Leaked images of Sony Xperia Tablet reveal unique design
Purported press images of Sony’s (SNE) upcoming Xperia Tablet were published on Thursday by an XDA-Developers forum member. The images indicate that Sony has abandoned …
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Jelly Bean port brings new life to Google’s first Android smartphone [video]
Crafty hackers on the forums overs at XDA-Developers have shown just what patience and hard work can accomplish. SoCal Devs on Thursday released a working …
Android gaming console startup Ouya raises $8.6 million from Kickstarter
On Thursday, Ouya’s Kickstarter campaign came to an end with the project having raised nearly $8.6 million from 63,416 backers. The startup is led by …
Lenovo’s first Windows 8 Pro tablet set for October release
Lenovo (0092) isn’t going to let the Microsoft (MSFT) Surface have all the Windows 8 tablet glory. The ThinkPad manufacturer on Thursday announced that its …
Bloomberg: IBM considering acquiring RIM’s enterprise business
Bloomberg is reporting that IBM (IBM) is currently weighing considerable interest in Research In Motion’s (RIMM) enterprise services. This could include RIM’s network infrastructure the …
HTC’s first Windows Phone 8 handsets rumored to be announced next month
HTC (2498) will reportedly be the second manufacturer to release a smartphone on Microsoft’s (MSFT) upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system. According to a report from …
The next-generation Xbox is 18 months away, at most
Gamers who are tired of Microsoft (MSFT) hyping Windows 8 and the Surface without spilling any beans about the next-generation Xbox can chill: a new …
Best Buy founder’s plan to turn things around: Shrink the ‘big box’ and be more like Apple
Best Buy (BBY) founder Richard Schulze sees the writing on the wall: the era of big-box consumer electronics stores is coming to an end. The Wall Street …
Intel preps wireless charging tech for ultrabooks and smartphones
Intel (INTC) is trying to make sure that smartphone users never have to worry about misplacing their chargers again, DigiTimes reports. Unnamed supply chain sources told …
Comcast has been well-behaved ever since the FCC smacked it down over BitTorrent throttling
As amazing as it may seem, corporations’ behavior can change when federal regulators decide to step in. TorrentFreak reports on a new study from Measurement Lab showing that …
Microsoft reassures companies that Windows 8 won’t destroy their businesses
Microsoft (MSFT) is finally stepping up to address the loud complaints from both OEMs and gaming companies about the impact Windows 8 will have on …
New software aims to preemptively nab Wall Street crooks
With so many big banks’ reputations in the toilet, one software vendor is betting that they’ll want to do a better job of cracking down …
Samsung confirms, yet again, that it wants nothing to do with RIM or its software
Ouch. Consumer electronics giants like Samsung (005930) typically stay quiet when it comes to market chatter, but Samsung has taken a different approach when the topic of …
Apple begins selling iPhone 4S at $149.99 to match Sprint discount
Apple (AAPL) Stores around the country will now match Sprint’s sales price on the iPhone 4S, according to a recent report. Earlier this week, Sprint …
iPad mini deemed ‘pointless’ by nearly half of American iPhone fans
Apple’s (AAPL) next-generation iPhone is the most highly-anticipated product launch of the year. The iPad mini, though? Meh, not so much. Cult of Mac reports that coupon-code …
Google to pay $22.5 million to settle FTC privacy charges
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced that Google (GOOG) has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $22.5 million to settle charges that it misrepresented …
HTC in Hell
This HTC warning was different. There has been a stream of them since last November, but the latest one broke the back of Wall Street’s …
The BGR Show: Episode 9 – Interview with Nokia’s EVP of smart devices, Jo Harlow
This week we sit down with Jo Harlow, the executive vice president in charge of Nokia’s (NOK) smart devices, to talk about the company’s current …
New photos of iPhone 5 parts emerge as release nears
While we may have already seen the external pieces of the next-generation iPhone fully assembled, new purported images of parts from the upcoming smartphone reveal some new …
This is Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 handset, and it looks just like its first Windows Phone 7 handset
Images published earlier this week that allegedly showed an unannounced Nokia (NOK) smartphone have reportedly been confirmed to be authentic, revealing what one blogger claims …
RIM dodges $150 million bullet
Bullets keep flying Research In Motion’s (RIMM) way, but this time the company managed to dodge one. A jury in a Northern California court recently …
T-Mobile USA subscriber losses worsen to 205,000 in Q2
T-Mobile USA on Thursday reported its financial results for the second quarter. The company’s experimentation with a number of new plan options and hardware subsidy …
Microsoft tells advertisers to buzz off, keeps ‘Do Not Track’ as Explorer 10 default setting
Despite incessant complaining from advertising and analytics companies, Microsoft (MSFT) is not budging from its pledge to make “Do Not Track” the default setting for …
Congress wants the FCC to review outdated cell phone radiation standards
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced a bill in Congress last Friday that would examine force the FCC to investigate the potential side effects of radiation …
Valve to offer non-gaming software through Steam starting September 5th
Valve Software on Wednesday announced that it will soon begin offering non-gaming software on Steam, the company’s popular digital distribution platform. The software categories will range from …
Anonymous targets Ukrainian government over Demonoid shut down [video]
Following reports that claimed the popular torrent website Demonoid was taken down by the Ukrainian government as a gift to the United States, notorious hacking …
Amazon wants in on the patent suit racket
Amazon (AMZN) has apparently grown tired of letting Apple (AAPL), Samsung (005930), Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG) have all the fun with patent litigation. Reuters reports …
NPD: Apple was best-selling U.S. smartphone vendor by wide margin in Q2
Apple (AAPL) was the top-selling smartphone vendor in the United States during the second quarter by a wide margin, market research from NPD Group reported …
Nikon may unveil Android-powered camera with Google Play access on August 22nd
Nikon (7731) is reportedly preparing to announce its first Android powered compact camera, reportedly called the Coolpix S800 or S800c. According to Nikon Rumors, the camera will …
Watch out, Siri – Google’s enhanced voice search is coming to the iPhone and iPad [video]
Google (GOOG) on Wednesday announced that it will be updating its Search application for the iPhone and iPad. The new version of Google Search will …
