doesn’t have a Retina display might not have to wait much longer. Topeka Capital analyst …
BlackBerry Z10 shown off in leaked marketing materials
Hang in there, BlackBerry fans — you don’t have much longer to wait. Rapid Berry on Friday posted some marketing materials that RIM (RIMM) will send to …
Holiday PC sales declined in 2012 for first time in five years
The post-PC era is arriving faster than many of us had expected. New research from IDC shows that global PC sales in the fourth quarter of …
How computer scientists are trying to stop smartphones and tablets from breaking the Internet
There’s just one problem with the post-PC mobile revolution: The Internet may not be designed to properly handle it. To understand why this is, recall …
FCC plans to free up large block of prime spectrum for Wi-Fi
Good news for everyone who’s tired of shoddy Wi-Fi connectivity in crowded cafes: the Federal Communications Commission is here to help. As CNET reports, FCC chairman …
Whitman says it will take five years to turn HP around
To understand what an unholy mess HP (HPQ) is in right now, consider that CEO Meg Whitman says she needs more time to fix the …
Apple could spend much of 2013 patching its big Achilles’ heel: Web services
Let’s face it: Apple’s (AAPL) Maps fiasco wouldn’t have been such a big deal if it were just a one-time mistake. But as AllThingsD’s John Paczkowski …
Apple’s Schiller says cheap smartphones will ‘never be the future of Apple products’
Apple (AAPL) may sell a cheaper iPhone, but don’t expect it to sell for the bargin bin prices that we’ve heard about through rumors so …
T-Mobile’s CEO trashes AT&T’s ‘crap’ service, analyzes mobile porn consumption
When you’re CEO of America’s No.4 wireless carrier, you can afford to be a little colorful. Per PCMag, T-Mobile CEO John Legere decided to bring some …
Tired of seeing Android sued by everyone, Google cranks up its patent output
Google (GOOG) may hate the patent suit players, but it sure doesn’t hate the patent suit game. As Network World reports, Google ramped up its patent …
Verizon plans to use LTE for new video broadcast network
When Verizon (VZ) CEO Lowell McAdam said this week that his company was looking at other ways to make money besides smartphones, he wasn’t lying. Verizon …
Internet co-creator says U.S. broadband competition has ‘evaporated’
Vint Cerf, the legendary computer scientist who co-created the TCP/IP networking protocols that serve as the Internet’s foundation, isn’t afraid to speak out about controversial issues. And …
Google chairman to North Korea: Tear down this firewall
Google (GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt isn’t just going to North Korea to play its hot new Crazy Taxi-like video game — he’s also apparently there …
DOJ tells companies to stop seeking sales bans for standard essential patents
The United States Department of Justice is wondering what part of “standard essential patents” tech companies don’t understand. Per Reuters, the DOJ and the U.S. Patent …
RIM to launch six new BlackBerry 10 devices in 2013
Research In Motion (RIMM) has wisely decided not to put all its eggs in the high-end basket and will be releasing a wide range of …
CES has sadly become a complete waste of time
Las Vegas is a much better place to be in January than Boston, and I’ve typically had fun covering CES in the past. I skipped …
RIM conducting under-the-radar campaign to promote BlackBerry 10 at CES [video]
RIM (RIMM) isn’t conducting any big press conferences at the Consumer Electronics Show this year and it doesn’t even have a booth, but that doesn’t …
Google halts ITC patent case against Microsoft in wake of antitrust agreement
The Federal Trade Commission seems to be getting results so far: CNET reports that Google (GOOG) has decided to withdraw a patent complaint against Microsoft (MSFT) …
Google+ can’t fail because it’s the ‘Borg-like hive-queen’ of all Google services
As a direct Facebook (FB) competitor, Google+ doesn’t stack up well. But what if directly competing with Facebook isn’t the point of Google’s (GOOG) social …
Who needs a hard drive? Kingston announces 1TB flash drive
Remember the scene in This is Spinal Tap when guitarist Nigel Tufnel showed off amplifiers whose volume went all the way up to 11? Well …
iOS app downloads could exceed 100 million per day within four years
It can’t be said enough: people really do love mobile apps. And according to new analysis published by Asymco’s Horace Dediu, Apple (AAPL) fans may …
T-Mobile says it’s now supporting almost 2 million iPhones
Just because T-Mobile can’t yet bring you the iPhone, that doesn’t mean you can’t bring the iPhone to T-Mobile. Per TmoNews, it seems that T-Mobile …
Burned by supply chain issues, Apple may again look to Sharp for future iPhone, iPad displays
Apple (AAPL) is learning that good help can be hard to find. In its eagerness to shed its reliance on Samsung (005930) as a component …
Sony unveils Xperia Z Android phone with full HD display
Unlike rivals LG (066570) and Samsung (005930), Sony (SNE) still thinks the Consumer Electronics Show is a worthy place to unveil new smartphones. Sony on Monday officially took …
Verizon prepared follow T-Mobile’s lead if ending phone subsidies proves profitable
T-Mobile’s decision to drop smartphone subsidies may be a questionable business move, but it’s one that rival carriers are nonetheless hoping succeeds so that they …
New 27-inch iMacs likely won’t ship until February
We’ve known for a while that Apple (AAPL) has had trouble producing enough of its new 27-inch iMacs to meet demand, and now it seems that …
Days after defending Windows 8, Acer president bashes Microsoft for ‘confusing’ marketing
It seems that Acer (2353) president Jim Wong can’t decide whether to praise Microsoft (MSFT) or to bury it. Just days after Wong defended Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, …
