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Two Million iPads Sold In Under 60 Days
Apple have announced their latest iPad sales figures, and the tablet's international debut last week has helped topple another milestone figure. Two million iPads have…
Read MoreHitachi-LG Data Storage Shows Off HyDrive Optical Disc Drive With SSD Inside
Hitachi-LG Data Storage has unveiled a strange new product called the HyDrive that combines an optical drive with a SSD. The device is the first…
Read MoreSanyo Unveils New DMX-CA100 Waterproof Full HD Camcorder
Sanyo has unveiled what it calls the world's first waterproof full HD camcorder that is capable of recording full 1080p resolution video underwater. That would…
Read MoreNokia To Use ARM Chip In First MeeGo Device
We have already talked about Nokia's MeeGo OS on a few occasions. Last week we learned that MeeGo v1.0 for netbooks and the Nokia N900…
Read MoreiPhone DIY Revolver Case Will Get You Shot
I would hope that no one here in the US or really anywhere would try to carry this iPhone case out in public and actually…
Read MoreARM Eagle Next Generation Core At Computex 2010
Back in February 2010 we spied a leaked roadmap from ARM that had something called Eagle listed. The processor roadmap showed Eagle to be a…
Read MoreDOJ Inquiry Into Apple To Extend Into Video And Music
Apple leaving Flash out of the show when it comes to the iPhone and iPad devices was enough to get the DOJ interested in the…
Read MoreAwesome Strand Craft 122 Yacht Has Super Car Garage Built-In
I am a landlubber; I have never felt the call of the ocean. I haven’t even been on a cruise. Even if I were filthy…
Read MoreSilicon Power Armor A80 USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Unveiled
Silicon Power has unveiled a new external portable hard drive called the Armor A80. The new HDD uses a USB 3.0 interface and is backwards…
Read MoreNVIDIA Asks For Patience In Tegra 2 Tablet Wait
I remember when NVIDIA first started talking about its Ion platform. The graphics giant was big on talking the platform up, but had no products…
Read MoreMSI WindPad 100 And 110 Tablets Surface At Computex 2010
Computex 2010 is running full steam ahead today and there have already been some cool new gadgets debuted at the show. The MSI WindPad 100…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad EP101TC, EP121 And Eee Tablet Get Official
Computex 2010 doesn't kick off in earnest until tomorrow, but a few of the big name exhibitors have snuck in ahead with some early press…
Read MoreWhy Every Living Room Needs A PC
I spend an inordinate amount of time in my living room. Part of that time is spent watching television. When I'm not watching some of…
Read MoreSkype For iPhone Gets 3G VoIP; Subscription Fee From September
Skype have updated their iPhone app to v2.0.0 [iTunes link], which now supports Skype-to-Skype VoIP calls over a 3G connection. According to Skype, the functionality…
Read MoreSamsung Wave Unboxing And Hands-On [Video]
Samsung's first bada phone, the Samsung Wave S8500, has landed on our desk, and we're still not quite certain whether the new OS has a…
Read MoreAmazon Kindle To Slim Down This Summer, Add Sharper Display
As the iPad flies off the shelf globally now, it would seem that Amazon would need to get on the ball about offering some kind…
Read MoreHTC EVO 4G Video Calls Free Insist Qik; Subscription Covers "Premium Features"
Qik have clarified pricing details for their upcoming HTC EVO 4G video call app, after a leaked document last week suggested that the functionality would…
Read MoreHas The iPad Killed Tablet Innovation?
How foolish I've been. Five months ago I wrote that tablets had come of age, and even sifted my way through the line-up cherry picking…
Read MoreLenovo U1 Hybrid & Skylight OS Smartbook Axed In Favor Of Android
It actually hasn't been that long since Lenovo promised us, and everyone else for that matter, that the U1 Hybrid and Skylight Smartbook featuring Skylight…
Read MoreRealease Shogo Tablet Is 10 Inches Of Developer Goodness
You might've looked at that title a few times, thinking we made a typo. Well, we didn't. Realease (real-ease) have just pulled the curtain off…
Read MorePolk Atrium Garden Speakers Are Expensive Ways To Listen To Music Outdoors
Polk's name is pretty much synonymous with home audio, and that probably has something to do with the fact that their equipment, while pretty high…
Read MoreVerizon Wireless iPhone On Store Shelves In November, According To Analyst
Analysts haven't necessarily been on a roll as of late (are they ever?), but we'll go ahead and feed into their egos a bit, and…
Read MoreAT&T To Offer MobileProtect For $13.99 A Month
If you've got an iPhone, then you're painfully aware that the only way to insure your precious Apple mobile device, is to go through Apple…
Read MoreApple Applies For Patent To Pause And Resume Media On Separate Devices
Apple certainly loves their patents. Even if they don't have any plans to actually implement the idea into the physical world for several years, they're…
Read MoreSlingPlayer Mobile For Android Hands-On [Video]
Sling Media have released a brief demo of their new SlingPlayer Android client, but we fancied a better play and so managed to grab a…
Read MoreGoogle TV: Good Idea, Poor Initial Execution
At last week’s Google I/O conference, the search giant revealed plans for new web video technologies, an update to Android, and Google TV. Before we…
Read MoreHTC Tablet Research Tips Social Networking Niche
Speculation about an HTC tablet is one of those cyclical things that doesn't want to die, and it seems that while the company maintains it…
Read MoreNokia N8 Arriving August 25th In UK?
Availability for the Nokia N8 in the UK has apparently been leaked, with an unduly talkative retail employee telling Pocket-lint that the Symbian^3 smartphone is…
Read More$99 Apple TV Update Gets iPhone OS, 1080p HD And Cloud-Storage?
Details of Apple's upcoming Apple TV platform refresh have emerged, with Engadget claiming to have heard from a trusted source that the Cupertino company is…
Read MoreTaiji Tablet Hides Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard [Video]
Remember BYD's Snaptop concept, the Snapdragon-powered tablet with a wireless Bluetooth keyboard hiding in the rear panel? It looks like someone at Taiji Electronics has…
Read MoreAT&T Samsung i897 Leaks While Behold II Update Prompts Controversy
Details on a new Samsung Android smartphone, the Samsung i897, have leaked to AndroidGuys, and it looks to be headed to AT&T in the not…
Read MoreApple Open iBookstore To Self-Publishers
With international outlets of Apple's iBookstore fast filling up with premium titles, amateur authors are probably wondering how they can get their works into the…
Read MoreNokia N8 Demo Video Shows Evolutionary Symbian^3 OS
Nokia N8 demo videos are in short supply, so we'll take anything we can get in the run-up to the smartphone's release. Nokia Conversations have…
Read MoreInternational iPad Goes On Sale
It's Friday, May 28th, and that means it's international iPad day. Queues were already forming outside Apple stores yesterday, while preorder customers started to receive…
Read MoreNokia N900 Sold "Well In Excess" Of 100,000 In Five Weeks; Gartner Figures Seriously Wrong Claims Source
Analyst predictions - like any other - should generally be taken with a pinch of salt (the Steve Ballmer at WWDC 2010 speculation is good…
Read MoreSony Dual-Display Touchscreen Ereader Patent Application Unearthed
A new patent application from Sony suggests the company might be the latest to jump on the dual-display ereader bandwagon. Unlike the nook and Spring…
Read MoreSteve Ballmer Won't Be Making It To WWDC, Or Dancing With The Stars
Well, that was quick. We had brought you a story earlier today, about a particular analyst out there who believed, pretty strongly, that Steve Ballmer,…
Read MoreGigabyte M1125 Convertible Incoming With Intel Core I-Series CPU
With Computex 2010 kicking off next week, Gigabyte have spilled the beans on some of what we can expect to see. Among the motherboards -…
Read MoreAcer Aspire One 533 Leaks With Optional Bluetooth 3.0
News of a new Acer netbook has emerged, the Acer Aspire One 533, and it looks to be an Intel Atom version of the AMD-powered…
Read MoreRAmos W7 Android MID Ships, Gets Played With In China
It's been a long time since we first saw the RAmos W7 Android MID, but the distinctive chromed device is finally shipping. Based around a…
Read MoreVIA Reveal Sub-$150 Android Tablets: Prepare To Be Underwhelmed?
Remember VIA's promise of $100 to $150 Android tablets storming the market in the second half of this year and generally giving us all a…
Read More$5 Qik Video Call Surcharge For HTC EVO 4G Revealed
Sprint's mandatory $10 per month WiMAX surcharge on top of the basic HTC EVO 4G package was enough to get us mildly miffed in our…
Read MoreUK iBookstore Shelves Filled For iPad Readers
Having made its international debut earlier this week, only with nothing but out-of-copyright titles to choose from, Apple's iBookstore has now started to fill up…
Read MoreSkype Android App With Video Chat Due In 2010
Skype have apparently tipped their plans for an incoming Android video chat app, which - unlike the current Verizon-only version of their mobile software -…
Read MoreMotorola And Verizon Wireless Launching Two Droid Devices In July
The Wall Street Journal's got a hot tip that says Motorola isn't planning on just releasing one new Droid device in the near future. Apparently…
Read MoreMicrosoft Plans For 30 Million Windows Phone 7 Devices To Be Sold By End Of 2011
Can we say "lofty?" We've barely got developers getting their hands on Windows Phone 7 prototype devices, and here we are seeing Microsoft setting a…
Read MoreMotorola Is Focusing On Android For Now, Talks About Tablets & HTC
Co-CEO of Motorola, Sanjay Jha, decided to open up in regards to just about anything that his company might be thinking about for the future,…
Read MoreToshiba AirSwing Is A Gesture-Based UI For The Masses [Video]
As much as we'd love to be knee-deep in the future, playing around with our holographic computers, or swiping our hands all over the place…
Read MoreWi-Fi Sync For Windows Released, Now Supports The iPad
We've covered Wi-Fi Sync pretty heavily 'round these parts, and that's for a good reason. It's awesome. You doesn't like syncing their gadgets to another…
Read MoreVerizon Wireless Will Move Away From Unlimited Plans For LTE Network
Bad news for hardcore data users out there, we imagine. Our pining for an unlimited data plan, when Verizon Wireless finally transitions to their LTE…
Read MoreTime Warner And NBC Will Remain Flash-Focused
Apple's iPad is something of a powerhouse when it comes to videos, or at least that's what Apple wants you to think of their tablet…
Read MoreFacebook Android SDK Now Available To Developers
In the beginning, Facebook didn't have a very high perception of Google's mobile Operating System. And so, as they focused on the iPhone Operating System…
Read MoreGoogle Announces WebM Open-Source Video Format
Today, Google opened up their opening keynote for Google I/O. It's entire purpose was to talk about the Web, HTML5, and how it all can…
Read MoreGoogle Announces Chrome Web Store
A lot of questions went unanswered when Google originally announced Chrome OS. Like, what would we do with that Chrome OS Apps page? Well, it…
Read MoreNokia Instant Community Gets New Video Demo: Ideal For Cruising
Nokia Research have pushed out a second video demonstrating their Nokia Instant Community system of WiFi-based group messaging, and while first time around it was…
Read MorePalm webOS UI Chief Taking New Role In Android Team? [Update: Confirmed!]
The man responsible for the Palm webOS UI, Matias Duarte, has apparently jumped ship and taken a new job at Google, most likely in the…
Read MoreBBC iPlayer iPad Update Goes Live
The BBC have updated their iPlayer app to suit the iPad, fresh to UK shores, and the Flash-free tablet can now stream TV and radio…
Read MoreEarly iPad Deliveries Prompt Over 100,000 Complaints
Early iPad deliveries across Europe have left many Apple fans contentedly playing with their new tablet toys a few hours ahead of what they expected,…
Read MoreShuttle SX58J3 SFF PC Supports Core I7-980X Extreme
Just because you're small, doesn't mean you can't be powerful; that's pretty much the tagline for Shuttle's new flagship SFF mini-PC. The Shuttle SX57J3 is…
Read MoreOLPC Adopt Marvell Moby Tablet Platform For XO-3
OLPC have polarised opinion with their approach to computer systems for developing nations, and now the organisation has partnered with Marvell to try to deliver…
Read MoreStereo 3D PCs Set To Go Big Says JPR
Today it almost feels like 3D is something new. We have a glut of 3D TVs hitting the market, 3D content is coming to the…
Read MoreNEC Valuestar N VN790/BS 3D All-In-One Hits Japan In June
The sales message is clear: buy NEC's new Valuestar N VN790/BS 3D all-in-one, freshly launched in Japan, and get a gobful of whale. Initially promised last…
Read MoreAMtek iTablet Speed-Lite Tegra 2 Tablet Brings Four Touchscreen Friends To Computex
The tablet market is gathering momentum, and AMtek has just announced all five of the models they'll be bringing to Computex next month. The slates…
Read MoreUSB Flash Drive Cufflinks For The Well-Dressed Geek
There are lots of geeks out there that revel in their geekdom. This is the sort of person who buys all their shirts at ThinkGeek…
Read MoreGym Worker Who Found The Motorola Droid Shadow Gets Canned
On Tuesday, we mentioned that a dude who works at a Verizon Wireless corporate gym found an unreleased Motorola Droid Shadow smartphone in the gym…
Read MoreDARPA Gives Lockheed Martin $3.9M To Develop New Scope For Soldiers
Lockheed Martin is one of the biggest arms contractors that supplies all manner of high tech gear for the military. The name is most closely…
Read MoreNokia N8 Sims 3, Need For Speed & Monopoly Gaming Get Video Demos
The Open Mobile Summit is currently taking place in overcast London, and Nokia have been rolling out some hitherto-unseen Nokia N8 goodies to tide us…
Read MoreV-MODA Drops High-End Crossfade LP Headphones
When it comes to headphones, there are a bunch of different styles that you can choose from to meet your individual needs and tastes. V-MODA…
Read MoreAcer Offers Up Revo Family Of Media Streamer And Storage Devices
Network media players for the home are becoming more and more popular as the average consumer migrates from physical media to digital media for home…
Read MoreFord Adds New Features To Sync Hands Free System For Free
Not long ago I bought a new Ford Mustang that came with the Microsoft Sync system and it is honestly one of the best features…
Read MoreAcer Stream Launches With Android 2.1, Snapdragon & HDMI [Video]
Acer have officially announced their latest Android smartphone, the Acer Stream, a Nexus One rivalling Android 2.1 Eclair device with a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen. The…
Read MoreNokia N8 "Coming Soon" Claim Vodafone UK
Having already heard that Nokia N8 preorders are likely to kick off in early July, there's now movement from carriers too. Vodafone UK have updated…
Read MoreTeam To Show Off TP1023 Sport Mobile HDD At Computex
Computex is set to kick off next month and there are lots of companies starting to offer up a bit of tease on the products…
Read MoreMeeGo v1.0 For Netbooks And N900 Launches, Gets Video Demo
MeeGo v1.0 for netbooks and the Nokia N900 has now been released, complete with Qt 4.6 support, the MeeGo SDK with an integrated application development…
Read MoreProject Natal $149 US Price Leaks; $299 In 360 Arcade Bundle
Having gasped at leaked Scandinavian pricing for Project Natal, which worked out to roughly $200 for the motion-controller, new US-specific figures have emerged which are…
Read MoreAcer Android Tablet Gets Brief Demo; Due Q4 2010
Acer's tablet plans have always been a little more shaky than that of rivals ASUS and MSI, but the company's CEO Gianfranco Lanci has just…
Read MoreiNotePad Parody Perhaps Best Yet (And You Can Buy It, Too) [Video]
There's no shortage of iPad spoof videos, but when someone goes to the trouble not only of sourcing the exact same type of t-shirt that…
Read MoreFirefox Home For iPhone: A Mobile Window On Your Desktop Browser [Video]
Mozilla have announced the development of Firefox Home for iPhone, a way to use the synchronization capabilities of Firefox Sync that will pull in bookmarks…
Read MoreUK iPad Preorders Being Delivered Today [Update: Italy Too]
Online orders for the international Apple iPad may not ship until some unknown point in June, but if you got in early you may have…
Read MoreSteve Ballmer On-Stage At WWDC 2010 Predicts Analyst; Apple Have "Little Room For Surprise" Reckons Rival
Apple's June 7th WWDC 2010 keynote is approaching, and thanks to various pre-show leaks of the fourth-generation iPhone HD many are questioning exactly how groundbreaking…
Read MoreGreenpeace: Dell And Nintendo Aren't Environmentally Friendly
First off: no company out there is 100 percent green. At least not in the eyes of Greenpeace, at least. In their annual "Who's Green?"…
Read MoreNintendo Wii Fit Could Be Used To Train Future Navy Recruits
When it comes to training the next batch of military recruits, military higher-ups are always ready to take on new measures. Anything to get them…
Read MoreApple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Cap
Considering all the buzz as of late about what's coming out of Cupertino, and the fact that ever since the launch of Apple's iPhone in…
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows Phone 7 Shows Up On Another Samsung Device [Video]
The first time we ever saw a Samsung Windows Phone 7 device, we were pretty excited about it. And then we found out that it…
Read MoreInternational iPad Preorders Delayed Again: Vague "June" Delivery Estimate
It looks like Apple's international iPad supplies have taken another knock; the company had updated their UK, Canadian and other online stores from estimating a…
Read MoreNVIDIA Deny GTX 470 Axe; Hint At Incoming GTX 465
After speculation earlier this week that NVIDIA had axed their GeForce GTX 470 graphics card, the company has strongly denied that they are deleting the SKU…
Read MoreViliv HD5 1080p PMP Gets Listed; Launch Imminent?
We've generally stuck to Viliv's MID and netbook ranges before now, but the company's HD5 PMP deserves a second look. Built around a 5-inch WVGA capacitive…
Read MoreHP 2010i, 2210m, 2310m And 2710m LCDs Debut
HP have outed four new LCD displays, kicking off at 20-inches and climbing all the way to 27-inches. The HP 2010i, 2210m and 2310m -…
Read MoreSymbian^3 To Debut On Non-Nokia Handset
Nokia may be carefully guarding the Symbian^3 build running on their Nokia N8 prototypes, but according to Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian Foundation,…
Read MoreLogic3 LCD ProDock Adds LCD Remote To iPod Dock
Having reviewed JBL's On Stage Micro II earlier this morning, we thought we'd seen the only interesting iPod dock of the day. It turns out,…
Read MoreFailed MVNO Zer01 Hit With $43m Legal Judgement
MVNO Zer01 may have made all the right publicity noises, but unfortunately nobody could make any calls. The company - which promised unlimited voice and…
Read More75% Of Android OS Devices Still In North America Claim AdMob
AdMob may be best known at this point for their new Google overlords, but they've also been finding time to carry out mobile market research.…
Read More3D Pico-Projectors Gather Steam: Glasses-Free By 2012
It's 3D all round with pico-projectors these days, as the companies behind the pocketable display devices try to catch a hold of the 3D gravy-train.…
Read MoreRFID Virus Researchers "Scaremongering" Claims Security Expert
Just as you were reeling from the prospect of your RFID-implanted arm, cat or badger trekking in whatever wireless viruses they'd picked up and accidentally…
Read MoreUK Scientists Infected With Computer Virus
Computer viruses are something that most computer users are familiar with. We know these infections can steal our personal data and render our computers useless.…
Read MoreiPad Puts Old-School Beat Down On Netbooks
I have found myself becoming more and more interested in using the iPad rather than my notebook or a netbook for general computer use when…
Read MoreMimo 720-F Flex Screen Touchscreen Monitor Debuts
Mimo has been offering some cool USB external monitors that are small and add a second screen with minimal fuss for a while. The company…
Read MoreDell Streak O2 Debut On June 4th
O2 UK have announced the launch date for the Dell Streak, the 5-inch Android MID which made its official debut yesterday. According to an update…
Read MoreLenovo ThinkCentre M90z Previewed [Video]
Only at Lenovo could a designer say "we want as many crazy ideas as we can come up with" over a montage of near-identical black…
Read MoreZotac Unveils World's Fastest Air-Cooled GTX 470 And GTX 480 Video Cards
The NVIDIA GTX 470 and GTX 480 video cards are already fast by all accounts with very impressive performance. When you take those already fast…
Read MoreVIA Labs To Show Off VL800 4-Port USB 3.0 Host Controller At Computex
USB 3.0 gear is coming to the market in larger amounts every day. Today if your notebook or mainboard has USB 3.0 ports, you are…
Read MoreWindows And Intel Tablets To Take Spotlight At Computex With Android Tablets In Shadows
With the track record of anti-competitive practices of both Intel and Microsoft along with the long running allegations that the two firms use persuasion and…
Read MoreFoxconn Opens Factories To Journalists As HP And Apple Probe Suicides At Plants
It's a sad and tragic thing when anyone takes their own life. When a rash of suicides occurs in a single location, many start to…
Read MoreGrace Digital Audio Unveils Eco Extreme All-Terrain MP3 Speaker
Grace Digital Audio makes all sorts of audio goodies, such as devices like the Solo WiFi Radio Tuner that I talked about earlier this month.…
Read MoreAViiQ Portable Laptop Stand Is Crazy Thin For Portability
I am not a big fan of working from laptops when I can help it. I don’t like to look down at the screen; I…
Read MoreSamsung I8330 Aka Vodafone H2 LiMo Phone Leaks
Vodafone's 360 service and its duo of Samsung handsets didn't exactly set the cellphone marketplace on fire, but it looks like the carrier isn't giving…
Read MoreKonnet PowerV Duo Chargers Your Wiimotes Sans Wires
If you are a big fan of the Nintendo Wii, you can attest to how quickly the batteries in your Wii remotes run down. When…
Read MoreLaCie Rugged Safe Biometric Portable HDD
LaCie have outed their latest portable hard-drive, and as well as being protected from bumps and drops, it's also secure in terms of unauthorised access.…
Read MoreFreescale Tablet Concept Offers Pro-Audio Docks
Freescale are following up on their first batch of mobile device concepts with another idea for the table of the future, a multimedia and pro-audio…
Read MoreMotorola Shadow HDMI And OMAP3630 CPU Confirmed In New Leak
It looks like it's the week for Motorola Shadow leaks; after being purportedly left in a gym yesterday, the Android handset destined for Verizon's network…
Read MoreColor Kindle "A Long Way Out" Insists Amazon CEO
Hopes for a color Kindle refresh to better position the ereader against Apple's iPad have been dashed this week, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos telling…
Read MoreHDMI Dock For HTC EVO 4G Due At Best Buy Soon
While we appreciated having HDMI connectivity on the HTC EVO 4G, Sprint's decision not to bundle the necessary mini HDMI to HDMI cable in the…
Read MoreSony Demo Rollable Printed OLED Display [Video]
Sony has been demonstrating a new, rollable OLED display this week, with the 4.1-inch panel running at 432 x 240 resolution and with over a 1,000:1…
Read MoreAndroid 2.2 Froyo On Nexus One Right Now Isn't The Official Release
To anyone out there that's running Android 2.2 right now, what's being lovingly called Froyo by Google and everyone else, you're probably having some pretty…
Read MoreASRock Vision 3D HTPC Gets The Hands-On Treatment In Taipei [Video]
There's no doubt that getting hardware shown off, in any capacity, is something we look forward to. Especially if it's an early sneak peek of…
Read MoreSony's PlayStation Network+ Could Be Announced At E3
Looks like HBO isn't the only thing getting some premium services showcased on Sony's PlayStation Network. Sure enough, while the rumors about a premium version…
Read MoreSony Nextep Computer Packs OLED And Can Be Worn On The Wrist In 2020
This thing is ridiculous. We're all for great concepts, and we're even more excited about seeing crazy things that we can wear on our body.…
Read MoreSixthSense For Search And Rescue Brings High-Tech Rescue To The Field
Sure, you might not want to wear a normal fanny pack, but we think you might want to make an exception for this one. Then…
Read MoreStable Chrome Builds For Mac And Linux Released
Google has announced that the stable versions of their Chrome browser for OS X and Linux are ready for public consumption. The browser - along…
Read MoreMicrosoft Confirm Reshuffle: Robbie Bach & J Allard Depart (But "Unrelated" To Courier)
Having been rumored late last week, it's now confirmed that Robbie Bach and J Allard of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division will be leaving the…
Read MoreBest Buy Deal Puts TiVo Software (But No DVR) Into Insignia HDTVs
You'd think injecting a TiVo box into an HDTV and doing away with the set-top box would be an obvious plan of action, but Best…
Read MoreMvixUSA HDHome S2 And S4 HTPCs Outed
MvixUSA have unveiled their latest home media systems, and the HDHome raises the game from basic streamers of the past and delivers a full Windows…
Read MoreOoma Bluetooth Adapter Pushes Home VoIP To Your Cellphone
Ooma would love for you to ditch your landline and go with their VoIP system, and to try to seal the deal they're now allowing…
Read MoreVIA-Powered $100-$150 Android Tablets Due 2H 2010
VIA are looking to dip into the tablet market, with around five different models - ranging in price from $100 to $150 - expected to…
Read MoreNVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M Fermi GPU For Notebooks Outed
NVIDIA have announced their first Fermi-based GPU intended for notebooks, in the shape of the GeForce GTX 480M. Described as "DirectX 11 done right for…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaPad Z560 With Core i3/i5 ULV CPUs On Sale Now
Lenovo's IdeaPad Z Series have gone on sale a little earlier than planned, with the 15.6-inch Z560 showing up at the company's online store. Set…
Read MoreNVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 Axed After Just Two Months?
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 470 certainly fell into the shadow of its more-capable GTX 480 sibling, but are the two cards so similar that the company…
Read MoreiBooks Hits International iPads But iBookstore Is Bare
iBooks has gone live in the App Store outside of the US, but right now it's a disappointing experience unless you're looking to swot up…
Read MoreThree Detail UK iPad 3G Plans: Best Value So Far
UK carrier Three has become the latest network to throw their hat into the iPad WiFi + 3G data plan ring, and at first glance…
Read MoreDell Streak Official: O2 UK In June, US This Summer
Dell have finally confirmed availability for the Dell Streak - the Android MID formerly known as the Mini 5 - with the 5-inch tablet hitting…
Read MoreNokia Instant Community: Ad-Hoc Networks For Chat & Media Sharing [Video]
Nokia Research have been showing off a new technology designed to create impromptu WiFi mesh networks for chat and media sharing, and it's far more…
Read MoreAir Display For iPad Reviewed: Make Your iPad A Secondary Monitor
Graphic designers, musicians and IM-addicts already know how useful a secondary sub-display can be, and now iPad owners can find out the same. Air Display,…
Read MoreLG 84-Inch 3D TV And More Shown Off At SID 2010
LG has whipped out a massive new 3D TV that has a gigantic 84-inch screen. The set has better than 1080p resolution with a native…
Read MoreI'm Not A Doctor Headphones Are Perfect For The Lazy Nurse
Long ago when I was part of the normal world of people that had to wear pants and drive to work I spent many years…
Read MorePebble Concept Replaces Your Normal Keyless Entry Fob
I'm not sure why, but no matter how long I drive a car with keyless entry it seems like I always hit the wrong button…
Read MoreNVIDIA CUDA And PhysX VP Jumps Ship For AMD
It's not uncommon at all in the technology industry for workers and executives to move from one firm within the industry to another that is…
Read MoreAT&T And LG Unveil The New LG Vu Plus Mobile TV Device
I'm not entirely certain that mobile TV viewing is for me. I can see the service being a dig deal for those who are on…
Read MoreCanon Stops Development Of SED TVs
Canon has been working for years to bring SED or surface-conduction electron-emitter displays to the consumer market. These displays were once thought by Canon to…
Read MoreToshiba Unveils New Camileo BW10 Waterproof Camcorder
Summer may not be officially here, but the heat is in many parts of the country, which means that there are already many folks going…
Read MoreVerizon's Motorola Droid Shadow Stumbled On In Wild?
We have to say we're dubious about this particular purported leak, but there's no doubt that appetite for the rumored Motorola Shadow is high. According…
Read MoreHBO Puts Its Premium Programs On The PS3 And PSP For Purchase
HBO has some of the best weekly shows on TV and those shows win all sorts of awards and are very popular. The catch for…
Read MorePioneer AVIC-Z120BT In-Dash PND Gets Pandora Audio Support
Pioneer have outed their latest high-end in-dash navigation system, and it has brought along mobile Pandora access too. The Pioneer AVIC-Z120BT has a 7-inch WVGA…
Read MoreSound ID 510 Bluetooth Headset Gets Its Own iPhone App
There are so many Bluetooth headsets and hands free kits on the market today that it's overwhelming if you are in the market. More are…
Read MoreLapWorks Offers Up New iPad And eReader Stand
I think most of you who are using an iPad today know that the things can be a real pain in your neck if you…
Read MoreMSI Slatebook Due Q3 2010 With 3G Carrier Partnerships
MSI have already told us to expect their Windows 7 MSI Slatebook tablet at Computex next month; now they're spilling a few more details to…
Read MoreNokia N900 Gets Maemo 1.2 Update; Official MeeGo A No-Go
Nokia's N900 has just been gifted a software update, though it's not the MeeGo v1.0 firmware we're waiting for (more bad news about that after…
Read MoreT-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Gets Unboxed [Video]
T-Mobile's latest QWERTY Android phone, the myTouch 3G Slide, is just a week or so from launch, but over at Android Community they already have…
Read MoreAT&T Unlock All Phones But The iPhone
AT&T have agreed to provide unlock codes for any device they supply to subscribers - as long as it's not an iPhone. The move follows…
Read MoreHTC EVO 4G Hands-On
It's big, it's fast and it's enough to lure us into a two-year Sprint agreement, and when was the last time you heard that? The…
Read MoreVerizon Wireless Customers Want The iPhone
At least, that's what a new report from an analyst says. How many of them? Not all of them, as some people might think, but…
Read MoreRoundtable Concepts Announces Officially Licensed Capcom Street Fighter IV HDTVs
Roundtable Concepts likes to launch high-definition televisions that are covered in licensed graphics. They first showed up in our parts just a few months back,…
Read MorePlayStation Move Could Hit Store Shelves As Soon As July
Sony's placing a lot of hope in their upcoming motion controller, and considering the upcoming competition, that's probably a good idea. With E3 just around…
Read MoreBeBionic Bionic Hand Set For Worldwide Distribution In June [Video]
Bionic hands. Sometimes linked with some pretty heavy-duty bionic arms, are the thing of the future. And, while some people probably think they're still a…
Read MoreApple iPhone 3G 8GB Orders No Longer Being Placed For AT&T
At this point, even if you don't count the countless sightings of the iPhone HD, there's enough evidence out there to suggest, beyond a shadow…
Read MoreiLuv iSP130, iSP150, And iSP170 Speaker Options Available Now
When we think about iLuv, we're reminded of some very interesting, if not completely innovative accessories. And this time around, with the introduction of three…
Read MoreFroyo Is Delicious: Hands On With Android 2.2
Last week Google formally announced the newest version of the Android family. Known as Froyo (or Frozen Yogurt; Android releases are all named after desserts…
Read MoreSprint iPhone To Arrive In September?
From one Apple mobile device rumor to another; MacRumors are reporting that several of their sources have talked about the iPhone landing on carrier Sprint…
Read MoreiPad WiBro Planned For South Korea?
Apple's international launch plans for the iPad continue to chug along, with the first batch of countries - outside of the US - getting their…
Read MoreElgato EyeTV HD DVR Bridges Cable/satellite TV To iPad & Macs
Elgato have updated their media streamer range with the EyeTV HD DVR, a small box that allows you to hook up a cable or satellite…
Read MoreIntel 32nm ULV Core i3, i5 And i7 CPUs Headed To Ultrathins In June
Intel have officially announced their latest ultra-low voltage (ULV) Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors, which will be finding their way into ultraportable…
Read MoreNokia Yahoo! Phone "Out Of The Scope Of The Announcement"
Sources had suggested that there'd be no sign of the well-rumored Nokia-made Yahoo! Phone at the two companies' press event this morning, and sure enough…
Read MoreYahoo! And Nokia Join Forces On Ovi Maps, Mail And Chat
Yahoo! and Nokia have taken to the stage this morning and, as expected, they've announced a partnership deal that will see them collaborate on mobile…
Read MoreNVIDIA CEO: Tegra 2 Will Sweep Tablets & Smartphones; Moorestown "An Elephant"
We've made no bones of our love of NVIDIA's second-gen Tegra chipset, and how excited we are about seeing it in upcoming tablets like the…
Read MoreSamsung Unveils World's Largest See-Through AMOLED Display
There is one thing that I really hate about shiny screens on notebooks and desktops and that thing is glare. Glossy screens are the norm…
Read MoreOCZ Adds 400GB And 480GB Vertex 2 And Agility 2 SSDs To Line
OCZ first debuted the new Vertex 2 and Agility 2 SSDs in April. When the SSDs were introduced, they were offered in 50GB, 100GB, 200GB,…
Read MoreIntel To Add New Core I5-580M CPU This Fall
Only recently have the new 2010 line of Core processor from Intel become widely available. This fact has lead to lots of machines getting updated…
Read MoreSteve Jobs Confirmed For WWDC 2010 Keynote
Pushing out a press release confirming that CEO Steve Jobs will be taking to the stage at WWDC 2010 for the opening keynote is unlikely…
Read MoreArduIMU DIY Quadcopter Has Sonar And All Kinds Of Cool
You probably remember that cool quadcopter from Parrot that can be controlled for the iPhone we spied back at CES. A designer named Jose Juilo…
Read MoreNokia N8 Countdown Timer Tips Early July Pre-Orders
Perhaps someone needs to remind Nokia of the basics of advertising; this countdown board for pre-ordering the Nokia N8 was spotted earlier today by The…
Read MoreHP Has Expanded A Battery Recall On Some Of Its Notebooks For Fire Hazard
It seems like every time I think battery recalls for notebooks are over, they start back up again. There were huge recalls back in 2008…
Read MoreScosche flipSYNC Keychain USB Cable And Charger Ships
Back in late December 2009, I mentioned that Scosche would be showing off some of its new gear at CES. One of the new devices…
Read MoreQuirky Fit Kit Is Perfect For Geeks Who Frequent The Gym
Quirky produces all manner of cool and interesting gadgets that are designed with the help of the Quirky Community. The coolest gadget that Quirky has…
Read MorePowermat USA Offers New Powermat Kit For iPhone 3G/3GS
Late last year Powermat was offering a universal kit that offered wireless power for multiple devices that could charge as many as three items at…
Read MoreTeam To Unveil New 64GB SDXC Card At Computex
The new SDXC format is ushering in memory cards that look like the SD cards we have had for years, but pack huge amounts of…
Read MoreiRobiQ Karaoke Companion Robot Arrives In North America [Video]
If you're desperate for a robot companion and can't wait for the open-source Qbo to be detailed to the point where you can build one…
Read MoreAsus Pre-Installs Kindle App On Notebooks And Netbooks
We mentioned last week that the Amazon Kindle App for Android devices is due to land this summer. That will allow lots more users to…
Read MoreDell Android Tablet Concept (Aka Streak) Gets Brief Demo
Having shown you leaked images of the Dell Streak 5-inch MID all the way back in October 2009, Dell took to their CES 2010 stage…
Read MoreDell Mini 5 MID Video Teardown: Snapdragon Inside
The Dell Mini 5 (aka Dell Streak) may have made its debut at CES 2010, but the company were still keeping most of the technical…
Read MoreDell Mini 5 Gets Impromptu Video Demo By Michael Dell
When you run into Michael Dell, you understandably ask him what he's carrying in his pockets - after all, the Dell CEO is known for…
Read MoreDell Mini 5 MID Live Video
Dell were playing the Mini 5 pretty close to their chest back at CES 2010, but the company was a little more open with the…
Read MoreDell Mini 5 First Of "A Family Of Tablets"
Dell's Mini 5 is just the first tablet the company are planning to release, and the Apple iPad is basically their target. That's the message…
Read MoreDell Confirm Mini 5 AT&T Connection, Android Market Access & More
Hungry for more on the Dell Mini 5 MID? As well as confirming that the Android slate is the first of several such tablets from…
Read MoreAT&T Dell Aero Revealed
Dell's first Android smartphone in the US has been officially confirmed for AT&T, in the shape of the AT&T Dell Aero. Details about the smartphone…
Read MoreLeaving Las Vegas: A CTIA Tech Travelogue
I was at CTIA last week pitching various column ideas to SlashGear Editor Vincent Nguyen, and he shot them down, one by one. An analysis…
Read MoreiPad Gets Up Close & Personal With Dell Mini 5
We obviously love all of our gadgets equally here at SlashGear, and wouldn't dream of playing favorites, but when someone suggests bringing the toys together…
Read MoreO2 Dell Mini 5 Launch Tipped By Dell/Telefonica Alliance?
With a headline like "Dell and Telefonica form strategic alliance", we'd forgive you for skipping past this latest press release and onto shinier things. Still,…
Read MoreDell Streak 7- And 10-Inch Tablets Leak; AT&T Aero Drops June
Looks like someone inside Dell is just desperate for the company's tablet plans to escape. After one exec confirmed that the Dell Mini 5 (aka…
Read MoreDell Looking Glass Tablet, Smoke & Flash Smartphones All Rock Android
It's not just a Windows Phone 7 handset that has come gushing out of Dell's leaky spigot; there's also a healthy gobful of Android devices…
Read MoreDell Athens & Sparta Netbooks Tipped, Plus Looking Glass Pro HD Tablet
Dell have been piloting a pretty leaky ship recently, with smartphones and tablets spilling out all over the place, and next up are the company's…
Read MoreKindle Firmware 2.5 Now In Wild
Amazon's Kindle 2.5 firmware update is finally filtering out into the wild, with at least one unit - a Kindle DX - getting the new…
Read MoreNo SurePress For BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider
The BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider leaks continue thick and fast as the touchscreen slider works its way toward the market, BlackBerry OS 6 in tow.…
Read MoreFastMac U-Socket On Sale Now: $20 For USB Charging Convenience
The FastMac U-Socket combination AC and USB outlet - first spotted back in December 2009 - has finally gone on sale, offering a straightforward way…
Read MoreNexus One Android 2.2 Froyo Update Tutorials
If you missed the news this weekend, Android 2.2 Froyo is loose and in the wild, and if you've a Nexus One then you can…
Read MoreKobo Ereader Bluetooth Flaw Undermines Wireless Use
Kobo's $150 ereader isn't expected to arrive at Borders in the US until June 17th, so hopefully that will give the manufacturer a little time…
Read MoreGoogle PAC-MAN Playable Logo Gets Permanent Reprieve
Google's PAC-MAN logo was one of the best surprises of last week, and faced with masses of appeals Google have done the only sensible thing…
Read MoreJobs: "You Won't Be Disappointed" By WWDC 2010
Steve Jobs has been flexing his typing fingers again, this time dealing with the PR fall-out after Google IO last week. Two iPhone-lovers got in…
Read MoreGoogle Take Swipe At "Draconian" Apple
The second keynote of Google IO 2010 has opened, and Vic Gundotra has kicked off the show with a few digs at Apple and some…
Read MoreRoot For HTC EVO 4G Cracked In Hours [Video]
The HTC EVO 4G isn't even in the hands of gleeful preorder customers yet, but when Google handed the WiMAX-toting handset out to the developers…
Read MoreSamsung Wave S8500 Gets European Launch
Samsung have announced that their Wave W8500 smartphone - the first handset to run the bada OS, not to mention to have both Bluetooth 3.0 and…
Read MoreNokia N8 Benchmarks Tip 180% Speed Boost Over N97
While Nokia's overall specifications for the N8 generally met with approval - if not, in the case the 12-megapixel camera, outright lust - the smartphone's…
Read MoreWhite iPhone HD Spotted In Wild
A white iPhone HD isn't exactly a new idea, but according to Apple.pro you're looking at the real thing lying alongside its black brethren. Going…
Read MoreAlienware M11x Core i3, i5 And i7 Update Due June
We weren't exactly disappointed by the Alienware M11x gaming ultraportable's performance when we reviewed it a few months back, but nor would we turn our…
Read MoreAndroid 2.2 Froyo For Nexus One Released
Keen on some of that fine Froyo action on your Nexus One? Having first told us to expect Android 2.2 in the "next few weeks",…
Read MoreMotorola Droid Will Receive Android 2.2 In The Near Future
You have to love the careful wording of any company out there. But, to be honest, this one from Motorola seems to ring a little…
Read MoreFlash Goes Mobile – First Take
It's been a long time coming but it's here at last. Flash has finally made the transition to the mobile screen. First and foremost, while…
Read MoreAT&T Early Termination Fee Soars To $325 For Smartphones
Sigh. It wasn't enough for Verizon Wireless to bump up their own Early Termination Fee (ETF) to $350. Nope, it looks like AT&T has decided…
Read MoreMicrosoft's J Allard Could Be Leaving Over Courier Cancellation
There's no doubt in our mind that when Microsoft pulled the plug on the Courier, a lot of people got upset. We know that's probably…
Read MoreExoPC Gets Caught On Video, Still Features Windows 7 [Video]
We say that it still features Windows 7, because we're shocked that this tablet can boot up as quickly as it does, considering it's stuffed…
Read MoreGenUpload: Two Weeks With KIN
A few weeks back, I wrote my first impressions of Microsoft’s new KIN phones, and their appeal specifically to the different way teenagers use cellphones.…
Read MoreGoogle AdMob Deal Approved By FTC; Apple iAd Helped Clinch It
Given Google made significant mention of their acquired AdMob technology at Google IO this week, it would've been embarrassing had the FTC turned around and…
Read MoreHTC EVO 4G First-Impressions [Unboxing Video]
The HTC EVO 4G has landed, and considering it's one of the most eagerly anticipated Android smartphones of the year, it has a lot to…
Read MoreGoogle Pac-Man Logo Is Retro-Awesome
Google have rolled out their latest custom logo, and it's perhaps their best to date. Celebrating the 30th birthday of the original Pac-Man, they've recreated…
Read MoreLiquavistaVivid Epaper/color Displays Take On Pixel Qi
Look out, Pixel Qi, Liquavista are looking to take on your 3qi indoor/outdoor viewable displays with some slick multi-mode panels of their own. The company…
Read More22 Megapixel Laptop Drives Huge Multitouch Wall [Video]
Remember the 22-megapixel multitouch wall display from a few months back? Having all those millions of pixels whipping around to follow your gestures is all…
Read MoreHTC Vision Android QWERTY Phone Tipped, Plus HTC LED And Glacier
We've been pestering HTC for a hardware-QWERTY blessed high end Android smartphone for some time now, and that needling might have come to fruition. Mention…
Read MoreToshiba Using Senseg Haptic Feedback For Ereaders & Cellphones [Video]
Toshiba have picked up Finnish firm Senseg's haptic feedback system and plan to release commercial products using the technology next year. Senseg's system, unlike mechanical…
Read MoreBlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider Breaks Cover To Flaunt WebKit Browser
RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider has shown up in the wild again, and this time it's showing off a little more of the company's work…
Read MoreHP Compaq Airlife 100 Gets Reviewed: Too Flawed For Mainstream
Smartbooks may not have breached the market at the pace ARM hoped for, but even with that delay the first models in the wild are…
Read MoreDiving Helmet Of The Future Is All Glass And Uses LEDs
I'm not a scuba diver, but I have snorkeled and swam in a pool with goggles enough times to know that the things seriously limit…
Read MoreiPad Sales Higher Than Mac Sales At Apple?
It's hard to miss the fact that the iPad is selling in droves right now. Apple has stated a few weeks back that it has…
Read MoreCorsair Adds New F60, F120, And F240 SSDs To Line
Corsair offered up a couple new SSDs recently called the F100 and F200 in the Force Series. This week Corsair has added more SSDs to…
Read MoreSamsung Exec Says Smartphone Shipments May Grow 50% In 2010
Smartphones were one of the brightest spots in the mobile device market last year and this year with the economy continuing to suffer. The devices…
Read MoreEken M003 Android eReader Surfaces With Color LCD
With the Apple iPad blowing up right now the sheer number of competing tablets with similar functionality coming to market is vast. It seems like…
Read MoreSharkoon Offers Up New USB 3.0 Host Controller Card For PCI-E Slots
If you are on a computer that is still working well for your needs, you probably aren't in the market for upgrading to a new…
Read MorePuget Systems Crams New Echo III SFF PC Into Lian Li Chassis
Puget Systems makes several small form factor computers that are in the Echo series including the Echo I, II and the new Echo III. The…
Read MoreStudy Finds Lots Of Sensitive Documents On P2P Networks
Apparently, while people who like to use P2P file sharing networks are sharing music, movies, and other data amongst each other they are also sharing…
Read MoreiStoragePro iT4UFER 4-Bay RAID System Breaks Cover
There are those who back up their data and then there are those who want to back up their data and have it protected with…
Read MoreNexus One Android 2.2 Update Imminent; HTC Sense Versions In 2H 2010
Google weren't shy about confirming Android 2.2 Froyo's star features at Google IO yesterday, but definitive timescales about when Android-addicts (other than developers) could actually…
Read MoreGefen USB To DVI HD Adapter Makes Hooking Notebook To HDTV Easy
If you have one of those snazzy little netbooks that has the oomph to run HD video really well and you want to watch Hulu…
Read MoreNokia And Yahoo! Deal For Mobile Services Imminent?
Nokia are going full-steam ahead with their own package of services - the feature-toting update to Ovi Maps earlier this week is proof of that…
Read MoreAndroid 2.2 Froyo Tethering To Be Confusingly Carrier Dependent
Android 2.2 Froyo's tethering and WiFi hotspot functionality are both much-anticipated and welcome, but unsurprisingly Google is making it indecently straightforward for carriers to charge…
Read MoreSeesmic For iPhone Cranks Up Twitter Competition [Video]
With Twitter's launch of official clients for both Android and iPhone, the mobile tweeting market has become a whole lot more competitive. Latest into the…
Read MoreNaviRobo Crab Points Your Sat-Nav Directions [Video]
Wikitude Drive's augmented reality directions too complicated for you? If you prefer a more straightforward guide to unfamiliar highways then Pioneer and iXs Research's NaviRobo…
Read MoreAndroid For iPhone 3G Hack Released
Ever since we saw Android running on an iPhone 3G we've been itching to try it ourselves, and - somewhat appropriately timed for Google IO…
Read MoreHP: No webOS Netbooks, HP Slate Due October 2010
HP's confirmation that it would be putting webOS into tablets and even printers was happily received, but anyone looking forward to a webOS-based netbook should…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 20th 2010
Only 11 more days left in the month, and today marked a pretty loud, and impressive, announcement from Google. Of course, there's just 11 more…
Read MoreApple iPhone HD Gets Colorful Cases From China
As far as accessories and their manufacturers go, mobile devices from Apple are probably the most lucrative business to be part of. Because of that…
Read MoreGoogle Teams With Sony, Logitech, DISH Network, And Intel To Bring Google TV To Best Buy
Google TV, according to those invested in the project, is going to bring you the next generation of TV. Basically, that means it's going to…
Read MoreAndroid 2.2 Froyo Gets Official
Google have officially announced Android 2.2 Froyo, the latest version of their open-source smartphone OS. As expected, Android 2.2 includes WiFi tethering for sharing a…
Read MoreGoogle Release Android 2.2 Froyo SDK For Devs
Android developer? Itching to get your hands on the Android 2.2 Froyo SDK? Run, don't walk, to the Android Developers site (currently pretty sluggish, be…
Read MoreGoogle TV Gets Official [Video]
Google have, as expected, announced Google TV. Claiming that people watch on average 5hrs of TV per day, and that there are 4bn TV users…
Read MoreYouTube Lean Back For Google TV Outed, Plus Auto-Translation Subtitles
YouTube have jumped on board with Google TV, introducing YouTube Lean Back, a custom feed of streaming videos that can be set up from the…
Read MoreAndroid 2.2 Froyo Gets Remote App Installs & iTunes Streaming
Google have boosted Android's streaming functionality, including the ability to not only choose apps from the Android Market through a desktop browser interface and then…
Read MoreJune 2nd Launch For T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
If you've been desperately waiting for the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide to arrive (what, really?) then you'll be ecstatic to hear that the carrier has…
Read MoreWikitude Drive AR Sat-Nav App For Android Hits Beta [Video]
Wikitude have announced the first beta of their augmented reality PND app for Android smartphones, Wikitude Drive, which overlays directions and guidance information on top…
Read MoreJust5 CP11 Senior Phone Gets Screen-Popping Gimmick [Video]
Just because you're a senior citizen, it doesn't mean you don't want some Matrix-style screen popping action in your cellphone. Just5 have announced their third…
Read MoreAcer Aspire Timeline 1825PT Convertible Touchscreen Ultraportable Gets Official
Acer have finally got around to officially acknowledging the Aspire Timeline 1825PT, their latest convertible touchscreen notebook. Packing an 11.6-inch multitouch 1366 x 768 display,…
Read MoreHP Producing Flexible Watchphones For US Army
Watch-phones may teeter on the border between awesome and awful, but HP's latest project for the US military sounds like it might definitely fall into…
Read MoreNokia Ovi Maps SR4 Released: Faster, WiFi Positioning & Qype
Fifteen times around the world every day; that's the distance Nokia's Ovi Maps guides users every day, and with the quiet introduction of Ovi Maps…
Read MoreSamsung Wave S8500 Hits Vodafone UK June 1st
Vodafone UK have thrown their hat into the bada ring and announced that they are taking preorders for the Samsung Wave S8500. Priced from free…
Read MoreNew Wiimote RVL-036 Clears FCC; Integrated MotionPlus?
Nintendo have pushed a new Wiimote controller for their Wii console through the FCC, though it's unclear what functional changes the new model will bring.…
Read MoreHuawei SmaKit S7 Android MID Capable Of 720p HD [Video]
As we said about Aigo's E500 Android MID earlier this week, the reason the Huawei SmaKit S7 has us so intrigued is because Huawei themselves…
Read MoreWebM Tip Android "Gingerbread" Coming In Q4 2010
WebM isn't just bringing us open streaming video support; thanks to its fastidious FAQ it's also letting us know when the next version of the…
Read MoreSelf Supporting Shelf Is Simple, Elegant, And Needs To Be Built
I know that I have often wished I had more shelves in my closet, especially in the closet where I tend to keep all the…
Read MoreBang & Olufsen Debut BeoVision 8 40-Inch HDTV In US
One of the most expensive and highest-end brands in the home theater market is Bang & Olufsen. The company makes some of the most expensive…
Read MoreHTC EVO 4G Pricing Gets Official At $199.99
I mentioned a few days ago that RadioShack would be offering the HTC EVO 4G handset for the Sprint network in its stores and was…
Read MoreBest Buy Offers Laptop And Xbox 360 Bundle For Graduation
Graduation is here for thousands of high school students across the country and many parents are scrambling to find a great gift to give for…
Read MoreAdesso MKB-135B Is Full Size Mechanical Keyboard Gaming Goodness
Normally when we talk about gear from Adesso, it's a keyboard aimed at the general home user or the HTPC fan looking for wireless tech.…
Read MoreAsus Whips Out New Designo ML LED Monitors
Asus has several different displays for computers already on the market. The company has announced a slick new series of monitors called the ML Series…
Read MoreSamsung Sets Guinness World Record For Largest Game Of Dodgeball Ever
They say if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. Samsung wasn't throwing any wrenches, but it had enough people throwing balls…
Read MoreeviGroup Wallet Android MID On Sale Now For €199
French company eviGroup have begun selling their Android-based Wallet MID, with prices for the 5-inch touchscreen device kicking off at €199 ($246). The Wallet has…
Read MoreLian Li Drops Three New Mid Tower Computer Cases
Ask a handful of computer enthusiasts what company they would most like to have a case from for their new computer and a few of…
Read MoreSceptre Debuts New 24-Inch LED HDTV
Sceptre has been selling and making TVs for a while now and usually they are unique with different colors available than the plain silver or…
Read MoreMicrosoft Offers New Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 Patterns
Microsoft offered up its cheapest wireless mouse to use its fancy BlueTrack sensor late last year called the Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500. The mouse was…
Read MoreExcito Bubba Two: Home Server The Size Of A Paperback
All the way back in early 2007 we mentioned Excito's Bubba super-compact home server, a palm-sized FTP, media and backup store, and now the company…
Read MoreFujitsu LifeBook A530 And AH530 Arrive: Optional Core i7 & WWAN
Fujitsu have outed two new mainstream notebooks, the LifeBook A530 and the LifeBook AH530. Each has a 15.6-inch 16:9 widescreen display - available with glossy…
Read MoreGoogle "Smart TV" Launch At IO Confirmed By Press Site
Google's "Smart TV" platform is expected to make its debut in a few hours, when the US west coast wakes up for the second day…
Read MoreApple Approve iPad Cash Sales Amid Bad PR
After being roundly critiqued earlier in the week for refusing to sell an iPad for cash and instead demanding credit card payments, Apple have relented…
Read MoreiPad App Store Launches For International Tableteers
As I complained bitterly about in my skeptics' review of the iPad, one of the more frustrating aspects of owning an Apple tablet outside the…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 19th 2010
Today was the middle of the week, but it didn't really feel like it until about half-way through. At least it wasn't the beginning of…
Read MoreMoshi Voice Control Digital Clock Radio Makes Waking Up A Lot Harder
There has to be a fine line between our alarm clocks getting smarter. Or, maybe not smarter, but rather easier to control. Because, we don't…
Read MoreCerevo Cam Live! Features Ustream Broadcasting
Gadgets from the past keep popping up, don't they? This time around, we've got the big brother to a camera that jumped onto our radar…
Read MoreApple iPhone HD Could Come In White; Offer Simultaneous Voice & Data With Verizon
If you're a fan of Apple, or maybe even just the iPhone itself, then when all of these iPhone HD leaks started happening, you probably…
Read MoreGateway ZX4300-01e & ZX6900-01e Refresh Series Of All-In-One Touchscreens
Gateway doesn't want to be left in the wind when it comes to news today, and they've managed to work up quite a good bit…
Read MoreHP Mini 210-1076NR Now Available From Verizon Wireless
Luckily, Verizon Wireless doesn't announce netbooks as quickly as it does their cellphone line up. That gives the wireless carrier a far more compelling reason…
Read MoreNokia N8 Hands-On
It's strange what you can come across while out and about in town; SlashGear bumped into a developer friend of ours today, and they just…
Read MoreAdobe HTML5 Pack For Dreamweaver CS5 Released: Accept Flash Isn't The Only Way Forward
Adobe might be heaping the pressure onto Apple when it comes to Flash support on the iPad and iPhone, but they're also looking to embrace…
Read MoreGoogle Wave Available For All
SlashGear is at Google I/O 2010 this week, and the search company has started the event by throwing open the doors to Google Wave. Previously…
Read MoreSprint HTC Hero Android 2.1 Update Released
Sprint's HTC Hero has finally got its update to Android 2.1, complete with a refettled version of HTC Sense to suit the new OS. The…
Read MoreHP ENVY 17 And Pavilion dm4, dv5, dv6 And dv7 Hit Retail
HP's latest Pavilion and ENVY notebooks have arrived for sale, with the ENVY 17 kicking off at at $1,399.99. The Pavilion dm4, meanwhile, starts at $729.99,…
Read MoreMagellan RoadMate Range Refreshed With 10 New PNDs
Magellan have broadly refreshed their PND range with a grand total of ten new models, spanning the $169.99 4.3-inch RoadMate 2035 through to the 4.7-inch…
Read MoreIntel 25nm 8GB NAND Chips Reach Mass Production
Intel have begun mass production of their 25nm NAND flash memory, which began sampling earlier this year and will now begin shipping to manufacturers. The…
Read MoreiPod Touch Prototype With Camera Surfaces In Vietnam
What's up with the Apple products that are turning up in Vietnam recently? The iPhone HD prototype turned up there not long ago, even though…
Read MoreSharp Readies Gundam Cell Phone With Robot Cradle
Those crazy cats over in Japan have an unnatural obsession with robots and animation. These two obsessions converge in Gundam, the wildly popular robot cartoon…
Read MoreUS Air Force Creates New Cyberspace Officers
The military in the US runs off information. Without information, the military can’t find targets and keep abreast of what the enemy is doing. With…
Read MoreFujitsu Optical Armor Protector Sheets Now Come In Standard Sizes
Fujitsu has been busy this week with a new film-film touch screen and now the announcement that its screen protector sheets are now available in…
Read MoreMacBook Update Adds Audio And Video Out Via Mini DisplayPort
We mentioned yesterday that the cheapest MacBook received an update with new processors and graphics. The machine received a new 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo CPU…
Read MoreFujitsu Announces New FID-53X Touch Panels For Mobile Devices
Fujitsu makes components that other companies use to build their gadgets and gizmos as well as making a range of electronic devices themselves. The company…
Read MoreBFGTech Leaves Graphics Card Market
It's been a long time since we talked about BFGTech around here. The company has traditionally been very popular in the graphics card market and…
Read MoreTweetie 2 Becomes Twitter For iPhone
I'm not big on Twitter or other social networks myself, I don’t have the time to spend telling everyone I know what I am doing…
Read MoreIntel Killing Off Screen Size Limits For Atom Dual-Core CPUs
One of the methods that Intel has used since the netbook revolution began to help prevent the Atom processor and netbooks from cannibalizing higher profit…
Read MoreHTC Wildfire Arriving T-Mobile And Virgin Mobile In June, Gets SIM-Free Price
Virgin Mobile UK and T-Mobile UK have stepped up with confirmation that they'll both be offering the new HTC Wildfire. The entry-level Android device will…
Read MoreThird-Party Android Apps Causing Poor Battery Life Reckons CEO Schmidt
Google have criticised poorly-coded third party applications for disappointing Android smartphone battery life, with Google co-founder Larry Page suggesting that "If you are not getting…
Read MoreO2 Palm Pre Plus And Pixi Plus Due May 28th
UK carrier O2 and Palm have announced that the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will be arriving on the network come May 28th. The handsets…
Read MoreFreescale Smartbook Concepts Take On Mobile Gaming, iPad & More
We love a good concept mock-up, and Freescale are generally a pretty good source for them. After last year's smartbook designs the company has again…
Read MoreFree Facebook Mobile Site Launches
Facebook have launched a new mobile site, 0.facebook.com, intended to offer speedier access from cellphones, tablets and MIDs to social networking. The new site will…
Read MoreMotion F5v And C5v Rugged Tablets Get Core i5 And i7
The spread of Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 processors continues, with Motion's rugged tablet PCs the latest to pack the vPro chips. The Motion…
Read MoreHanvon Smash Apple In TouchPad B10 Tablet Stunt
As PR stunts go, launching your new iPad-rivalling tablet by smashing a huge Apple logo is a pretty obvious one, but the execs at Hanvon seemingly…
Read MoreHanvon Windows 7 Multitouch Slate Spied [Video]
Is there room in your cold, dark heart for a basic multitouch slate running Windows 7? Hanvon sure hopes so, with the Chinese manufacturer showing…
Read MoreHanvon BC10C And BA10E Multitouch Tablets Get CeBIT 2010 Video Demo
Remember Hanvon's Windows 7 tablet slyly spotted all the way back at IDF 2009 last year? The company has brought along the latest version to…
Read MoreHanvon BC10C Multitouch Win7 Tablet Gets Tested: Premium Feel
Hanvon's BC10C (and its BA10E sibling) was a surprising stand-out from CeBIT 2010 recently, a multitouch-capable 10-inch slate running Windows 7. jkkmobile managed to bring one…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 18th 2010
Welcome to the latest edition of the Daily Slash. Tonight, on the eve of a relatively large convention, we've got quite a bit of news…
Read MoreHP Promises webOS Will Appear On Slates And Web-Connected Printers
It wasn't all that long ago, so you probably remember that HP bought Palm. And, with it, there was plenty of speculation about whether or…
Read MoreApple iPhone OS 4 Beta 4 Goes Live And Brings Plenty Of New Options
The Betas for Apple's iPhone OS 4 have been coming out at a steady pace, but so far none of them have been all that…
Read MoreDawa D7 Tablet Drops Windows CE For Android 2.1
Tablets are tablets, but that doesn't mean we would like to see an ancient Operating System running on them. In fact, we'd really appreciate it…
Read MoreMicrosoft KIN Two Gets The Tear Down Treatment
There's no surprise that the KIN Two, of the newly formed KIN lineage, is getting the tear down treatment. It's a new gadget, of course.…
Read MoreUSB Stress Ball Calms You Down By Letting You Crush Your Email [Video]
Wow, it's been awhile since this little guy showed up here. Long days happen. That's why stress balls exist, we imagine. But, what if you…
Read MoreVerizon LG Ally Gets Reviewed By Android Community
There new LG Ally Android-based handset is about to hit store shelves, so we wanted to bring to your attention the review Android Community have…
Read MoreThe Fate Of Windows Phone 7
With the KIN entering the market, HP's acquisition of Palm, and a number of other industry events, I have been asked quite a bit about…
Read MoreCisco Buy MOTO Design Consultancy Firm
Cisco has announced that they've put in a bid to buy MOTO, but before you get too excited it's not the Motorola that produce cellphones…
Read MoreHP Compaq Airlife 100 Gets Video Unboxing & Walkthrough
Got twenty minutes to kill and a hankering for HP's Compaq Airlife 100 smartbook? Then Carrypad have the video for you; they've got an early…
Read MoreApple Attempt To Trademark "Distinctive" Apple Store Design
Apple's plan to trademark, patent and legally protect just about every aspect of their business continues apace, with a new application that covers their "distinctive…
Read MorePanasonic VIERA HDTV Skype Arrives In US With $170 Webcam
Panasonic's Skype camera for the company's VIERA HDTVs has crossed over from Japan and arrived in the US. Activated today on select VIERA CAST enabled…
Read MoreBeamBox Evolution R-2 Pico-Projector Packs 40 Lumens Brightness
BeamBox have announced their latest pico-projector, and while we're still waiting for the company's MiLi Evolution iPhone-case-cum-projector to arrive, the Evolution R-2 should tide us…
Read MoreT-Mobile USA Say No To BlackBerry Pearl 3G?
T-Mobile USA have apparently chosen to pass on the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, choosing instead to wait for another full QWERTY RIM device. According to BerryReview's…
Read MoreBest Buy CinemaNow Movie Download Service Imminent
Hulu Plus may not be ready for primetime, but Best Buy's digital movie rental service is about to square up against Netflix, Blockbuster and iTunes.…
Read MoreHulu Plus Won't Make Rumored May 24th Debut
Hulu's rumored May 24th "Hulu Plus" subscription looks like it'll miss its predicted debut, according to sources speaking with AllThingsD. The company is apparently planning…
Read MoreViliv N5 MID Launch Delayed Until June
Bad news if you've been holding out for Viliv's N5 MID; according to the company, the clamshell Windows 7 PC now won't see its official…
Read MoreBored Geek + Lots Of Empty Sprite Bottles = Icosahedrons
We all know that many geeks like to do what they do best, make stuff out of nothing for no reason other than because they…
Read MoreGreen Concept Harvests Free Green Power From Wind And Sun
There is no shortage of green gadgets on the market today. Typically you can chose from solar or wind power generators. I have never seen…
Read MoreEver Increasing Watch Available To Purchase At Yanko Design
Apparently Yanko Design has found that while concept devices are cool, geeks will part with their money for watches that look like concepts that you…
Read MoreFDA Finds No Link Between Cell Phones And Brain Tumors
The FDA has completed a scientific review of available materials concerning cell phones and their link to brain tumors in users. The point of the…
Read MoreTokyo Flash Launches Kisai Round Trip Pocket Watch
Every time I hear the name Tokyoflash I automatically think about watches that you need an instruction book to tell time on. The latest offering…
Read MoreMSI CX623 Notebook Aims Directly At Multimedia Fans
Over the last few years, MSI has become a much bigger part of the notebook landscape here in America. This is largely due to the…
Read MoreAmazon Gearing Up For Games On Next Generation Kindle
Love or hate Apple, it's hard to deny that the company makes some impressive products that are widely popular with consumers the world over. The…
Read MoreFTC Called On To Investigate Google WiFi Data Collection By Consumer Watchdog
Google has admitted after a German regulatory commission asked for information on its data collection policies for Street View that is has accidentally been gathering…
Read MoreDigital Foci Offers White PBK-080 Photo Book
Early last year Digital Foci pulled the wraps off a slick Photo Book in black that could store lots of photos for sharing and to…
Read MoreOCZ Offers Up New Fatal1ty Branded Modular 750W PSU
Power supplies are one of the most critical components inside your computer. A junky PSU can make your computer crash and may not have enough…
Read MoreHTC HD2 Android Hack Work-In-Progress [Video]
Love the HTC HD2 hardware but hate Windows Mobile? A full port of Android for the smartphone isn't quite ready yet, but the gang over…
Read MoreLG Windows Phone 7 Handset Caught In Wild?
LG's Windows Phone 7 device looks to have been caught in the wild again, with a photo purportedly shared on Flickr by a French Microsoft…
Read MoreiPad Cannibalizing iPod Sales, Not Mac Reckons Analyst
Early analysis of Apple sales figures suggests that, rather than eat into sales of the company's Mac range, the iPad has cannibalized iPod sales. According…
Read MoreLED Networking Research Shows Flashes Of Brilliance
Chinese researchers are looking to use flickering LEDs to replace traditional short-distance wireless networking standards, and that could be integrated into office or home lighting.…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS, 3DSWare And 3DSPlay Trademarks Filed
Nintendo have been pretty coy in confirming the name of their upcoming 3D gaming handheld - with president Satoru Iwata teasing that "the final product…
Read MoreVisa In2Pay iPhone Contactless Payment System Unveiled
Visa and DeviceFidelity have announced [pdf link] their contactless iPhone payment system, In2Pay, consisting of a special case for the Apple smartphone and a microSD card…
Read MoreAndroid Video Calling Tipped By Google's GIPS Acquisition
Android devices could be getting video call functionality sooner rather than later, with the news that Google have put in a $68.2m bid to acquire…
Read MoreSpotify Unlimited And Invite-Free Open Options Added
Streaming music service Spotify has updated its range of subscription options with two new tiers, slotting in-between the existing free, ad-supported offering and the "Premium"…
Read MoreApple MacBook Gets 2.4GHz CPU And GeForce 320M GPU Refresh
As expected, Apple have updated their entry-level MacBook with a faster processor and improved graphics, while maintaining the $999 base price. The white plastic notebook…
Read MoreAmazon Kindle For Android App Due Summer 2010
Amazon have announced that an Android client for their Kindle ereader app is next on the agenda, which, like the company's iPhone, iPad and PC/Mac…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 17th 2010
Did anyone else notice it's Monday? We sure did. It just has an air about it, doesn't it? Well, we're happy that you chose to…
Read MoreHP ProBook 4425s Features AMD Quad-Core CPU On Sale Right Now
Just as HP promised, the HP ProBook 4425s has officially gone on sale. And, as HP is proud to boast, it's the first notebook from…
Read MoreOmniVision Takes Samsung's Crown Of World's Smallest 1080p Camera
All of these companies get passed around so much, from providing one thing to another, that it can be hard to keep up. Samsung, which…
Read MoreAcer Will Not Be Bringing Chrome OS Device To Computex 2010
Well, this is a bit disappointing. We had originally brought you a report that Acer could be bringing a Chrome OS-based device to the Computex…
Read MoreSeagate 3TB Hard Drive Confirmed For A Release Later This Year
After a couple of weeks of rumors, Seagate apparently wanted to clear the air. And so, Seagate's Senior Product Manager Barbara Craig has finally confirmed…
Read MoreKiwi U-Powered Solar Portable Charger Makes Charging On The Go Easier
There's no doubt that portable solar powered chargers are making a decisive introduction into the portable charging market. And for all intents and purposes, it's…
Read MoreVerizon Set To Launch Up To 5 LTE Devices By May 2011
The push for 4G technology is definitely on the fast-track, and sure enough, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam confirms that the largest wireless carrier in the…
Read MoreSony PSP 2 Rumor Round-Up Leads To Interesting Details
Unfortunately, one of those details, if proven accurate, could mean that Sony isn't planning on announcing the Sony PSP 2 in just a few weeks,…
Read MoreAigo E500 Android MID Hits Chinese Stores
Aigo's Android-based E500 MID has gone up for sale in China, priced at 1,599 Yuan ($235) and offering a 5-inch touchscreen, 600MHz ARM dual-core CPU…
Read More40MP Pentax 645D Camera Gets Video Demo, One Step Closer To Release
Pentax's huge medium-format 645D digital camera has had a public outing in Toronto this past weekend, demonstrating its updated Kodak 44 x 33 mm sensor…
Read MoreRumored Intel Infineon Chipset Buy-Out Could Change iPad 3G Supply
Intel are tipped to be in negotiations to acquire Infineon's cellular chipset business, according to the Financial Times Germany. The deal, if successful, would see…
Read MoreDIY iPhone-Controlled Four-Stage Coil Gun [Video]
What could be better than a DIY four stage coil gun capable of punching some serious holes in cardboard boxes? How about mounting said-gun on…
Read MoreGoogle "Smart TV" Platform Tipped For I/O With Intel Atom CPUs
More grist for the Google-powered TV speculation that tips a new collaboration between the search giant and Intel this coming week, as the FT jumps…
Read MoreT-Mobile Sidekick Slide To Be Android 2.1 Based HD2 With QWERTY Keyboard?
Sometimes a leaky rumor comes along that you desperately want to believe, and here's a good example. Tmonews and PhoneDog reckon that T-Mobile are preparing…
Read MoreIntel Outline Atom N550 Netbook Expectations: Sub-$399 For Dual-Core Ultraportables
Details of the upcoming Intel Atom N550 processor - and the sort of netbooks Intel reckon their dual-core 1.5GHz chip should end up in -…
Read MoreFujitsu LifeBook T730 Tablet Arrives: Dual-Mode Digitizer & Optional Core i7
Fujitsu's LifeBook T730 has made a quiet debut, after having been spotted clearing the FCC back in April. Packing a 12.1-inch WXGA convertible touchscreen, choice…
Read MoreLego Keyboard Stickers For Mac Makes You Keyboard Geeky And Comfortable
If you read SlashGear you know we are, suckers for stuff made from Lego building blocks. One of my favorite Lego gadgets was the robot…
Read MoreSolar Battery Packs In 20,000mAh Of Juice
Most solar batteries that I have seen are smaller devices that are aimed at helping to keep your smartphone powered longer while you are on…
Read MoreSweet EB710 eReader Revealed
eReaders are fast becoming a diem a dozen on the market today and they are all very similar for the most part. A new eReader…
Read MoreAsus Getting Netbook With Mobile Phone Module Ready
I think we can all agree that having to pay for a mobile data plan for your smartphone and then having to pay for another…
Read MoreAsus Lays Out Notebook Plans For Second Half Of 2010
Asus has announced its plans for notebooks for the second half of the year. The notebook maker plans to launch new notebooks in the U-Bamboo…
Read MoreVerizon HTC Incredible Down To $150 At Amazon
Persuaded by our HTC Droid Incredible review that the Verizon smartphone is the Android handset for you? Currently priced at $200 on Verizon's own site,…
Read MoreProject Natal Could Sell For $200
Last week a Saudi Microsoft marketing executive outted October as the launch date for the long anticipated Project Natal motion control system from Microsoft. I…
Read MoreHP TouchSmart Tm2-2050us Laptop Available For Pre-Order On Amazon
Earlier this month we mentioned that the HP TouchSmart tm2 laptop was set to get a Core i3/i5 update as early as June. That speculation…
Read MoreLitl Webbook Gets $300 Price Cut
Last November we talked about the Litl Webbook that looked like a netbook aimed at children but carried a very grownup price tag aimed at…
Read MoreHTC Wildfire Hands-On
HTC have unveiled their latest Android smartphone, the HTC Wildfire, an entry-level model intended to replace the Tattoo. Packing Android 2.1 together with HTC Sense,…
Read MoreAndroid Verifier Pocket Spectrum Plus Bluetooth Printer And Credit Card Scanner Debuts
It seems like we are always seeing new credit card scanning systems for the iPhone launch, like the VeriFone system back in February. We don't…
Read MoreI-Fairy Robot Leads Japanese Wedding
Most of the surprise over this Japanese wedding ceremony performed by a four foot tall robot called I-Fairy is centered on the unusual officiator; I'm…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS To Us Widescreen Displays, Arrive By Christmas 2010?
New tidbits on the Nintendo 3DS are emerging, ahead of the 3D-capable gaming handheld's official launch predicted for the E3 gaming expo. Most interesting is…
Read MorewebOS Gets Installed On x86 Laptop [Video]
We're still waiting for more news on HP's rumored Hurricane project, believed to be a tablet running Palm's webOS and tipped, by some at least,…
Read More1.3GHz HTC Mondrian Windows Phone 7 Revealed In Leaked ROM
After a leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM hit the internet over the weekend, developers have been digging through the contents to try and eke out…
Read MoreNVIDIA Want Tegra 2 To Be Performance Android Option; Challenge Snapdragon & Apple A4
NVIDIA are looking to take on Qualcomm in the Android arena, with CEO Jen-Hsun Huang positioning the company's second-gen Tegra chipset as a more multimedia- and…
Read More50-Inch DuPont OLED Display Printed In Under Two Minutes
DuPont have made good on their promise of super-fast printed OLED displays, announcing that they have created a 50-inch OLED panel in under two minutes.…
Read MoreXPERIA X10 Rooted With Custom Hardware
The first step in providing a public root for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 has been achieved, with xda-developers member jerpelea managing to break open…
Read MoreApple iPhone HD Prototype's Sealed Affidavit Now Available To The Public
Possibly the largest story to break this year, or many years before this in fact, has snowballed into what many would consider a ridiculous scenario…
Read More2.4GHz Apple MacBook Leaks, Gets Video Unboxing
Details of a new plastic Apple MacBook have leaked, with an updated processor and boosted graphics. The new MacBook - which is identified as MacBook7,1…
Read MorePalm App Catalog Glitch Locks Out webOS Users
Palm's App Catalog appears to have suffered a meltdown of sorts, with users of Palm Pre, Pixi, Pre Plus and Pixi Plus handsets reporting that…
Read MoreSamsung Wants A 42-Inch OLED TV Ready To Go In 2011
Apparently bigger is better. Though, we're a bit terrified of what a 42-inch OLED TV would cost, we're still ridiculously excited to see how beautiful…
Read MoreGoogle Announces Google Phone Store Won't Be Selling Phones Anymore
Well, that's odd. Back in January, when Google officially unveiled the Nexus One to the world, the other big announcement was the Google Phone Store,…
Read MoreLG BX580 3D Blu-Ray Player Shows Up On Amazon
LG's first network Blu-ray player has just shown up on Amazon. Even if it's everything that you may have been waiting for from the Life…
Read MoreBrando Red Dot Sight For Your Camera Means The Next Perfect Shot
The accessories for our favorite gadgets are probably just as exciting as our favorite gadgets, and when something like this breaks cover, we can't help…
Read MoreTexas Instruments OMAP Blaze On Sale Now
The Texas Instruments OMAP3 and OMAP4 mobile development platform is something that we've followed pretty extensively here at SlashGear. With an in-depth look at what…
Read MoreASUS Eee PC 1201PN Ion Netbook Hits Amazon Preorder
ASUS' Eee PC 1201PN netbook has gone up for preorder at Amazon Germany, with three versions of the 12-inch ultraportable being on offer. Priced at…
Read MoreBT Planning Home Media Tablet With Video Calling & Apps
When is an iPad rival not an iPad rival? Why, when it's "the telephone of the future" of course. UK telco BT stirred controversy recently…
Read MoreFoxconn Suicide Prompts "Exorcist" Visit Claims Chinese Paper
Another Foxconn employee has committed suicide, Chinese papers are reporting, though the fatality is believed to be unlinked to any prototype leaks. According to DigiTimes,…
Read MoreGoogle "Meet Android" Campaign Is Feeling Lucky About Vodafone Nexus One
When you're possibly the most successful search engine in the world and you want to remind people about your smartphone OS, it's all too easy…
Read MoreAT&T BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider Arriving June To Take On iPhone HD?
RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider looks to be going head to head with the fourth-generation iPhone HD this coming June, with BGR hearing from several of…
Read More$190k Stuart Hughes iPad Supreme Swaps Taste For Gold & Diamonds
If the knowledge that your regular iPad won't set you aside from the 1m+ others who picked up Apple's tablet, then how about stunning passers-by…
Read MoreUbuntu Headed To Tablets, STBs And Embedded Car Platforms
Expect more Linux-based touchscreen tablets, mobile devices and set-top boxes over the next couple of years, as Canonical prepare to push touch functionality in their…
Read MoreRadioShack Announces EVO 4G Pre-Orders
RadioShack has over the last year or so turned itself into one of the biggest resellers of mobile phones from a variety of carriers around.…
Read MoreDell Debuts Studio XPS 7100 Desktop Computer
Dell has announced a new Studio XPS computer today that can be equipped with the recently introduced AMD Phenom II X6 CPU with Turbo Core…
Read MoreAMD Phenom II X4 960T Delayed?
AMD is doing well with its new X6 and X4 Phenom II processors as computer fans and enthusiasts that are looking for overclocking friendly CPUs…
Read MorePanasonic Shows Off Viera TVs With Built-In Blu-Ray And Sets With Integrated HDDs
Panasonic has unveiled some new HDTVs in Japan that include models with integrated Blu-ray players and versions that sport integrated HDDs as will. The Blu-ray…
Read MoreWacom DTU-2231 And DTU-1631 Interactive Pen Displays Now Available
Back in February Wacom first announced its new DTU-2231 and DTU-1631 interactive pen displays. The company pegged the launch date as this spring at the…
Read MoreiBUYPOWER Offers New LAN Warrior II Gaming PC
iBUYPOWER is a maker of all sorts of gaming computers with notebooks and desktops among its offerings. The machines are available in a bunch of…
Read MoreCorsair Uses Fast GTX4 Memory To Shatter World Record For Memory Frequency
About a week back I mentioned that Corsair had upped the speed on its Dominator GTX4 DDR3 RAM kit to 2533MHz with timings of 9-11-10-30…
Read MoreAnyfi Networks Claims To Make WiFi A 4G Technology
A company called Anyfi Networks has a new technology that claims to be able to turn WiFi networks in a high-density urban environment into a…
Read MoreApp Store Reject Wi-Fi Sync Gets Cydia Release
Remember Wi-Fi Sync, the iPhone app that promised to break the USB connection between your handset and iTunes, instead enabling synchronization over wireless? Unfortunately, as…
Read MorePatriot Unveils New Inferno SSD With SandForce DuraClass Tech
I think that most of us understand the benefits that a SSD brings to the table when compared to a traditional HDD. The only reason…
Read MoreVerizon LG Ally Gets Unboxed, Played With
Verizon made the LG Ally official earlier this week, and now the QWERTY-equipped Android 2.1 smartphone is officially on the premises over at our sibling site…
Read MoreKakai Dual-Display Education Tablet To Graduate As Kno June 2nd
Speculation last month about the dual-display education focused tablet by startup Kakai has been restoked today, with AllThingsD reporting that the company - now rebranded…
Read MoreDell Streak (Aka Mini 5) Due O2 Release June; AT&T Launch Summer 2010
Dell CEO Michael Dell has confirmed launch details for the Dell Streak aka the Dell Mini 5 MID. The outspoken exec took to the stage…
Read MoreAcer Could Bring Chrome OS Device To Computex 2010
Looks like Acer's goals of being the first netbook on the market with Chrome OS installed are closer to becoming a reality. According to a…
Read MoreTwo Weeks Of Travel, Ten iPad Lessons
A while back, I tried traveling on business with nothing but the help of three smart phones. I quickly ran into the headroom of those…
Read MoreHulu Cites Multiple Reasons For Turning Down HTML5 At This Point
Everything is eventual, and even through this discouraging blog post from Hulu on the state of HTML5 in relation to the video streaming service, there's…
Read MoreWalmart Wants To Sell The iPad By The End Of 2010
And why wouldn't they? They're already selling the iPhone, thanks to their cell phone department. And they've got a pretty good hold on the iPod…
Read MoreiPhone HD Prototype Showing iPhone OS 4 Went Through Photoshop First
At least, that's what some people have noticed over at the Vietnamese forum. And, as unfortunate as it may be, from the image that goes…
Read MoreViewSonic VX2250xm-LED 22-Inch LED Monitor Available Now
If you're conscious of the green movement, then it's probably a good thing that companies like ViewSonic feel the same way as you do, and…
Read MoreBuy This 5-Foot-Tall Gundam For A Whopping $3400
It's no secret here that we have a soft spot in our hearts for Gundam-related things. It's not so much about the anime itself, but…
Read MoreAndroid Controlled Robots At Intel's Science & Engineering Fair Steal The Show [Video]
We love our robots. Especially the small, controllable ones. Not so much the freaky bears, though. At Intel's Science & Engineering Fair, where robots are…
Read MoreiPhone HD Caught Running OS 4.0? [Update: Likely Fake]
The iPhone HD leaks continue, with the latest tidbit being this image of the handset supposedly running iPhone OS 4.0. Whether or not the handset…
Read MoreDIY Physical Controls For iPhone Touchscreen [Video]
One of the ways that Microsoft's Surface has always distinguished itself from more mundane touchscreens is in its ability to recognise physical controls placed; now…
Read MoreNVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 Leaks, Gets Benchmarked
Details of NVIDIA's upcoming mid-range Fermi based video card - until now known as the GeForce GTX 460 - have leaked, with Chinese site eNet…
Read MoreDell And HP Out New Sub-$300 20 To 23-Inch LCDs
Looking for a new monitor? Both Dell and HP have a few they'd like you to consider, ranging in size from 20- to 23-inches and…
Read MoreOnLive Streaming Gaming Hits US This Summer; Exclusive UK Partnership With BT
Things have been quiet on the OnLive front of late, but the streaming games system looks to be finally rolling out commercially thanks to a…
Read MoreAdobe: Apple "Could Undermine" The Web
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may not have much good to say about Flash, but Adobe are taking the high ground; well, assuming the high ground…
Read MoreRIM BlackPad Tablet A WiFi/Bluetooth "Companion" Device; Could Drop This Year
The BlackBerry tablet rumors continue, and it's looking more like a case of "when" RIM will out their touchscreen marvel rather than "if". BGR's usual…
Read MoreNovero Unveils Bluetooth Victoria Jewelry For The Ladies
My wife is one of those women who puts as much stock in how something looks as she does in how it works. She has…
Read MoreMi-Stylus For iPad, iPhone, And iPod Touch Launches
I have been using an iPhone in one form or another for years now and on more than one occasion I have wished I had…
Read MoreDirt Cheap Orange Data Plan For iPad 3G Detailed
One of the best things about the iPad 3G when it was announced here in the US was that AT&T had for once offered buyers…
Read MoreEton Scorpion Green-Power Gadget Launches
There are always reasons to look for devices that provide green power. Among those reasons are because green power is good for the environment, but…
Read MoreAir Force May Suffer After PS3 OtherOS Feature Was Cut
When most Americans think about where the military spends its money, we think about things like $500 toilet seats and cheap items we can buy…
Read MoreMobileMe Mail Beta Streamlines Email As Apple Take On Gmail
It's not fee-free service, but it's certainly a sign that Apple are stepping up their game when it comes to MobileMe functionality. The company has…
Read MoreSprint And Walmart Launch Common Cents Prepaid Wireless
Sprint feels the noose slowly starting to tighten as it bleeds subscribers at a startling rate. The company is looking for anything to stem the…
Read MoreFujitsu Shows Off AIO Packing 3D Camera
Fujitsu has its own Fujitsu Forum 2010 in full swing in Tokyo this week and the company is showing off all sorts of new gear…
Read MoreSkype No Longer Developing For New Windows Mobile OS
Things aren’t looking good for fans of Skype and the next generation of Windows Mobile software, that is expected to land later this year. Skype…
Read MoreGateway Updates NV59C09u Notebook
Gateway is getting around to updating the NV series of notebooks. The first machine in the line to get updated is the NV59C09u. That rig…
Read MoreKids Classmate Tablet PC Ships
A new netbook that has a convertible form factor is now shipping from Kids Computers called the Kids Classmate Tablet PC. The little rig might…
Read MoreFujitsu Robot Bear Gets Video Demo: Terrifies
Remember Fujitsu's robot teddy bear, designed to infiltrate your grandparents' cold, embittered hearts and overwhelm them with love? The company has been demonstrating the bear…
Read MoreWiFi Tethering Spotted In Android 2.2 Froyo
If we weren't already excited by the prospect of a faster smartphone experience when Android 2.2 Froyo arrives, the news that the updated OS packs…
Read MoreSharp IS01 1GHz Android MID Developer Edition Arrives In Japan
Back when Sharp announced the KDDI IS01 Android-based MID, alongside the consumer device they also promised a version tailored for developers. That's gone on sale…
Read MoreOptimus Popularis Resurrected; Due 2011
After months of silence, Art Lebedev Studios have poked their head above the parapet to announce that they're still working on the Optimus Popularis keyboard we…
Read MoreCDMA iPhone Orders Placed With Pegatron?
The possibility of a Verizon iPhone gains, if not a shot in the arm, then at least another layer of rumor and speculation this morning,…
Read MoreHTC's Suing Apple For Telephone Dialer And Power Management
And it just won't stop, will it? One complaint will lead into another, and before long it just turns into something like we have now.…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 12th 2010
Is it already Wednesday? Apparently that old saying about time flying is true, after all. Glad we could independently confirm that for you. In any…
Read MoreHTC EVO 4G Coming To Sprint June 4th; Bringing Simultaneous Voice And Data
We could say that this is probably one of the biggest device launches in Sprint's recent memory, but that would probably be considered an understatement.…
Read MoreGarmin Nuvi 295W Features WiFi [Video]
Today is just full of surprises. We just got a tip that showcases a new Garmin navigational unit. The nuvi 295W is brand new, and…
Read MoreErick Tseng Begins A New Exciting Career With Facebook
Didn't see that one coming, now did you? Thanks to a new tweet from the man himself, Google's Android team just took a significant hit…
Read MoreSony PSP 2 Speculation Picks Up Before E3
When we get close to the big trade shows throughout the years, there are key elements we look for. Speculation of some of the largest…
Read MoreMicrosoft And Verizon Defend The Kin's Data Plan; Offer Glimpse Into The Future
The Microsoft Kin devices have gotten a lot of publicity since their official announcement. It picked up quite a bit just last week, when the…
Read MoreSamsung SNE-60 eReader Landing In UK Soon
If you're a fan of eReaders, and you like knowing that you've got options out there, then hopefully you'll welcome the Samsung SNE-60 eReader into…
Read MoreWhy Game Manuals Suck (And Should Be Outlawed)
A few weeks ago, Ubisoft announced that it had decided to ditch video game manuals in all of its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles.…
Read MoreHTC Sue Apple; Petition ITC To Freeze US iPhone, iPad & iPod Imports
The ongoing legal bust-up between Apple and HTC has taken another turn for the litigious today, with HTC suing Apple for alleged patent infringement. They're…
Read MoreRaumfeld Multi Room Sonos-Rival Packs Napster Support
The multi-room streaming audio market is getting more crowded, with broader availability on relatively little-known German company Raumfeld. Based on WiFi and UPnP - unlike…
Read MoreT-Mobile Garminfone Due June For $200
If you're not taken with the LG Ally on Verizon, how about a different Android smartphone this month? T-Mobile have announced pricing and (rough) availability…
Read MoreAT&T Rolling Upgrade Dates Back For Early iPhone 3GS Buyers [Updated]
The evidence that a new iPhone is coming this June is mounting. First, we had Gizmodo and the infamous lost iPhone HD device the publication…
Read MoreHP Data Vault X510 Giveaway Results, And The Winner Is...
The results are in, and we've had a great time watching, reading and listening to entries for the HP Data Vault X510 Giveaway. Unfortunately only…
Read MorePlastic Logic Color E-Paper Headed For 2012 Volume Production
Plastic Logic's first product, the business-centric QUE ereader, isn't even in customers' hands yet, but the company are already talking about their follow-up. They reckon…
Read MoreVerizon LG Ally Gets Official: $100 From May 20th
Verizon's announcement of the LG Ally comes as no great surprise - after all, we were expecting the Android handset to go up for pre-order…
Read MoreSlashGear HP Data Vault X510 Giveaway!
If there's one thing we love more than reviewing top tech kit here at SlashGear it's giving it away to our readers, and HP have…
Read MoreImeuble Shelves Give Me A Headache
Design concepts range from mild to wild and sometimes a good concept takes something as boring as shelves for holding your junk and turns them…
Read MorePanasonic Debuts CF-31 Rugged Notebook Computer
Last week I mentioned that Panasonic had updated some of its rugged notebooks including the ToughBook CF-52 and the Toughbook CF-T8. Panasonic has now debuted…
Read MoreOWC Adds New Models To Mercury Extreme Pro SSD Line
OWC has added some new drives to the Mercury Extreme Pro SSD line. The new drives are the largest capacity in a SSD that is…
Read MoreIntel Bringing Tablet & Ultra-Thin Netbooks To Computex
Intel has promised to deliver its alternative to the iPad and other ARM-based tablets at Computex 2010, with Mooly Eden - vice president of the…
Read MoreAdaptec Unveils New MaxIQ Storage Controllers With SSD Caching
Improving performance in the data center is a big deal for many enterprises around the world. Adaptec has announced new products that promise to significantly…
Read MoreSharkoon Unveils QuickStore Portable USB 3.0 Enclosure
I have talked about some of the interesting external enclosures and other gear that Sharkoon offers in the past like the SATA and IDE Combo…
Read MoreAvatar 1259B Watch Is More Interesting Than Its Name
You might be surprised to learn that the Avatar 1259C Watch isn’t made from unobtainium and doesn’t have James Cameron on the face with money…
Read MoreAsus Eee Keyboard Finally Ships
If you are one of the folks that has been waiting (and waiting) for the Asus Eee Keyboard to finally ship, your wait is over.…
Read MoreKaleidescape Offers New M500 And M300 Blu-Ray Players
Kaleidescape is a name we have heard before, the company offers the Mini media server that landed in the UK last April. The company has…
Read MoreDid A Box Of Crayons Throw Up Or Is That The New Pentax K-X DSLR?
I can understand that camera makers want their new offerings to stand out in the crowd of cameras with basically the same features. However, Pentax…
Read MoreiPhone HD Poses Again; Apple A4 CPU Confirmed
First batch of iPhone HD leak (mark II!) photos not good enough for you? After the furore earlier this morning, the leaked prototype has sat…
Read MoreLenovo ThinkPad L412 And L512 Now Shipping
Lenovo's reassuringly green ThinkPad L412 and L512 notebooks have gone on sale, and they bring with them a pleasant boost in basic specs. Rather than…
Read MoreHP Hurricane webOS Tablet Leaks Continue
With HP still refusing to comment on the record about the fate of their Windows 7 slate, we're having to piece together their tablet plans…
Read MoreiPhone HD Leak Gets Video Demo
After another iPhone HD prototype leaked in Vietnam earlier, we've been waiting to see the handset show up on video. Happily that's now happened, courtesy of…
Read MoreSharp 3D Camera Module Unveiled: Headed To Nintendo 3DS?
Sharp are already tipped to be among the companies Nintendo is considering for the 2D/3D display on the upcoming Nintendo 3DS; how interesting would it…
Read MoreInternational iPad Preorders Now Shipping June 7th
Apple's international launch of the iPad earlier this week looks to have been a surprising success, with the expected shipping date for new WiFi and…
Read MoreVerizon Prepping Android Tablet For Google I/O Debut?
Another day, another tablet rumor, and this time around it's talk of Verizon and Google working closely to deliver an Android-based slate in time for…
Read MoreAcer Aspire One 521, 721 And Aspire 1551 Raid AMD's 2010 CPU Catalog
AMD have no sooner announced their new 2010 ultrathin processor line-up, and Acer have slapped various chips from it into their latest ultraportables and netbooks.…
Read MoreAMD 2010 Mainstream & Ultrathin Notebook And 2010 Desktop Platforms Unveiled
AMD have outed their latest 2010 Mainstream and Ultrathin Notebook Platforms, together with their 2010 Desktop Platform, and the emphasis looks to be on multimedia…
Read MoreApple iPhone HD Leaks Again
A second iPhone HD fourth-generation handset has apparently escaped into the wild, this time in Vietnam, and we're starting to wonder if Apple's much-vaunted security…
Read MoreT-Mobile Clarifies Their HSPA+ Network And The Devices That Take Advantage Of It
There seems to be a lot of chatter about 4G today. For good reason, of course. As we get further and further into 2010, wireless…
Read MoreMicrosoft Xbox 360 And Sony PlayStation 3 Could See A Price Drop After E3
Just in case you weren't aware, it's almost June. And, other than iPhone's getting released, that generally means that a huge trade show is going…
Read MoreVerizon Wireless Tests LTE In Boston And Wows The Crowd [Video]
Right now, Verizon Wireless says they have the best coverage out of any of the wireless carriers. Furthermore, they'd love to tell you, over and…
Read MorePlayStation Move Motion Controller $59.99 In Canada
The PlayStation Move motion controller isn't out yet, and you will have to keep waiting for a few months before you'll get your hands on…
Read MoreSprint Will Stick To WiMAX For Now But Is Still Considering LTE For The Future
Sprint's 4G endeavors are far from secret. They really do enjoy their big lead in the 4G race, and so far they don't look like…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS Might Not Be Called 3DS According To Satoru Iwata
We really, really like the name 3DS. It's got a ring to it, if you ask us. And, let's face it: it gets right to…
Read MoreVerizon iPhone HD Advertising Campaign Preparing For Launch
As far as contradicting reports go, this one is definitely a big one. It hasn't even been a full day since we told you that…
Read MoreHalo 2 On Xbox Live Officially Dead As The Last Player Disconnects
Despite the fact that Microsoft cut the cord, figuratively speaking we hope, on the original Xbox's access to Xbox LIVE on April 15th, there were…
Read MoreQualcomm Uplinq 2010 Discount For SlashGear Readers!
Qualcomm may not be a household name, but if you've bought a smartphone in the past year or so they their chipsets are probably already…
Read MoreBlackBerry Storm 2 With "Perfect" SurePress Tipped For 2H 2010
Having shaken things up nicely with a few tablet rumors, RIM are now prompting speculation regarding their plans for smaller touchscreen devices. According to Tested's…
Read MoreApple: Smartphone Market Claims Based On "A Very Limited Report"
After research firm NPD reported yesterday that Android had overtaken Apple's iPhone OS and clinched the second place spot in the US smartphone market, the…
Read MoreHTC Smart First-Impressions
The HTC Smart has just dropped onto the SlashGear desk, and while this budget BREW handset may not have the same wow-factor as one of…
Read MoreBoxee Paid-Content Due July/August; iPad & Android Plans Tipped
Boxee have announced that their promised paid-content upgrade will be arriving in July or August 2010, now that they've settled on payment partner Vindicia. Interestingly,…
Read MoreDragon Quest Battle Road Victory Controller Is Most Bizarre Wii Peripheral Yet
We've seen bizarre gaming controllers for the Wii before - the football-shaped Wiimote dock looked practically normal in comparison to the inflatable horse controller -…
Read MoreTomTom XL 350 And XXL 550 PNDs Made Official
Having arrived without fanfare on the TomTom US site last week, the XL 350 and XXL 550 PNDs have finally been made official. As expected,…
Read MoreKensington Wireless Presenter Pro With Green Laser Up For Pre-Order
Kensington has lots of peripherals and accessories for computers in its line of gear. The latest device from Kensington is the Wireless Presenter Pro with…
Read MoreZip Up Time Concept Watch Uses Zippers To Show Time
Every time I go pick up my son from school, I see this oddly dressed guy walking back and forth up the sidewalks along the…
Read MoreVerizon LG Ally Detailed: Android 2.1 On May 20th
Details of the Verizon LG Ally have leaked, with BGR being sent internal documents from the carrier that tip the Android 2.1 smartphone for a…
Read MoreHome Depot Offers EcoSmart LED Light Bulbs
Going green in your home can be easier than you think. One of the places that you can start is with the lighting around the…
Read MoreClearwire Locked To WiMax Until At Least 2012 Says CEO
Last week Clearwire released its financials and among the bottom line tidbits was a statement about changing the agreement with Intel to let either party…
Read MoreTyme Machines Unveils Ironman Sculpted Flash Drive
There are lots of strange USB flash drives out there that are made to look like other things. I have seen drives that look like…
Read MoreBigfoot Networks Whips Out Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card
Bigfoot Networks has been making network cards for a long time that promise to improve the gaming performance of computers used for online games. The…
Read MoreEurotech ZyWAN G9 Cellular Router
Eurotech has announced its latest product called the ZyWan G9 cellular router. The router is designed to offer 3G, CDMA, and GSM/GPRS cellular network connectivity…
Read MoreNokia "Simplify" By Splitting Smartphone & Cellphone Teams
Nokia have announced a reshuffle of their organizational structure, and while it doesn't - as speculation suggested - see Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo lose his CEO position,…
Read MoreStoraDrive Keeps Those Extra HDDs Safe
I have collected a large assortment of extra HDDs over the years. I don’t like throwing the things away because it seems like every time…
Read MoreQuirky Cradle For iPad Debuts
Quirky is a very unique company that lets its community come up with ideas that are developed into products that are often very cool. One…
Read MoreDigital Storm Black|Ops Assassin Vertically Cooled PC Debuts
Digital Storm has been making desktop and workstation computers for a while now and we have talked about some of them like the DAVINCI workstation…
Read MoreSony Concept AVCHD Exmor APS HD Interchangeable-Lens Camcorder Previewed [Video]
It's not just Sony's ?-series NEX-5 and NEX-3 digital cameras that the company envisages having interchangeable lenses; they've also revealed a concept AVCHD HD camcorder…
Read MoreiPad WiFi Fix Promised In Future Firmware
The iPad's temperamental WiFi has already been fingered as a DHCP issue - temporarily fixable by power cycling the wireless or the tablet itself -…
Read MoreProject Natal Launch In October Confirms Microsoft Exec
Project Natal's "world premiere" may be this coming June, but the company is yet to officially confirm when exactly the movement-sensing hardware might actually reach…
Read MoreMSI Slatebook Windows 7 Tablet At Computex; Tegra 2 M Pad Still In Development
While the future of HP's Windows 7 slate apparently hangs in the balance, MSI are supposedly gung-ho about their own tablet running the Microsoft OS.…
Read MoreMotorola Flipout Spotted; Android 2.1 MOTOBLUR Update Imminent?
We can't say we've been driven into a square-phone frenzy by Nokia's 7705 Twist, but obviously someone at Motorola thinks this form-factor is the way…
Read MoreEverything Everywhere Created From T-Mobile And Orange Merger: New "Super-Network" Promised
Having seen their merger approved, UK carriers Orange and T-Mobile have announced their plans for a "single super-network" under the joint venture name "Everything Everywhere".…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaCentre Q150 Nettop Packs Updated Atom & NVIDIA Ion
Lenovo's IdeaCentre Q150 takes its Q110 predecessor and brings it up to date with Intel's latest nettop Atom processors, throwing out the old Atom 330…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaCentre A700 And B305 All-In-Ones Get Optional Touchscreens
Lenovo's IdeaCentre all-in-one range has been given a polish, with the IdeaCentre A700 getting an injection of Intel's Core 2010 processors (albeit from the laptop…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaPad U160, U460 & U460s Intro Latest Core i3/i5/i7 ULV CPUs
The IdeaPad Z series aren't the only mainstream notebooks Lenovo have to announce this morning; the company has also taken the wraps off of the…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaPad Z360, Z560 And Z565 Get Official: $649 From June
Lenovo have outed a new line of affordable mainstream multimedia notebooks, the IdeaPad Z Series, three new machines that kick off from $649. The Lenovo…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 10th 2010
Welcome to the beginning of the week! Sure enough, right on schedule, here's another edition of the Daily Slash. We're glad you could make it.…
Read MoreJartron Is A Robot Made From A Jar That Loves To Dance [Video]
You know what we don't see enough of anymore? Robots that dance. Sure, we've got robots that can balance on balls, and even robots powered…
Read MoreCradlePoint MBR1200 Router And CBA750 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Adapter Officially Announced
CradlePoint and Sprint have officially announced that the MBR1200 Router and CBA750 3G/4G mobile broadband adapter have been certified to work on Sprint's 3G and…
Read MoreActivation Suit Makes Iron Man Look Bulky
Want a suit that will help you work out? How about a suit that will help your muscles flex, stretch, and relax? Then you need…
Read MoreHelmet Can Charge Your Cell Phone Thanks To Solar Power
When it comes to charging things while on the go, having access to the ability is pretty important. Especially as more and more devices get…
Read MoreGoogle Nexus One Axed From Sprint Inventory Thanks To EVO 4G
All good things must come to an end. And, for the life of the CDMA-based Google Nexus One, it seems that time has come now.…
Read MorePalm Pre Plus Arriving On AT&T May 16th With Free Touchstone Charger
Facebook is good for something, we imagine. After all, more and more companies are utilizing the social networking site to announce things. Huge things, in…
Read MoreDell WM311 Available Now For Only $30 In Four Different Colors
Accessories for computers aren't always on the cheap side, especially when it comes to wireless mice, but this one from Dell fits the bill. And,…
Read MorePlantronics Voyager PRO UC Review
Bluetooth headsets are mostly associated - literally, in fact - with cellphones, but there are plenty of people looking to go wireless with their computers…
Read MoreApple MobileMe To Go Free?
Pinch of salt time, but MadDailyNews are reporting on an unconfirmed tip that Apple are considering making their MobileMe cloud-based synchronisation and backup service subscription-free.…
Read MoreEuropean Peek Emailer Due June On MVNO Spotnik
Peek's expected European launch date came and went with nary a sign of the dedicated email device, but the company has piped up with some…
Read MoreCasio G-Shock GW-3000B & GA-100 Review
Casio's G-Shock watch line has a strong pedigree and an equally strong following, ranging from affordable models for those who simply want to pay a…
Read MoreSecond-Gen Sony VAIO P Gets Teardown
Sony's second generation VAIO P might arguably only be a gradual evolution of the company's resolutely-widescreen ultraportable platform, but that doesn't mean we don't want…
Read MoreAndroid Ahead Of iPhone OS In Q1 2010 US Smartphone Market
Analysts NPD are claiming that, by their count, Android has crept past Apple to take the number two spot of most popular smartphone operating systems…
Read MoreArchos 5 Gets Unofficial Maemo Hack [Video]
Maemo might be evolving into MeeGo, but it's going by a circuitous route that takes in some Archos 5 play along the way, albeit unofficially.…
Read MoreHMB TEC Offers A Laser Pointer, Fan, And Other Accessories For The iPhone
In a few more weeks it will be hot enough to melt your iPad here in Texas and we that live here will be looking…
Read MoreAmpliTube iRig Puts A Guitar Amp In The iPhone
I have no musical talent. The extent of my musical ability is to load tracks on my iPhone and listen to them in the car.…
Read MoreOlympus Unveils New Silver E-P2 Micro Four Thirds Digital Cam
Late last year Olympus pulled the wraps off a new micro four thirds digital camera called the PEN E-P2. When the camera originally debuted, it…
Read MoreiPad Printing "Will Come" Says Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs has apparently been working on clearing his inbox again, with the latest missive from the Apple CEO being in response to a user…
Read MoreAMD CPUs To Land In Lots More Computers This Summer
AMD has long played second fiddle to rival Intel in most markets. The server market is very competitive between the two companies but in the…
Read MoreWiGig Promise 7 Gbps Wireless With WiFi B/g/n Compatibility
While the WiGig Alliance sounds like it should be an organisation promoting whirligig adoption, they actually busy themselves with wireless connectivity. In fact, latest across…
Read MoreNotorious Gadgets Computers Debut In UK
Notorious Gadgets is a very strange name for a computer maker, but when that computer maker stems from a company called Notorious Solutions it makes…
Read MoreSony VAIO P USA Preorders Today From $800
Sony's colorful new VAIO P refresh has been confirmed for a US launch, and in fact the 8-inch ultraportable will imminently be going up for…
Read MoreIntel Core I5-450M, I7-750QM, And I7-840QM CPUs Inbound
Now that the shortage of many of the Intel Core 2010 processors has ended Intel is set to offer up some new mobile parts for…
Read MoreMacBook Air Update Rumor Surfaces
Updates for the MacBook Pro line were being clamored for long before the updates actually showed up a month or so back. The reason for…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS Will Have 2D Mode
Sales of Nintendo hardware and software are plummeting. The Wii has seen sales drop as has the DS, both of the machines have been on…
Read MoreSonos Adds New Stereo Pair Mode To ZonePlayer S5
The Sonos ZonePlayer S5 went on sale in the US back in November of 2009. The S5 has an amp and a wireless receiver along…
Read MoreSamsung Offers X170 Notebook In Barbie Livery
I certainly think that there is a market for cute computers, especially those that are aimed at kids. We have seen netbooks before that were…
Read MoreApple Planning iTunes Live Using Lala Tech?
A newly filed trademark application by Apple for "iTunes Live" has been spotted, though the actual functionality it will brand is so far unclear. While…
Read MoreHP webOS "Hurricane" Slate Tipped With Ambitious Release Rumors
HP's tablet plans are prompting numerous rumors at the moment, and as with the best speculation they're glibly ignoring what's likely in favor of what's…
Read MoreApple iWatch Concept Packs Pico-Projector & Touchscreen
Having shown us their idea of what the next-gen iPhone should look like, ADR Studio have moved on to envisaging smaller Apple products. They're hoping…
Read MoreArcaMIDI Computer-Controlled Guitar Is Twelve Types Of Awesome [Video]
Sometimes you need to explain at length why something is impressive; other times a few words will suffice. Hatchinatore's ArcaMIDI DIY electronic guitar definitely falls…
Read More360-Degree iPhone 3GS Gaming With Laser Pico-Projector [Video]
Smartphone gaming with accelerometer and digital compass control is great, but adding a pico-projector and making it a whole lot more immersive is, well, a…
Read MoreO2 And Vodafone iPad 3G Data Plans Detailed
Orange UK jumped the gun on Friday and announced their iPad WiFi + 3G data plans - in fact their pre-registration page went live today…
Read MoreBlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider Video Leaks
The BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider has shown up again, this time in a video leaked to BGR, and thanks to a brief shot of the…
Read MoreOrange UK iPad WiFi + 3G Data Packages Revealed
Hot on the heels of UK pricing for the iPad WiFi and iPad WiFi + 3G comes carrier Orange with 3G data pricing for the…
Read MoreiPad Gets Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hack [Video]
Having argued why I disagreed with Apple's stance that the stylus is dead and the finger is the way forward this weekend, it's interesting to…
Read MoreSony VAIO P Refreshed: 3G, Accelerometer & More
Remember Sony Japan's paperclip-toting teaser campaign a few weeks back? Turns out, that paperclip is the new Sony VAIO P ultraportable in cross-section; the Japanese company…
Read MoreInternational iPad On Sale Now
It's Monday May 10th and that can only mean that the international iPad WiFi and iPad WiFi + 3G have finally gone up for preorder.…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 33 2009
The end of the week is here again and here we go with a rundown of some of the coolest stories we have seen this…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 34 2009
Here we go again with another week in review for your perusal. A mystery Android-powered MID tipped up this week looking very much like those…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 35 2009
Another week has come and gone leaving us with memories and a hoard of cool stories to throw your way for weekend reading in case…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review – Week 36 2009
Did't I just finish writing a week in review? That time again already? Ok, so here we go! Asus' Eee netbook roadmap leaked this week…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 37 2009
Well they say time files when you are having fun, but they never mention how fast time flies when you are typing your fingers to…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 43 2009
Weeks are flying by and it's time for another week in review. Monday we learned that a new hack was available from the iPhone Dev…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 28 2009
This has been a busy week here at SlashGear and lots of new items have appeared this week to stoke our geek lust. If you…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 29 2009
Whew! The week is over already and this has been another busy one here at SlashGear with more new announcements and gear than we can…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 30 2009
Well another week has come and gone as time steadily marches on and like every other week here on SlashGear, it has been a busy…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 31 2009
Another week has come and gone and we are a week closer that that wondrous day parents look forward to all summer -- back to…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 32 2009
The weekend is here again fellow geeks and geekettes so I am back with another week in review. Monday more rumors surfaced that has Apple…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 26 2009
It has been an eventful week in the geek world with all sorts of new products and important announcements turning up for the first time.…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 38 2009
Here we are again with another week in review, let's jump right in. A new 160GB Apple TV has popped up with better integration with…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 39 2009
In case you missed something this week, it's time for another week in review for you to enjoy on a lazy Sunday. Asus quietly let…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 40 2009
It's hard to believe it is October already and the leaves are already falling off the trees. Another week come and gone and today I…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 41 2009
After spending most of Friday curled in a ball twitching and drooling after losing power and Internet access for almost 12 hours, I am glad…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 43 2009
Another week come and gone, naturally it is time for the week in review. Monday we pulled the Nokia N900 from its box and videoed…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 44 2009
The weeks are just flying by, time change is this weekend so I hope you aren't late for anything. The holidays will be here before…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 45 2009
Here we go with another week in review. Monday IDC released their data on the number of CPUs shipped for Q3 2009. The number of…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 47 2009
Week in review time again, here we go! The Lenovo IdeaPad Pineview netbook hit the FCC Monday. The FCC is one of the most prolific…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 48 2009
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and weren't too shopped out yesterday! If you still have shopping to do for Christmas, we have some…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 49 2009
It's been a long week here at SlashGear with the build up to Christmas and Cyber Monday shopping and deals. We learned this week that…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 50 2009
Another week come and gone, time for a week in review so read along! It's been a busy week (as always) with some cool stories…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 51 2009
Here we are again with another week in review, the last week in review before Christmas! That Google Nexus One smartphone that seems incapable of…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 1 2010
Welcome to 2010 and the first week in review of the New Year and the new decade. I hope you are having a good 2010…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 2 2010
The week of CES each year is a week that geeks in the industry and geek consumers look forward too with glee. At the same…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review: Week 4 2010
Another week has passed and brought with it lots of cool new gear and the requisite number of new Apple rumors. Welcome to this week's…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 5 2010
Here we go again with another SlashGear Week in Review. This was an important and busy week in the tech world with a much anticipated…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 6 2010
It's Super Bowl Sunday so the sports fans out there looking for something to do to kill some time until the game comes on can…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 7 2010
MWC was in full swing this week in Spain and SlashGear was at the show in force. There were a staggering number of new mobile…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 8 2010
Welcome to the latest edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! On Monday we learned that NVIDIA would be launching the GTX 480 and 470…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 3 2010
We are now three weeks into 2010, hope it's going well for you so far. It's time for another week in review. Last week wasn't…
Read MoreApple, iPad & Why The Stylus Isn't Dead
"It's like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it." The audience sniggered. There was no small sense that Steve…
Read MoreHP TouchSmart tm2 To Get Core i3/i5 In June?
The TouchSmart tm2 wasn't in among the notebooks HP refreshed earlier this week, but according to NewGadget.de the convertible touchscreen PC will be getting an…
Read MoreKobo Ereader Hits Borders Preorder For $150
Kobo and Borders have announced that the Kobo ereader is now available for preorder, and will begin shipping from June 17th 2010. Priced at $149.99,…
Read MoreNokia Sue Apple Over iPad 3G
Nokia's ongoing legal spat with Apple has taken a tablet turn for the worse today, with the news that the Finnish company are now setting…
Read MoreNeofonie WePad Renamed WeTab To Avoid Apple Ire
The threat of litigation hangs heavy in the tablet world, and in what looks like an attempt to pre-emptively fend off angry retaliations from Apple,…
Read MoreInternational Apple iPad Ships May 28th
Having promised international iPad preorders from May 10th, Apple has confirmed that those customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the…
Read MoreiPad Puts The Smack Down On Netbooks?
Apple is putting the smack down on the netbook and eReader market with the new iPad, at least that's what some analysts would have you…
Read MoreTomTom XL 350 And XXL 550 Arrive In US
TomTom have quietly added two new PNDs to their US site, though the mid-range models arguably don't deserve much of a fanfare. The TomTom XL…
Read MoreNokia Hold Top Smartphone Spot; RIM, Apple, HTC & Moto Snap At Heels
Having told us all about general phone sales last Friday, market researchers IDC are back with some smartphone facts and figures. As you might expect,…
Read MoreAMD 45W Athlon II X2, X3 & X4 CPUs Due Next Week
High performance CPUs may grab headlines, but it's mid-tier, mildly frugal chips that grab sales. That's why AMD's upcoming 45W TDP desktop chips are so…
Read MoreDIY UFO Lamps Are The Most Awesome Lamps Ever
I have seen some cool lamps over the years. There are lava lamps and all manner of commercial UFO themed lamps that you can buy…
Read MoreSwatch Concept Watch Prevents Scratches With Rubber
Back in the day when Swatch was the watch to have, I had a bunch of them that I wore. I wasn't exactly easy on…
Read MoreToshiba Building World's Lightest 13-Inch Laptop With Super-Fast Battery Charging According To Rumor
When it comes to a real netbook that is portable enough for road warriors on the go constantly the 13-inch segment is often where the…
Read MoreRude Gameware Unveils Primal Wireless Headset For Xbox 360
There are gobs of companies making hardware and peripherals for console gamers. A new firm has stepped into the market called Rude Gameware and has…
Read MoreCorsair Ups The Speed Again On Its GTX4 DDR3 RAM For PCs
Corsair is one of the most popular companies for enthusiast and mainstream memory products for computers. The firm has been announcing blazing fast DDR3 RAM…
Read MoreSamsung Bada SDK Open To All
Samsung have pushed out the latest beta build of their bada OS SDK for affordable smartphones, and it's now available for anybody to download. Signing…
Read MoreiBUYPOWER Offers New Advanced Professional Wiring Services On Desktops
I haven't purchased a desktop computer in years; I like to build my own. One of the things I don’t really do a good job…
Read MoreFujitsu Laboratories Shows Off Color E-Paper Display
Fujitsu Laboratories has announced a new color e-paper display that has what Fujitsu claims to be the world's highest color image quality. Fujitsu was able…
Read MoreDenon Unveils New AVR-3311, AVR-1911, And AVR-1611 AV Amps
Denon is huge in the home theater audio market and the company has announced three new AV amplifiers for home theater fans with two of…
Read MoreASUS RoG Crosshair IV Extreme Motherboard Pictured
Ready for some more motherboard porn to drool over? ASUS have just sent over the latest photos of their new Republic of Gamers Crosshair IV…
Read MoreNEC Develops New Video Fingerprinting Tech
It's getting harder to post pirated videos to the internet every day thanks in part to new tech like the video fingerprinting system that NEC…
Read MoreThomson Portable Info Center Tablet Breaks Cover [Video]
Remember the bizarrely-named Thomson PoMMeS media tablet spotted running the FCC gauntlet back in January? The 8-inch touchscreen tablet has returned with a far more sensible…
Read MoreiPad Takes On Philips LivingColors For Mood Lighting Crown [Video]
Chalk up another success to the iPad: while pundits are busy asking whether the Apple tablet is a "netbook killer", it's quietly taking on Philips'…
Read MoreVodafone UK Tighten Out-Of-Bundle Data Fees (To Smartphone Users' Horror)
With high-profile, data-heavy handsets like the Google Nexus One, HTC Desire and Microsoft KIN either available or imminent to their network, it comes as little…
Read MoreiPhone 3G Android Hack [Video]
After the first-gen iPhone saw its Android hack, it's now the turn of the iPhone 3G to get some Google magic. Arch hacker David Wang…
Read MoreWWDC 2010 Sells Out In Just Over A Week
Ahh, WWDC 2010. A serious sit-down with developers and Apple working together to polish up the app landscape for the twelve months to come, or…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 6th 2010
Here we are, it's late Thursday night, and you're staring at your computer screen, catching up on the latest news in the tech industry. We're…
Read MoreWD TV Live HD Media Player Is The First Network Media Player Compatible With Windows 7
Western Digital managed to wrangle up an update that they could release, officially, today, and it's designed for their WD TV Live HD. Is there…
Read MoreGoogle I/O Set To Kick Off May 19th; We'll Be There First-Hand
4,000. That's how many developers are attending this year's Google I/O event. Although, Google would love it if more people could make it, they just…
Read MoreNanocoating Inspired By Moths Could Reduce Glare And Scratching On Glass
While we love our AMOLED displays, we hate using them in direct sunlight. It's way too frustrating, because everything on the screen gets washed out,…
Read MoreTargus Universal Wall Power Adapters Recalled Due To Reports Of Burned Consumers
It's never good for a company to have to recall their product. Furthermore, it's down-right awful when they have to recall their products because they're…
Read MoreThermaltake ARMOR A90 Mid-Tower Chassis Features Bulletproof Armor Design
Spending money to put the latest and greatest in your computer doesn't mean much if it just looks like any old PC on the outside.…
Read MoreHP Data Vault X510 Giveaway Reminder!
In case you missed it back on Sunday, SlashGear in association with HP is giving away an HP Data Vault X510 to one lucky reader.…
Read MoreASUS Eee PC 1215N: Dual-Core 1.5GHz Atom, NVIDIA Ion, Optimus & July Release?
More details on the ASUS Eee PC 1215N are seeping out, ahead of the netbook's expected debut on May 13th, and it's shaping up to…
Read MoreSimulated Moorestown Browser Test Pits Intel Against iPad [Video]
In among Intel's hyperbole for the Atom Z6xx launch earlier this week were some impressive stats for internet browsing performance, contrasting what users of Moorestown-based…
Read MoreScribd "Scrapping 3 Years Of Flash Development" For HTML5
It's looking more and more likely that Flash's fate will be decided not by technical merit but by market dominance, and with the iPad dominating…
Read MoreExoPC Win7 Tablet Due Sept 7th With Broadcom Crystal HD
You might not remember the ExoPC what with the fire-hose of tablets we've seen in the aftermath of the iPad launch, but the French slate…
Read MoreIntel Hexacore Mac Pro Desktops To Debut At WWDC 2010?
Rumors of Apple's Mac Pro Intel hexacore refresh taking place in mid-March saw the leaked date come and go, leaving us - and, more importantly,…
Read MoreAudiophile-Friendly Nationite S:Flo2 Gets Reviewed
Audiophile-PMPs are a pretty rare breed, especially if you don't want to empty your entire bank account to acquire one, and so the Nationite S:Flo2…
Read MoreDirecTV Set To Offer First 3D MLB Games
A few things are holding back the wide adoption of 3D home entertainment gear in the home. One of the things is the cost of…
Read MoreDIY Wooden Shoulder Rig For DSLR Movies Rocks
The quality of video you can record on DSLR cameras today is very impressive. In fact, the entire season finale of the drama "House" was…
Read MoreSeagate 3TB HDD To Land This Year
The rumor mill is working today and churning out new fodder about Seagate. According to the rumor, the storage firm has a new 3TB HDD…
Read MoreWindows Home Server "Vail" Gets Previewed
We have checked out various computers running Windows Home Server like the HP MediaSmart EX487 and the Data Vault X510. In fact, we are running…
Read MoreiHome Updates iP90 iPhone/iPod Alarm Clock For 2010
iHome has gobs of docks, clocks and other gear for the iPhone and iPod. The company has announced that it is updating its flagship iP90…
Read MoreVerizon KIN One And KIN Two On Sale Now
Are you a member of GenUpload? Are you - or your parents - sufficiently loaded to afford a $69.98 monthly agreement for two years? Then…
Read MoreHTC Evo 4G Lands At Sprint For Preorder Later This Month
If you happen to live in one of the few Sprint WiMax 4G areas and have been counting the days until a handset supporting 4G…
Read MoreApple Looks To Patent Heart Rate Identification Method For iPhone
I once owned a laptop that had a biometric sensor for scanning fingerprints to log me into the computer rather than typing a password. It…
Read MoreLOLA Fembot Is Perfect Partner For Hector From Saturn 3
If you are a fan of 80's sci-fi flicks you probably saw the horror sci-fi film Saturn 3 with the creepy doctor and his murderous…
Read MoreGM Shows Off Crash Test Facility As It Crunches A Volt
We have been talking about the Volt since 2008 when the car started catching our attention. GM was quick to say in those early days…
Read MoreNEC Tosses PA271W 27-Inch LCD Onto Pro Circuit
NEC is a purveyor of a wide range of displays for computers users that run the gamut from small green screens that sip power to…
Read MoreSprint's New Prepaid Strategy Is What Verizon's KIN Plans Should've Been
Whether or not Microsoft's KIN handsets have GenUpload appeal or not, one thing just about everyone outside of Verizon agrees on is that the carrier…
Read MoreClearwire Will "Keep Evolving", Perhaps To LTE Support
Only the other day, Clearwire were happily trumpeting their latest WiMAX roll-outs; now there's talk that they may be considering sidling away from the technology…
Read MoreMotorola MILESTONE Android 2.1 Update Released
Motorola Europe have announced that the long-awaited Android 2.1 update for the Motorola MILESTONE - the European version of the Verizon DROID - is finally…
Read MoreNintendo Wii And DSi Sales Tumble
Nintendo have announced their latest quarterly financial results [PDF link], and it proved a disappointing period for both Wii and DSi sales. Wii demand plummeted,…
Read More2011 BlackPad Tablet Using BlackBerry OS After RIM Junk Android Intentions?
After yesterday's whisperings of a RIM tablet for launch sometime in 2011, The Street is claiming that the touchscreen device is in fact the Canadian…
Read MoreiPhone HD To Record 720p HD Video Tips OS 4.0 SDK
Apple's decision to allow developers "full access to still and video camera data" in iPhone OS 4.0 has had the unexpected side-effect of previewing what's…
Read MoreMIT's Printed Paper Solar Cells Could Be Installed With "A Staple Gun"
Today, solar panels can be fragile, unwieldy to install and expensive; in a decade's time we could be wallpapering the outside of our houses with…
Read MoreFlash Delay And Tablet Hysteria To Blame For Smartbook Shortage Reckons ARM
Lenovo's Skylight smartbook launch delay was rumored to be so that the company could rework the software and make it more competitive against the iPad;…
Read MoreClamCase For iPad: Because You Really Want A Netbook [Video]
ClamCase seem determined to reignite arguments over whether iPad buyers should "just buy a netbook instead", with their keyboard-toting docking system turning the Apple tablet…
Read MoreBlackBerry 9670 Clamshell Caught In Wild With OS 6 Again
After catching sight of the BlackBerry 9800 Slider running OS 6 the other day, it seems it's time for RIM's clamshell to be caught in…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 5th 2010
It's the middle of the week again, and here we are with another edition of the Daily Slash. Tonight's is packed full with interesting pieces…
Read MoreRoku Unveils New Netflix Channel Design And Adds Plenty Of Features [Video]
Looks like the time for much needed upgrades is upon us, because Roku has just let us know that their Netflix Channel will be getting…
Read MoreOCZ Enyo Features Ridiculous Good Looks And USB 3.0
How can you be expected to not buy things for your computer, when the internals are starting to look as good as OCZ's brand new…
Read MoreMotorola Droid Solves A Rubik's Cube Thanks To LEGO Robot [Video]
While some robots are made to teach you something, or even go easy on your pocket book, this little do it yourself LEGO robot is…
Read MoreBlack Nintendo Wii Shows Up Early In Canadian Best Buy
It must be May 9th, right? Surely it is, because that's the only reason we'd be seeing a fully boxed, still shiny, Nintendo Wii in…
Read MoreResearch Shows Teens Text And Don't Use Data
Microsoft believes that with their Kin One and Kin Two devices, that a particular demographic has met its perfect match. Now, whether or not you…
Read MoreMotorola Supposedly Picks Up Azingo Mobile After Acquisition
There are more and more avenues to get the information you want. And, sure enough, it's looking more and more like the site LinkedIN is…
Read MoreHP Windows 7 Tablet Mystery Continues [Update: Development On "Hold"]
Speculation around HP's tablet continues, with the company still yet to step up and confirm whether or not the project has been canned. After a…
Read MoreSpring Design Alex Review
Two screens, Android OS and ebooks a-plenty: no, not Barnes & Noble's nook, but the Spring Design Alex. Promising extra flexibility than its big-name rival…
Read MoreLaser Command Game Uses LED Array For Input As Well As Output [Video]
Oh Arduino, is there anything you can't do? There's plenty to love about Eiji Hayashi's home-made Laser Command game: its palm-sized cube form-factor for a start,…
Read MoreHP ENVY 14 And ENVY 17 Hands-On [Video]
HP's ENVY range has been updated, with the existing ENVY 13 and ENVY 15 replaced by a new ENVY 14 and ENVY 17 with, as you…
Read MoreSony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Android 2.1 Update Promised For Q4 2010
Sony Ericsson have confirmed that their XPERIA X10 - together with the XPERIA X10 mini and X10 mini pro - will all get an update…
Read MoreMotorola Content With Context Concept: "You Can Click On Pants" [Video]
Motorola have been polishing their crystal balls again, and have jumped onboard the media sharing bandwagon with a new concept of what content consumption might…
Read MoreSanDisk Official Xbox 360 USB Stick On Sale Today
What price convenience? If you're talking about SanDisk's official, licensed Xbox 360 USB Flash Drive then that price is $34.99 or $69.99 depending on whether…
Read MoreFacebook Exploit Reveals Live Chat Contents [Video]
Facebook's security settings have again come under the microscope, as an exploit that can expose not only pending friend requests but contents of live chat…
Read MoreTouch Bionics Shows Off New Prosthetic Hand Programmable Over Bluetooth
Most people that loose a limb end up with a ridged prosthetic that doesn't allow the person any grip or use of the limb. Losing…
Read MoreScope Watch Is Perfect For Replicants
Back in the day I watched Blade Runner with my dad and though that it was pretty cool, but I kept wondering where Han had…
Read MoreAT&T Debuts TL86109 Cordless Phone With Bluetooth
AT&T has been offering home phones for a long time, since well before the mobile phone was common. Today a lot of people don't have…
Read MoreBracketron Unveils Slick New LTM-205-BX iPad/netbook Stand
The iPad has proven to be very popular with gobs of the tablet machines sold. One of the most common accessories for the iPad are…
Read MoreEpson Introduces New Stylus NX420 All In One Printer For Under $100
Epson has unveiled a new printer that is promised to be the first in the industry that packs in 802.11n WiFi connectivity at under $100.…
Read MoreOCZ Drops New PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II PSU
PC Power & Cooling was one of the biggest names in power supplies for computers for a long time before OCZ snapped the company up.…
Read MoreRazer Unveils New Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Gaming Mouse
Razer has been making some very nice and high-end gaming peripherals for a long time. The company is particularly well known for mice for gamers.…
Read MoreZoom Q3 Camcorder Price Slashed To $199
The Zoom Q3 camcorder has been around since October of 2009 when it first launched. The camcorder's most important feature is the high-quality audio that…
Read MoreScosche IDR655m, IDR355m, IDR355md, And IDR305m Headphones Now Shipping
Back during CES Scosche announced a new set of headphones aimed at the iPod and iPhone user called the IDR655m. At the time we had…
Read MoreiPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3 Brings New Media Controls, File Sharing, More
iPhone OS 4.0 beta 3 is out, and there are some reasonably juicy additions that Steve Jobs failed to mention when he took to the…
Read MoreAdobe Demo Android Tegra Tablet Running Flash & AIR "Flawlessly" [Video]
Adobe have been demonstrating the latest Flash and AIR builds running on an Android-based touchscreen tablet, and it's enough to drive Zedomax into paroxysms of…
Read MoreIntel Moorestown Graduates: Atom Z6xx Promises smartphone/MID/tablet Prowess
We've been talking about Moorestown for months now, but the platform has finally come of age and matured into Intel's Atom Z6xx series of mobile…
Read MoreKIN: A View From GenUpload
A few weeks ago, Microsoft made some big headlines when they announced their latest phone, the KIN - specifically designed for teenagers. People all over…
Read MoreFirst Hands On With KIN One And Two - Where Mobile And Social Networks Collide
The KIN embargo is now lifted and I can now talk about the devices experience as well as pricing. Here's some initial thoughts. Device pricing…
Read MoreSeagate GoFlex Adds Swappable USB 3.0/eSATA/FireWire Cables, Media Docks To HDDs
Seagate have announced their third-generation of portable hard-drives, the Seagate GoFlex Storage System, which debuts a system of interchangeable connection adapters that can be used…
Read MoreRemote Heart Surgery Success By Robotic Arm
So, what does the future mean? Apparently it means getting rid of the human element as much as possible. Or, completely. Now, we can't necessarily…
Read MoreGoogle About To Leap Into Online Bookstore Game This Summer
Well, maybe apps aren't the next best thing. Sure, they're not going anywhere any time soon, but let's just go ahead and admit that eBooks…
Read MoreBell MiFi 2372: Novatel Respond
Novatel Wireless' MiFi 2372 has been making headlines today after reports surfaced claiming the Bell Mobility version of the portable wireless hotspot had been recalled…
Read MoreEncipher Android Tablet Pushes Cloud Services
Alright, it's another Android tablet from a manufacturer you've probably never heard of before, but at least this one has a vaguely interesting background support…
Read MoreAT&T-Spec HTC Legend Spotted Crossing The FCC
We made no disguise of our lust for the shiny, MacBook-esque loveliness of the HTC Legend when we reviewed it back in March, and so…
Read MoreIntel Demo Light Peak Laptop; Production By End Of 2010
Intel have been showing off their Light Peak technology again, demonstrating the 10Gbit/sec connection as integrated into a new laptop by pumping out two simultaneous…
Read MoreASUS Eee Top ET2010 Multitouch All-In-Ones On Sale Now
It's been a little over a month since ASUS made their Eee Top ET2010 range official, and the 20-inch multitouch all-in-ones have finally made it…
Read MoreEvernote Considering Digital Ink, Handwriting Recognition For iPad
Evernote is one of the more useful apps out there, and the company has just announced that it's passed three million registered users. Some of…
Read MoreNokia Own Voice For Ovi Maps Lets You Tell Yourself Where To Go
Hot on the heels of TomTom's new Star Wars voices for their PND range comes Nokia's alternative: the ability to record your own voice prompts…
Read MoreTomTom Announces Star Wars Voices For Your GPS
GPS devices can be boring with those robotic sounding voices that tend to come on most devices. TomTom has announced that it will be offering…
Read MoreHandmade Case Makes Thermaltake Level 10 Ugly By Comparison
The extent of my DIY capabilities stop at changing the oil in my car and building my own computers. If you get into needing to…
Read MoreMB&F HM3 Frog Watch Looks Dead Sexy
Watches are one of those items that can be cheap or they can be crazy expensive depending on who makes the watch and what sort…
Read MoreJanco Study Claims Windows 7 Has More Users Than Vista
Windows 7 was very anticipated by users in the business and consumer world after Vista was not well adopted due to a litany of issues.…
Read MoreSCEA Unveils New PS3 And PSP Protection Plans
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that it is now offering extended protection plans for the PS3 and the PSP. The catch is that the…
Read MorePanasonic Updates Toughbook CF-52 And Toughbook CF-T8
Panasonic has announced that it has updated a couple of its ruggedized Toughbook computers. The updates include new processors, memory and more mobile technology. Among…
Read MoreApple Granted Patent For iPhone Design Sans Home Button
Apple has been granted a patent on the design of the iPhone that has one significant omission. As you can see from the line art…
Read MoreIomega Unveils New 12-Bay StorCenter Ix12-300r Storage Array
Iomega has unveiled a new storage device aimed at the small business needing data protection with network attached storage, but without a full time IT…
Read MoreSilicon Power Unveils New SDHC Card For HD Video Recording
Silicon Power has officially unveiled its new memory card for recording HD video on cameras and camcorders. The company chose to strap the memory card…
Read MoreAsus Eee Seashell 1005PR Now Available
We already know all there is to know about the new Asus Eee 1005PR having heard about the machine a while back. The main thing…
Read MoreGame Cube Portable Reaffirms Our Love Of Console Mods [Video]
What is it about mods that turn regular consoles into portable ones that so excites us? Perhaps we'll never know the answer to that vaguely…
Read MoreNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Due June; Mainstream Versions Shortly After
NVIDIA's mainstream and entry-level versions of the Fermi-based GeForce GTX 470/480 will arrive in July and August respectively, according to graphics card manufacturers who have…
Read MoreBlackBerry Slider 9800 With OS 6 Leaks?
RIM's mysterious BlackBerry slider has surfaced again, and this time it's apparently running BlackBerry OS 6. Images of the phone sent to BBLeaks show what's…
Read MoreSteam For Linux Next On Cards After OS X?
Linux and gaming haven't always been the most familiar of bedfellows, but that could all change should Valve bring their Steam client to the OS.…
Read MoreJooJoo Update Goes OTA; Tablet Improved But Still Buggy
Fusion Garage has confirmed that the promised JooJoo software update has been released OTA to existing owners. Tipped to address UI problems and bring full-screen…
Read MoreDIY Laser Jacket Is Dazzling Success
The money shot for this laser jacket is after the cut - dozens of red beams shooting out from all directions - but I can't…
Read MoreGates: "Microsoft Has A Lot Of Different Tablet Projects"
Apple's iPad may be an early sales success, but it's still polarising opinion between those for whom fingers are the be-all and end-all, and those…
Read MoreSamsung S-Pad Super AMOLED Android Tablet Due August?
Samsung are tipped to be readying a 7-inch Android tablet for release in August, with the so-called Samsung S-Pad using one of the company's Super…
Read MoreABC Player Updated: 3G Streaming, UI Improvements, More
ABC have updated their ABC Player for iPad app [iTunes link] to support 3G streaming, after it was discovered in the aftermath of the iPad…
Read MoreT-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Gets Official
As bizarre press photo choice go, we can only speculate what was running through the addled minds of T-Mobile USA when they picked this touching…
Read MoreHP's Palm Buyout Prompts Shareholder Legal Investigations
Elevation Partners have made a little money on the Palm deal, and Palm shareholders have seen a return rather than their favourite phone company sliding…
Read MorePalm Stock Rises With Talk Of Lenovo Taking Over
So, Palm's not doing too well. At least, that's what the numbers are telling us. And if you're the type of person that likes to…
Read MoreSolar City Tower Promises Huge Waterfall For Rio De Janeiro's 2016 Olympics
If there's one thing that Rio de Janeiro has been short of these past years, it's a huge solar powered waterfall standing 105m above sea…
Read MoreIntelligent DIY Alarm Clock Auto-Sets Based On Your Google Calendar [Video]
Alarm clocks haven't seen much in the way of excitement since the Goblin Teasmade, but that's all changed with the debut of the Dynamically Programmable…
Read MoreiPad 3G Streaming Video Problem Down To Apple iPhone Rule
Owners of Apple's new iPad 3G are discovering that not all video streaming is created equal. While the software on the cellular-enabled tablet is the…
Read MoreVerizon Slash Palm Pre Plus To $30
The slow scything away at the Palm Pre Plus' price continues, with Verizon pushing the webOS smartphone through a second bout of cost cuts that…
Read More"BlackPad" BlackBerry Tablet Due 2011?
RIM are the latest company to be connected with a potential iPad-rival tablet, though going by BBLeaks' information you probably shouldn't hold your breath for…
Read MoreDwell Clock Has No Hands Just Sticks
I have seen a lot of strange wrist watches come across Yanko Design, but a strange wall clock is relatively rare. The new Dwell clock…
Read MoreHorizontal 51 Is A Shelf And An iPod Dock On One Flat Package
The sheer wealth of iPod accessories on the market never ceases to amaze me. Some of them are normal accessories that look like you expect…
Read MoreScientists Use Powerful Laser To Create Clouds Over Germany
Anytime a story involves laser beams you have my attention, and I make that weird little Dr. Evil hand gesture at the corner of my…
Read MoreWoW Streamed To iPad Gets Fans Excited
The iPad is already a good gaming platform with the wealth of apps for the iPad and the iPhone that are available. The most popular…
Read More1m iPads Sold
Apple has announced that, in less than a month, they've already sold one million iPads. The news follows earlier predictions by software analysts that the…
Read MoreWhy Are iPad Mags More Than Print Versions, Because You'll Pay It
I noticed the day that I picked my iPad up from the front door steps of my house and fired the thing up that apps…
Read MoreChamp Couch For Campeggi Can Take A Beating
Growing up I had my share of fights and wrestling matches with my brother and friends while on the couch. Usually one of us would…
Read MoreAmazon Shanks Penguin With Slashed Hard Cover Book Prices
Amazon knows with the iPad on the market and a glut of other eReaders that are equally as cool as its kindle on the market…
Read MoreNintendo Wii To Ship With Sports Resort And MotionPlus In All New Systems
Long gone are the days where consumers combed the latest ads and the web to find one of the rare Wii game systems they could…
Read MoreAU Optronics Wins Patent Battle With LG Display
AU Optronics has been fighting a patent battle in court against LG Display for years. The patent war started back in December of 2006 when…
Read MoreApple Antitrust Inquiry Tipped Over iPhone OS 4.0 SDK
Apple could soon be the subject of antitrust investigations, if rumors of an inquiry by either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission…
Read MoreThe Most Talented Light Charges Your Notebook And Lights Your Desk
Desk lamps have been around as long as there have been desks. They may have started as oil lamps or candles, but eventually they went…
Read MoreNokia N8: 32GB Version Tipped, Removable Battery & QWERTY Speculation
Nokia's N8 certainly seems to be creating some hype for the Finnish company, and we can't imagine that's going down too badly at Nokia HQ.…
Read MoreSony EX3 3D Camcorder Prototype Breaks Cover
A live shot and initial specifications of what's said to be Sony's EX3 3D camcorder prototype has emerged, together with the promise that a commercial…
Read MoreSony atracTable Multitouch Table With 3D Tracking Due June 2010
Remember the atracTable, the alternative to Microsoft's multitouch Surface tablet first demonstrated all the way back in October 2008? At the time Atracsys was tentatively…
Read MoreAigo N700 "AigoPad" MID Revealed: Tegra 2, Android 2.1 & 1080p HD
Details of a new Aigo tablet, the Aigo N700, running Android on a 7-inch display have emerged, potentially set to be the AigoPad announced earlier…
Read MoreNVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M Mobile Fermi In June Tips Eurocom
NVIDIA haven't been particularly upfront about their mobile plans for the Fermi GPUs but, according to a premature product page from gaming notebook maker Eurocom,…
Read MoreiPad 3G SMS Hack Gets Video Demo
Scissors, a new 3G iPad and a little hacking are apparently all you'll really need to start sending SMS text messages from the new version…
Read MoreDell Inspiron M501R Packs New AMD Phenom II X4 CPU; Gets Core i3/i5 13R, 14R, 15R & 17R Siblings
Dell have outed a new range of Inspiron notebooks, the 13R, 14R, 15R, 17R and M501R, each offering greater customisation potential than their non-R siblings.…
Read More300,000 iPad 3G Sold In First Weekend Claims Analyst
A high profile analyst has estimated that Apple shifted 300,000 iPad WiFi + 3G units in its first weekend of sales, based on stock checks…
Read More4G WiMAX Spreads In Preparation For HTC EVO 4G Debut
4G is spreading, and Sprint/Clearwire have both announced new WiMAX coverage in Central Pennsylvania. The extended network - which promises data speeds of 3-6mbps -…
Read MoreVerizon Kin Due May 13th; Presales This Thursday
Microsoft's Kin featurephone launch has found itself with a few solid release dates on Verizon, after details from the carrier's internal systems apparently leaked. According…
Read MoreSpirit Jailbreak For iPad And iPhone Released
The iPhone Dev Team had promised a jailbreak for the iPad "soon" after the 3G variant's release, and they weren't kidding around. Spirit is an…
Read MoreGoogle Officially Acquires BumpTop
So, BumpTop's no longer with us. At least, not in any kind of capacity that we could actually make use of. Today marks the official…
Read MoreApple iPad WiFi + 3G Teardown By iFixit Shows Some New Tricks
So, now that you've seen and read up on the unboxing of the latest model of the iPad, let's take a look at iFixit's teardown…
Read MoreiPad WiFi+3G Unboxing
Early adopters and the terminally impatient bought Apple's iPad WiFi when it debuted on April 3rd; was the sensible plan to wait until the iPad…
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