Stop trolling, Broadcom CEO tells patent litigants
World-weary tech journalists and over-worked judges aren’t the only people sick and tired of endless patent litigation — big-name tech CEOs are getting fed up …
Articles by Brad Reed
Analysts expect Nokia to keep tanking
For anyone who thinks that Nokia has already hit bottom, be warned: things may get worse before they get better. Reuters and BusinessWeek on Friday morning both …
‘Pen headset’ may be in the works from Samsung
For Samsung, the stylus isn’t just a cute throwback to the glory days of the Palm Pilot — it’s also the wave of the future. …
Amazon may slash Kindle Fire price to $149 with new models on the way
Amazon’s cheap Android tablet may soon get even cheaper. DigiTimes has talked with upstream supply chain sources who say that new Kindle Fire tablets are on …
More Americans ditching contracts as prepaid wireless surges
More and more wireless users are opting out of two-year service agreements and switching to prepaid. New data released by Chetan Sharma Consulting shows that …
Microsoft mulling $1 billion Yammer buy, says report
It seems that Microsoft doesn’t want to let Samsung have all the fun with wild social-networking rumors. Bloomberg on Thursday reported that Microsoft is in …
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 makes brief appearance on Amazon, release set for July 30th
Get ready for excitement, stylus fans! Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 briefly appeared on Amazon for preorder and apparently the tablet will officially hit stores July …
iOS 6 tethered jailbreak now available for developers
The good folks at the iPhone Dev Team are hard at work jailbreaking iOS 6 and now they’ve released a new jailbreak, dubbed “redsn0w 0.9.13dev1,” exclusively …
T-Mobile LTE update: Trials this summer, launch next year
T-Mobile, which is expected to be the last major carrier in the United States to launch 4G LTE services presuming Sprint actually gets its act …
Woz says Siri used to be way cooler before Apple bought it
Steve Wozniak, who seems to relish needling the company that he co-founded, told Albany’s Times Union that he liked Siri a lot better before Apple …
Microsoft Windows 8 tablet unveiling said to be slated for Monday
Windows fans who have enviously watched iOS and Android users toting around tablets won’t have to wait much longer. Microsoft sent out a press invitation …
HTC tired of Apple kicking sand in its face, vows to bulk up patent portfolio
If HTC wants to be strong to the finish it will need more patent spinach. That’s why HTC chairwoman Cher Wang vowed this week that her …
Alleged LulzSec hacker indicted for media site breaches
An alleged LulzSec hacker won’t be having many more lulz if he’s thrown in jail. Per the Los Angeles Times, 20-year-old British man Ryan Cleary has …
Sony Xperia ion to launch June 24th for $99.99 from AT&T
AT&T has scored Sony’s latest Android smartphone, the Sony Xperia ion, which will hit virtual and physical store shelves on June 24th for $99.99. Sony …
New MacBook Pro an enormous pain to repair, says iFixit
The New MacBook Pro may be an engineering marvel but it could also give your computer repair person a headache the likes of which he …
DOJ investigates cable companies over Netflix net neutrality row
The United States Department of Justice is trying to figure out whether cable companies are engaging in anti-competitive practices by not counting data consumed through …
ICANN mulling .apple, .google domain names, among others
Anyone wondering what wild-and-crazy domain strings companies and organizations have been applying for lately can now go check out the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names …
Cisco on trying to compete with the iPad: What were we thinking?
It didn’t take tech companies long to realize that nobody really wants an enterprise-centric tablet since tablets are just too gosh-darned fun to be larded …
Sorry, T-Mobile: Your shared data plans are just as lame as Verizon’s
There are some valid reasons to criticize Verizon’s new “Share Everything” plans — the main one being that they don’t offer as much value as Verizon’s old …
Droid RAZR MAXX reportedly outselling iPhone 4S at Verizon
Given the iPhone’s popularity, it must be the top-selling smartphone on the top three major U.S. wireless carriers, right? Not so fast, says William Blair …
Berkeley Law professors outline non-aggression pacts for tech patents
Like a lot of folks, Berkeley Law professors Jason Schultz and Jennifer Urban are tired of seeing excessive patent litigation in the tech industry, especially …
The end is finally in sight for Sprint’s iDEN network
Sprint’s 2005 merger with Nextel will likely go down as the textbook example for how telecom mergers can go heinously wrong. The major reason? Sprint’s …
British libel reforms push ISPs to out Internet trolls
Anonymous trolls in the United Kingdom may have to think twice before calling someone a “n00b” or “teh sux0r” online. That’s because the U.K. House …
Microsoft could use Kinect to deliver emotion-based advertising
Microsoft recently filed a patent application for technology that would give its Xbox 360 Kinect sensor the ability to read users’ facial expressions and body …
iOS 6 reportedly improves anti-jailbreak guards [updated]
At least one hacker says iPhone fans will have to wait a while before getting an iOS 6 jailbreak. Cult of Mac reports that a …
New Android mod protects privacy by feeding apps fake data
MIT’s Technology Review has a nifty roundup of programs designed to help Android users keep their personal data away from the greedy hands of mobile …
Sen. Wyden and Rep. Issa introduce vague ‘Internet Bill of Rights’
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) want to make sure that Congress doesn’t try to pass another piece of legislation like the …
Dish Network signs LTE-Advanced chipset pact with Qualcomm
It’s still a bit early to get excited about the next generation of LTE, called “LTE-Advanced,” that carriers are planning to roll out in a …
HTC can’t sue Apple with patents it doesn’t own, judge says
Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender has told HTC that it can’t actually sue Apple using patents owned by another company. Per Florian Mueller at FOSS …
HTC One X users report iPhone 4-like ‘death grip’ for Wi-Fi
The HTC One X may be one of the spiffiest new Android devices so far this year but some One X users are reporting that …
