Survey finds Apple desktops are the least likely to fall apart
Consumer Reports on Wednesday put out a big survey of thousands of desktop users and found that Apple’s (AAPL) desktops were the least likely to need …
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iPad mini parts start leaking ahead of rumored fall launch
Pictures of what is reportedly a dock connector flex cable for Apple’s (AAPL) soon-to-be-released iPad mini have been published by French website Nowhereelse.fr. The cable looks like it …
New Zealand cops feared Kim Dotcom’s belly of mass destruction
If anyone thought the shenanigans surrounding Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom couldn’t get any more absurd, think again. The New Zealand Herald reports that the New Zealand …
HP declines to join the Microsoft Surface hate parade
At least one Microsoft (MSFT) OEM partner seems to realize that there’s no point in bellyaching over Microsoft’s decision to build its own tablet. CRN reports …
Judge warns Apple and Samsung that they both could get burned by verdict, advises settlement
Judge Lucy Koh on Wednesday gave Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (005930) one more chance to settle their differences before something happens that they might regret. …
Zombie webOS resurrected in HP’s new ‘Gram’ business
It’s hard to keep an undead mobile operating system down. webOS Nation reports that HP (HPQ) is forming a new company called Gram that is …
Verizon’s cable spectrum deal to get green light from regulators
After months of waiting, Verizon (VZ) finally seems poised to hit the spectrum jackpot. The Wall Street Journal reports that federal regulators are just about set …
How paying $18 can get you 1,000 fake Twitter friends
Companies desperate to raise their social media profiles and lonely shut-ins looking to have more connections online can now pay just $18 to get 1,000 …
New website helps MacBook Pro users find out which apps are Retina ready
Fans of Apple’s (AAPL) new Macbook Pro may love their shiny new Retina displays, but they may also be disappointed to see that many popular sites …
iPad mini details all but confirmed as launch nears
9to5Mac today got hold of some major details of Apple’s (AAPL) long-rumored iPad mini on Tuesday. The website published that the device will “‘look like …
Google wants Motorola to ditch the bargain bin and crank out more high-end smartphones
The first step in Google’s (GOOG) plan for reviving Motorola was to lay off 4,000 workers and creating a DARPA-like research team focused on finding cutting-edge …
Smaller iPhone dock connector could flood the world with e-waste
Apple’s (AAPL) smaller dock connector for the next-generation iPhone will likely annoy more than a few users but it could also have some serious environmental …
Microsoft Surface Windows RT tablet reportedly priced at just $199
Price estimates for the Windows RT version of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Surface tablet have been all over the map, ranging from $600 to a highly unlikely $1,000. …
T-Mobile’s first Windows Phone 8 device gets outed, includes huge HD display and 4G LTE
TmoNews got its hands on a document that shows what appears to be the first-ever Windows Phone 8 device headed for T-Mobile this fall. The nameless …
Cops nab crook who allegedly stole $60k worth of computers from Steve Jobs’s house
The San Jose Mercury News reports the police have apprehended a man who allegedly burglarized late Apple (AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs’s house and made off with $60,000 worth …
How Microsoft turned its workers’ performance reviews into steel cage death matches
Former Apple executive and current Guardian columnist Jean-Louis Gassée has spotted some particularly interesting details stashed away in a long Vanity Fair piece about Microsoft’s (MSFT) decline from its position as …
Sprint to offer Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE for $200 starting August 19th
Sprint (S) has been planning to launch the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE for a while now, but on Monday the carrier finally announced an …
LG’s Optimus Vu ‘phablet’ coming to U.S. by the end of September
Verizon (VZ) customers who have been looking on in envy at AT&T (T) customers’ gigantic Samsung (005930) Galaxy Notes can rest easy because they will …
Google designed its new ‘pirate penalty’ search algorithm to spare YouTube
When Google (GOOG) announced late last week that it would start demoting websites that were repeatedly flagged for copyright violations, it raised a very pertinent …
Microsoft may issue smaller Windows tweaks, eliminate giant time-sucking upgrades
ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley has been hearing rumblings that Microsoft (MSFT) is rethinking its traditional strategy of walloping users with giant software upgrades and is …
EA gives Microsoft a reprieve from game developer anger, embraces Windows Phone 8
Although some outspoken game developers have recently delivered some harsh criticism of Microsoft’s (MSFT) impending Windows 8 personal computer platform, Electronic Arts (EA) thinks that the …
American Bar Association’s top design patent expert says Samsung is toast
InformationWeek on Monday caught up with Christopher Carani, chairman of the American Bar Association’s design rights committee and former chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association …
FBI believed Kim Dotcom had a ‘doomsday device’ capable of erasing all piracy evidence
Sane people may be wondering why the New Zealand government utilized its elite counterterrorism unit to raid Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom’s mansion. And now, via …
Facebook agrees to regular probes as part of FTC settlement
Facebook (FB) won’t be paying a massive $22.5 million fine like Google (GOOG) did as part of its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, but …
Google beefs up mobile search with direct answers to common queries
Google (GOOG) is smart enough to know that when users type “weather” into its search engine, they don’t want to see a Wikipedia entry or …
Blizzard hack exposes millions of accounts
Anyone who plays Starcraft, World of Warcraft or Diablo online will likely need to change their passwords soon, as Blizzard (ATVI) on Thursday acknowledged that …
Google voluntarily plays copyright cop, punishes violators in search results
Google (GOOG) may not have liked the idea of being forced censor its web results but the company now seems happy to do so on …
Early unaired Mac ad even more smug and obnoxious than reviled ‘Genius’ ads [video]
Apple’s (AAPL) history of creating advertisements featuring smug, cocky “geniuses” goes back well before the recent “Genius” ads and even before the old-school “Mac-versus-PC” ads. …
Leaked photos of iPhone 5 battery raise questions over battery life
LTE traditionally requires a pretty substantial battery, but new reports suggest that Apple (AAPL) has either figured out a way to bring 4G LTE to the iPhone …
Google doesn’t really seem to care if Samsung gets slaughtered in current Apple trial
Google (GOOG) is always willing to help out its Android manufacturing partners, but only if they’re getting sued over patents related to Android. Unnamed sources …
