Amazon announces Kindle Fire HD starting at $199, original tablet drops to $159
Amazon (AMZN) on Wednesday announced sequels to its popular Kindle Fire tablet, dubbed the Kindle Fire HD. The new tablet line will feature a 7-inch or …
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iPad mini shell revealed in high-quality photos
Previously leaked iPad mini photos were often shadowy and grainy, but Chinese website tech.163 has posted some new pictures of Apple’s (AAPL) smaller tablet that …
Mark Cuban to investors: Don’t blame Facebook because you willingly paid $38 for its shares
Famed American business magnate Mark Cuban has some sharp words for investors who bought Facebook (FB) shares on their first day of trading and are …
Valve fed up with lame computer hardware, decides to make its own
Valve Software, maker of both the popular Steam online gaming platform and smash-hit games such as Portal 2, has finally had it with the moribund …
FCC puts wireless carriers on notice, will start testing their data speed claims
The Federal Communications Commission’s home broadband speed tests have been such a success that they’re now coming to the wireless world. The FCC on Wednesday …
T-Mobile brushes off Apple snub, encourages users to try unlocked iPhones on its network
T-Mobile is tired of waiting for Apple’s (AAPL) permission to sell the iPhone and is taking matters into its own hands. TmoNews reports that America’s …
Android activations hit 1.3 million per day
Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt gave a brief state-of-the-Android address during Motorola’s big Droid RAZR press event on Wednesday and revealed that 1.3 million Android …
Motorola unveils the Droid RAZR M, available for $99.99 from Verizon on September 13th
So it turns out that Motorola’s rumored “all-screen” smartphone was the Droid RAZR M after all. Motorola on Wednesday took the wraps off its new …
Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone 5 design
Memo to Samsung (005930): Now this is how you get away with copying Apple (AAPL)! GizChina reports that a Chinese manufacturer has used leaked photos of …
Android, iOS continue their tag-team thrashing of RIM’s market share
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Android and iOS have gained market share at BlackBerry’s expense. The latest numbers from comScore show that …
New Yahoo CEO pores over every resume to prevent hiring of C-list slackers
It should be pretty obvious by now that new Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer is not messing around. An unnamed source has told Business Insider that Mayer …
Google reportedly plans to take its Fiber show on the road
While there have long been rumors that Google (GOOG) wants to expand its Google Fiber Internet and television service to places beyond Kansas City, Capstone analyst …
iPad said to be devouring would-be PC customers
Om nom nom… That sound you hear is Apple’s (AAPL) iPad cannibalizing sales of personal computers. Fortune reports that Needham & Company analyst Charlie Wolf …
Samsung’s $1 billion payout to Apple can wait until next year
Winning a patent suit isn’t like pulling up three sevens on a slot machine — that is, winners shouldn’t expect instant gratification. And FOSS Patents …
Wells Fargo: Hard-to-leave family data plans will keep subscribers from ditching AT&T
AT&T’s (T) shared family data plans may have been roundly mocked by Sprint (S) but Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche thinks the upside for the carrier outweighs …
LG Intuition ‘phablet’ coming to Verizon on September 6th for $199.99
Sorry, Samsung (005930): You’re about to get some competition in the market for oversized smartphones. Verizon (VZ) on Tuesday announced that it would start selling LG’s …
Netflix, Freesat team to drive another nail in pay-TV’s coffin
Here’s a good reason to envy of your friends across the pond: They’ll soon have a free satellite television service that will come integrated with …
How one company is putting ‘Super Wi-Fi’ on the fast track
Wi-Fi has been one of the most useful technologies developed over the past couple of decades and it’s about to get even better now that …
Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Cambodia
This is probably not how Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm pictured his holiday in Cambodia ending. The Wall Street Journal reports that Cambodian police arrested Svartholm on Sunday for the …
Apple slashes more than $200 off refurbished MacBook Airs
Ever been envious of a friend’s super-slim Macbook Air but haven’t wanted to shell out the cash required to purchase one? Well, now might be …
Kim Dotcom vows that new Megaupload will have ironclad legal protection
Kim Dotcom has learned his lesson and is lawyering up to ensure that when his next-generation Megaupload website launches, it won’t be vulnerable to any …
Apple goes for Samsung’s jugular, adds the Galaxy S III to its injunction hitlist
Even though Samsung (005930) wasn’t happy to get slapped with a $1 billion verdict in the recent Apple (AAPL) patent trial, the company could at …
Apple bars drone-strike tracking app from the App Store
Macabre iPhone fans hoping to track assorted unmanned drone strikes in real time on their smartphones are out of luck. Wired reports that Apple (AAPL) has …
Grooveshark faces the music once again, pulled from Google’s app store
Well, that didn’t take long. Just two days after popular music streaming app Grooveshark was allowed back onto the Google Play app store, Google (GOOG) …
Scientists getting ever-closer to developing mind-hacking tech
The lesson here seems to be, “don’t wear an EEG headset while using the ATM.” Wired reports that researchers at Oxford, UC Berkeley and the University of …
Apple dulls reliance on Sharp for iPad mini production, taps LG and AU Optronics
While Sharp (SCHAY) may have messed up in producing next-generation iPhone screens, the company won’t be making the same mistake for the iPad mini since …
China poised to overtake the United States as world’s top smartphone market
We Americans like thinking of ourselves as No.1 in everything, but there was simply no way we were going to stay on top of China …
Samsung’s new Series 9 laptops match Apple’s Retina with 13-inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display
Samsung (005930) had better hope that Apple (AAPL) can’t patent screen resolutions. Engadget on Friday got a look at Samsung’s newest Series 9 laptops that made …
How an LTE iPhone could lead to an AT&T exodus
AT&T (T) had better hope that consumers like its LTE network better than they like its FaceTime policies. AllThingsD reports that Jefferies & Co. analyst Thomas Seitz sent …
Sprint tears apart rivals’ shared capped data plans in new ad [video]
Sprint (S) clearly thinks that it’s got a winner on its hands with its unlimited smartphone data plans. And more importantly, it thinks that AT&T’s …
