The battle isn’t over for Kim Dotcom
Megaupload’s founder scored a victory recently when the raid against his mansion was determined to be illegal, but suspected Internet piracy kingpin Kim Dotcom still faces …
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New Cydia tweak makes Chrome the default iOS browser
Chrome fans who have jailbroken iPhones, take note: there’s a new Cydia tweak that can make Chrome the default iOS browser. Per VeryRite, jailbreak app …
Siri still can’t match old-fashioned Google search, analyst says
Fortune reports that Piper Jaffray has conducted a little study comparing Siri and Google in terms of both query comprehension and response accuracy, and has not surprisingly …
HP ditches Windows RT tablet plans, Microsoft Surface to blame
Hewlett-Packard originally planned to release a Windows RT-powered tablet later this year. Due to Microsoft’s recent Surface announcement and the high cost of licenses, however, the …
LG Optimus Vu may be headed to Verizon
Engadget has found a Federal Communications Commission filing detailing what looks to be a new version of the LG Optimus Vu with radio specs tailored for …
Samsung Galaxy Note II to feature a 5.5-inch display, narrower body
Previous reports suggested that Samsung was working on a sequel for its wildly successful Galaxy Note smartphone. The follow-up “phablet” was said to feature a larger …
Adobe won’t support Flash in Jelly Bean, installs end on August 15th
The late Steve Jobs famously predicted the death of Flash more than five years ago, and barred it from the company’s iPhone and iPad. One …
Google prepping Nexus 10 tablet, report claims
Google is reportedly planning a 10-inch version of its Nexus 7 tablet, according to a report from Digitimes. The tablet’s display panels will be supplied …
Apple’s iPhone
Friday marks five years since the world first got its hands on a smartphone that would turn the industry on its head. In five short …
Desperate RIM considering Windows switch, says report
Things have gotten so bad for RIM that the company is willing to look at Nokia’s strategy for guidance, Reuters reports. Citing unnamed sources, Reuters says that …
Microsoft explains reason for ditching Start button in Windows 8
Microsoft shocked the world when it decided to remove the Start button from Windows 8. The removal of the button, which has been featured in …
FCC smacks Comcast for hiding standalone broadband option
Cable companies just love to sell bundled services for one important reason — it makes them buckets of money — but Comcast last year made …
Apple posts $2.6 million bond to ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Apple on Wednesday evening posted a $2.6 million bond to ban Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet from being sold in the United States, FOSS Patents …
Google Nexus Q hacked to load video games
Google unveiled the Nexus Q streaming device at its annual Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. For a media device, the Nexus …
Severe weather warnings to be sent directly to smartphones
The National Weather Service will begin sending severe weather warnings to smartphone owners in the path of a dangerous storm. The NWS’s new Wireless Emergency …
Chrome for iOS hits No.1 in Apple’s App Store
Google’s Chrome browser quickly became one of the most popular desktop Web browsers in the world, and now Google has its sites set on mobile. …
Next iPhone will be ‘biggest product launch in consumer electronics history’
Surprise! An Apple product is already getting absurd amounts of hype months before its release. Per StreetInsider, the latest batch of Apple hype comes from …
Fun with $1,500 glasses: Project Glass skydive stunt captured on video
Falling squarely in the don’t try this at home category, Google on Wednesday took to the sky to demonstrate its Project Glass digital eyewear prototypes. …
Judge rules Kim Dotcom mansion raid was illegal
Justice Helen Winkelmann on Thursday ruled the warrants that allowed more than 90 New Zealand officers to raid Kim Dotcom’s home and other properties earlier …
Nokia CEO voices regret surrounding recent company decisions
RIM isn’t the only former smartphone giant that’s hurting, as Finnish smartphone manufacturer Nokia has been getting hammered lately as well. And according to Asymco’s …
Android 4.1 leaked for Galaxy Nexus
Shortly after Google pushed a Jelly Bean preview update to I/O attendees, RootzWiki made it available to the public. The update was originally intended for …
Research In Motion…
It’s truly incredible how fast things in the tech space can change. Just two years ago RIM was on a high, and moments ago, when …
Does RIM shocker imply wider handset market deterioration?
RIM was expected to deliver a nightmarish, -30% year-on-year revenue decline into the May quarter — the company issued its latest profit warning just four …
RIM posts huge Q1 miss: First net loss in 8 years, BlackBerry 10 launch delayed, 5,000 jobs cut
Analysts anticipated another miss ahead of Research In Motion’s first-quarter earnings report on Thursday as sales continue to stall ahead of the struggling smartphone vendor’s …
WSJ details RIM’s long, sad decline
How resistant were executives at RIM to changing with the times? So resistant that, according to former Bank of America Securities analyst Brian Blair, they …
Samsung’s Galaxy series bests iPhone for top smartphone sub-brand
Although smartphones based on Android have typically sold more overall units than iOS-based smartphones, Apple’s iPhone has long been the top individual smartphone sub-brand, easily …
Apple to launch an overhauled iTunes by year end
Apple is reportedly planning a complete overhaul of its iTunes service, marking one of the largest changes since the music software debuted in 2003, Bloomberg reported. According to …
Nexus 7 is ‘just another Android-based tablet’
Forget the quad-core processor and rock-bottom $199 price tag, forget the brand new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, and forget that it is Google’s …
Microsoft to launch ‘Xbox Music’ Spotify-like streaming service this year
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new streaming music service that will tie in to its Xbox suite of gaming and entertainment services. Bloomberg on …
Google Chrome coming to iPhone, iPad
Just one day after releasing the final version of Google Chrome for Android, Google announced that it is releasing Google Chrome for iOS on Thursday …
