Apple to replace defective Time Capsules manufactured in early 2008
Apple announced last week via a support bulletin that it is replacing defective Time Capsules manufactured between February 2008 and June 2008. The defective units …
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Skype lawsuit prompts Fring to drop Skype from supported platforms
There isn’t really much else to say about this one. Skype has threatened multi-platform mobile chat-client maker Fring with legal action unless the company drops …
RIM announces BlackBerry Protect
RIM’s consumer-grade protection software for BlackBerry smartphones, dubbed Blackberry Protect, has just been officially announced. Rumored for months, the new service lets customers not attached to a …
Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 antenna issues are hardware related
Consumer Reports has just published a report on the iPhone 4 that refutes Apple, Inc.’s claim that the iPhone 4 signal issues are a “shocking” …
RIM releases second BlackBerry 6 video sneak peek
RIM has just released another “sneak peek” video for its yet-to-be-released BlackBerry 6. The video demos the OS floating in space, rather than on a …
Ballmer: Windows 7 slates before the end of this year
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, giving the opening keynote at the Worldwide Partner Conference, told his audience to expect Windows 7 slate computers before the end of …
Google releases App Inventor for Android
Google has unleashed a new tool for Android application creation cleverly named “App Inventor.” The new, web-based tool uses an MIT-created Open Block programming interface …
Class action monopoly lawsuit against Apple and AT&T gets okay from federal judge
The AP reports that a California federal judge has given the go-ahead to a monopoly class action lawsuit, against both Apple and AT&T, over several …
HTC EVO 4G delays hurting Sprint's 4G strategy
While speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was quoted as saying, “we thought we would have more of a head start …
T-Mobile slashes $70 off the price of the Garminfone, now available for $129
T-Mobile has cut the price of the Garminfone by $70, lowering the handset to $129.99 with a two year agreement. This price cut comes hot …
Palm webOS half-off sale extended to July 23rd
Good news for webOS owners as Palm has extended its half-off application sale until July 23rd. Slated to end on July 9th, this sale slashed …
Fujitsu to jump on the Android bandwagon?
Several Japanese newspapers are reporting that Fujitsu is working on an Android smartphone. This first Android offering from the Japanese electronics giant is expected to …
HTC is not jumping into the tablet market
HTC confirmed on Friday that it is not going to produce a slate device in the immediate future; despite earlier rumors that the mobile handset …
iPhone 4 jailbroken by Geohot
Late last month, news of root access and an early userland jailbreak of the iPhone 4 hit Twitter courtesy of @chpawn, @plantebeing, and @musclenerd. A …
AT&T Samsung Captivate hands on!
We have just received our very own Samsung Captivate device and have put together some first impressions as well as some great photos. The Samsung …
Apple iPhone 4 giveaway winner!
Yes, it’s that time… time to announce the winner of the Apple iPhone 4! We’ve finally picked who will receive the “magical” device, and it’s …
YouTube announces support for 4K video resolution
Today, at VidCon 2010, YouTube announced support for what it is calling 4K videos; meaning videos shot in their original aspect ratio “all the way …
Motorola DROID X: camera features and settings walk through
With the release of the DROID X just around the corner, we thought we would take some time and revisit one of the differentiating features of this …
NTP files email patent lawsuit against Google, Apple, HTC, LG, Motorola, and Microsoft
Patent-holding company NTP is winning big with its wireless email patents. In 2006, NTP settled a lawsuit with RIM for $612 million, and in 2009 …
Canadian law firm files class-action privacy lawsuit against Facebook
Facebook’s privacy woes continue with a class action lawsuit that target’s the social network’s privacy policy and how it handles user data. The lawsuit was …
Mini-touchscreen component destined for an unknown Apple device surfaces
Tw.apple.pro published a series of photos of an unusual Apple-branded touchscreen component. The photos were obtained from a source presumably deep within one of Apple’s …
AT&T's Samsung Captivate gets hype video
Nine days before release, the Super AMOLED packing Samsung Captivate — from AT&T — has been given its very own hype video. The 2:21 short emphasizes the …
China renews Google's Internet Content Provider license
A little over a week ago, Google announced that it would stop redirecting Chinese web queries to its uncensored Hong Kong site (a practice that …
Gmail adds rich text signatures
Last evening, Google announced that it was adding a oft-requested feature to its popular Gmail web-based email client: rich text signatures. As Google explains: “The …
Carrypad: Meego "demolishes" Android 2.2 in JavaScript test
Employing a play-on-words from Wednesday’s Ars Technica article — titled “Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks” — blog Carrypad has put MeeGo through the same Sunpsider …
Motorola CHARM specifications
Wednesday, T-Mobile and Motorola officially announced an Android 2.1 handset named the CHARM. While the press release was nice, it did lack a certain level of detail …
Television providers considering smaller, cheaper TV packages?
Cable and satellite television operators may be in talks with entertainment companies to develop new TV packages that offer fewer channels at a lower cost …
AppBrain Fast Web Installer, push Android applications from the web to your phone
One of the killer features demoed at Google I/O, on Android 2.2, was the OS’ ability to install pushed applications right from Google’s Market website. …
Is Twitter's estimate of 800 million search queries per day over-inflated?
Silicon Alley Insider pulled out a pin and burst the bubble that pushed Twitter to the top of the Wednesday’s tech news with its claim …
Samsung N150 netbook with international 3G now available from Verizon Wireless
We gave you advance warning that the Samsung N150 was slated to land with Verizon Wireless and now it has finally arrived. Starting today, you …
