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RIM to writedown unsold BlackBerry, PlayBook inventory

Rue Liu, May 29th 2012 Discuss [1]

RIM may be faced with a another writedown as its unsold BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablet inventory continue to rise. RIM's unsold devices have risen by two-thirds in the past year, making for a possible writedown of as much as $1 billion when its financial quarter ends this Saturday. Read The Full Story

Redux: Dark Matters for Sega Dreamcast surpasses funding goal

Rue Liu, May 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

A Kickstarter campaign for a brand new video game called Redux: Dark Matters has managed to surpass its funding goal, now reaching just over $40k. What's unique about this video game project is that the developers are promising to offer a version of the game for the Sega Dreamcast. Fans of the retro console can pledge $65 to receive the limited edition Dreamcast version, only 1000 copies will be made. Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs’ 1974 Atari memo up for auction

Rue Liu, May 28th 2012 Discuss [3]

Sotheby's is getting ready to auction a Steve Jobs' memo on June 15 for as much as $15,000. The memo was written to Atari in 1974 when Jobs was 19 years old and employed by the company to work on game design. Jobs was reportedly forced to work at nights at Atari due to his clashes with colleagues. Read The Full Story

Panasonic Lumix FX90 gets iOS, Android remote app

Rue Liu, May 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Panasonic has released a companion app for its Lumix FX90 WiFi-enabled digital camera. The app turns your iOS or Android device into a remote control for the camera, letting you use your handset's display as the viewfinder, which makes for better self-portraits and easier espionage. Read The Full Story

Huawei to launch Emotion UI for Android devices

Rue Liu, May 28th 2012 Discuss [1]

Huawei has announced that it will be launching its own custom UI for its Android devices this summer. Similar to Samsung's TouchWiz and HTC's Sense, Huawei's Emotion UI will be offered as a custom layer on top of Android and will likely debut on its upcoming Ascend D Quad smartphone, which will be running Ice Cream Sandwich. Read The Full Story

Google speeds up mobile search for places

Rue Liu, May 28th 2012 Discuss [1]

You might have noticed that searching on-the-go for local restaurants and businesses just got a whole lot quicker over the weekend. That's because Google updated its mobile search to offer a more streamlined approach to delivering all the information you're looking for on a place in one page with one click. Read The Full Story

New York increasing in appeal to high-tech startups

Rue Liu, May 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

New York isn't exactly where tech startups traditionally situate nor where venture capitalists are willing to bet their money, but that may slowly be starting to change. From 2007 to 2011, almost 500 tech startups in New York received venture financing and certain startups have found the major media companies located in the city to be key to their businesses. Read The Full Story

ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 visits the FCC with AT&T bands

Rue Liu, May 25th 2012 Discuss [1]

ASUS may finally be bringing its Transformer line of tablets to US wireless networks if an FCC filing is any indication. The latest model of the lineup, the Transformer Pad TF300, is now at the FCC and is equipped to support wireless bands for AT&T's LTE network. Read The Full Story

Toshiba discontinuing netbooks in the US

Rue Liu, May 25th 2012 Discuss [1]

Toshiba has confirmed that it will no longer be offering new netbook models in the US. The news isn't too surprising given the forthcoming onslaught of Ultrabooks, but it does further confirm the grim outlook for the ill-fated netbook market. Dell and Lenovo are already officially out of the netbook space, while Samsung and Sony haven't launched any new models this year either. Read The Full Story

Facebook rumored to buy Opera for own browser

Rue Liu, May 25th 2012 Discuss [9]

Despite the IPO drama, Facebook is forging on and new claims suggest the company is already mulling its next major acquisition. Citing "trusted sources," Pocket-lint reports that the social network is looking to buy Opera for its own web browser. This means that it would compete in the browser space against Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Read The Full Story

Verizon likely to divest spectrum for cable deal

Rue Liu, May 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Verizon's proposed $3.6 billion deal to snatch up unused AWS spectrum from a coalition of cable companies in exchange for joint marketing will likely require the carrier to divest some of that spectrum. Senator Herb Kohl, chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, who urged against the AT&T and T-Mobile deal that later crumbled, has issued a letter this week raising competition concerns surrounding the Verizon deal. Read The Full Story