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 …
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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 …
The Galaxy S III is a huge hit, but usage in the U.S. still lags way behind iPhone
While the Galaxy S III is helping Samsung (005930) grow its presence on the mobile web, the company is still well behind Apple (AAPL) when …
Android surges in Q2, accounts for more than two-thirds of all smartphones shipped
Android expanded its dominance of the global smartphone market last quarter and accounted for 68% of all smartphones shipped in Q2 2012, according to IDC. …
Apple could screw over iPhone repair shops with crazy new screw design
People who think Apple (AAPL) products are difficult to repair now haven’t seen anything yet. A Reddit user named “thrownawayyesok” has posted a picture of …
Court makes spying on Americans legal with new warrantless wiretap ruling
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of President George W. Bush’s controversial Terrorist Surveillance Program, which allows the government to spy on …
Samsung might have just outed the Galaxy Note II ahead of its official debut
This image above is one that we’ve seen for quite some time now. We first saw it emerge earlier this year alongside early Galaxy S …
HP braces for record $9 billion quarterly loss
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) announced on Wednesday that it will report its biggest-ever quarterly loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2012. Amid a number of organizational …
iPhone 5 will be just 7.6mm thin – thinner than the Galaxy S III and even HTC’s One S
Apple’s (AAPL) next-generation iPhone, a mock-up of which is pictured above, will reportedly be one of the thinnest smartphones in the world when it launches …
Budget operators keep shocking Wall Street
It was another quarter of shocks and surprises for small budget wireless operators offering cheap mobile plans. AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) chugged along …
HTC’s new 1.7GHz quad-core One X+ smartphone detailed in new leak
HTC (2498) isn’t letting the recent struggles of its One series keep it down, as the company is reportedly prepping a sequel to the HTC …
132-page internal document shows how Samsung set out to copy the iPhone pixel by pixel
An internal memo from February 2010 emerged in the Apple (AAPL) vs. Samsung (005930) trial on Monday that was fairly damaging to Samsung’s case. In …
BlackBerry 10 predicted to flop, could result in Samsung acquiring RIM
Jefferies & Company analyst Peter Misek thinks BlackBerry 10 will be a significant improvement over previous versions of the operating system, but that it’s not good …
