Google intros privacy solution for home routers, forces users to opt out
Google has announced a new privacy option that allows users to opt out of having their wireless routers included in the Google Location Server. That’s …
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 declares war on sales records: 12M copies, $738M in first week
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the fastest-selling video game in history, crushing previous records set by earlier titles in the Call …
iPad demand said to be fading as competition heats up
Demand for Apple’s iPad tablet is said to be in decline as competition finally heats up thanks to the $199 Kindle Fire from Amazon, and …
HTC Rezound review
Verizon Wireless has not one but three powerhouse 4G LTE smartphones lined up for the holidays, and the HTC Rezound is one of them. Launching …
Apple loses smartphone share in Q3 as Android maintains explosive growth
Google’s Android platform continued to grow rapidly in the third quarter of 2011 as shipments of Apple’s iPhone declined. New data released by market research …
Ultra-thin 15-inch MacBook may launch in Q2 next year
Apple may launch an ultra-thin 15-inch MacBook laptop as early as the second quarter of 2012 according to a new report. Components for the new …
Video game sales up slightly in October, Xbox leads consoles with sales up 20%
Sales of video games and video game hardware remained lackluster in October according to market research giant The NPD Group. Overall industry sales in the …
Samsung will not fight to ban iPhone 4S in South Korea
Samsung will not fight for an injunction against the Apple iPhone 4S in South Korea, The Chosun Ilbo, a local newspaper, recently reported. “We concluded …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 with 4G LTE hits AT&T on November 20th; $479.99 on contract
AT&T on Monday announced that a 4G LTE-equipped version of its Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet will launch on November 20th. While this latest AT&T slate …
Huawei to acquire Symantec’s 49% stake in Huawei Symantec for $530 million
Huawei announced on Monday its intentions to purchase Symantec’s 49% stake in Huawei Symantec, a joint venture between the two companies that was originally formed …
Lenovo may unveil quad-core Tegra 3 tablet with Ice Cream Sandwich this year
Lenovo may unveil a tablet powered by Google’s brand new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system by the end of the year, Engadget has …
Pogoplug joins iCloud, Box.net, Dropbox with new Pogoplug Cloud storage service
Pogoplug on Monday announced its new Pogoplug Cloud storage service that provides 5GB of free storage for new customers. Pogoplug will allow you to store …
Hackers crack Siri to work on any device
A group of developers from Applidium posted a story recently that explains how the group was able to crack Siri so that they could run the …
LG may be building displays for 4-inch iPhone 5, 7.35-inch iPad [updated]
LG’s CEO has already confirmed that his company is working on Retina Displays for Apple’s iPad 3, but a new report from The Korea Times on Monday …
Google releases Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code
Google on Monday released the source code for the latest version of its Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich. This build of Ice Cream Sandwich …
Leaked BlackBerry London is real, launching in Q3
We’ve just heard from a trusted source that the dummy device The Verge posted an image of earlier today is indeed a real BlackBerry, and it should …
BBX-powered BlackBerry London phone purportedly pictured
One of RIM’s first BBX BlackBerry devices could be the BlackBerry London, pictured above. The London is purportedly equipped with a dual-core TI OMAP processor clocked at …
A month with the iPhone 4S
It has been a month since Apple released its latest smartphone, the iPhone 4S. A month since it crushed sales records. A month since consumers …
Developers more attracted to Windows Phone than BlackBerry; excited for Kindle Fire
Developers are now more compelled to build apps for Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system than for RIM’s aging BlackBerry OS, new research from Appcelerator and …
Apple releases iTunes 10.5.1, iTunes Match to launch later today?
Apple has finally released iTunes 10.5.1 to the public after months of internal and developer testing. Besides bug fixes, the big change that iTunes 10.5.1 …
Sprint announces new 3G/4G broadband data plans
Sprint on Monday announced two new less expensive mobile broadband data plans that will replace the carrier’s existing plans. The changes apply to tablets, mobile …
Purported Google music store screenshots reveal ‘Free Song of the Day,’ more
Images of what is purported to be Google’s upcoming Android music store surfaced over the weekend, and they may reveal several details surrounding the upcoming …
Aging iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS still best-selling phones in Q3
Despite the huge variety of new smartphones released since the previous two generations of iPhone were first unveiled, Apple’s devices still managed to top the …
HTC to unveil quad-core tablet in February
HTC has not found tremendous success thus far with its first two tablet offerings. Despite a carrier deal with Sprint, the Sense UI, a unique …
Samsung Captivate Glide hands-on
AT&T announced a handful of new Android smartphones during the most recent CTIA show in San Diego, and the Samsung Captivate Glide BGR scooped back …
Hands on with the Samsung DoubleTime
AT&T originally announced the Samsung DoubleTime during CTIA in early October, and we just had a chance to finally check it out. The DoubleTime isn’t …
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 earns record-breaking $400 million in 24 hours
Soldiers, let’s agree to a quick armistice. Activision Publishing announced on Friday that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which exploded onto store shelves this past …
Nokia owes Romania $10 million; tax authorities seize assets
Nokia’s local assets were seized by Romanian tax authorities on Friday after it was revealed the company’s Romania-based subsidiary owes the government $10 million, Bloomberg said Friday. …
Apple begins selling unlocked iPhone 4S starting at $649
Apple on Friday began offering a factory-unlocked version of its popular iPhone 4S smartphone that will work on any GSM network in the world. The …
Logitech CEO: Google TV was ‘a mistake’ that ‘cost us dearly’
Speaking during the company’s Analyst and Investor Day recently, Logitech CEO Guerrino De Luca admitted the failure of the Logitech Revue Google TV set top …
