Android jailbreak battle ensues; welcome to mobile, Google
Google must have known this was coming. In the ever-present battle between mobile manufacturers and hackers, it’s always a game of cat and mouse. New …
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Sony BMG may jump on board with DRM-free iTunes Plus
For the time being, we’ll definitely have to file this one under rumor but our fingers are most certainly crossed. According to 9to5Mac’s “hunch”, which …
AT&T Quickfire emerges a few days early
“Big city life” has its ups and downs. Among the upside elements are convenience, diversity, variety and plenty to do after the sun goes down. …
Confirming the reconfirmed confirmation: Windows 7 in 2009, maybe
2009… 2010… 2009… 2010… Despite the fact that the Windows 7 time line seems to bounce around more than a kid with ADD at Chuck …
AT&T won’t offer Android-powered handsets any time soon
The key to Android’s success in the US will undoubtedly be carrier adoption which is still the only effective way to sell handsets in this …
A 20 megapixel HD-capable phone by 2012? Sony Ericsson says yes
Umm, are you taking pre-orders yet? At a recent press conference in Sweden, Sony Ericsson spoke of its projected plans for the not-so-distant future. In …
Live pics of the AT&T Quickfire
Well what do we have here? Live shots of AT&T’s upcoming answer to the T-Mobile Sidekick just came in courtesy of one of our ninjas …
Confirmed: iPhone tethering plan making its way to AT&T
Finally, one of the many “every other smartphone can do it, why can’t the iPhone?” complaints constantly read throughout the blogosphere is about to be …
Samsung’s upcoming US handset lineup exposed
It looks like Samsung has a busy schedule coming up here in the US and while it goes without saying that we’ll be missing out …
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang does 180, basically slaps Microsoft in the face
It’s decided – Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is schizophrenic. To this day, I have to say that the best thing for Microsoft to do is …
WPA is the new WEP, and by that we mean useless
Next week at the PacSec Conference in Tokyo, security researcher Erik Tews is expected to put on quite a show. Tews will be showcasing what …
Firefox 3.1 pre-release gets private browsing feature
Likely taking some cues from the upcoming Internet Explorer revamp equipped with what we affectionately refer to as porn mode, Mozilla is getting ready to …
Windows 3.x goes the way of the dodo
The election is over, the country is responding and here all we can think about is the fact that Windows 3.x is now officially dead …
Verizon Storm approximate pricing revealed from contest terms
The nation’s soon-to-be largest wireless carrier has inadvertently shed some light on one of the biggest questions on the minds of anxious Storm fans across …
Ziphone creator discovers crippling iPhone bug
If this isn’t the best way to score a job interview, we don’t know what is. Piergiorgio Zambrini, an Italian systems engineer and creator of …
Apple wipes hands, no more new stuff in 2008
According to a report from MacWorld, Apple is wiping its hands and walking away from the Blackjack table for the remainder of 2008. It’s been …
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Sorry for straying from our regular content, but we felt compelled to remind readers that today is November 4. The official Bold launch is hardly …
AT&T, Lenovo and Ericsson to make 3G-embedded laptops more accessible
AT&T announced today that a new partnership with Ericsson and Lenovo will allow 3G-embedded ThinkPads to be priced much more reasonably. Lenovo already offers a …
Laser vs. plasma: Warming up for the battle royale
Ok, ok… Let’s not get too excited just yet. It still might be a bit early to reach any real conclusions about laser televisions and …
Netflix HD streaming to hit Roku before 2009
While we sincerely doubt this to be the push Roku needs to become more, how should we put this, significant – Roku owners and potential …
Sprint Touch Pro now available on web
Woo! Sprint customers in need of a sexy new smartphone will be happy to learn that the Touch Pro’s limited availability is now a thing …
Mother Russia will be first to launch Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Mark your calendars comrades, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be ripe for the picking starting December 5th. Ringing up at an even 15,000 rubles – …
Sony doesn’t want you to have children
Sony has just announced its latest line of laptop batteries, engineered exclusively for masochists. Wait, no, don’t get excited. It looks like it was just …
Vodafone announces BlackBerry Storm pricing
If there’s one thing we can say about the Storm pricing Vodafone announced earlier today, it’s that the company definitely provides a nice wide range …
Wii breezes by N64 to become 5th best-selling console of all time
Two years is all it took for the Wii to slide on past its grandfather and sneak into the number five spot on the all …
Gates still knows how to live it up; bgC3 office gets BIG budget
It’s hard to fault a man who dedicates so much time and money to charity work, but it would also be hard to say Bill’s …
More details on Motorola’s Android efforts emerge
As Motorola’s mobile phone division struggles to find its way once again, we learned yesterday that Android will be one of the major tools Moto …
Apple releases details of September MobileMe upgrade… At the end of October
Since what some might characterize as disastrous beginnings, Apple has been relatively quiet about the MobileMe service it initially billed as the savior of sync. …
Nokia N96 lands at Best Buy
Score one more for team Nokia – sort of. Remember that $800 CompUSA price tag on the Bold that everyone laughed at? Well, it looks …
Free AT&T WiFi: not just for iPhones anymore
It remains to be seen whether or not AT&T’s recently re-re-re-announced free WiFi for iPhone users offer will actually stick this time. AT&T is basically …
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