Microsoft loses patent appeal, Office and Word 2007 sales to be halted January 11, 2010
Microsoft has lost its appeal in its ongoing legal battle with small Canadian company i4i over XML code within Microsoft 2003 and 2007. The loss …
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Verizon Wireless updates specifications for its 4G LTE 700MHz devices
LTE developers and aficionados alike can point their web browser to Verizon Wireless’ webpage to pre-register for a webcast starting 11 AM ET on Wednesday, …
BlackBerry PIN messaging down?
Down for us… UPDATE: Appears to be a pretty big general outage as BES and BIS services are down for some users completely. We’re some …
Apple iPhone prices plummet in France
Earlier in the year, Orange’s iPhone exclusivity in France was forced to an end by a court decision from the Competition Council following a complaint …
Best Buy Sony eReader giveaway!
Nope, we’re not quite finished with this BGR giveaway series — we’re holding a brand new Sony Reader Touch Edition from Best Buy and it …
Leaked HD2 ROM confirms a future with T-Mobile
Since the very first day it was announced for Europe and Asia, we have known that the HTC HD2 would make its way to the …
Israeli programmer hacks Kindle, breaks DRM protection
Nothing makes you feel like you truly own your media and content like being able to do almost whatever you want with it. We’re already …
Best Buy ASUS EeePC Giveaway!
The good folks at Best Buy hit us up and since it’s the holiday season and all, BGR is giving away an ASUS Eee PC …
Barnes & Noble offers $100 for late Nook orders
We know how frantic things can get during this time of year: it’s almost Christmas and you’re wondering if you forgot anyone on your list, …
AT&T refutes infrastructure neglect claims, talks future upgrades
You know it’s bad when AT&T starts to take some heat from Saturday Night Live and not just Twitter and the blogosphere. With ongoing criticism …
Motorola Opus One specifications
When we say we have specifications, boy, do we mean it. One of our connects has sent us the full rundown on Motorla’s Opus One …
iPhone available from Vodafone UK on January 14th
Already available from O2, Orange and even Tesco Mobile, the UK’s third largest carrier, Vodafone, finally announced this morning that it will begin selling the …
HTC Espresso Sense UI uncovered in ROM dump?
When it rains, it pours for HTC. The leak of its portfolio shows a huge number of handset offerings in 2010, the Sprint Hero will …
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 headed T-Mobile?
We already reported that the users manual for Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10 was leaked to the interwebs by the FCC. But if you happened to …
XPERIA X10 visits the FCC, gifts them with its operating manual
Ordinarily, looking at FCC filings are about as fun as discussing the history of blotting paper, but we have a rare exception in the Sony …
Verizon Wireless responds to FCC complaint regarding its early termination fee and Mobile Web charges
On Friday afternoon, Verizon Wireless issued its response to the FCC complaint which investigated the carrier’s increased early termination fees for advanced devices and the …
Full Specs of the China-bound, Android-powered Motorola XT701 and the XT800
One of our tipsters helped us uncover a gold mine of information on those two mysterious Motorola handsets that have been making random appearances all …
From Russia with love: additional images of the Motorola Sholes Tablet XT701 emerge
Straight out of Russia are some new images of the Motorola XT701. These renderings are reportedly from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of …
Verizon Wireless prepares for iPhone? Probably not
It doesn’t look like the Verizon/iPhone rumors are and possibilities are ever going to end. While many of you Big Red subscribers would love to …
BlackBerry Curve 8530 now available from Sprint
Sprint has just added a new device to its BlackBerry family — the Curve 8530. Though this is on the low-end for BlackBerry devices, that …
Three new smartphones to hit Verizon Wireless in early 2010?
Verizon Wireless may be turning it up a notch again and adding not one, but three new smartphones to its lineup in early 2010. The …
Mozilla: Firefox Mobile could be demise of Apple's App Store, Huh?
We’re not sure if the good people at Mozilla have been drinking the same Kool-Aid® as the folks developing Chrome OS or if they are …
RIM kills Q3, profits up 59%
Yesterday Research In Motion released its third quarter results, and what results they were. The BlackBerry maker reported selling a record breaking 10 million BlackBerrys …
Boxing Day comes early to Rogers
If you’re Canadian and love the thrill of the hunt Boxing Day provides, hate waiting in long lineups on a frosty winter’s eve, are looking …
"Iranian Cyber Army" takes control of Twitter
If you happened to be one of the many that noticed all was not well with Twitter’s site last night, here’s an example: control of …
Verizon Wireless pushing Bing as the only search option?
Surely you don’t think RIM has that kind of control over their own smartphones (they bend over backwards for their carrier partners). That leaves us …
T-Mobile offering BOGO on all smartphones until December 20
T-Mobile definitely has some tricks up its sleeve this holiday season as we just received word that retail stores are offering a buy-one-get-one free special …
WSJ: AT&T to offer incentives for lower data use
The internet has been raging against AT&T since early last week when CEO Ralph de la Vega suggested that AT&T may implement some type of …
iPhone tops Windows Mobile in U.S. marketshare for first time
According to network research company ComScore, the iPhone has overtaken Windows Mobile in U.S. market share for the first time in since its introduction three …
Verizon Wireless employees begin initial training in Palm and WebOS
A leaked screenshot reveals that Verizon Wireless is beginning to train its employees on the nitty gritty details of Palm and its WebOS. Starting December …
