T-Mobile HTC Sensation Pricing And Date To Be Revealed Tonight?
The new flagship smartphone for HTC is their Sensation 4G, which is set to launch on T-Mobile very soon. When exactly, is still uncertain, but…
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BlackBerry PlayBook 2 Details Surface?
The BlackBerry PlayBook 4G version has yet to launch, and talk about version 2 is already cropping up. Early this month, rumors pointed to a…
Read MoreApple Letter Disregarded, Lodsys Sues App Developers Anyway
Earlier this month, several iOS developers were threatened with patent lawsuits by in-app purchasing patent holder, Lodsys. Apple had licensed the IP from Lodsys and…
Read MoreSprint Asks FCC To Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
When AT&T announced its plans to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion, the most vocal opposition was third-place carrier Sprint. Very early on, Sprint warned U.S.…
Read MoreApple Update Removes MacDefender Malware
Apple customers have been in for a rude awakening with the recent MacDefender malware problem. The trojan malware tricked unsuspecting users to enter their admin…
Read MoreApple To Nuke MacDefender Malware With OS X Update
There's been a high alert recently regarding the Mac Defender and Mac Security trojans that have been fooling unsuspecting Mac users into handing over admin…
Read MoreApple iCloud To Offer Movies, TV Shows At Launch?
Apple, in an unusual move, confirmed the agenda for their upcoming WWDC developer conference to include the iCloud, iOS 5, and OS X Lion. Although…
Read MoreMicrosoft Imposes "Troublesome" Restrictions On Tablets
Microsoft Windows chief, Steven Sinofsky, is set to demo the new Windows 8 tablet OS at next week's D9 Conference. The Windows 8 OS is…
Read MoreCall Of Duty Elite Service Closed Beta Taking Applications Now
The much anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is just a week away from an unveiling at the E3 2011 game developer conference. A…
Read MorePadfone-Like Tablet With iPhone Dock By ECS
The big buzz of the Computex 2011 pre-show was certainly the ASUS Padfone, the "revolutionary" tablet and smartphone hybrid. That announcement soon brought attention to…
Read MoreHP Recalls 162,000 More Laptop Batteries
Remember the battery exploding problem for notebooks shipped almost four years ago? You would think after the various recalls that ensued, including one in 2008,…
Read MoreMacBook Air Supplies Constrained, Refresh Imminent
Earlier this month it was rumored that the MacBook Air would soon be getting a refresh by a June or July timeframe. Now, retail sources…
Read MoreApple iWork Apps Available NOW For iPhone And iPod Touch
The world is about to change via a single app set for Apple mobile users - Apple iWork for iOS, their fabulous productivity suite including…
Read MoreComputex 2011: Day One Wrap-Up
Hard to believe it, given the torrent of tech yesterday, but Computex 2011 only really kicked off properly in Taipei this morning. Intel delivered the…
Read MorePantech Crossover, Their First US Android Effort
Pantech has hooked up with AT&T to deliver their very first Android-based effort here in the United States. This device will be a mid-range phone…
Read MoreAndroid 3.1 Packing Eee Pad Transformer Supports PS3 And Xbox 360 Gaming Controllers
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the coolest and most desirable tablets on the market. We put up our review of the Transformer…
Read MoreSanDisk Debuts New SSD U100 And iSSD i100 For Tablets And Ultra-Thin Notebooks
SanDisk makes a lot of flash-based storage gear from memory cards to SSDs that turn up in consumer systems and are used by OEMs for…
Read MoreAcer W4 Mango Smartphone Specs Revealed
Microsoft is hard at work on getting the Mango update to Windows Phone 7 ready for the prime time later this year. The company has…
Read MoreNokia Shares Tumble After Sales Projection Slash
Uh-oh. Nokia's announcement a few hours ago that it would be falling well short of its Q2 2011 sales estimates seems to have made itself…
Read MoreComputex 2011: Day Zero Wrap-Up
Did you dream about a hybrid smartphone/tablet? It's only morning in North America, but already the Computex 2011 pre-show presentations have been and gone, ahead…
Read MoreAsus UX Series Notebooks Shown Off At Computex
Asus always has a big presence at Computex and this year is no exception. One of the new items that Asus is showing off at…
Read MoreSlashGear Android App Updated! Comics, Sharing & More
The SlashGear for Android app has been updated, with v1.1 addressing much of the feedback you gave us after the first release back in February.…
Read MoreMSI Wind Box DC540 And Hetis H61 Join Compact DC100 Nettop
MSI doesn't just have new notebooks and a stonkingly fast video card for Computex; the company has also brought a new range of Wind Box…
Read MoreNintendo DS Lite Slashed To $100; Mario Goes Red In June
Nintendo has cut the price of the DS Lite console to $99.99, a $30 reduction from its previous RRP. The handheld - which has been…
Read MoreJoerg "Zombie Killer" Sprave Is Back With A Saw Blade Slingshot
Good old Joerg Sprave is back with another deadly and scary slingshot to share with us all. If ever a geek needed to make a…
Read MoreMobileMe Makeover? To Add Facebook Style Front Page, Mobile Check-Ins, And Video-Streaming?
Information has leaked about Apple’s ambitious revamp of MobileMe. The update would give the service geo-tagging, location based check-ins, and video-streaming capabilities. In addition users…
Read MoreiTunes Cloud For Storage Not Subscription Streaming Tip Insiders
Apple's long-rumored iTunes cloud plans may not in fact result in a subscription-based streaming music service, with the company tipped to be looking to simply…
Read MoreNew MobileMe To Launch April, Revamped And Free
I've always wanted to try Apple's MobileMe service but have balked at the $99 a year cost. Yes, I have a hard time parting with…
Read MoreiOS 5.0 This Fall With Cloud Services, Latitude Rival And iPad 3?
Apple is readying iOS 5.0 for a fall release, a major refresh of the mobile platform and including several cloud-based services including an online "music…
Read MoreIs Apple Readying A New Cloud Video Service And TV Or Set-Top Box?
The speculation surrounding what Steve Jobs and Apple have up their sleeves is never ending. An analyst at Jefferies named Peter Misek thinks he knows…
Read MoreApple To Release Cloud Music Service Ahead Of Google
Remember those rumors about Google's imminent cloud music service? Well, we're still not certain when they'll be able to work through their licensing issues and…
Read MoreApple iTunes, Rumblings From The Cloud
I've been downloading music since I first figured out that I could minimize my AOL window in Windows 3.1 and open up a Netscape browser.…
Read MoreApple Buys iCloud Domain According To A Rumor
We have been talking about a new cloud offering from Apple for a while now that would have something to do with music playback. We…
Read MoreApple iCloud Imminent, Amazon Stops Selling MobileMe
Given the recent launch of Google's Music Beta, it's expected that anticipation will build up now for Apple's rivaling offer. The rumored 'iCloud' service is…
Read MoreApple Inks EMI Music Deal Ahead Of Cloud-Music Launch
Apple has reportedly signed a cloud-music licensing deal with EMI Music, and is "very near" to similar deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music…
Read MoreApple Patent Reveals iTunes Cloud Service Details
Speculation on Apple's iTunes Cloud service, possibly dubbed iCloud, is building up as we inch closer to next month's WWDC 2011, when the service will…
Read MoreSony Joins Apple Cloud-Music Scheme; Universal Accord Imminent?
Hot on the heels of talk that Apple had inked a cloud-music deal with EMI Music earlier this week comes word that a similar agreement…
Read MoreApple iTunes iCloud Music Service Might Not Launch At WWDC?
Apple's much anticipated cloud-based iTunes music service, possibly dubbed iCloud, is ramping up for an imminent reveal, but will it be during next month's WWDC…
Read MoreLady Gaga 99-Cent Album On Amazon
Lady Gaga fans may be some of the first to be roped into Amazon's CloudPlayer service. The online retailer giant has just begun selling the…
Read MoreApple iCloud Could Be MobileMe Bundle, Mirror Even Pirated Tracks
With Apple's WWDC 2011 just weeks away, the race is on to finalize the expected cloud music streaming system - aka iCloud - for an…
Read MoreNokia Slashes Q2 Outlook As Symbian Woes Continue; Hopes WP7.1 Will Save All In Q4
Nokia has already frustrated recent Symbian device owners today, by releasing the Anna-toting E6 and X7 but not an upgrade for existing handsets to the…
Read MoreApple Promise iCloud, OS X Lion And iOS 5 At Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote
Apple has confirmed that Steve Jobs will lead the WWDC 2011 keynote next Monday, June 6, with OS X Lion on the agenda, along with…
Read MoreBroadcom Unveils BCM43142, First 40nm WiFi And Bluetooth Combo Chip In The Industry
Broadcom has announced an industry first at Computex. The announcement is of the first 40nm WiFi and Bluetooth combo chip. The chip is called the…
Read MoreEmerald Cities Celadon Green Cool Pavement Coating Is Green Literally And Figuratively
The summer is here in many areas of the US with temperatures already reaching into the mid to upper 90 range or more. That means…
Read MoreMSI Debuts N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition Video Card, Claims World's Fastest Title
Companies that make video cards like to lay claim to the title of world's fastest when they can. AMD and NVIDIA like to do the…
Read MoreMSI Debuts New Notebooks At Computex 2011 Including G, C, X, And F Series Machines
MSI has offered up several new notebooks at Computex 2011 today that include the new G Series machines aimed at the mobile gamer. The series…
Read MoreSamsung AMOLED Plant Opens Ahead Of Schedule
Samsung has been working on building up its new production line for AMOLED screens for a while now. These high-end screens have been in short…
Read MorePixel Qi Demos Super-Slim Panels; Smartphone And Bistable On Roadmap [Video]
Pixel Qi had promised some new screen technology at Computex this week, and the company has delivered, with a fresh 10.1-inch super-thin panel. Unlike the…
Read MoreLatest Nielsen Data Shows Smartphone Market Is Stabilizing, Major OS' Hold Steady
Nielsen tracks all sorts of things for people that are interested in various markets. One of the markets that the analytics firm tracks that geeks…
Read MoreHTC Mazaa Is 12-Megapixel WP7.1 Mango Handset? [Video] [Update: Probably Not]
Remember that 12-megapixel HTC Windows Phone we told you about earlier? It's looking increasingly possible that it could be the HTC Mazaa, which leaked back in April,…
Read MoreIntel Ultrabook Debuts: Sub-$1k Sandy/Ivy Bridge Ultraportables
Intel isn't willing to let ARM grab all the ultraportable mindshare, and the chip behemoth has obviously decided that some judicious rebranding is what's needed.…
Read MoreASUS ROG Range Gets Dual-GTX 580 MARS II Video Card, Motherboards, More
ASUS' glasses-free 3D gaming notebook will likely get most of the attention, but the Republic of Gamers team has also brought along plenty of kit…
Read MoreASUS ROG G53SX Naked Eye 3D Gaming Notebook Arrives (& Brings Friends)
You didn't think ASUS was going to leave it at a single Republic of Gamers motherboard and a clutch of tablets did you? The company's…
Read MoreViewSonic V3D245wm-LED 24-Inch 3D LCD Revealed
ViewSonic has outed its latest LCD monitor, and it has high hopes for the 24-inch ViewSonic V3D245wm-LED. Billed as "the ultimate 3D monitor" it offers an…
Read MoreIntel Rapid Start And Smart Connect Promise Instant-Resume & More
Ultrabook may be the fancy branding, but Intel isn't relying solely on a swish name to make its Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge notebooks appealing. Later…
Read MoreNokia X7 And E6 Now Shipping With Symbian Anna
Nokia's first two Symbian "Anna" handsets, running the updated version of the Symbian OS, are now shipping. The Nokia E6 and Nokia X7, announced in…
Read MoreIntel Ivy Bridge Official: 22nm 3D Tri-Gate To Revolutionize Processors
Intel has announced its 22nm 3D Tri-Gate transistors, the world's first on a production technology, and with the potential to create not only smaller chips…
Read MoreIntel's New Atom Chip Architecture Coming
Intel is currently working on a new Atom chip architecture, codenamed "Silvermont". This new architecture goes beyond the Ivy Bridge with 22nm 3D Tri-Gate transistors.…
Read MorePC Notebooks To Get MacBook Air Style Flash-Standby In 2012
Apple's MacBook Air could lose its super-speedy resume advantage if Intel has its way, with news that the chip company will be pushing "fast flash…
Read MoreIntel: Apple Shapes Our Roadmap, ARM MacBook Is Ridiculous
Intel hasn't just been annoying Microsoft this week; the chip company has also been admitting quite how valuable Apple's roadmap is, and how much it…
Read MoreSony: PSN Back Online On Friday (But Japan & Others Miss Out)
Sony will miss its May 31 self-imposed deadline for full restoration of the PlayStation Network, instead promising to have all services in the Americas, Europe/PAL…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad Transformer To Be In Stock June 2nd On Amazon
It was certainly a big day for ASUS, with the unveiling of the Padfone, but let's not forget about the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. The…
Read MoreFirst Sony And Now PBS: Look Out Big Bird
LuzSec, the group that preciously took credit for hacking the website for Sony BMG in Japan, has claimed credit for cracking PBS’s website and posting…
Read MoreSamsung Infuse 4G Gets Amazon Price Cut
The Samsung Infuse 4G was unveiled last month as the thinnest smartphone with the largest display in the AT&T lineup. It was also released as…
Read MoreDestroy The Planet By Watering A Plant
That’s right, the winners of this year’s Rube Goldberg award created a machine that destroyed the world as we know it, just to water a…
Read MoreASUS Padfone Not Unique, Behold The TransPhone!
We just talked about a copycat claim from AlwaysInnovating that emerged soon after the ASUS Padfone announcement, and now there looks to be another manufacturer…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Spotted On Best Buy Site
The much anticipated Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has just popped up on the Best Buy website. We recently reviewed the Google I/O limited edition Galaxy…
Read MoreASUS Padfone Copycat Accusations Begin With AlwaysInnovating
Here come the accusations! On our very own site we've heard the first scream of "how dare you!", directed straight at ASUS who today have…
Read MoreLG Unveils iMac-Like All-In-One PC With Touchscreen And Passive 3D
The Computex 2011 trade show in Taipei is in full swing, and LG is taking the opportunity to unveil its first ever all-in-one PC called…
Read MoreMovie Review: The Hangover Part II
“Chris, I have bad news,” my email starts. I’m sitting in front of my computer, and my room is a mess. My face is dimpled…
Read MoreARM Expects To Conquer 50% Of Mobile PC Market By 2015
As Intel is attempting to gain more of a foothold in the smartphone market, ARM is hoping to advance in the mobile PC market. ARM…
Read MoreiPhone 4S To Have Integrated SIM, iPhone 5 Coming Spring 2012?
Apple's WWDC is just around the corner and although no announcements are expected for the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, that doesn't stop a new…
Read MoreHTC PLAY To Be HTC's App Store?
HTC already has its own video streaming service called HTC Watch and now it looks like the company may be ramping up its own app…
Read MoreIntel Ivy Bridge Roadmap Reveals Launch In March 2012
Early last month, Intel announced their jaw-dropping 22-nanometer 3D tri-gate transistor technology that will bring smaller, yet more powerful, and more efficient chips to its…
Read MorePlayBook 4G WiMAX Version Revealed By Google Search
The BlackBerry PlayBook has not been getting much attention lately thanks to the slew of new tablet developments including this morning's ASUS Padfone, but a…
Read MoreAngry Birds Magic Brings Rovio's Game Into NFC Reality
If there's one formula that's worked for Rovio thus far with their Angry Birds game series, it's the promise of extra levels. Rovio's newest effort…
Read MoreASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula, SABERTOOTH 990FX And M5A99/97 Motherboards Outed
ASUS has brought motherboards to Computex as well as tablets and notebooks, with several new AMD 9 Series models offering things like AMD CrossFireX, NVIDIA…
Read MoreASUS Padfone: Twice As Appealing Or Doubly-Dumb?
Maybe it was too many Transformers toys when I was younger, or because I have a frustrated engineer inside me, but I - like plenty…
Read MoreSony Shaving NGP Costs: Less "Investment Heavy" Than PS3
Sony is looking to reduce its initial outlay on the NGP next-gen portable games console, with CFO Masaru Kato telling the WSJ that the new…
Read MoreSony NGP Speculative Specs Shaved To Cut Costs
The Sony NGP sounds like it will be a very cool portable game system. Sony is hoping that the NGP will be able to compete…
Read MoreNotion Ink Adam On Sale Again As Honeycomb Hovers In Late June
Notion Ink has reopened orders for its Adam tablet, as well as promising a June 27 release date for a Honeycomb update. The third sales…
Read MoreHP TouchPad To Hit Wal-Mart June 12, OfficeMax In July?
Fans that have been looking forward to the HP TouchPad WebOS tablet have an unofficial date to look forward to for the tablet to land…
Read MoreSex Offender Busted Leaving The Apple Store After Using Display Computer To Get Onto Facebook
This qualifies as a feel-good story in my option. A registered sex offender named Robert Nicholas McGuire was busted last week for violation of parole.…
Read MoreEyeshadow Of The Future Uses LEDs Not Makeup
I admit that Ii have never understood makeup. I can get that women wear the stuff to make them look better (so they think) and…
Read MoreNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M GPU Lands In Gaming Notebooks At Computex
NVIDIA has offered up the new GTX 560M GPU for notebook computers at Computex bringing the first of the 500M series of GPUs to market.…
Read MoreLinaro And Samsung Offer Devs Origen Board With Exynos 4210 Chipset
Linaro and Samsung have announced that they have collaborated to bring developers of open source devices a new development tool packing some of the best…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II I9101 Surfaces, Is This The NFC Galaxy S II?
We already know all there is to know about the currently available version of the Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. We really like the device…
Read MoreBlackBerry Torch 2 Turns Up On Video
If you are a BlackBerry fan and liked the original Torch but wished that the smartphone had better specs the new Torch 2 might be…
Read MoreLG P220 Notebook Has Super Thin LCD Bezel And Boxy Mac Style
Generally, with any tech show we see a lot of new products that are talked up to the point where we are tired of hearing…
Read MoreASUS PadFone Hands-On Roundup [Video]
ASUS' PadFone is currently splitting opinion at Computex 2011, and not just because the company has bizarrely chosen to brand the décolletage of its demo…
Read MoreASUS PadFone Runs IE8? [Video Gaffe]
ASUS is mighty proud of its PadFone, but it seems in its hurry to get the prototype ready for Computex 2011 this week, some of…
Read MoreMSI Announces New Full HD LED Super Color Screens And More For AIOs At Computex
MSI has been offering AIO computers for a long time now and the company has announced at Computex that it is giving some of its…
Read MoreASUS Tablet Tease Tips New Slate For Computex 2011
ASUS' last tablet teaser led to a mighty promising slate - the Eee Pad Transformer, in fact - so when the company previews its Computex…
Read MoreASUS Docking Tablet/phone Combo And 3D Slate Tipped For Computex
ASUS continues its pre-Computex teaser campaign, with signs of what could be two new and reasonably different tablets. As well as the new super-skinny Eee…
Read MoreASUS 'Padfone' Trademark Applied For Upcoming Tablet/Phone Combo
With the success of the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, the Taiwanese company is getting quite a lot of attention and excitement going for its next…
Read MoreASUS PadFone Leaks Again: Tablet/Smartphone Hybrid
As the ASUS leaks coalesce ahead of Computex 2011, it looks increasingly likely that we'll see the ASUS PadFone, a hybrid docking smartphone/tablet combination, announced at…
Read MoreASUS PadFone Official
We've already shown you what the ASUS PadFone looks like; now it's time for all the juicy details. ASUS has given the PadFone its official…
Read MoreHTC 12-Megapixel Windows Phone Caught In Wild
What appears to be a 12-megapixel HTC smartphone running Windows Phone has been caught in the wild, lending weight to rumors that the company is…
Read MoreGigabyte Unveils New Booktop M2432 Notebook At Computex
Computex 2011 is here and that means hoards of new tech gear will be debuting today and over the week. Gigabyte has a new notebook…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad MeMO 3D Official: 7-Inches Of Glasses-Free 3D
The ASUS Eee Pad MeMO made its first debut back in January at CES 2011, but now the company has given it a 3D makeover.…
Read MoreASUS Eee PC X101 Official: MeeGo Ultraportable [Video]
ASUS' press launch today isn't just about the new PadFone: there's also the company's skinny new Eee PC X101 too. Running MeeGo or Windows 7…
Read MoreMSI WindPad 110W And 100A Offer 10.1-Inch Win 7 Or Android
It's not just ASUS, Gigabyte and ViewSonic talking tablets at Computex 2011; MSI has also brought along some slates from its updated WindPad range. The MSI WindPad 110W…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 4G In 2011; Galaxy S III In 1H 2012
Samsung may be popping bottles over its 1m Galaxy S II sales success in South Korea, but that hasn't stopped the company's engineers from planning…
Read MoreGigabyte S1080 Tablet Packs Windows 7 And USB 3.0
Gigabyte has outed its latest tablet, the S1080, running Windows 7 on a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N550 dual-core processor. Fresh to Computex 2011 this morning,…
Read MoreViewSonic ViewPad 7x And ViewPad 10Pro Official
ViewSonic has officially launched the ViewPad 7x, the company's 7-inch Android Honeycomb tablet leaked earlier this month, along with bringing its new dual-booting 10-inch slate,…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II Breaks 1m Sales Record In Korea
Samsung has announced that it has broken the 1m sales barrier for the Galaxy S II in South Korea, the milestone taking just a month…
Read MoreCUPP PunkThis Packs Full ARM PC Into Your Notebook's HDD Bay
CUPP Computing had high ambitions for its hybrid PC technology, fitting a complete ARM-based mini-PC into the chassis of a regular computer, and giving users…
Read MoreNVIDIA 3D Vision $99 Wired Glasses Swap Freedom For Savings
NVIDIA continues to hammer away at its 3D Vision technology, tweaking both the three-dimensional system itself and the price of the all-important active shutter glasses.…
Read MoreASUS PadFone Revealed
ASUS has been running quite the little teaser campaign, but the ASUS PadFone has leaked out somewhat ahead of schedule. Set to be launched at…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 22 2011
Welcome to another edition of the SlashGear Week in Review. Monday we put up our review of the HTC Flyer WiFi tablet. We figure that…
Read MoreSamsung Legal Department Demands To See iPhone 5 And iPad 3
Well THIS is a wild turn, a wild turn indeed! Samsung and Apple have been at battle for just about forever, this war leading up…
Read MorePSN Breach Or Not: I Don't Like Online Gaming Anyway
When Sony’s PlayStation Network service was hacked in April and the company was forced to take it offline until earlier this month, there were many…
Read MoreAT&T Gets More FCC Questioning About T-Mobile Acquisition
When AT&T first submitted its pitch to the FCC on why it needed to buy T-Mobile, they're general theme was that it would be better…
Read MoreT-Mobile G2x Internal Issues And Resolutions Document Leaked
Over the last few days, there's been some ruckus about the T-Mobile G2x being pulled from the carrier's online store. Although T-Mobile explained the temporary…
Read MoreNo MGS5 At E3!
The latest podcast from Kojima Productions has a segment where Hideo Kojima (creator of the Metal Gear Solid series and all around awesome guy) answers…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad Transformer To Get Android 3.1 Honeycomb OTA Next Week
We recently said that the Android 3.1 Honeycomb update would be coming to the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and the Acer Iconia Tab A500 starting…
Read MoreiPad 2 Touch Panels To Come From Chimei Innolux In June
Despite the seeming abundance of iPad 2s in Apple Stores around the country thanks to the recent 2.0 revamp, the tablet is still struggling through…
Read MoreAMD "Desna" Chips For Tablets? Roadmap Leaked
Early last month we talked about AMD possibly heading into the tablet market, with announcements brewing up as Computex 2011 approaches. Well, it looks to…
Read MoreAre We Really Ready For A PS4?
It was a no brainer that Sony was already working on their next gen console, but it's nice to see it go from rumor to…
Read MoreiOS 5 To Revamp Notifications And Introduce Widgets
Apple's WWDC event next month is sure to bring many big announcements. Despite the swirling of rumors about all kinds of revelations to come, the…
Read MoreNokia To Release A Windows Phone Every Two Months?
Microsoft recently unveiled its Windows Phone 7.1 Mango update and revealed the manufacturers that will be on board to pump out the next-generation of Windows…
Read MoreApple May Announce Back-To-School Deal At WWDC, Including $200 Off iPads
So the whole secret operation to celebrate Apple's 10th anniversary is over now, and whatever pertinent rumors there were about a revolutionary new Apple Store…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Displays Breaking [Google I/O Limited Edition]
At this year's Google I/O developer conference, the 5000 attendees each got to walk away with a limited edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. The limited…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaPad K1 Android Tablet Listing Appear (With v3.0 Honeycomb)
A listing has appeared and subsequently disappeared and/or "sold out" on a couple of sites, this listing containing no less that Lenovo's IdeaPad K1, aka…
Read MoreApple App Store Far More Paid-App Friendly Than Android Market
Developers looking to sell paid apps will likely find richer pickings in the iOS App Store rather than the Android Market, according to research firm…
Read MorePolymer Vision 6" Rollable Display Demoed; Phone/tablet Hybrid Teased [Video]
The Polymer Vision saga continues, and after new owner Wistron failed to deliver the folding ereader promised for 2010, they've gone back to prototype basics…
Read MoreSony PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset Offers 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound
Sony has announced its latest gaming accessory, the official PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset. Pairing with your console via the bundled USB dongle, the headset offers 7.1 virtual…
Read MoreApple A5 Based MacBook Air Prototype Reportedly In Testing
Apple is not only rumored to be considering ARM-based MacBook notebooks but has apparently already been experimenting with prototypes, according to the latest leaks out…
Read MoreBlockbuster Drops Price Of In Store Rentals To Compete With Netflix And Redbox
Blockbuster went into bankruptcy after its expensive rentals and high late fees helped to drive the average consumer to kiosk rentals and streaming services. Blockbuster…
Read MoreMicrosoft's $150m Android Windfall Dwarfs Windows Phone Revenues
Microsoft may be pushing ahead with Windows Phone Mango, but it seems the company's biggest mobile success of the moment is actually from Android devices.…
Read MoreMan Constructs Homebuilt Airplane In Basement, Knocks Down Wall To Get It Out
Undoubtedly, some of you will think that building your own airplane is the weird part of this story. There are actually a large number of…
Read MoreHuawei Windows Phone "Probably" Arriving 2012
ZTE's decision to jump on board the Windows Phone train with a mouthful of tasty Mango has seemingly pushed arch-rival Huawei's hand, with the company's…
Read MoreGhost Recon Online Goes Free-To-Play
Leading up to E3 2011, several publishers are releasing details on upcoming games and developments. At an event today in Los Angeles, Ubisoft made a…
Read MoreVodafone VIP Truck Can Charge 2000 Mobiles At Once
If you take your smartphone with you and head to a concert or other festival where you end up tweeting how all your pals should…
Read MoreLEGO Ukulele Can Actually Be Tuned And Played
LEGO has to be one of the more impressive and geeky building systems ever dreamed up. The people that invented the little bricks should win…
Read MoreAsus Tweet Tips Eee Pad Slider Coming "Soon"
Back during CES in January, we spent a little hands-on time with the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and the Eee Pad Slider. The tablets were…
Read MoreIntel: We'd Make Custom Chips Possibly With Rival Cores
When it comes to the computer realm Intel supplies the vast majority of all the processors that are used inside computers today. When it comes…
Read MoreApple Patent Hints At New Method To Avoid Exploding Battery Suits
If you have been around the tech world for a while, you will remember the massive recalls of a few years back over laptop batteries…
Read MorePlayStation Network Asia Back Online Friday: Compensation Detailed
Sony's restoration of the PlayStation Network continues, with Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand all set to get their online gaming and Qriocity streaming media…
Read MoreAndroid Developers Next In Line For Lodsys In-App Patent Punch
In-app patent holder Lodsys hinted that Apple developers wouldn't be the last to find patent licensing demands dropping into their inbox, and now it seems…
Read MoreMicrosoft Board Refuses Ballmer Roust
Despite calls for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to be toppled, the company's board of directors are apparently standing behind the outspoken exec. According to a…
Read MorePayPal Sues Google Over Stolen Wallet Secrets
Google Wallet is only just official, and already it has its first lawsuit. PayPal has sprung out of the gate with accusations that Google used…
Read MoreSony Confirms PlayStation 4 Is In Development
In the wake of all the chaos Sony's endured as of late along with negative earnings reports, the company may be trying to soften the…
Read MoreWhy I Can't Stand Hulu Plus
As someone who streams Netflix content through several different devices, including my HDTV, the iPad, and others, I recently decided to give some other streaming…
Read MoreHTC Unlocking Bootloaders Across The Board [OFFICIAL]
In a giant announcement for those who love to get to the insides of their phones almost before they even feel the outside, HTC has…
Read MoreOmniVision Report Hints At 8MP iPhone, Nintendo Wii 2 Camera
OmniVision has been a longtime supplier of Apple's iPhone camera sensors, so speculation about it supplying an 8-megapixel camera for the next-gen iPhone is no…
Read MoreGoogle Wallet Will Work Even Without NFC-Enabled Phone Thanks To Special Stickers
So the major news today was the announcement of the Google Wallet. In an event in NYC, Google and its business partners announced a new…
Read MoreT-Mobile G2x Price To Increase Tomorrow?
Since T-Mobile pulled the LG G2x from its online store yesterday, there has been plenty of speculation on what's going on and what's to happen…
Read MoreXPERIA Play Gets Teardown
The ultimate PlayStation phone, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play has just hit the U.S. market today and received an immediate update to Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread.…
Read MoreOmnio WOWkeys Keyboard Dock Ships Today
Late last year we caught a glimpse of an interesting keyboard dock made for your iPhone and iPod touch. Made by Omnio, the dock was…
Read MoreNokia Promises Symbian Updates Until 2016
Although Nokia is switching platforms to the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango for its new lineup, it won't completely ditch its Symbian followers. In a recent…
Read MoreGoogle Wallet On Android: iOS And Windows Phone Must Be Next
On May 26th, 2011, Google announced a partnership with financial groups Citi, MasterCard, and First Data, mobile networks like NXP, Sprint, and Samsung (the last…
Read MoreGoogle Wallet And Google Offers NFC Projects Announced By Google
In an event held in New York by Google and a handful of its partners in business, Google's Stephanie Tilenius announced Google Wallet, which will…
Read MoreAmazon Launches Mac Download Store, Targeting Apple Mac App Store
Amazon has just opened the doors for its new Mac Download Store, which is in direct competition with Apple's own Mac App Store. Amazon has…
Read MoreLady Gaga, Polaroid Unleash GL10 Instant Mobile Printer
Remember the partnership between Lady Gaga and Polaroid which yielded the bizarre "Grey Label" lineup back at CES? It included a pair of sunglasses that…
Read MoreT-Mobile G2x Disappearance Explained, Firmware Updates Expected
Yesterday, its was noticed that T-Mobile's G2x had mysteriously disappeared from the carrier's online store. A search for the device only turned up accessories but…
Read MoreHTC Trophy Hands-On And Unboxing
We've just received a package in the mail from none other than the rapidly-deploying mega-carrier Verizon Wireless, a box containing no less than the Windows…
Read MoreGoogle Wallet And Google Offers Partner With Citibank, Mastercard, First Data, And Sprint
In an event in NYC on May 26th 2011, Google announced their vision for the future in NFC. They noted that they'd be investing in…
Read MoreGoogle Wallet Demoed On Nexus S
The steps for Google Wallet setup are thus, says Google on May the 26th in New York: Attach your Wallet, Enter your Pin, Add your…
Read MoreGoogle Wallet "Single Tap" Demoed On Point-Of-Sale System
Credit Card, Coupon, and Reward Coupon. These are the three items that are thus far available in the Google Wallet system that you'll be able…
Read MoreGoogle Wallet Objects To Be The Backbone Of The New NFC System, Partners Comment [Video]
Access to Google Wallet will be free to all businesses. That's what Google said on May 26th in New York. This system will be rolled…
Read MoreEcopad Concept Tablet Powered By Touch
Can you imagine having a tablet that you'll never need to plug in to recharge? That's what a team of designers have dreamed up with…
Read More4-Bit Chronograph Watch Talks UTC Time In Binary Blocks
So, you like the idea of a Tokyoflash watch and some binary goodness to your timekeeping, but you either can't face decoding LEDs every time…
Read MoreApple Eyeing Sunlight-Visible iPad Displays In New Patent App
Apple has filed for a patent that would use a new, circular polarizing film to both improve outdoor visibility of devices like the iPad and…
Read MoreHybridcast "Dual Stream" Promises Broadcast Full HD 3D
While there are an increasing number of broadcast TV channels offering 3D HD content, so far the limitations of side-by-side transmission means that resolution tops…
Read MoreYouTube Now Offering NVIDIA 3D Vision Video Streaming Globally
One big factor that is holding back the adoption of 3D in the home is the lack of content. The other big factor is the…
Read MoreAndroid 2.3.3 For XPERIA Play And Arc Released [Video]
Sony Ericsson's latest firmware update for the XPERIA Arc and XPERIA Play has begun to roll out. The new software upgrades the smartphones to Android…
Read MoreBridge Shredder Concept Works With Any Trash Can And Looks Cool Too
I have a shredder in my office to gobble up all the pre-approved credit card offers and other crap that comes in the mail I…
Read MoreHP CTO Phil McKinney Demos TouchPad Tablet Controlling Home Appliances
HP has a lot in mind for the TouchPad tablet that runs WebOS other than just the standard tablet duties we are all familiar with.…
Read MoreSkype Is Down, Cause Under Investigation [Update: Fix!]
The number of people that use Skype to communicate with friends, family and co-workers is huge. The VOIP service has been around for a long…
Read MoreExhibit At KW Institute For Contemporary Art In Berlin Gets People Drunk
I've been to a few museums in my day and generally, they end up being boring paces where you can't touch anything. In Germany when…
Read MoreXFX Debuts New Triple Display Stand For Gamers
When I hear the name XFX, I always think of video cards first. The company is still in the video card market, though it has…
Read MorePrisoners In China Forced Into World Of Warcraft Gold Farming
Prison is a very bad place to wind up if you break the law in the US or the UK. Prison is an even worse…
Read MoreSony PSN Users Can Now Sign Up For Identity Theft Protection Offer
Users of the Sony PlayStation Network have had a bad month or so now. First, a hack took the system offline. Later we learned that…
Read MoreEnvizions EVO 2 Android Gaming Console Up For Pre-Order
If you like games on your Android smartphone like Angry Birds more than you like a bunch of the games on your home game console…
Read MoreNorth Korea PC Industry Gets Off To Slow Start
North Korea has apparently begun producing its own, state-approved computers, with a recent TV report revealing the three machines intended for education and office use.…
Read MoreLeica V-Lux 30 Compact Digital Camera Debuts
When it comes to attractive point and shoot digital cameras that have fantastic photo quality and large price tags the Leica name is right up…
Read MoreFord Designs Sensors For Vehicles That Will Check Driver's Heart Rate
Ford takes tech innovation seriously for its cars and trucks. The company has put a huge amount of research and money into green technology and…
Read MoreSony PS3 Sales Slowing; NGP Needed ASAP
You love charts, we love charts, and Sony sure loves charts when they confirm PS3 sales were headed skyward in 2010. The company has released…
Read MoreMicrosoft CEO Must Go Demands Influential Investor
An outspoken and influential hedge fund manager made waves at an investor conference yesterday by calling for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to step down. Suggesting…
Read MoreMacDefender Malware Renamed MacGuard, Bypasses Apple Fix
Apple's attempts to handle the MacDefender malware have already been circumnavigated by the apps author, with a new version resilient to the official removal method…
Read MoreXPERIA Play Unboxing And Hands-On [Verizon]
Verizon's XPERIA Play, the CDMA version of Sony Ericsson's gaming smartphone, has just dropped onto the SlashGear test bench, which means it's time to see…
Read MoreHTC Puccini Mass Production In June Tip Sources
HTC's rumored 10-inch Puccini tablet will apparently begin volume production in June 2011, according to the latest rumors, fitting in with suggestions that the originally…
Read MoreGoogle Wallet NFC Payment System Launches Tomorrow
Our pals over at This is My Next have received word via The Container Store that Google Wallet will be the announcement coming up tomorrow…
Read MorePioneer Officially Unveils AppRadio, Mirrors iPhone Or iPod In Your Car
Pioneer has just officially unveiled today a new in-car system called the AppRadio. We first heard about it last month when some details on the…
Read MoreGoogle Maps 5.5 Update For Android Boosts Check-Ins And Place Ratings
The Google Maps app for Android just keeps getting better. The app has just crossed the 200 million installs mark and its usage will likely…
Read MoreSOUL By Ludacris Audio Equipment Shipping Inside May 2011
That's this month! They'd better get them out the door if they expect them to make good on their word, and by they I of…
Read MoreSigneo SOUL By Ludacris Headphones: Rappers Really Love Audio Tech
If 50 Cent reckons he can have the whole CES 2011 celebrity rapper headphone endorsement market to himself, he needs to think again. The Sleek…
Read MoreWindows Phone Marketplace Web Portal Preview
During the Mango update reveal yesterday, Microsoft announced that it will be offering a web portal version of its Windows Phone Marketplace. Users would be…
Read MoreLG Revolution Unboxing And Hands-On
Verizon is building up a small collection of LTE smartphones on its new 4G network, and the LG Revolution is third to the party. Following…
Read MoreCall Of Duty: Black Ops PS3 Bundle Announced By Sony
After all the PlayStation Network woes, Sony is working hard to plug security holes and regain customer trust and business. Although more folks may be…
Read MoreT-Mobile G2x Pulled Due To Quality Issues?
T-Mobile's G2x may be one of its hottest phones right now, but there may be some quality issues with the device that have gotten the…
Read MoreApple MacBooks Top All Notebook Categories On Consumer Reports [Updated]
That matte aluminum laptop with the white Apple logo is an all too common sight these days, be it in on campus, in a design…
Read MoreAltec Lansing Unleashes New MIX Boombox iMT810
Of the many technologies and gadgets that have become obsolete over the years, the form factor of the iconic boombox remains. In fact, Altec Lansing…
Read MoreDiablo III Runestone System Details
Remember back when you were playing Diablo II and the expansion came out and Runes became the coolest thing you'd ever seen in your life?…
Read MoreIDAPT i1 Eco-Friendly Universal Charger
Looking for a charger that will be compatible with all your gadgets, last a long time, and be eco-friendly all at the same time? That's…
Read MorePanasonic Rolls Out Three New Sanyo Xacti-Style Camcorders
To the delight of Sanyo Xacti fans, improvements on the pistol-grip style camcorder continues. When Panasonic bought Sanyo back in 2009, it was feared that…
Read MoreFacebook Launching Music Service With Spotify?
According to Forbes, Facebook may be launching a music streaming service any day now. Sources familiar with the situation have divulged that the giant social…
Read MoreSprint / Motorola Event On June 9th [Piet Mondrian Themed Dual-Core?]
We and the rest of the press of the world including Android Community have just been invited to an event in New York hosted by…
Read MoreD-Link Dual-Band MediaBridge DAP-513 Wants To Get Your Console Online
D-Link has unveiled its latest MediaBridge, a monolithic totem intended to get up to four wired internet devices - like your Xbox 360, PS3 or…
Read MoreYouTube Turns Six: 3 Billion Views Per Day
It's YouTube's sixth birthday, and if you thought online video wouldn't take off - what, really? - then prepare for the avalanche of stats. The…
Read MoreTomTom GO LIVE 820 And 825 PNDs Find Their Way To Europe
TomTom has announced its GO LIVE 800 series PNDs for the European market, initially available as the 4.3-inch GO LIVE 820 and the 5-inch GO…
Read MoreLTE Network Trial In UK Heralds 4G Flood
Volunteers to take part in the UK's first live trial of a 4G broadband service are being invited to sample some of the LTE goodness…
Read MoreSamsung AF315 3D All-In-One Flaunts Its Slender Bezel
Samsung has outed its latest all-in-one PC, the Samsung AF315, a 3D-capable computer with a super-skinny bezel that's apparently targeted at the ladies in the…
Read MoreAT&T 4G LTE Plans Revealed: Five Markets This Summer
We have to admit, AT&T's current "4G" offering - which uses HSPA+ - has left us pretty much cold, with underwhelming speeds in comparison to…
Read MoreLenovo ThinkPad X1 On Sale Now From $1,199
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 laptop has gone up for sale, with the 13.3-inch ultraportable priced from $1,199. Your money gets you a 2.1GHz Core i3-2310M processor, Intel…
Read MoreSony VAIO S-Series And F-Series Bring Core i7 To Ultraportables And Gaming
Sony is talking VAIO notebooks again this morning, and it looks like the company is flexing its obsession with power with an update to the…
Read MoreLTE Verizon Revolution By LG Due May 26 For $250
Verizon has officially confirmed the release date for the LG Revolution, the carrier's latest 4G LTE smartphone. Set to hit the network on May 26…
Read MoreMicrosoft Muddies Waters After Balmer Blurts On Windows 8
Microsoft has denied comments about the release of the next version of Windows, despite it being CEO Steve Ballmer who made them at a recent…
Read MoreDroid X2 Unboxing And Hands-On [Vs. Droid X]
It must be the day for 4.3-inch qHD Android smartphones: first the HTC Sensation, and now Verizon's DROID X2 by Motorola. The second-gen handset sticks…
Read MoreCommercial iOS Decryption Toolset Launches From ElcomSoft
I think that we all know most operating systems are far from being as secure as the manufacturer and the users want them to be.…
Read MoreNokia Wants To Set World Record For Biggest Angry Birds Playground
There are some questions in life we just may not be able to figure out the answer to. A couple of the big ones for…
Read MoreKingmax Debuts World's Largest Capacity microSD Card With 64GB Of Storage
Generally speaking when it comes to storage most of us want more. You can a never have enough storage, especially when it comes to your…
Read MoreAcer A100 Delayed Over Honeycomb 7-Inch App Issues Tip Insiders
Acer's Iconia Tab A100 delay - which the company confirmed would now launch in the second half of 2011, rather than this month as originally…
Read MoreAsus To Debut New Thin And Sexy Eee At Computex
Asus was one of the big brands behind the netbook craze that swept the world starting a few years back. The small little netbooks were…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tipped To Be "Days Away" With Android 3.1 Onboard
Many Android fans have their tablet hopes attached to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 that has been expected on June 8 for a while now.…
Read MoreGarmin Nuvi 2565RT PND Records Your Route With Camera Add-On [Video]
Garmin has released its latest PND, and the nuvi 2565RT promises not only to tell you where to go but watch you as you drive…
Read MoreNokia Oro: Gold-Plated Symbian Luxury (With Added Thumb Protection)
All eyes may be on Nokia's Windows Phone Mango plans, but the company still has a 150m Symbian target for 2011 and is looking to…
Read MoreSony Ericsson's Canadian eShop Latest Hack Victim: 2,000 User Records Stolen
Sony has admitted that the Sony Ericsson Canadian eshop has been hacked, the latest in a growing number of embarrassing security lapses for the company. The personal…
Read MoreHTC Android Bootloader Policy Under Review
A glimmer of hope for would-be Android modders tempted by the HTC Sensation's solid hardware but turned off by the company's policy on locked bootloaders:…
Read MoreWindows Phone 7.1 Mango Multitasking Explained [Video]
Microsoft has detailed the new multitasking system for Windows Phone 7.1 "Mango", and it seems the company has been looking long and hard at both…
Read MoreiOS 5 Won't Work With iPhone 3GS?
Apple's upcoming WWDC in June should reveal details on Apple's iCloud, OSX Lion, and the new iOS 5. And of course in the week or…
Read MoreOur Gigantic Aire LED Black Monitor Contest WINNER!
I have a story to tell you about this monitor. It involves the end of the world, what that ended up being, and how we…
Read MoreBang & Olufsen EarSet 3i Luxury Buds For iPhones
There's not been too much exciting and new on the Apple front when it comes to gadgets, since the iPad 2 and white iPhone 4…
Read MoreApple iTunes Store Hits 500,000 iOS Apps
Apple has just hit a milestone that will likely be touted at its upcoming WWDC developer conference in June. Their iTunes App Store has just…
Read MoreDouble Triple Mustard Fried Whole Grilled Onions Chiles On The Side With Fries, Well Done
In-N-Out opened in Dallas this month. I was in Korea on business when it happened, but as soon as I returned I decided to swing…
Read MoreWindows Phone Mango Music Search Hands-On [Video]
If you're the sort of person that loves to find music via your environment, if you're the kind of dude or lady who is constantly…
Read MoreGoogle To Reveal Mobile-Payment Service On May 26?
Being able to pay for your groceries with the swipe of your smartphone is certainly in the near future, as several companies are duking it…
Read MorePlayStation Store Not Relaunching Today
Last week we reported that an intercepted memo from Sony to game developers suggested that the PlayStation Store would be back online May 24th. It…
Read MoreSony Ericsson XPERIA Play Only $99 On Amazon
Amazon is really busting out the deals lately. Last week they posted a deal for the DROID Charge and just yesterday they had a crazy…
Read MoreLargan Precision Back For More iPhone 5 Fun
Remember the last time we spoke about Largan Precision? No? It was only briefly, back when we were still trying to find out if the…
Read MoreSony Music Japan Latest To Get Hacked
When security experts warned of a long road to recovery for Sony after the PlayStation Network saga, they weren't kidding. It seems each day brings…
Read MoreSensation Vs. Galaxy S II: Does qHD Make A Difference?
One of the lingering questions after our HTC Sensation review earlier this week was just how much of a difference the smartphone's qHD 960 x…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad Transformer 1.4GHz Overclock Released
ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer is turning into quite the hackers' dream, and now the Tegra 2 slate has been coaxed into offering an extra slap…
Read MoreWindows Phone Mango Visual Search Hands-On [Video]
Windows Phone 7.1 Mango bakes plenty of functionality directly into the OS rather than relying on third-party apps, and one such example is the visual…
Read MoreHTC ChaCha Facebook Phone Priced For June UK Release [Update: June 6]
The HTC ChaCha Facebook phone has gone up for pre-order in the UK, and as expected it's carrying a relatively budget price tag. Carphone Warehouse…
Read MoreQualcomm "Exclusive" Windows Phone 7.1 Mango Chip Supplier
Qualcomm has announced that, just as with the first generation of WP7 handsets, its chips will be exclusively found inside the incoming range of Windows…
Read MoreSlashGear 101 : Windows Phone 7.1 Mango
Welcome to SlashGear 101, a place where you're going to be able to learn everything you wanted to know about every little subject that matters…
Read MoreDell Missing From Windows Phone 7.1 Mango Line-Up
Windows Phone 7.1 Mango is official along with new OEM partners Acer, Fujitsu and ZTE, all of whom have committed to releasing at least one…
Read MoreOnline Windows Phone Marketplace Portal Due With Mango
Microsoft has announced that it will be launching a web-version of the Windows Phone Marketplace, allowing users with WP smartphones to browse the catalog together…
Read MoreNokia: Our First Windows Phone Will Run Mango
Nokia has confirmed that its first Windows Phone device will run with the new "Mango" build Microsoft has officially demonstrated today. "This is the software…
Read MoreAMD Llano APU Prices Leak
If the thought of the AMD Llano family of Fusion APUs has you all excited for some CPU and integrated GPU love, prices on some…
Read MoreCRT Amusement Device From 1947 Was The First Video Game
I bet that Thomas T. Goldsmith and Estle Ray Mann had no idea of the industry they were spawning when they tried to patent something…
Read MoreWindows Phone "Mango" Official; Acer, Fujitsu And ZTE Onboard
Microsoft's Windows Phone "Mango" announcement this morning has been prematurely blabbed by the company's Romanian arm, with a press release confirming that Acer, Fujitsu and…
Read MoreDuke Nukem Forever Goes Gold
Off all the games in history, the most fabled and longest delayed is Duke Nukem Forever. People have actually grown old and died waiting for…
Read MorePolice Scramble Chopper To Stop Rampaging Stuffed Tiger In Hampshire
This could be a skit from Monty Python. Police in Hampshire, UK were scrambled when a citizen called in and reported a white tiger sitting…
Read MoreOpera Mini 6 Hits iPad And iPhone
Opera has released Opera Mini 6 for iOS, including an iPad version as well as support for the iPhone 4 Retina Display. The new browser…
Read MoreMango Rumors Surface Ahead Of Microsoft Event Today
If you are a Microsoft Windows Phone 7 fan, today is a big day for you. We mentioned a few weeks ago that today was…
Read MoreenTourage eDGe Digital Store Closes Down
enTourage eDGe users have received some bad news this week. The digital store that is tied to the Android-powered dual screen tablet/eReader has closed its…
Read MoreSymbian-Based SYMBEOSE Axed Before EU Splashes Its €22m
Remember SYMBEOSE? The open-source project prompted no shortage of scratched heads late last year, when the European Commission revealed it planned to inject €22m ($31m)…
Read MoreThink Geek Tactical Sammich To Power Zombie Fighters Of The Future
Even the CDC has been giving tips to folks on how to stock up to survive a zombie apocalypse. The same survival kit will come…
Read MoreSingle Laser Sets Record Shooting 26 Terabits Of Data Per Second Along Its Path
Lasers are awesome. The laser was once the stuff of fiction and today we use lasers for all sorts of cool things. We can burn…
Read MoreLeaked Photo Claims To Be The First Shot Of The Back Plate For The iPhone 5
The one endless fountain in the world of tech is Apple rumors. As long as Apple is around, there will be rumors of new products…
Read MoreTragic Foxconn Plant Explosion May Affect iPad 2 Supply After All
Apple has the best selling tablet on the market with the iPad 2 burning up the sales charts and moving in very large numbers. When…
Read MoreSony PSP Gets Firmware Update, Hints PlayStation Store Is Coming Back Soon
If you are a PlayStation 3 fan that likes to play online games and peruse the PlayStation Store online, you have been waiting for a…
Read MoreAcer Honeycomb Tablet On Intel Oak Trail Due By July; MeeGo In Wings
Acer's first Android 3.0 based tablet running on Intel's Oak Trail processors is expected to hit retail by July at the latest, going by the…
Read MoreApple Wins Early Access To Samsung Phones/tablets In Copycat Case
Samsung must hand over samples from its current and incoming smartphone and tablet range, along with marketing materials, to Apple's legal team as part of…
Read MoreASUS Touchscreen AIO Teased With iMac-Besting Style Promise [Updated]
Oh, those ASUS teases. Giddy with the curiosity inspired by their Computex tablet crop-shots yesterday, the company has shared a sliver of a new all-in-one…
Read MoreApple "Fully Prepared: To Fight For IP Suit App Store Devs
Apple has struck out at Lodsys, the company threatening iOS app developers with legal action over alleged patent infringement, insisting that, as Apple is already…
Read MoreToshiba Axed Google Chromebook And Windows 7 Tablet Plans?
Toshiba has ditched its Windows 7 tablet PC and Google Chromebook plans, according to the latest roadmap rumors, having been burned before on new segment…
Read MoreTwitter Snaps Up TweetDeck In $40m Desperation Deal
Twitter has reportedly finally got around to snapping up TweetDeck, in a deal worth over $40m according to CNN. Although neither company has officially confirmed…
Read MoreT-Mobile 4G Boosts HSPA+ To 42Mbps; New Rocket 3.0 Modem Outed
T-Mobile USA has announced a boost of its 4G HSPA+ speeds across 55 markets where the service is available, doubling bandwidth to a theoretical 42Mbps…
Read MoreDell XPS 15z Official: Hands-On
After teasers, leaks and Michael Dell himself getting ahead of the rumor campaign in his excitement, it comes as little surprise to see the Dell…
Read MoreCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 First Explosive Trailer [VIDEO]
The E3 conference is right around the corner---June 7th to the 9th, to be exact---and we're all very excited about the blockbuster titles to be…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 23 2011
It's review central! It's also feature central over the past few days, we've got so many unique posts that your head will burst! Android is…
Read MoreUbiquitous iRemoTap Powerstrip Can Be Controlled Via The Cloud
Everything's heading to the cloud these days, and powerstrips are no exception. The Ubiquitous iRemoTap is a powerstrip that boasts a built-in wireless LAN that…
Read MoreMicrosoft May Unveil Nine New Windows Phones Tomorrow
Tomorrow will be a big day for Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. A special VIP Preview event scheduled for May 24th to demo the various new…
Read MoreWindows 8 To Demo At Next Week's D9 Conference
We may be getting our first taste of Microsoft's much anticipated Windows 8 tablet OS interface very soon. We previously reported that a preview of…
Read MoreVerizon 4G LTE Coverage Spreads To 21 New Markets
Verizon's 4G LTE coverage is starting to spread like wild fire. Just last week, the company announced that it was adding nine new markets and…
Read MoreHTC EVO 3D Priced For RadioShack
The HTC EVO 3D is hailed as the first glasses-free 3D smartphone to hit the market. But when exactly is it planning to hit and…
Read MoreMeeGo 1.2 To Be Integrated Into Multiple Operating Systems
The MeeGo Conference is under way in San Francisco today, and it's just unleashed its first bit of good news for loyal MeeGo developers. MeeGo…
Read MoreToshiba 'Thrive' Honeycomb Tablet Pricing Revealed?
Toshiba first showed off its Tegra 2 powered Android tablet back at CES, and it was pretty impressive. But not much more has been revealed…
Read MoreKogeto Dot Makes iPhone 4 Panorama Photos Simple
If you've ever wanted to take simple panoramic photos on your iPhone, but struggled with either piecing together individual shots, the Kogeto Dot may be the…
Read MoreFirefox 5 Beta Released: CSS Animation, Boosted Performance, More
Mozilla has pushed out the Firefox 5 beta, freshly fettled after five weeks in the company's bleeding-edge Aurora test channel. The new browser adds in…
Read MoreKobo Touch Ereader Revealed: 6-Inch Touchscreen For $130
Kobo has unveiled its latest ereader, the Kobo Touch, and as the name suggests the main difference is that you can now jab at the…
Read MoreT-Mobile Plans Refreshed: Monthly4G And Unlimited Rate
T-Mobile USA has refreshed its monthly price plans, offering new Monthly4G and unlimited data packages for individuals and families. Three tiers of voice minutes are…
Read MoreSports Trading Cards Go High Tech With Video
When I was a kid, I used to collect a brand of holographic baseball cards. These where the paper sort with the ribbed plastic on…
Read MoreNetgear Unveils DGND3700 DSL Home Gateway With Dual-Core Processor
I am all for convergence in my computer gear and accessories. I am always knocking the DSL modem off the top of my WiFi router…
Read MoreDrone Ace Offers Much More Control Of AR.Drone Than Official App
Our geeky little hearts were all aflutter when the AR.Drone first launched with its iPhone control app and easy to fly nature. It is also…
Read MoreBallmer Claims Over 500 New Features In Mango Update For Windows Phone
There are a lot of people looking forward to the next iteration of Windows Phone codenamed Mango. The Mango update will officially be marketed as…
Read MoreDell XPS 15z Notebook Unveil Tomorrow To Fight MacBook Air
Dell has been teasing its MacBook Air competitor called the XPS 15z for a while now. The 15z is the latest machine from Dell to…
Read MoreTouchPad Will Be "Number One Plus" Tablet Promises HP
HP expects its tablet to be better than number one when it launches. I think the company may be setting its sights a little too…
Read MoreThird Worker Dies After Foxconn Plant Explosion, Foxconn And Apple Offer Statements
We reported on the tragic explosion that happened in the Chinese Foxconn factory where the Apple iPad 2 is made on Friday. The explosion apparently…
Read MoreSony SmartAR Offers Augmented Reality Without Marker Glyphs [Video]
Sony has demonstrated a so-called SmartAR system that offers marker-free augmented reality using object recognition. Rather than relying on 2D barcodes to identify and track…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories Priced And Available In Germany
Last week we put up our review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition model from Google I/O. The tablet is very cool and…
Read MoreHulu Plus Lands On TiVo Premiere DVRs
If you are, a TiVo owner who has been waiting for Hulu Plus to come to your DVR, the wait is over. Hulu Plus on…
Read MoreFujitsu Celsius H910 And H710 Workstations Break Cover
Fujitsu has pulled the wraps off a pair of new workstation notebooks that are both in the Celsius line. The two machines allow professional users…
Read MoreXi3 Corp ChromiumPC Runs Google Chrome And Lands 2H 2011
Back in November, we talked a bit about the tiny modular computer from Xi3 that had debuted and the machine showed up again at CES…
Read MorePlayStation App Hits Android Devices And It's Not For Gaming
With all the talk and rumors of a PlayStation phone coming there are a bunch of smartphone users out there that are really keen on…
Read MoreSony PSP Remaster Makes Portable Games PS3 Playable
Sony has announced plans to launch the "PSP Remaster" series, titles originally intended for the PSP but reworked to play on the PS3. As well…
Read MoreSony Music Greece Latest To Suffer Security Hack: User Data In The Wild
Sony's security woes go from bad to worse, with the news that another of the company's sites has apparently been compromised and user data stolen.…
Read MoreAT&T HTC Holiday Revealed: 4.5-Inch qHD And Dual-Core CPU
HTC's Sensation may have a big, 4.3-inch screen and the qHD resolution to suit, but according to the latest leaks the company may be looking…
Read MoreiPhone 4S/5 To Have Curved Glass Fascia?
Apple's fifth-gen iPhone - which, rumor may have it, may either launch as the iPhone 4S or the iPhone 5 - could have a curved…
Read MoreApple Creates Community Space At Retail Locations
There's a change going on at retail Apple locations, a change that's making what they hope to be a more community-oriented space for people to…
Read MoreSmart Tech Advice: Buy Early, Buy Often
As you know from my columns here on SlashGear, I’m a bit of a technology fanatic. Whether it’s a boring external hard drive or an…
Read MoreWherefore Art Thou, TiVo?
Early last year and late in 2009, tech fiends were debating the best product to come out in the first decade of the new millenium.…
Read MoreHTC Flyer Hands-On And Unboxing [Best Buy]
Behold the next version of the HTC Flyer tablet. As this device rolls out we're finding many lovely iterations including the one Chris Davies already…
Read MoreHTC Flyer On Sale Today At Best Buy
Are you waiting to get your hands on that HTC Flyer tablet? You may not have to wait anymore. We recently reported that the tablet…
Read MoreAmazon Cuts Price Of DROID Charge
The DROID Charge is Verizon's second ever blazing fast 4G LTE phone. After facing some delays caused in part by an outage in the 4G…
Read MoreVerizon DROID 3 New Details Confirmed?
Rumors for the Motorola DROID 3 have been swirling about since March, but now we may have more confirmed details on this still mysterious device.…
Read MoreiRiver T9 MP3 Player Features Shake To Switch Songs
iRiver has just released a new MP3 player called the T9 that attempts to do everything except store very much music. The device is available…
Read MoreI Don't Hate You, I Just Want To Kill You
When the PlayStation Network went down, I did not notice. I own a PlayStation 3, and I do play it regularly. But I never play…
Read MoreBlizzCon 2011 Tickets On Sale Tomorrow!
It's that time again all you lovers of the greatest MMORPG creators since the beginning of time, Blizzard Entertainment is having their yearly convention in…
Read MoreAmazon Trade-In Program Now Accepting Old iPhones, iPods, iPads And More
Amazon has recently expanded their Trade-In program to accept electronics in addition to video games, DVDs, and textbooks. This is great news if you've been…
Read MoreNintendo 'Project Cafe' Wii2 Game Controller To Have Camera?
With the E3 2011 gaming conference only a month away, excitement is really building up around the next-generation Nintendo console. Dubbed as both the "Wii2"…
Read MoreSamsung Reveals Battle Plan Against Apple
News on the legal battle between Apple and Samsung have simmered down now that both sides have already fired their artillery of claims and counter…
Read MoreNOOK Color Now Limits Sideload To 1GB
If you're planning to get a Barnes & Noble NOOK Color e-reader thinking you can sideload a bunch of music and movies to it, think…
Read MoreSony Hacked Again? This Time It's So-Net
Just when you think Sony's woes are about over as they've begun restoring the PlayStation Network, and soon the PlayStation store, they hit another embarrassing…
Read MorePlayBook Returns "Much Higher" Than XOOM Tips Retail Source [Update: RIM Responds]
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook may not be the sales success analysts insisted, it seems, with reports that the 7-inch tablet is being returned at a higher…
Read MoreHTC Sensation Vs Samsung Galaxy S II [Video]
Are you ready for a fight? The HTC Sensation and the Samsung Galaxy S II: two smartphones overflowing with superlatives, high-end specs and consumer appeal.…
Read MoreFoxconn iPad 2 Plant Explosion [Video] [Updated]
An explosion at the Foxconn Chengdu production facility in China has been reported, the facility where Apple produces much of its iPad 2 supply. According…
Read MoreiPad 2 Supply Bottleneck Improving Tips Analyst
Hard to believe, but despite having been on sale since March 11, Apple's iPad 2 is still in reasonably short supply. Online orders are 1-2…
Read MoreHanvon Cut Dual-Touch Pen/Finger Tablet Costs With ERT Tech
When we reviewed HTC's Flyer earlier this week, we described the pen-and-touch slate as an expensive risk for the company to take. Fitting an active…
Read MoreMeeGo 1.2 Released For Phones, Tablets, Netbooks & In-Car Kit
MeeGo 1.2 has been released, with support for Intel Atom and ARMv7 based devices including phones, tablets, netbooks and in-vehicle systems. The updated OS includes…
Read MoreKingston Debuts Its Fastest USB 3.0 Flash Drive Yet
Kingston has a huge number of flash drives that users can choose from for low cost, high capacity, and fast transfer speeds depending on their…
Read MoreMicrosoft Offers Free Xbox 360 With Select Windows 7 Notebook Purchases
For most people around the country school has either just let out or still has a little while to go before getting out. That makes…
Read MoreHTC Sensation Unboxing & First-Impressions [Video]
We had high expectations for HTC's first dual-core smartphone, and the company delivered with the HTC Sensation. A mixture of evolution and revolution, the family…
Read MoreGoogle To Buy Patents From Defunct Modu
Google is always innovating with new research and breakthroughs of its own. The company is also sitting on a giant bankroll that allows it to…
Read MoreResearchers Use Typing Style To Make Passwords More Secure
The security of passwords is something that many people worry about frequently. The problem is if your password falls into the wrong hands all your…
Read MoreChina Tightens Grip On Rare-Earth Exports
Rare-earth sounds like something from a science fiction novel in search of another planet for humans to populate. Rare-earth is actually minerals and ore that…
Read MoreE Ink Snowboard With Giant Nose Display Surfaces At SID 2011
The E Ink display is a very cool bit of tech. The displays are easy to read in direct sunlight and they need little power…
Read MoreEntire Playboy Back Catalog Comes To iPad, Just As Hef Promised
Steve and Apple are well known to not like porn on the iPhone and the iPad. For a while, there were adult apps for the…
Read MoreLCD Density Hack Brings Gingerbread Interface To Honeycomb Tablets
The tablet market is very hot today with lots of offerings coming to market. The iPad may be the leader in the tablet market, but…
Read MoreNokia Talks The Future For Devices And Innovation
With a few exceptions when I think of Nokia, innovation doesn't really come to mind. I tend to think of handsets that are behind the…
Read MoreAT&T 4G LTE Speed Preview: 28.87Mbps Downloads
A lot of us were disappointed when AT&T decided to dress its faster HSPA+ network up in 4G clothing when we all know the real…
Read MoreElan Outs New 10-Inch TS10 In-Wall Touchscreen For Home Automation
Home automation is one of the coolest things that you can do to your home if you have the means to implement the often very…
Read MoreSony Hosting Phishing Site On Own Server As New Hacks Identified
Sony isn't having much luck recently. Not only is the PlayStation Network giving the company ongoing headaches, there's now signs of a credit card phishing…
Read MoreMicrosoft Axes Courier-Creating Pioneer Studios
Microsoft has shuttered its Pioneer Studios consumer electronics operation, a skunkworks project the company had hoped would enable it to develop innovative technologies and products.…
Read MoreNokia Windows Phone 8 Powered By ST-Ericsson Dual-Core Chip
Nokia will use ST-Ericsson's chips in "at least some" of its upcoming Windows Phone handsets, rather than Qualcomm's Snapdragon as in the current range of…
Read MoreSony Ericsson XPERIA Play, Arc To Get Android 2.3.3 And Facebook Integration Next Week
There was quite a bit of Sony Ericsson news today with a couple new feature phones hinted at earlier today, and the official announcement for…
Read MoreHP TouchPad 32GB To Hit Walmart For $599
The HP TouchPad is set to launch sometime this summer, but so far HP's kept pretty quiet on the details. A leaked lineup sheet back…
Read MoreBest Buy To Launch HTC Flyer On May 22
HTC's first ever Android tablet, the HTC Flyer has piqued a lot of interest with its compatibility with a digital stylus. The tablet has been…
Read MoreOrange Quick Tap NFC Payments Hands-On
NFC payment systems on cellphones have been making headlines recently, with Apple, Google and others all tipped to be considering their own schemes, but carrier…
Read MoreHTC HD7S Windows Phone Heading To AT&T On June 5
The new HTC Trophy was just announced earlier today as Verizon's first Windows Phone 7 handset and now it's been announced that the HTC HD7S…
Read MoreWhy Vizio Might Just Dominate The Living Room
In the living room, there are some companies, like Apple or Microsoft, that people tend to point to and say that they “get” what consumers…
Read MoreKEF Blade Super High-End Speaker Unveiled
KEF is known for their cutting edge design and engineering when it comes to sound equipment. And today, they've brought to life one of their…
Read MoreSony Ericsson Reveals Two New Feature Phones, Txt Pro And Mix Walkman
Earlier today we saw two new Sony Ericsson phones caught in the wild that may be successors to the XPERIA X8. One of the phones…
Read MoreiOS/Apple Still On Top In MobileMix Study
Behold the statistics! Millenial Media has put out their MobileMix report for April 2011 showing device and manufacturer data, device OS mix, and global mobile…
Read MoreAMD Fusion-Based Quad-Core A8-3530MX For Notebooks On The Way
Thats the word on the streets over on Turkish site DONANIMHABER, they who claim to have laid their hands on a bucket of info that…
Read MorePlayStation Store To Be Back Online May 24th
Despite a cheerful announcement last Saturday from Sony exec Kazuo Hirai that the PlayStation Network was back online, the network had another hiccup when reports…
Read MoreVerizon To Drop Unlimited Data Plans, May Add Family Data Plans
If you're currently enjoying an unlimited data plan with Verizon, then be wary that things may change very soon, as in this summer. Verizon plans…
Read MoreXbox 360 Spring 2011 Update Rolls Out Two New Features
Microsoft has just begun rolling out a new Spring 2011 dashboard update for its Xbox 360 consoles. The update will be deployed in six phases…
Read MoreNovatel Expedite E362 LTE Modem Gets Verizon 4G Approval: Next Stop XOOM?
Novatel Wireless has become the first modem manufacturer to get its embedded LTE module certified by Verizon Wireless for use on the carrier's growing 4G…
Read MoreLexar Reveals Dual-Slot Card Reader For UDMA CF, SDXC And SD UHS-I
This sassy little number is presented by Lexar today for dual-card reading, supporting UDMA CF, SDXC and SD UHS-I memory cards as well as being…
Read MoreSamsung Delivers 3D TV Glasses To The Masses
If you'll remember back in April, Samsung let the world know about a little deal they'd be running in which with every purchase of one…
Read MoreDROID X2 Now Live At Verizon Online
So you've got your eyeballs directed at the next brand new DROID device but you're not quite into the idea of making that a Samsung…
Read MoreVerizon 4G LTE Spreads: Nine New Markets, Five Boosted Cities
We've made no disguise of how impressed we've been with Verizon's LTE network; in fact our only disappointment is that it's not yet blanketing the…
Read MoreVerizon HTC Trophy: Carrier's First WP7 Device Due May 26
It's taken them a while - seven months since it first arrived on the market, in fact - but Verizon Wireless is finally ready to…
Read MoreLogitech Outs iPad And Honeycomb Tablet Accessories
Logitech has outed a fulsome bevy of tablet accessories, with a choice of wireless keyboards, keyboard docks, speaker systems and more for your iPad or…
Read MoreKindle Ebook Sales Exceed Print Sales In US
Amazon has announced that Kindle ebook sales now outnumber physical paperback and hardback sales, the digital platform overtaking print in just four years. Since April…
Read MoreApple Warns AppleCare Team Off Fixing Mac Malware
Apple has reportedly advised its AppleCare staff not to assist Mac users in removing malware, while the company conducts an investigation into the "Mac Defender"…
Read MoreHTC Sensation Arrives In UK Today
As expected, the HTC Sensation has made its official debut today on carrier Vodafone UK. The dual-core 4.3-inch Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone will ship out…
Read MoreTron Lightcycle PC Case Mod Is The Coolest Ever
OMG! I am a big fan of Tron. I watched the original as a kid and really liked the new flick too. My favorite thing…
Read MoreSony Shows Off Flexible Color E-Paper Screen At SID 2011
The e-paper screen has some great features that make it ideally suited to the world of eReaders. The tech uses little power allowing the reader…
Read MoreSharp And NHK Offer World's First 85-Inch Direct-View LCD That Works With Hi-Vision
Years ago at CES when HDTV at 1080p was the big thing, I remember walking into a booth where they had a TV set up…
Read MoreHTC Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Smartphones Tipped
We are going to file this in the rumor section until there is more confirmation, but this is an interesting rumor. HTC is more an…
Read MoreHTC Puccini Tablet Likely Delayed Plus Third Slate Axed?
HTC may "feel very good" about the sales performance of the HTC Flyer, but according to Chinese reports the company has decided to cut its…
Read MoreGartner Predicts 1.6M Windows Phone 7 Devices Sold To Consumers In Q1
The number of Windows Phone 7 smartphones sold so far can’t be what Microsoft was hoping for. So far, the OS has gained little traction…
Read More7-Inch Fujitsu Android Tablet Pegged For Q3 Launch
Earlier this month Fujitsu debuted the interesting slider tablet called the TH40/D. That tablet will run Windows 7 and be more of a netbook that…
Read MoreNapster Mobile Streaming Hits UK iPhones And Androids [Video]
Napster's mobile streaming access has finally crossed the Atlantic and turned up on Android and iOS devices in the UK, promising unlimited on-demand playback of…
Read MoreKarasKustoms Debuts New Machined Aluminum iPad And iPad 2 Cases
A long while back, I got my hands on one of the machined KarasKustoms cases for my iPhone 4 and loved the case. It looked…
Read MoreLG P930 1280 X 720 Android Smartphone Tipped
Details of a new LG Android device believed to be a smartphone with a Retina Display-besting super-high resolution touchscreen have emerged. The LG P930, according…
Read MoreInvent With Nokia Offers Cash For Bright Ideas [Video]
Nokia isn't relying solely on its partnership with Microsoft for its future; the company is also asking armchair pundits to put their inventions where their…
Read MoreTough EU Smartphone Location Laws Could Hit Android And iOS
Devices running Apple's iOS or Google's Android may well be soon subject to stricter regulation around location services, position logging and privacy. A European data…
Read MoreMicrosoft: Intel "Factually Inaccurate" And "Misleading" On Windows 8
Microsoft has given Intel the PR equivalent of a smack on the wrist, after Intel SVP Renee James revealed secret Windows 8 details apparently without permission.…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Surfaces In Russia With Keyboard Dock [Video]
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 8.9 still isn't expected to hit retail until later in the year, but that hasn't stopped the 8.9-inch slate from popping up…
Read MorePayPal On Android Update [May 2011] Walkthrough
So you've got a PayPal account but you're still terrified to use it anywhere other than in the privacy of your own Post-PC home, yes?…
Read MoreBlackBerry PlayBook Battery Life Weakened By Recent OS Update?
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook has hit a few bumps in the road since its launch with firmware complaints to a recent bizarre recall of 1,000 units.…
Read MoreD-Wave One Claims First Commercial Quantum Computer
The first commercially available quantum computer is here. And it's called the D-Wave One, made by Canadian computing company D-Wave. The system is equipped with…
Read MoreMophie Juice Pack Plus For iPhone 4 On Sale Now
Mophie has just unleashed a new protective case and battery extension for the iPhone 4. Just a few months ago they released the Mophie Juice…
Read MoreFujitsu LifeBook T901 Tablet PC Hits U.S.
Now if you love the idea of the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, a sort of convertible tablet and notebook combo, but you can't make the…
Read MoreAngry Birds For Windows Phone 7 Delayed
The Angry Birds game has been so popular on Apple's iOS platform that it's garnered a Guinness world record recently, and it's already happily aboard…
Read MoreBatman: Arkham City Packs Over 40 Hours Of Game Content
More game news heads our way as the E3 conference approaches and this time it's an update on the much anticipated Batman: Arkham City. This…
Read MoreHandStand2 For iPad 2 Review
Behold a holder for your iPad 2 that'll leave you with one arm flailing with joy. This is the HandStand2, a case that contains your…
Read MoreWhy Do Good Companies Make Bad Products?
When I first started as an analyst, my cousin asked me a fairly basic question: “isn’t all your analysis positive? Why would a company deliberately…
Read MoreSlashGear Tech And Gadget Writer Help Wanted!
SlashGear seeks a self-motivated, independent writer with the ability to locate and publish content at a rapid pace on a full-time daily schedule. This person…
Read MoreOmniVision's New 5 Megapixel Camera Sensor Allows For Even Slimmer Devices
OmniVision has long been supplying Apple's camera sensors, including the 5-megapixel CMOS camera sensor in the current iPhone 4. They've also announced several monster sensors…
Read MoreDonax Seashell Headphones By The Seashore
Nature's most awesome amplifier is an echo, sure, but what's nature's most excellent sound container? A seashell of course, it's got the entire ocean hidden…
Read MoreCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Details And Release Date Leaked
The E3 conference is fast approaching and with that are more revelations on what's ahead. Some major blockbuster games are set to launch this fall,…
Read MoreApple Store 2.0 Top Secret Revamp Revealed?
Next week's Apple Store event remains a mystery as the company continues its covert operation that may be related to its 10th retail anniversary. So…
Read MoreGoogle Confirms Android WiFi Security Fix Rolling Out Today
Just yesterday, Google admitted that it has yet to fully fix the security flaw in Android that allowed usernames and passwords for Google Calendar, Facebook,…
Read MoreApple Back-To-School Sale To Start Next Week?
Something very exciting must be in store for Apple fans next week. Rumors have been ripe that Apple is set on delivering a major surprise…
Read MoreToshiba Qosmio X770 3D Packs Core i7 And 3D Webcam
Toshiba is readying a new gaming notebook, the Qosmio X770, which will also be available as a 3D version using NVIDIA's 3D Vision technology. The…
Read MoreHTC: Flyer First Of Several Tablets; NFC Phone In Pipeline
HTC has confirmed that the Flyer is the first of several new tablets, partially corroborating long-standing rumors that had previously suggested three models would be…
Read MoreQualcomm Mirasol Phone Concept Demo'd; Converged Ereader Incoming
Qualcomm's mirasol display technology may not be on the market in any meaningful form yet, but the company sure knows how to put a mockup…
Read MoreInception Chair Makes My Head Hurt
I've seen the flick inception a couple times now and each time I watch it I figure out a little bit more of the plot…
Read MoreCamera Dude Pummeled By Diet Coke And Mentos Gone Wrong
Mentos, the pain maker! Back in my day, the thing I would do to make my mom go into a sheer panic was mix pop…
Read MoreManual, Automated Printer Contraption Will Write Texts On The Wall
I can't say that I have ever received a text so cool that I wanted to write it on the wall. If you have thought…
Read MoreSony PlayStation Network Suffers New Hack
Sony's PlayStation Network woes continue, with the company's own password reset system - a mandatory step in getting back online after Sony restored PSN services…
Read MoreWorld's Smallest 3D Printer Is The Size Of A Milk Carton
One of the coolest inventions in the tech world is the 3D printer. This is so cool because it can take any design you can…
Read MoreTablet 3G: The Connectivity Headache
"3G or not 3G; that is the question." The pun may be appalling, but the decision itself is more than enough to drive new tablet…
Read MoreVerizon DROID X2 By Motorola Official: 1GHz Dualcore
Verizon Wireless has officially announced the oft-leaked Motorola DROID X2, the company's new 4.3-inch qHD resolution Android smartphone. The Verizon DROID X2 runs Android 2.2…
Read MoreMicrosoft Email Tips Possible Free Replacement For Older Xbox 360 Consoles That Can't Support New Game Format
The Xbox 360 has been looking good over the last year or so. The console continues to sell in droves and its network has remained…
Read MoreiPhone 4 Uses Audience Noise Cancellation Chip
The geeks over at iFixit are always doing to their gadgets what we don’t generally want to do to ours -tearing the gear apart. It's…
Read MoreNintendo "Project Café" Wii 2 Caught On Video?
A video apparently showing a sneak preview of Nintendo's "Project Café" Wii 2 prototype has emerged, supposedly shot during a closed developer meeting. The clip,…
Read MoreBarnes & Noble Hiring Team For Cloud Service Build Out
Cloud services are a big deal today for a lot of consumers and companies that sell tech. Storing things on the cloud has a lot…
Read MoreIntel To Power Tablets Set For Computex Debut
Intel has been dominating the processor market for computers for years now with AMD far behind it in market share other companies with very little…
Read MoreCooler Master NotePal LapAir Notebook Cooler Debuts
Over the last few months, Cooler Master has been on a big cooling kick with a bunch of new products that are designed to keep…
Read MoreT-Mobile 2011 Roadmap Reveals HTC Doubleshot And G-Infinity, More
T-Mobile USA's 2011 roadmap has leaked, and it's a smorgasbord of tempting telephonics. The smartphone roster, acquired by This is my next, includes reconfirmation that the HTC Sensation…
Read MoreFujitsu Notebook Optical Bay Projector Will Cost EUR 499 Starting July 1
In the business world, the mobile pro knows that a notebook and a projector often go hand in hand when it comes to giving a…
Read MoreiBuyPower Unveils High-End Erebus Gaming Desktop
iBuyPower has announced a new gaming desktop that has some really cool features that make it well suited to the gaming enthusiast looking to get…
Read MoreRicoh Color E-Paper Display Promises 2.5x Brightness
Ricoh has revealed a new color e-paper technology that, the company reckons, offers 4x the color range of existing systems, along with 2.5x the white…
Read MoreNo LTE iPhone Until 2012; 8MP iPhone 4S In September?
Apple is not expected to release an LTE-enabled iPhone until 2012 after 4G chip yield issues at supplier Qualcomm, according to the latest mutterings from…
Read MoreBill Gates "Strong Proponent" For Skype Deal; Microsoft Bypassing Carriers?
Microsoft's acquisition of Skype may have proved controversial thanks to the big sums involved - $8.5bn in cash, no less - but according to chairman…
Read MoreSixthSense Equipped GPS Navigation Pendant Will Help You Through Airports
Navigation units aren't meant for just the car or hikers anymore. As we've seen in other design concepts in the past, putting the units on…
Read MoreNokia N9 Doubts: Facebook "Confirmation" Not Legit
Yesterday's video clip of the Nokia N9 has prompted plenty of speculation ahead of the MeeGo Conference in San Francisco later this month, especially given…
Read MoreApple Store Down: What's Incoming? [Update: Back!]
Fancy a quick mid-week Apple Store refresh? Apple obviously does, with its online retail arm down for updates at the moment. It's not just the…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Plus Galaxy S WiFi PMPs Hit Pre-Order
Samsung has already shared the good news that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is due on US store shelves come June 8, but the slate has popped…
Read MoreMacBook Air With Sandy Bridge And Thunderbolt Due June?
Apple is reportedly readying a refreshed version of its MacBook Air ultraportable, adding in Intel's 2011 "Sandy Bridge" Core processors and Thunderbolt 10Gbps connectivity. Shipments…
Read MorePost-PC Is Over! (If You Want It)
Welcome to the future, the one past Dr Frink's vision for computers so large and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe…
Read MoreApple, E Ink, ITRI And Samsung Top Field In SID 2011 Display Awards
The Society for Information Display (SID) sent out their top Gold awards to the groups they felt deserved recognition in the area of global advancement…
Read MoreSlashGear's Gigantic XOOM Tablet Giveaway Is Over! Thank You To Everyone!
Well, we're finally finished. Five winners chosen, five tablets sent out in the mail. Everyone here at SlashGear and over on Android Community would like…
Read MoreMicrosoft Tablet Plans Spilled By Intel Exec
Android tablets are all the buzz right now thanks to the recent Android 3.1 Honeycomb update and rumors of an upcoming family of Amazon tablets.…
Read MoreAndroid Honeycomb 3.1 Review
Having seen the awesomeness apparent in the newest update to Google's mobile operating system for tablets, Android 3.1 Honeycomb, at Google I/O, it became an…
Read MoreApple iPhone Location Tracking Now Targeted By FCC, FTC
Fresh from being grilled at last week's Senate Judiciary panel, Apple and Google may next have to participate in a public forum to answer more…
Read MoreSony's Stringer Calls PlayStation Network Outage A "Hiccup"
Sony's CEO, Howard Stringer, did several interviews today, with Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He said that Sony is no closer…
Read MoreInfinity Blade For iPad 2 Getting Multiplayer Update
The Infinity Blade game made for the iOS platform and recently optimized for the iPad 2, strikes a great balance between console level graphics and…
Read MoreNew Alien Planet Gliese 581d Confirmed As Habitable
The planet Gliese 581d looks like it might be a great vacation destination in the future, if Virgin Galactic gets its spacecraft up to speed.…
Read MoreSamsung Hercules For T-Mobile, Like The Infuse 4G, But Dual-Core
Remember the Samsung Infuse 4G with the ginormous 4.5-inch touchscreen recently announced for AT&T? Well, now it seems Samsung is readying another one of these…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad Transformer, Acer Iconia Tab A500 Getting Android 3.1 Honeycomb In June
Google unveiled the Android 3.1 Honeycomb update last week at their I/O 2011 conference, and now it's getting ready to be deployed to some of…
Read MoreSiara Broadcasts Familiar Sounds Anywhere
If you are stuck inside a cubicle all day and wish you could hear the birds singing, or the fountain in your garden at home,…
Read MoreLG Revolution To Launch May 26 With Netflix, Froyo, And LTE
We first caught a glimpse of the LG Revolution 4G back in February when it was announced to be Verizon's first VoLTE (voice-over LTE) smartphone…
Read MoreApple's Micro-SIM Card May Get Even Smaller Soon
Perhaps feeling outdone by the Samsung Galaxy S II, Apple is now pushing for a new SIM card standard that would allow them to make…
Read MoreWinklevii Have 0.00% Chance Of Taking Facebook Case To Supreme Court
Oh dear. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss just can't catch a break. First their $65 million Facebook settlement turns into $100 million, and now the courts…
Read MoreDuke Nukem Forever Demo Arriving June 3
The most delayed game of all time, Duke Nukem Forever, may finally be surfacing very soon. First announced way back in 1997, the game made…
Read MoreIntel Again Promises Phones By Early 2012
If you'll remember around this time last month there was a sales call held by Intel with their investors discussing earnings. During that call there…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS DRM License Too Extreme?
In the wake of the Sony PlayStation Network debacle and the earlier Sony vs. GeoHot saga, you would think that Nintendo would have learned something…
Read MoreVAIO Hybrid PC Featuring Sony's Thunderbolt Port?
Have a peek at the image below and tell me what you see. Does that look like a Thunderbolt port to you? According to a…
Read MoreApple Store Secret NFC Payment Upgrade Tipped
The iPhone NFC saga continues: while analysts suggest that the incoming iPhone 4S/iPhone 5 may not, in fact, offer the short-range wireless system, the latest…
Read MoreNokia N9 Teaser Leaks: 12MP Camera Confirmed [Video]
Nokia's MeeGo-powered N9 smartphone apparently hit the FCC last week, and now it seems a promotional video from the company has also found its way…
Read MoreRedfish Instruments Offers World's First iPhone-Enabled Wireless Multimeter
There really is an app for everything on the iPhone, that fact is reinforced to me all the time. If you are the sort that…
Read MoreVerizon Offers Pre-Orders On Xperia Play Starting May 19
If you have been following the tale of the Sony Experia Play, the first PlayStation certified phone, you may be ready to plunk down your…
Read MoreNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Debuts At $199, Plus Beta R275 Uber-Drivers
NVIDIA has outed its latest video card, the GeForce GTX 560, slotting into the competitive $199 price segment and offering 336 CUDA cores, an 810-950MHz…
Read MoreAndroid Flaw Could See Google & Facebook Accounts Snatched Over WiFi
Google has admitted that it is working on a second attempt to fix an Android security hole that could see usernames and passwords for Google…
Read MorePanasonic PT-LB3U Micro-Portable Projector Debuts
Panasonic has unveiled a new projector that is in its business and education line. The new projector is called the PT-LB3U and has a resolution…
Read MorePhilips Outs World's First LED Substitute For 75W Incandescent
If you follow developments in the world of green gear at all, you know that the incandescent light bulb is not the most efficient means…
Read MoreCustom Content Coming To Nintendo 3DS Via Best Buy And Nintendo
The Nintendo 3DS is an interesting portable console for people to enjoy. We posted up our review of the console back in March when it…
Read MoreTiVo Simplifies Subs (By Axing Cheapest Plans)
I have never used a TiVo DVR, but I have been enamored with some of the features that the TiVo offers that my DirecTV DVR…
Read MoreInteresting Garmin nuLink! 2390 Hits FCC, Lands On Garmin US Website
The Garmin 2390 turned up in Europe last week and not the device is getting ready for its US debut. The 2390 was spied crossing…
Read MoreMotorola Droid X2 User Guide Turns Up On Motorola Support Site
I know that bunches of people out there are anxiously waiting for the Motorola Droid X2 to surface at Verizon. The smartphone has been tipped…
Read MoreSlacker Radio Premium: Spotify For The US
Streaming radio service Slacker has launched a new paid service, Slacker Premium Radio, offering on-demand access to the company's music catalog. Priced at $9.99 per…
Read MoreAcer Iconia Tab A100 Postponed Until 2H 2011
Acer has confirmed that its Iconia Tab A100, the 7-inch Android tablet revealed at MWC 2011 back in February, has been postponed, and now won't…
Read MoreT-Mobile Makes WiFi Calling Free For Users With Compatible Phones
If you are a user of the T-Mobile network in the US and you have a mobile phone with supports UMA we have some good…
Read MoreMarshalltown High School To Use Wakeup Calls For Tardy Students
I can remember having to get up to get ready for school each day. It really sucked. Actually, it was no worse than having to…
Read MoreCollabraCam Turns iPhone 4 Into Multi-Cam Mobile Video Studio [Video]
It was only a matter of hours between the iPhone 4 hitting shelves last year and the first "feature film" being recorded using its 720p…
Read MoreHTC Puccini Tablet Detailed: Honeycomb, 1.5GHz Dual-Core And LTE?
Details on what could well be HTC's second Android tablet of 2011 have leaked, codenamed the HTC Puccini, and expected to be the company's first…
Read MoreBlackBerry PlayBook UK Release Priced And Dated
RIM isn't hanging around with the BlackBerry PlayBook; the 7-inch QNX slate is up for pre-order in the UK ahead of a June 16 release date.…
Read MoreHP "Not Convinced" On Intel Thunderbolt
Intel's Thunderbolt high-speed connectivity may be one of the headline changes for the updated 2011 iMac, but HP isn't convinced by the technology's merit. According…
Read MoreApple Store 10th Anniversary Leak: Secret Hardware For Weekend Install
Talk of an Apple 10th retail anniversary event has resurfaced, with new leaks potentially pointing to a significant product launch to mark the occasion on…
Read MoreNo NFC For iPhone 4S/iPhone 5 Claim Analysts
Apple's next-gen iPhone 4S - tipped by some to be a relatively incremental update to the smartphone, rather than a significant reworking - will not,…
Read MoreEpson And E Ink Out 300dpi High-Speed Epaper Display
Epson and E Ink have thrown their hats into the high-resolution mobile display ring, promising a 9.68-inch 300dpi panel for SID 2011. Unlike the pixel-packing…
Read MorePlayStation Network 'Welcome Back' Compensation Detailed
The PlayStation Network is now back up in North America, parts of Europe and the MIddle East, starting this past Saturday when Sony CEO Kazuo…
Read MoreSamsung 9 Series 11.6-Inch Ultra-Thin Laptop Now Shipping
We had first seen the Samsung 9 Series ultra-thin laptops back at CES 2011. Then later in March, the 13-inch model was launched with news…
Read MorePostage Stamp Size Satellites Launch With Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour launched today, on its last mission and the second to last mission of the Space Shuttle program. On board this time were…
Read MoreNokia X7 Symbian Smartphone Gets FCC Teardown
We had gotten our hands on the Nokia X7 back in April, but now with the surfaced FCC teardown images, the device launch should be…
Read MoreMay 24th Samsung Mobile Event Postponed
Back at the beginning of May, we had gotten an invitation to a Samsung Mobile event in New York on May 24th. After the Infuse…
Read MoreDiablo III "Followers" Announced
For those of you anxiously awaiting the next phase of one of the most addicting MMORPGs of all time, DIABLO, details on Diablo III can't…
Read MoreToshiba Reveals 367ppi LCD Display, Beats Apple Retina
The 2011 SID (Society for Information Display) conference is going on this week in Los Angeles, and with that came news of many new display…
Read MoreWindows Phone Enterprise Features Ramp Up
That upcoming Mango update for your Windows Phone device will be bringing a whole host of new features that will improve productivity at the enterprise…
Read MorePlayStation Network Restoration Q&A
The PlayStation Network went back online on Saturday, so PlayStation fans can again play video games online. Sony is also working on getting the password…
Read MoreAngry Birds Life-Sized Game, Explosive [VIDEO]
Angry Birds fans, this is going to blow your mind. If you thought Angry Birds cakes were cool, and even this awesome playable and edible…
Read MoreBee Venom Helps Detect Explosives
Bees are very handy little creatures. Of course they pollinate plants, making possible our agricultural system, and they make great stuff like honey and beeswax.…
Read MoreApple iPhone 4, App Store, Angry Birds Awarded Guiness World Records
The Guinness World Records is at it again, dealing out awards for various unusual feats. No category or industry sector is left untouched, with one…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Leak From China?
With evidence mounting that the iPhone 5 is coming in the fall, here is some more fuel for the fire. A new Chinese case design…
Read MorePanasonic Makes World's Largest HDTV For NASCAR
If you thought the recent lineup of Samsung Smart TVs were big, including the 55-inch D8000 we reviewed and the latest 75-incher, then take a…
Read MoreRobotic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Student Walk
We love robots here at SlashGear, especially when they can help people do things they wouldn't normally be able to do. This weekend, a paralyzed…
Read MoreRIM Recalls 1,000 PlayBooks For Faulty Software
RIM has issued an official statement saying that it has determined that one thousand BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, the 16GB model shipped with an OS build…
Read MoreConcept Wristwatch Gets Power From Wind
I really like concept products and I enjoy checking out weird watches too. The last strange wristwatch that I talked about was the Azimuth SP-1…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Due November 21 Tips Retailer
Apple plans to launch the iPhone 5 on November 21 in the UK, according to the latest leak, with sources at retailer Phones4U apparently telling…
Read MoreModders Heck And Sawyer Team To Create Synced Game Controllers
Ben Heck is one of those guys that is always modding something to work in ways it was never meant to. The latest project from…
Read MoreSpace Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off In Successful Launch [Update]
Having seen its late April launch scrubbed over a power unit problem, the Space Shuttle Endeavour has finally taken off today, taking six astronauts from…
Read MoreNetflix Signs Deal With Miramax For Content Streaming
I am a big fan of Netflix and the ability to stream content like all sorts of TV shows and movies to my TV or…
Read MoreFirst Samsung Galaxy S II Custom ROM Arrives
If you are one of the users who has already picked up the sweet Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone or one of its variants with…
Read MoreNokia Could Sell Mobile Division To Microsoft In 2011?
The idea of Microsoft buying Nokia's phone business isn't a new one - we've heard mutterings to that effect since before the two companies announced…
Read MoreHP Debuts New Consumer Desktop Computers And x2301 LCD
HP has been the leader in PC shipments for a long time. The company ships computers all around the world and is updating and refreshing…
Read MoreSeagate GoFlex Satellite: 500GB Of WiFi-Drive For Your iPad
Seagate has unveiled the GoFlex Satellite, the company's latest external drive, and the first from its range to pack a battery and integrated WiFi connectivity.…
Read MoreTarget To Offer HTC Sensation 4G For $199.99
Of all the Android smartphones that have been announced over the last couple of months the one that has me most interested is the HTC…
Read MoreCotton Balls, DC Motors, And Cardboard Boxes Make Art
My daughter is in kindergarten and she is always bringing home some sort of art project she made at school. The last one was a…
Read MoreNTT DoCoMo Windows 7 Smartphone F-07C Gets Official
The number of smartphones on the market today continues to grow at a very impressive rate. It seems like each time you check the news,…
Read MorePSN Password Reset Surge Triggers Further Downtime
The PlayStation Network may be back online in many regions - North America and locations in Europe and the Middle East got the green light…
Read MoreYikeBike Now Comes In Cheaper Alloy Version
In many large cities, a number of people choose to ride bikes rather than drive or take public transportation. There are many reasons for this…
Read MoreNTT DoCoMo AQUOS PHONE SH-12C: 8MP, 3D Recording, More
NTT DoCoMo has launched a 3D Android smartphone to take on the HTC EVO 3D and LG Optimus 3D, the AQUOS PHONE SH-12C. Made by…
Read MoreGalaxy S II US Branding Revealed: Verizon Function, AT&T Attain, Sprint Within
US carrier branding for the Samsung Galaxy S II has apparently leaked, with Verizon, AT&T and Sprint's versions of the well-esteemed smartphone all being prematurely…
Read MoreLenovo ThinkCentre Edge 91z AIO Leaks
The desktop computer has slowly been replaced by many people by the laptop or netbook. Some folks are even moving to tablets instead of your…
Read MoreAu Revoir Ovi: Nokia Self-Brands Services Ahead Of Windows Phone
Out with the old, in with the new. Not only has Symbian received its marching orders, but Ovi - Nokia's suite of services and products…
Read MorePlayStation Network Service Spreads: UK, Middle East, More
It's not just North America getting some PlayStation Network and Qriocity service this weekend. Sony has taken to Twitter to confirm that phase one of the…
Read MoreIt's Official: Xbox 360 Is The Best Console Of This Generation
In the video game industry, there have always been debates among gamers over which company delivered the best hardware on the market. Years ago, that…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review- Week 20 2011
This week was the big Google conference and tons of news came out of this show, we had a very busy week here at SlashGear;…
Read MoreSony's Next PSN Challenge: Restoring Reputation
After weeks of downtime, governmental scrutiny and untold user fury, Sony has finally begun to restore PlayStation Network and Qriocity streaming media services. It's not…
Read MorePlayStation Network Is Back Online [Video]
Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Network is coming back online, with a mandatory system software update (v3.61) for PS3 consoles before they can rejoin…
Read MoreSlashGear Science Week In Review - Robot Edition! May 14th 2011
This week's SlashGear Science Week in Review is all robot. We always try to include at least one robot story in each edition, but this…
Read MoreHow (And Why) To Save Best Buy
This past week, I did something I haven’t done in years. I bought a CD. I bought the Beastie Boys "Hot Sauce Committee Part 2."…
Read MoreSphero Robotic Ball Debuts Developer Program At Google I/O
Since the PlayStation Network is down, have you considered other forms of game play? Well, how about a robotic ball that can be controlled directly…
Read MoreHasbro Android Robot Toys Get I/O Video Playtime
Our new favorite monkey robot, Kibot, may be stuck in Korea, but Hasbro has wider ambitions for its Nexus S powered Robot Toys. On show…
Read MoreSlashGear XOOM Contest Final Winner Announced!
Hooray, all the golden tickets have been found, and YOU are going to the chocolate factory!* *This of course is referring to the winners who've…
Read MoreThe Five Technologies That Impacted My Life
Late last year several of SlashGear’s distinguished columnists wrote a similar column highlighting some of the key technologies that shaped their life. I thought it…
Read MoreDROID3 Packs qHD Display And TI Dual-Core Tip Benchmarks
Details of Motorola's upcoming DROID3 smartphone have been leaked, courtesy of some premature benchmarking of what's assumed to be a prototype device. According to the…
Read MoreSony Ericsson CK15i And ST18i "Asuza" Caught In Wild
Sony Ericsson started the process of refreshing its mainstream Android smartphone range with the XPERIA mini and mini pro earlier this month; now it seems…
Read MoreDell XPS 15z Confirmed "Coming Soon" By CEO [Video]
Dell CEO Michael Dell has teased the company's upcoming Dell XPS 15z, taking to Twitter to promote a new teaser video showing an ultra-slim notebook. The…
Read MoreGoogle I/O 2011 Video Now Online: Keynotes & Sessions
Google only had a fraction of the capacity at I/O 2011 this past week for developers who wanted to attend, but the company has followed…
Read MoreLogitech Revue Price Slashed To $200 In Ice Cream Sandwich Aftermath
We've just been talking about Amazon's competitive pricing, and now the retailer has shown its hand again. The Logitech Revue, one of the first Google…
Read MoreAmazon Android "Family Of Devices" Due Q4: Tablets, Phones & STB?
Amazon may not have just one Android tablet in the works, but a whole range of devices using the Google open-source OS. That's the latest…
Read MoreAngry Birds RIO Beach Volley Release Date Today!
Angry Birds RIO's first official update is being rolled out today to Android and iPhone (and iPad, iPod Touch, whatever other iOS device you've got…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II Official Live Demo [Video]
Are you excited about the Samsung Galaxy S II? You should be. With its dual core processor, all day battery life, and huge screen with…
Read MoreHTC Sensation 4G: An Intimate Look [VIDEO]
HTC's Sensation 4G will be its first dual-core smartphone and one of its first to feature their slick new HTC Sense 3.0 interface. We caught…
Read MoreiPad 2 Camera Not Popular Says Flickr
Appeasing complaints of not having a camera on the original iPad and trying to keep pace with rising competition, Apple slapped on both front-facing and…
Read MoreApple iPhone 4S, Not iPhone 5?
So all this time we’ve been clamoring about an upcoming iPhone 5, when actually what’s next is the iPhone 4S? That is indeed the case,…
Read MoreIntel Pushes Cedar Trail/Oak Trail Chipsets For Tablets And Notebooks
At Google I/O this week, Google announced Android 3.1 to be officially released in June, giving us all hope that it will be more free…
Read MoreHTC Flyer Unboxing & First Impressions [Video]
Android tablets aren't exactly in short supply these days. As well as the current big-name Honeycomb slates, like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Motorola XOOM…
Read MoreAT&T's $6bn Gamble: The Cost Of T-Mobile Merger Failure
Even though the Senate was pretty tough on AT&T and T-Mobile executives at the hearing on Monday, questioning whether the merger of the two companies…
Read MoreDroid Charge Goes On Sale At Verizon Tomorrow!
We've been anxiously awaiting the Droid Charge coming to Verizon, as it was supposed to be released on April 28th. Verizon delayed the release of…
Read MorePSN Outage Bites As Angry Gamers Defect To Xbox
Gamers are not generally a patient lot, and they are unforgiving when it comes to errors and issues with a game. When an outage like…
Read MoreLeaked Letter From Sony Reveals More Details About PlayStation Network Hack
We have had a lot of news over the past 23 days about the hack and closure of Sony's PlayStation Network, but there are still…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 To Arrive First On Verizon With 4G LTE?
At Google I/O earlier this week, we did a hands-on for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, as well as an epic unboxing of "limited edition"…
Read MoreMOPHO DJ Uses iPhone For Digital Scratching [Video]
The humble accelerometer shows its worth again, with Stanford University computer music student Nicholas J. Bryan turning an iPhone into a DJ tool that allows analog…
Read MoreOrtus Full HD 4.8-Inch LCD Gets Glasses-Free 3D Upgrade
Samsung and LG Display may be working on packing extra pixels into tablet-scale screens, but what if you want resolution overload on your smartphone? Ortus…
Read MoreiOS Devs Smacked With In-App Purchase Patent Suit Warnings
Apple and Samsung may be playing out their own patent lawsuit battle, but the IP minefield has just gotten very real for independent iOS app…
Read MoreMicrosoft Admits Causing WP7 NoDo Color Glitches But Blames HTC
Microsoft has confirmed that color banding and resolution issues HTC HD7 and HTC Trophy owners experienced after installing the recent Windows Phone 7 NoDo update…
Read MoreDIY R2-D2 Rolling Trash Can Would Get Stolen (By Me)
I guess like most neighborhoods, mine is apparently packed with mostly idiots. Few here have a sense of humor and they don't really tolerate anything…
Read MoreKURMET Bipedal Robot Proves It's Easy Not Being Green
Each week I am seeing more and more robotics projects and research material show up on the web. It's cool to see so many colleges…
Read MoreHTC Sensation Bucks Android Trend With Anti-Mod Bootloader
This is going to be really bad news for fans of Android smartphones that are waiting with anticipation for the HTC Sensation to hit. A…
Read MoreBeBook Live Android Tablet Lands In UK On June 21
If you are in the market for a cheap entry-level tablet that runs the Android OS and has decent hardware, you might be interested in…
Read MoreFuture iPhone Could Slur Speech When Battery Low
Your next iPhone could whimper like a tired puppy when its battery is close to empty, or get frantic when connected to 4G networks, if…
Read MoreSamsung Develops Sweet Foldable AMOLED Screen With No Seam
There are a lot of good reasons to have a mobile device like a smartphone or MID that has a large screen. More screen space…
Read MoreSamsung Chromebook Official Page Goes Live And Official Commercial Surfaces
We have been impressed with the Chromebooks that are surfacing and being shown off. Whether or not you think Chromebooks are the future of notebooks,…
Read MoreNew iMac Buyers Find HDD Upgrade Options Are Very Restricted
One of the things that has been tossed back and forth between fans of PCs and Macs for years is that the PC platform as…
Read MoreStarts With V Paintball Machine Uses 840 Barrels To Make Instant Art
I have played paintball before and the gun is used wasn't that accurate. Anything more than a few feet from me may or may not…
Read MoreHTC Flyer On Sale Now: (Partially) Undercuts iPad 2 [Updated]
The HTC Flyer is finally on sale, across EMEA at least, with HTC's new Android tablet available in both 3G and WiFi-only versions. Announced at…
Read More30-Day Video Limit As FlipShare Service Phase Out Begins
It was more than a little shocking to many in the tech world when Cisco abruptly killed the Flip line of small and portable camcorders…
Read MoreLG Display Promises Samsung-Slaying AH-IPS High-Res Screens
Samsung can't expect to have all the display attention to itself at SID 2011 next week, with its WQXGA PenTile panel; LG Display is bringing…
Read MoreFujitsu Shows Off Interesting Lifebook TH40/D Slider
There are many popular tablets and slates on the market today and some consumers have to really think hard to decide if a tablet or…
Read MoreSamsung 10.1" 2560 X 1600 Tablet Panel Could Be iPad 3's Retina Display
Samsung has announced a new 10.1-inch, 300dpi PenTile prototype display running at a massive WQXGA 2560 x 1600 resolution, which the company says is headed…
Read MoreGoogle I/O Day 2 Giveaway In Hand: Verizon 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
Our lucky SlashGear and AndroidCommunity guys attending Google I/O not only got hold of free limited edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets yesterday, but now…
Read MoreHP Pre 3 Hits FCC, Now A World Phone
The HP Pre 3 is the much anticipated second smartphone to be running the new WebOS, just after the recently launched HP Veer 4G. The…
Read MoreXbox 360 Top Selling Console 10 Out Of The Last 11 Months
Xbox 360 was the number one selling video game console in April, according to NPD Group, and it also ranks as the top selling console…
Read MoreiOS 4.3.3 Update Brings Back WiFi Connection Issues
Apple's recent iOS update to version 4.3.3 addressed several of the location tracking concerns, but may have brought back a WiFi connection problem that has…
Read MoreMortal Kombat Arcade Kollection Arriving This Summer
Mortal Kombat, the ninth installment just launched last month, and now Warner Bros is bringing back the first three versions in a Mortal Kombat Arcade…
Read MoreAdobe Flash 10.3 Now On Android Market
Adobe has just released Flash Player 10.3, and it is available in the Android Market. This now bumps Flash up to version 10.3.185.21. Flash 10.3…
Read MoreContour+ Helmet Cam Records Your Jackass Stunts In 1080p HD
If you are the adventurous type, often jumping off bridges or out of airplanes, and want to capture these life-risking moments in crisp HD, then…
Read MoreAmazon Tablet Coming? CEO Jeff Bezos Says "Stay Tuned"
It has been touted for awhile now that if Amazon were to come out with an Android tablet, that it would be the ultimate iPad…
Read MoreGoogle Music Beta Stirs Anger From Record Labels
At this week's Google I/O developer conference, the Google Music Beta service was officially announced to the excitement of all except for the record label…
Read MoreNetflix Launches Android App For "Select Phones"
Excellent news for Netflix subscribers who love their Android phones! Netflix has just launched an app for Android, something that has been long-awaited by Android…
Read MoreWhite Nexus S For AT&T Spotted Briefly On Samsung Site
The Sprint Nexus S 4G smartphone has just launched earlier this week, hitting the shelves of Sprint and Best Buy on May 8th. Rumors have…
Read More35% Of Smartphone Users Launch Apps Before Getting Up
We all know how easy it is for a smartphone to become welded to your hand. It seems that many users can't even get out…
Read MoreApple's Next-Gen iPod Nano Camera Rumor Supported By Patent Filing
Earlier this week, images purported to be the next-gen iPod nano surfaced revealing the addition of a small camera and the removal of the built-in…
Read MoreThe Pirate Bay Blocked By Comcast?
The Pirate Bay, a Swedish site that hosts BitTorrent files, may have been blocked by Comcast to their subscribers. TorrentFreak reported this morning that Comcast…
Read MoreVisa Announces Mobile Payments Plan, Most Comprehensive Say Analysts
Last week, Visa revealed that they were set to make a big announcement soon regarding their mobile payments strategy, and indeed they have today. They…
Read MoreAT&T / T-Mobile Merger Getting No Rubber Stamps From Senate
Yesterday, the US Senate held a hearing on the AT&T / T-Mobile merger, titled "Is Humpy-Dumpty Being Put Back Together Again?”. If the name is…
Read MoreApple iPhone 4 Gaming Extension Concept
Remember those Sony XPERIA Play commercials awhile back? The ones that made the iPhone's touchscreen seem like a miserable game playing experience? Well, here's a…
Read MoreNokia N9 MeeGo Phone Hits FCC, To Launch In June?
Ever since Nokia jumped ship from Symbian to Microsoft, the fate of the company's slated MeeGo handsets became dire. MeeGo devs, however, still have hope…
Read MoreHTC Offered Sense-Free Honeycomb Flyer For Google I/O Giveaway?
Samsung's 5,000 strong Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition giveaway at Google I/O this week won them a few fans, but behind the scenes it seems…
Read MoreOnkyo TX-NR809 Receiver Packs Full 4K Upscaling
Onkyo has a wide range of home theater receivers and more that it sells. The company makes quality goods in the entry-level all the way…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS eShop Landing On June 7
The Nintendo 3DS is a cool little handheld and when we got our hands on it for a review back in late March we liked…
Read MoreYaskawa Industrial Robots Have Lightsaber Duel
There are some things in the geek world that you can't combine without having issues, like Batman and Jim Carrey for instance. There are other…
Read MoreHP WiFi Mobile Mouse Bypasses Bluetooth
HP is the largest computer maker in the world and the company has a bunch of very nice machines to its credit. The thing that…
Read MoreFacebook Confesses To Anti-Google PR Campaign
Facebook has admitted hiring a PR firm to seed anti-Google news, in an attempt to raise alarm over the search giant's policies toward user privacy.…
Read MoreiPad 2 And iPhone 4 Shortage Tipped As Foxconn Falls Behind
Manufacturers want their gear to be popular, and they want consumers to line up to buy. The problem with being too popular is that it…
Read MoreRanger Robot Walked 40.5-Miles Without A Recharge
Robots are cool and a lot of research is going into the design and development of new robots all around the world. Many of the…
Read MoreSamsung TA950 And TA750 Asymmetrical 3D TV Eyes-On
Samsung's gorgeous asymmetrical SyncMaster TA950 - and its slightly less striking TA750 sibling - is no stranger to these pages, but with retail availability now…
Read MoreiPad No PC Killer Scoff Researchers
Despite strong iPad sales and significant analyst hype, Apple's tablet isn't killing the PC market. That's the opinion from research group NPD, anyway, which says…
Read MoreItalian Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Users Can Get Android 2.3.3 Update Now
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is one of the earliest competitors of the iPad that came from Samsung. The screen is smaller than what the iPad…
Read MoreVIA QuadCore Mobile Processor Gets Detailed
Right now if you pick up most netbooks, the best you can hope for inside the machines designed for power efficiency and long battery life…
Read MoreTiny Apartment In Spain Has All You Need
The first apartment my wife and I had after getting married was tiny. It only had about 450 square feet of space, but it was…
Read MoreSlashGear 101: Google Chromebook
Google I/O 2011 day two was all about the Chromebook, the search giant's play for the notebook market. With Acer and Samsung on hand with…
Read MoreQualcomm Mirasol Gets Intelligent LED Lighting; In Ereaders This Fall
Adding illumination to e-paper screens seems pretty counter-intuitive - after all, what makes the display technology special is that it looks like paper and doesn't…
Read MoreSamsung Chromebook Announced
At Google I/O 2011 during the second keynote of the event, a new "Chromebook" was announced. Chromebook is a new term announced at this same…
Read MoreViewsonic 7x Bringing The 7-Inch Honeycomb In June
Google IO may have seen its fair share of new devices, but it's not the only new Android hardware due this month. Viewsonic is apparently…
Read MoreAcer Chromebook Announced
At the second Google I/O keynote a duo of Chromebooks were announced. First there was a Samsung Series 5 Chromebook that had two colors and…
Read MoreApple, Google Asked By Senate To Ban DUI Checkpoint Apps
Apple's vice president of software technology, Guy Tribble, was at a Senate hearing yesterday to explain Apple's policies on location tracking. However, the hearing on…
Read MoreHP Veer 4G Is FREE At Best Buy, Now Ready For Pre-Order
The very first offering from HP's new WebOS smartphone range is the HP Veer 4G. Confirmed to launch for AT&T on May 15th for $99,…
Read MoreGoogle Introduces Revamped Android Market At I/O
Today at Google I/O was mostly about Chrome: Chrome OS, Chromebooks...but there was another annoucement today about a new version of Android Market for web,…
Read MoreMass Effect 3 Details Leaked: Smaller Squad, More Interplay, Tougher Combat
BioWare's Mass Effect 3 was one of the most anticipated games scheduled for release this fall, but unfortunately got pushed back to an early 2012…
Read MoreFirst Pipeline-Fed Hydrogen Fuel Station Opens Up In Southern California
Southern California is usually where we get news of celebs driving around in their hybrids or fuel-cell cars and being all green and mighty. Now,…
Read MoreFree Chromebook For All 5,000 Google I/O Attendees
As Sundar Pichai explained that Google hoped the entirety of the crowd listening to the second big keynote speech of Google I/O 2011 would help…
Read MoreGoogle I/O Day 2 Keynote Recap
The content below was written by John Scheible, who will be writing for us starting now. Vincent Nguyen, never one to miss an opportunity, met…
Read MoreGoogle Shows Off Trippy WebGL Project
The major focus of today's Google I/O keynote was obviously Chrome along with the official pricing and dates of the Samsung and Acer Chromebooks. But…
Read MoreChromebooks Can Work Offline, Already Hundreds Of Apps Offline-Ready
While Chromebooks are great and all, their reliance on being connected to the web at all times may have some folks more hesitant to adopt.…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome OS "Chromebook" Detailed
Google has just changed the PC experience. PCs have some major downsides, they take a long time to boot up, you have to constantly be…
Read MoreAngry Birds For Chrome Out Today [Special Edition VIDEO]
The Mighty Eagle took the stage at Google I/O during the second day's keynote to raving applause, his bright red hoodie with Angry Bird in…
Read MoreChromebook For Business, Education Gets Price And Date
Google has just announced Chromebooks for consumers earlier, but they will also be offering special software and hardware as a service packages for businesses, schools,…
Read MoreGoogle Demos Chrome Speech Input, Graphics Acceleration, And 3D
The second day of Google I/O has kicked off with a keynote focused on Chrome. After highlighting some impressive milestones for Chrome over the past…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome Store Announces 95% Cut For Developers
Google just gave a huge gift to developers, improving the Chrome web store to make it easier to make an in-app purchase so the user…
Read MoreChrome On Day 2 Keynote, Verizon Hotspots For All!
Vic Gundotra welcomed everyone to the Keynote for Day 2 today, and confirmed, if the Chrome bubbles on the screen were not enough of a…
Read MoreApple Likely Partnering, Not Purchasing Nuance
There has been all sorts of speculation around the web about whether Apple will shell out some of the pile of excess cash it has…
Read MoreCyperPower And Maingear Offer Intel Z68 Chipset Gaming PCs And Workstations
I mentioned this morning that Asus had a couple new mainboards that used the Intel Z68 chipset inside. Asus isn't the only company that is…
Read MoreSchultzeWORKS Unveils Luna Robot Concept
Many people are like me and think it would be cool to have a robot in the house if that robot could actually do things…
Read MoreLG Optimus Big Vs Samsung Galaxy S II
Rivalry between Samsung and LG runs strong - the two companies took thinly veiled pot-shots at each other's neighboring booths during press briefings at the…
Read MoreNo Android 3.1 For WiFi/non-Verizon XOOM For "Several Weeks" [Updated]
Motorola's XOOM tablet will get its Android 3.1 update this week, although only if you have the Verizon 3G version. Motorola has confirmed that the…
Read MoreAndroid OS Has More Of Japanese Smartphone Market Than The iPhone
I continue to be impressed that the iPhone commands so much of the smartphone market around the world with limited carriers in many countries and…
Read MoreiKeyboard Will Help You Type On Your iPad
One of the first things I noticed when I got my iPad was that while I could type on it if I needed using the…
Read MoreSharp Aquos Phone SH-12C Surfaces With 3D Video And Photo Capability
There are a lot of consumers that are aware of 3D TV and have still not adopted, many people are waiting for the tech to…
Read MoreLG Blade P530 Hands-On
LG shook up ultraportables with the Xnote P210 late last year, a super-compact notebook which squeezed a 12.5-inch display into where you'd more commonly find…
Read MoreDoubleTwist Adds AirPlay Support And DoubleTap Feature For NFC-Enabled Android Devices
The popular media management and sharing Android app called DoubleTwist has just added some nifty new features with their recent update to version 1.4.2. The…
Read MoreMovie Rentals Now Available From The Android Market
Movie rentals are now available on the Android Market, and are available for Android 2.2 and higher. There are now over 3,000 movies available right…
Read MoreSamsung And Verizon Hand Out Tickets For SIM Cards And Mobile Hotspots At Google I/O 2011
The free gear continues to flow at Google I/O. Samsung and Verizon have handed out cards which are good for a free Verizon Mobile Hotspot…
Read MoreGoogle's +1 Button Expanding Around The Web Soon
Google has showed, on the first day of this year's I/O event, that they have no end of surprises up their sleeve. We noticed an…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome OS "Student Package" Notebook For $20 Tipped Imminent
Google IO day two doesn't kick off for another nine hours or so, but it seems the search giant may not have revealed all its…
Read MoreGoogle Said No To Buying Skype
The biggest news of the week and perhaps the biggest merger news of the year happened yesterday when Microsoft announced that it was purchasing Skype…
Read MoreLG Optimus Big Hands-On [Video]
The Optimus Big isn't one of LG's most inspired names, but it certainly describes the new Android smartphone well. Its 4.3-inch display puts it among…
Read MoreZiiLABS ZMS-40 And ZMS-20 Processors Tipped
Creative has been the consumer electronics world for a long time with all sorts of things like media players and lots more. The chip-building arm…
Read MoreSamsung D9500 75-Inch Smart TV Eyes-On
How big is too big? When you're Samsung and you're thinking about making a splash in the world of 3D Smart TVs, then 75-inches is…
Read MoreMicrosoft Researchers Show Off System To Turn Your Home Into A Controller For Games And More
I am with Don on the fate of the Kinect in my home. I haven't used the Kinect since the day it came into the…
Read MoreJetman Flies Across Grand Canyon After Jumping From Helicopter
You might recall back on November of 2010 I mentioned a daredevil named Yves Rossy. Rossy is also known as Jetman to his fans. He…
Read MoreAqua Clock Concept Looks Like Tron's Identity Disk
At first glance, it looks like Tron missed his identity disc when it was flicked back to him from someone he was trying to derez.…
Read MoreAsus Debuts New P8Z68 Intel Z68 Express Chipset Mainboards
Asus has slowly built itself up from what was a computer component firm in many minds with a hoard of mainboards and video card offerings…
Read MoreKibot Robot Hands-On [Video]
South Korea's big companies Samsung and LG may be battling it out on serious playing fields like 3D TV and who can make the skinniest…
Read MoreT-Mobile SnapPad Tablet Trademark Revealed: Flyer Or Sony S2?
T-Mobile USA has potentially revealed the name of an upcoming tablet, the T-Mobile SnapPad, courtesy of a new USPTO trademark filing. Details are scant, with…
Read MoreSony: PlayStation Network Offline For "At Least A Few More Days"
Sony has admitted that it will like be the end of the week before the PlayStation Network will be online again, further frustrating impatient gamers.…
Read MoreGoogle Music Beta, Cloud-Based Music Service Is Ready Today
Google has finally confirmed its music platform, now called Google Music Beta. There have long been talks about the race between Google and Apple to…
Read MoreZynga Goes "Gaga" With "GagaVille"
Zynga and Lady Gaga have worked together before, when Zynga was raising money for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Zynga has also had quite a…
Read MoreApple Explains To Congress: We Don't Track The Location Of Our Customers
The Apple location tracking controversy sprouted roughly two weeks ago after researchers revealed an unencrypted database file on iPhones that tracked up to a year's…
Read MoreWIN A Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 By Judging Our [Epic Unboxing War Number One!]
Behold the most excellent unboxing and hands-on video you'll ever experience, ever, your entire life. The video you're about to see has two major players,…
Read MoreApple's Next Gen iPod Nano Image Leaked?
The iPod nano seems to be due for a refresh and its speculations galore. Many folks believe that the iPod nano may be revamped with…
Read MoreGoogle Unveils Arduino-Based Android Open Accessories
During today's opening keynote for Google I/O, they touched on all the major topics that folks were anticipating including Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Google Music,…
Read MoreAndroid Honeycomb Update To 3.1 Announced At Google I/O
We're inside the opening keynote at Google I/O and they've announced an update to Android Honeycomb to version 3.1. The update will begin rolling out…
Read MoreExclusive: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Unboxing By Vic Gundotra
On the morning of May 10th, 2011, live at Google I/O, we were given an exclusive unboxing and hands-on of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1…
Read MoreGoogle TV Gets Android Market And Android 3.1 Honeycomb
Google TV was announced at last year's Google I/O and launched last November but its excitement waned as its hardware was viewed as being pricey…
Read MoreAll 5,000 Google I/O Attendees Receive Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 For Free
This is the big announcement above all other announcements, that everyone attending the conference would be getting a device of some great significance. This is…
Read MorePorsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Steering Wheel Is Packed With Buttons
Hybrid cars are all fine and good with increased efficiency and fuel economy. I am a auto enthusiast though and I really want performance more…
Read MoreDIY Portal Turret Has Motion Detection And Laser Eye
I like geeky DIY projects as much as anyone else does. I especially like them when the builder takes something cool from a video game…
Read MorePowerColor Dual Barts/HD6870 Video Card Surfaces And It Looks Awesome
I really like it when video card makers take what would normally be a decent video card with a single GPU and make it much…
Read MoreMicrosoft Skype Deal Official: VoIP Integration With Xbox, Windows Phone, More
As expected, Microsoft has announced that it is acquiring VoIP firm Skype for $8.5bn in cash. The deal will see Skype integration with Microsoft platforms including…
Read MoreRumor: HTC Puccini 10-Inch Tablet Supports AT&T LTE
It looks like HTC is hard at work on a new tablet that will find its way to the AT&T network. HTC already has a…
Read MoreDevs Create First Android Honeycomb Port With Hardware Acceleration For Advent Vega
Android users of all sorts of smartphones and tablets don't like to wait for companies to offer updates for their gear that bring new versions…
Read MoreInternal Emails From Google Allegedly Show Desperation Over Skyhooks/Motorola Deal
Google and Skyhooks are fighting in court over Google blocking Skyhooks from being used on Android devices. The move came after Skyhooks, and Motorola signed…
Read MoreGoogle Ready To Launch New Online Music Service
SlashGear is on hands at Google I/O this week and there are a lot of big announcements expected to be made from the conference. One…
Read MoreArtisan Creates Jewelry From Old Tech
Over the years, I have seen some interesting things made from old tech products that are no longer useful. I have always particularly liked the…
Read MoreVIA Debuts New Low-Power USB 3.0 To SATA Bridge Controller
VIA has announced that it has received certification for its new USB 3.0 integrated bridge controller called the VL701. The VL701 is a low-power USB…
Read MoreiPad 2 Is As Fast As An 80's Supercomputer
If you sit back and think about how far technology has come in the last few decades it is really mind blowing. The technology used…
Read MoreSan Francisco Offers Free Charging For EVs Through 2013
One of the things that electric vehicle owners need to plan for is recharging their vehicles while on the go. The EV has a limited…
Read MoreScientists Testing Underwater Translation Machine To Talk To Dolphins
One of the shows that I liked years ago was Seaquest DSV where they went around in that giant submarine. I really liked the dolphin…
Read MoreMicrosoft To Acquire Skype For Over $8 Billion
News coming in slightly after midnight on the 10th of May, 2011 direct from the Wall Street Journal claimed that Microsoft Corp would soon be…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Hands-On At Google I/O 2011
Monday the 9th of May 2011 and Google I/O has started with an early gift to us all! It's the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, a…
Read MoreOur Latest XOOM Winner IS
Steven Payne c'mon down and claim your prize of a shiny new Motorola XOOM courtesy of SlashGear and NVIDIA. We thank everyone for participating and…
Read MoreGoogle Teams Up With Sony Pictures, NBC Universal, And Warner Bros For YouTube Movies
Earlier a post on the YouTube blog by chief exec Salar Kamangar tipped that a major announcement would be revealed in a following post today…
Read MoreWoz Was Right After All: Apple May Be Looking To Acquire Nuance
Last November, Steve Wozniak spoke out of turn and said that Apple was planning buying Nuance who specializes in voice recognition software. He later had…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up, May 9th 2011
The biggest news this week is Google I/O, coming up tomorrow. We will be there live, so be sure to stay tuned for all the…
Read MoreActivision Blizzard Announces Call Of Duty Black Ops For China, Reports High Q1 Earnings
Activision Blizzard announced a new Call of Duty online game today specifically for the Chinese market. The release will be a micro-transaction based online game…
Read MoreNext-Gen Looxcie Video Camera Gets Look From The FCC
Last month, our own Chris Burns reviewed the Looxcie LX1 video camera, a small camera that you wear around your ear, like a Bluetooth headset.…
Read MoreComcast Xfinity Video On Demand To Be Available On TiVo Premiere
Comcast announced today that its Xfinity video on demand service will soon be available on the TiVo Premiere box. Those who own the set-top box…
Read MoreYouTube Teases 3,000 New Movies For Rent
YouTube chief Salar Kamanger teased in a company blog post this morning that YouTube's movie rental service will soon be adding 3,000 new movie titles.…
Read MoreSony May Offer Reward For Info To Help Catch PSN Hackers, Denies Claims Of Outdated Servers
We mentioned earlier today that Sony is still uncertain when their PlayStation Network, Qriocity, and Sony Online Entertainment services can return online, although the plan…
Read MoreGoogle Actively Recruiting Marketing Head For Mobile Wallet Efforts
Using your smartphone as your wallet, and being able to ditch the plastic cards may be getting closer. Google has been showing for some time…
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows Phone "Mango" Update To Get VIP Preview On May 24th
Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is long due for the next update. Since launch of the platform late last year, only one update has been distributed…
Read MoreSure, The iPad Has 82% Market Share, But Will It Last?
It's no secret that the iPad is the most popular tablet out there right now. But the key words there are "right now". The iPad…
Read MoreNew HP Notebook Computers Land For Business Users And Consumers
HP has added several new notebooks to its line of consumer and business offerings today. Among the new machines are the HP ProBook 5330m and…
Read MoreApple Brand Worth $153B Making It More Valuable That Google
We all know that in the tech world Apple is one of the most popular and profitable businesses out there. Apple has one of the…
Read MoreSony: PlayStation Network Will Get Full Reboot By May 31st
Sony had promised a phased return of their PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, with portions of the systems back online by last week. But, after…
Read MoreSamsung D9500 Is 75-Inches Of Smart TV
Samsung has bet big on Smart TVs as a way to lure in more customers to buy its wares. I'm not sure how well that…
Read MoreSmall Massachusetts Town Votes To Keep Arcade Games Illegal
I have heard of some strange laws on the books in many towns around the country that have been there for years and just haven't…
Read MoreNVIDIA To Gobble Up Mobile Communications Firm Icera
NVIDIA has made no attempt to hide its desire to be in the processor market over the years. The company right now has one of…
Read MoreNexus S 4G Smartphone Lands At Sprint And Best Buy
In late April, the launch of the Sprint Nexus S 4G smartphone was confirmed for May 8. May 8 was yesterday and the smartphone hit…
Read MoreFujitsu Stylistic Q550 Tablet Lands For Pre-Order
When we think about tablets or slate computers generally, the iPad and Android offerings come to mind. There are a number of other slates out…
Read MoreHTC Salsa And ChaCha Facebook Phones Hit Pre-Order
The first time we heard of the HTC ChaCha was when the smartphone was leaked by Facebook. The smartphone focuses heavily on Facebook and even…
Read MoreExperimental Airplane And Student Pilot Need Only Tens Of Feet To Takeoff
I've never been to Alaska, but I have watched enough Discovery Channel to know that if you live in some of the remoter areas of…
Read MoreChicken Vending Machine Is Called Egg-Machine
Yes, that is a vending machine with live chickens inside it. No, this isn't the latest weird machine from China or Japan where the buyer…
Read MoreBeBook Live Tablet To Land This Summer
The market is slowly starting to flood with lots and lots of Android-powered tablets. One of the latest to break cover is the BeBook Live…
Read MoreExploding Water Balloons Make Awesome Pictures
It's already reaching summer-like temperatures here in Texas with temps of 91 degrees not counting humidity here over the weekend. That means that driving through…
Read MoreEton Soulra XL Solar-Power iPhone Dock Debuts
I will be glad when scientists and researchers are able to design a solar panel that allows us to harvest more free energy from the…
Read MorePQI Outs World's Smallest USB 3.0 Flash Drive
I would bet that most people want their tech gear to be really small and easy to carry with them on the road. The catch…
Read MorePhotos Of Nuclear Weapons Testing Show The Beauty And Horror Of War
It has been a very long time since the US or any of its allies tested nuclear weapons. Thousands and thousands of people saw firsthand…
Read MoreHalo Master Chief Suite Made From LEGO
We can never underestimate the ability of a geek with a desire and a bunch of LEGO bricks to build anything that can be dreamed…
Read MoreFights Allegedly Break Out At Apple Store In Beijing Over iPad 2 And White iPhone
The Apple iPad 2 is one of the most popular tablets by far today and is one of the most popular ones that you can…
Read MoreSlashGear Weekly Roundup Video - May 7, 2011
Once again, we attempt to bring you a roundup of the week's tech news in under 6 minutes. The chaos of the Sony PlayStation Network…
Read MoreTech Is Cutting Us Off From The World
When news first broke of Osama Bin Laden’s death, where were you? Were you on your computer refreshing your browser to find the latest news?…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 19 2011
Welcome to this week's edition of the SlashGear Week in Review. We had some interesting things going on in the tech world during the week.…
Read MoreSamsung INFUSE 4G Unboxing And Hands-On
We've known Samsung's Infuse 4G was coming to AT&T since CES 2011 back in January, but the vast 4.5-inch Android smartphone still has the power…
Read MoreSlashGear Science Week In Review, May 6th 2011
This week in science, we know that computers can drive us crazy at times, but can a computer actually be made insane itself? Apparently so.…
Read MoreDriving Me To Digital Distraction
First, I want to say that this is all my fault. I’m going to save commenters the trouble of pointing out that I was irresponsible,…
Read MorePlayStation Network Stays Offline As Sony Discovers Yet More Issues
By now, Sony had hoped to have PlayStation Network users back online, gaming away merrily to make up for all that lost time. Unfortunately neither…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 6, 2011
Behold a fine few days of wonder! This edition of The Daily Slash I'd like to take you on a journey of the more important…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up, May 6 2011
Yesterday, all the excitement was at the AT&T/Samsung event where the Samsung Infuse was unveiled. Vince here at SlashGear posted a hands-on in record time,…
Read MoreBehold A Multi-Touchscreen Tablet With Removable Hard Drives, A Smartphone, And A Tablet
While this post began as a simple presentation of the industrial design concept we're about to take a look at, it transformed ever so slightly…
Read MoreDear Nintendo: Drop The Wii To $100
Nintendo has dropped the price of its Wii console to $150. The move is yet another in a long line of strategies on Nintendo’s part…
Read MoreiPad 2 Sold Out In China In Less Than Four Hours
The Apple iPad 2 had just launched in China early this morning and was sold out in less than four hours, according to the folks…
Read MoreHTC Flyer: Latest Victim Of Tablet Sabotage
Perhaps it's Friday paranoia talking, but it does seem like the US carriers (and retailers, for that matter) want to kill the chances of every…
Read MoreAngry Birds Rio To Get New Levels With Beach Volley Update
If you've already busted through all the levels of Angry Birds Rio and you're not planning on getting the recently announced Samsung Infuse 4G for…
Read MoreVisa Mobile Payments Announcement Coming Next Week
Visa CEO Joseph Saunders has just let loose that the company will be unveiling its mobile payments strategy as soon as next week. The mobile…
Read MoreDisqus Adds @ Mentions To Comment Threads
If you frequently comment on tech sites such as ours you'll notice that many employ the Disqus commenting platform. It helps us serve, track, and…
Read MoreBattlefield 3 To Be EA Games' Biggest Launch
EA Games is really banking on their much anticipated war shooter, Battlefield 3, to make a dent on competitor Call of Duty's following. The game…
Read MoreSleek By 50 Headphones Finished, G-Unit And Sleek Part Ways, World Weeps
Did you know that rapper 50 Cent had his own line of headphones? We did, we got a look at the units way back at…
Read MoreNovatel 4G/3G MiFi Mobile Hotspot Debuts On Comcast As Xfinity Internet2go
Comcast subscribers can now take advantage of a new mobile hotspot service. The award-winning Novatel 4G/3G MiFi 4082 mobile hotspot device has just been rebranded…
Read MoreSony Targeted For Another Attack This Weekend
Sony has been a major target of hackers ever since it's ill-fated lawsuit against George "Geohot" Hotz. The PlayStation Network attack has drawn attention from…
Read MoreT-Mobile USA Q1 2011: Income Dives As Nearly 1m Subscribers Jump Ship
T-Mobile USA has announced its Q1 2011 results, and the numbers don't look great. Net customer losses hit 99,000 while revenue flatlined from Q1 2010…
Read MoreAn ARM MacBook Could Revolutionize The Industry
It's a strange week to be talking about Apple dumping Intel. Only a few days ago, the company was proudly unveiling its new iMac line-up,…
Read MoreASUS Blames Unexpected Demand For Eee Pad Transformer Shortages
Shortages of ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer are apparently down to the tablet being a victim of its own success, according to the company's Taiwan spokesperson, not…
Read MoreBrain-Sensing Necomimi Robo Cat Ears Are Furry-Awesome [Video]
We've seen brainwave-sensing used for mind training games, the judicious application of comedy torture, and attempting to control the nearest robot: now the technology has…
Read MoreEuropean PlayStation Network Anti-Fraud Protection "Close"
US PlayStation Network users (and those getting their streaming goodness from Qriocity) already know how Sony plans to protect their identity, thanks to a 12…
Read MoreCreative Launches D80 Bluetooth Speaker
I mentioned just a bit ago that Creative had unveiled a new and affordable digital music player called the M300 that starts about $50 and…
Read MoreiTablet Thumb Keyboard Is Perfect For Bluetooth Gadgets
I know on more than one occasion I have wished that I had a keyboard for my iPad or iPhone that was larger than the…
Read MoreCreative Zen Style M300 Breaks Cover
Creative has unveiled a new audio player that has a colorful and square design called the Zen M300. The little audio player has a very…
Read MoreUK Game Dev Creates $25 Linux Computer For Education
A lot of schools in the US and abroad have such a tight budget that things for kids to learn with like computers are hard…
Read MoreRIM Set To Launch Official Keyboard Accessory For PlayBook
The Blackberry PlayBook has been around for a while now. The tablet hasn't received the most glowing reviews, but RIM is still plugging away on…
Read MoreDev-Team Untethered Jailbreak For iOS 4.3.3 Available
The gaggle of geeks at the Dev-Team are the folks that bring iPhone fans the jailbreaks and unlocks that they can use to set their…
Read MoreCufflinks Look Like A Bike Sprocket And Pedal
Cufflinks aren't something I really have a use for. As dressed up as I get is khakis and a shirt with three buttons and a…
Read MoreAzimuth SP-1 Landship Watch Looks Like A Tank
I just posted up story about a strange wall clock, and then I ran across a cool wristwatch that looks like an old tank. The…
Read MoreEclipsion Wall Clock Gives Approximate Time Only
The geek and design world has its fair share of odd clocks and wristwatches. Generally, the things are very hard to read, and if you…
Read MoreOWC Puts 480GB SSD Into The MacBook Air (But It'll Cost You)
Apple's switch to SSD-only storage in the MacBook Air made for a whippet-fast boot/resume time, but the expense of solid-state memory meant capacity was limited.…
Read MoreiPad 2 Shortage Down To LG Display Tip Insiders
LG Display is reportedly ramping up 9.7-inch LCD IPS panel production for the iPad 2, after production issues supposedly hamstrung Apple's ability to get the…
Read MoreLastPass CEO Details Data Breach: "Maybe Too Alarmist"
LastPass has further detailed the security breach which saw the password management company lose customer information and advise all customers to change their master password,…
Read MoreUpdate From Sony: Playstation Network Back Online
After Sony warned PS3 owners today to step away from their consoles lest permanent data loss from issues plaguing the Playstation Network, The PlayStation Blog…
Read MoreSony CEO Apologizes For PSN Breach: Free Identity Theft Protection Detailed
Sony CEO Howard Stringer has published a public letter of apology for the PlayStation Network hack crisis, announcing the first aspect of Sony's promised compensation…
Read MoreBlackBerry PlayBook Native Code Hack Beats RIM's SDK To The Punch
RIM's native SDK for the BlackBerry PlayBook - demonstrated at BlackBerry World 2011 earlier this week - isn't expected until sometime this summer, but one…
Read MoreL.A. Noire's Rockstar Teams Up With L.A. Times For Interactive 1947 Crime Map
Rockstar Games is the company behind the notorious Grand Theft Auto and last year's western shooter, Red Dead Redemption. But in less than two weeks,…
Read MoreIDC Report: Apple 2nd Place In Smartphones Worldwide
According to a new report from research firm IDC, the worldwide shipment of smartphones has increased almost 80 percent when comparing the first quarter of…
Read MoreAT&T Marketing '4G' But Delivering 3G Speeds?
Samsung just unveiled the Infuse 4G smartphone at a press event today and we've already gotten our hands-on it, with a review to come soon.…
Read MoreClearwire Shutters Rover "Youth" WiMAX Brand
Clearwire has confirmed that it is shuttering its Rover pre-pay brand, replacing it with its own no-contract plans. The company told FierceWireless that Rover was…
Read MoreSamsung/AT&T Event, Infuse 4G Announced [Update: Available May 15]
We're here at the Samsung AT&T event, and the big announcement is...the Samsung Infuse 4G. Philip Berne has called this phone "remarkably light", weighing less…
Read MoreAT&T 4G: Not All HSPA+ Phones Are Created Equal
At the Samsung/AT&T event today, the Samsung Infuse 4G was officially announced, and slated to be available May 15th. Our hands-on is here. It was…
Read MoreWill Crysis 2 Ever See DirectX 11
For those that don't know much about Crysis 2, it is a futuristic first person shooter based in New York City. It is the highly…
Read MoreData Security Expert: Sony Knew It Was Using Outdated Software Before PSN Breach
Sony versus hackers continues and the company may now be more hot water based on revelations from the latest testimony to Congress on Wednesday. A…
Read MoreAndroid Market To Surpass Apple's App Store In Size By August 2011?
Since at least this past February, we've heard analysts predicting the size of the Android Market to surpass that of Apple's App Store. This belief…
Read MoreSony Ericsson XPERIA Mini And Mini Pro Hands-On [Video] [Updated]
Sony Ericsson has just announced the XPERIA mini and mini pro Android smartphones, the latest in the company's super-compact line, and we've stopped by for…
Read MoreDell's New XPS 15z Laptop Images Break Cover
Dell has been rumored to be readying a new line of XPS laptops that will feature a thin and sleek physique and sport Intel's Sandy…
Read MoreGoogle Earth With 3D Mapping Coming To Android Tablets
Google announced today that an updated Google Earth is now available that is optimized for Android tablets. The updated Google Earth will take full advantage…
Read MoreApple's iPad Owned By 82 Percent Of U.S. Tablet Users, Yet The Daily Loses $10 Million
A recent study conducted by the Nielsen company has revealed several interesting numbers on current tablet usage in the U.S. and in particular about the…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up, May 5th 2011
This morning, we are looking forward to the Samsung Event at 4pm EST. Will it be the Infuse? Will they announce a date for the…
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows Phone Marketplace Down?
Early this morning, there were reports that Windows Phone 7 device users were having problems accessing the Windows Phone Marketplace. The outage seemed widespread as…
Read MorePQI Unveils World's Smallest USB 3.0 Flash Drive
Flash drives are pretty small these days, but if they're still not quite small enough for you, then here's one that is just about as…
Read MoreSony Ericsson XPERIA Mini And Mini Pro Get Official
Sony Ericsson has announced the XPERIA mini and the mini pro, apparently the smallest HD smartphones in the world. The Android 2.3 Gingerbread handsets can…
Read MoreARM Chips In 13% Of Computers By 2015 Estimates IDC
Research firm IDC is predicted that, by 2015, over 13-percent of PC processors will be based on ARM architecture rather than x86 chips from Intel,…
Read MorePhones For Women: Is Verizon's Bliss Misogynistic Or Just Lazy?
We can make dual-core smartphones that last for days and put LEGO into space - well, eventually - so why is it that gadgets for…
Read MorePuppy Vacuum Cleaner Is The Sort Of Vacuum Every Kid Wants
My daughter is an animal person through and through. She loves dogs and horses the most though. This new concept vacuum cleaner that turned up…
Read MoreMicrosoft Says "Do The Math": Windows Notebooks Are Cheaper Than MacBooks
Microsoft has kicked off another of its periodic comparison campaigns, pitting PC against Mac and claiming that Windows-based hardware is far better value than the…
Read MoreHarman Kardon MAS 102 Compact Music System Debuts
Harman Kardon is a company that has been making some nice mid-range to high-end audio gear for a long time. The company has hardware that…
Read MoreMotorola Rehashes Old Tech With XPRT And Titanium Phones
Motorola has revealed a pair of "new" Android smartphones, though to be fair they're more warmed up existing designs than anything else. The Motorola XPRT…
Read MoreMedigus Unveils World's Smallest Video Camera
I spent many years working in hospitals and the cameras that are used for all sorts of procedures can be large enough that they just…
Read MorePOLYRO Open Source Robot Is Cute And Friendly
I really like robots and I can't wait until we can have our own affordable bots to help around the house. There is so much…
Read MoreTrendnet Unveils New 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N USB Adapter
Trendnet is always offering up more and more networking products for computer users to take advantage of inside their home or office. The latest product…
Read MoreSamsung Series 4 400B2Bs Notebook Breaks Cover
A new Samsung notebook has surfaced that is called the Samsung Series 4, and the model is the 400B2Bs. This little notebook is aimed at…
Read MoreSkype Delays IPO, Facebook And Google Seek Joint Ventures
Word has been circulating for a long time now that Skype was set to make an IPO. The IPO for the video and voice chat…
Read MoreAcer Iconia Tab A100 And A101 Up For Pre-Order In UK, Ships May 14
Back in April the Acer Iconia Tab A100 hit Amazon UK for pre-order with a ship date pegged by the pre-order page as April 20.…
Read MoreVIA Nano X2 E-Series Dual-Cores Promise Ultra-Frugal HTPCs
VIA has unveiled its latest Nano X2 E-Series dual-core processors, and they want to make your HTPC and other embedded gadgets faster. The new 64-bit…
Read MoreIntel WiDi Adds HDCP Protected Blu-Ray Streaming
Intel's WiDi technology is an interesting feature on some notebooks that allows the user to wirelessly shoot video from the computer over to another screen…
Read MoreLastPass Hacked, Users Warned To Change Master Passwords
LastPass is a service for users that is free and adds a browser extension that is supposed to remember all the passwords a user has…
Read MoreBest Buy Fires Employee For Stopping Shoplifter
I think that most of us grew up the same way. If someone is stealing from you, and you can stop them without risking your…
Read MoreiOS 5 To Add iPhone OTA Updates Tip Verizon Sources
Apple is planning to release iOS 5.x refreshes for the iPhone 4 via OTA (over-the-air) updates, it's been suggested, at least for those with the…
Read MoreAnonymous Denies Sony PSN "We Are Legion" Calling Card
Hacking collective Anonymous has reportedly denied being responsible for planting a file seemingly incriminating itself in the PlayStation Network hack, suggesting that instead the group…
Read MoreSony Responds To The House Of Representatives Hearing On Data Theft
The attack on Sony's Playstation Network is getting serious attention from the U.S. House of Representatives today, as the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade…
Read MoreFossil Meta Watch: Phone Updates On Your Wrist
The Fossil Meta Watch - first shown off by HP back in March - has got itself a release date and price, with the hack-friendly…
Read MoreMicrosoft: Unofficially Updated Windows Phones Won't Get Our Software
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Phone 7 handsets unofficially upgraded to NoDo (aka update 7390) using the ChevronWP7 tool will not be able to upgrade…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome's +1 Extension : Clear As Day
If you were here yesterday at about this time, you saw an article that yours truly had written about how Google Chrome was being promoted…
Read MoreGoogle +1 Embeds Recommendations Into Search [Video]
Google has launched a sharing button of its own, competing for space with Facebook's "Like" button and the Twitter "Tweet" button. Google +1 takes advantage…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome Promoted With Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project
Below you'll see a commercial for Google Chrome which uses a project by gay-rights activist Dan Savage. The project he speaks about that eventually ties…
Read MoreBlackBerry PlayBook 10-Inch Version Arriving For The Holidays?
Fresh from the BlackBerry World 2011 press conference in Orlando, Florida, comes speculation that RIM may be planning to release a 10-inch version of their…
Read MorePhotobucket Launches Snapbucket Mobile Photo Sharing App
The popular Instagram photo sharing app may now have some competition. The established Photobucket online photo sharing service has finally made its move to mobile…
Read MoreHP Now Shipping Pavilion dm4x, 14-Inch Laptops With Sandy Bridge
Back in March, HP had unleashed their dv7 line of 15.6-inch notebooks that featured Intel's new Sandy Bridge series processors. Today, HP has begun shipments…
Read MoreLess TVs In The US, Is It The Economy Or The Internet?
I am considered an oddity among some of my friends and family because I don't have cable. I do have a TV, but I rely…
Read MoreApple Snatches Up Lucasfilm's THX Audio Genius Tomlinson Holman
News broke today via Twitter that Apple may be hiring Tomlinson Holman, the inventor of the Lucasfilm THX high-fidelity audio system. The tweet came from…
Read MoreMass Effect 3 Delayed Until 2012
One of the most highly anticipated games of the year, Mass Effect 3, will be delayed by Electronic Arts until 2012. The company made the…
Read MorePaperPhone Flexible Smartphone Prototype, Responds To Touch And Bends
Earlier today we mentioned that E-Ink, the company behind those Amazon Kindle displays, have been busy working on new and improved E-Ink screens that can…
Read MoreISIS NFC Mobile Payment System Scales Back, Not Butting Heads With Visa, MasterCard
Mobile payments are certainly the new frontier that many large companies are racing towards. The adoption of NFC (Near Field Communications) technology and a NFC-based…
Read MoreApple iOS 4.3.3 With "Bug Fix" For Location Tracking Now Available
We have been closely following the iPhone 4 location tracking saga, and reported on Monday that Apple was getting ready to release iOS 4.3.3 to…
Read MoreApple iOS Notifications System Redesigned As App Concept
Apple's iOS 5.0 has yet to make its debut, despite rumors it would show up with the iPad 2 launch back in March. Now it's…
Read MoreHow To Transfer Angry Birds Progress From One Device To Another, No Rooting And Free
Remember early last month we mentioned that Angry Birds maker Rovio had tweeted they were working on making game syncing possible in the very near…
Read MoreWarner Bros. Buys Flixster To Compete With Netflix
Movie streaming must be hot right now. Not only has the current king in DVD rentals and movie streaming, Netflix, revealed their interesting in shifting…
Read MorePandora Launches Comedy Genome Project With 10,000 Comedy Clips
The popular internet radio service Pandora has been helping folks discover new music based on their preferences. The service revealed back in February during their…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad Transformer Sleeve Case Hands-On
While we put the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 through its paces for the full SlashGear review yesterday, what we didn't mention was ASUS' official…
Read MoreBritish Firm Makes Military Backpack That Can See Through Walls
If you are a gamer that plays shooters or other games, you have seen the little maps in the bottom of the screen that put…
Read MoreRefreshed Google TV To Miss Google IO, Debut For Holiday 2011?
Google TV may be faltering, but we'll have to wait longer than next week's Google IO conference in order to see the search giant's proposal…
Read MoreQuantum Glass Radiator Is Cool And Expensive
It doesn't get very cold at all here in Texas most of the winter months. If we get any snow, it's rare and temperatures generally…
Read MoreiFixit Tears Down New iMac
The new iMac computer surfaced just yesterday and we talked all about the new features and hardware in depth. Naturally today iFixit has its warranty…
Read MoreSamsung May 24 Event Confirmed: Galaxy Tab Or GSII?
Samsung Mobile has announced a second event for May, sending SlashGear a teaser invite for a launch that will take place on May 24 in…
Read MoreFujitsu Loox F-07C Smartphone Specs Leak
We love it when the specs of a future device leak and a new leak has turned up today. This leak is for a new…
Read MoreHP's Amazon-Rivaling Cloud Plans Leak: Backbone Of webOS Media Store?
HP has made no disguising its plans for the cloud, with CEO Leo Apotheker confirming earlier this year that the company had software-as-a-service ambitions among other…
Read MoreAT&T HP Veer 4G Lands May 15 For $100
AT&T will begin selling the HP Veer 4G as of May 15, the first of HP's new webOS smartphone range to hit the market. The…
Read MoreLEGO Wall Is On Display, And It's Awesome
I love LEGO and I have, since I was a kid. I was a LEGO genius as a child. I didn’t need no stink' instructions.…
Read MoreNokia Phone/tablet Strategy Leak Alleges Windows 8 Slates And Vanjoki "Backup"
Details on Nokia's alleged phone and tablet strategy for 2012 and 2013 have emerged, suggesting that the company is indeed looking to Windows 8 for…
Read MoreAaron's Stores Spying On Users That Rent Computers?
Aaron's is a nationwide chain of rental stores that rents things to people on a rent-to-own basis. The company has all sorts of offerings from…
Read MoreGingerbread For HTC Incredible S And Desire HD Goes OTA Today
HTC has begun updating two of its more recent Android handsets to 2.3 Gingerbread, confirming that the OTA update for the HTC Desire HD and…
Read MoreE-Ink Is Hard At Work On Some Awesome Display Capabilities
E-ink is one of the companies that helped to pioneer some of the tech that is used in all sorts of digital reader screens today.…
Read MoreNo New iPhone Until September Says AT&T/Apple
There are a lot of Apple fans and iPhone user who have been holding out hope that Apple will still unveil the new iPhone 5…
Read MoreDVD Market Dropped $500m While Streaming/subscription Services Rose 33%
The movie rental and sales market is taking a huge hit this year with DVD sales and rentals at big chains like Blockbuster falling down…
Read MoreVodafone Taxis Offer Payment By Phone [Updated]
Cash-coy Vodafone UK users won't have to worry about paying for taxis any more, as long as they can spot one of the carrier's sponsored…
Read MoreASUS Quad-Core Tegra 3 Tablet Incoming
Asus already has some cool tablets on the market today. The Eee Pad Transformer is one of the coolest tablets on the market with a…
Read MoreiMac Core i5 3.10GHz Hands-On (Mid 2011)
Apple's 2011 iMac refresh brought not only the Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 and i7 processors we were expecting, but a pair of Thunderbolt ports…
Read MoreNokia 3D Communicator Tipped In Dual-Display Phone/tablet Patent App
Nokia is exploring a dual-screen clamshell smartphone design that, like the Nintendo 3DS, would have both 2D and 3D displays. According to a patent application…
Read MoreHTC Sensation Up For Pre-Order At Vodafone: Due May 19
Vodafone has thrown open UK pre-orders for the HTC Sensation, the qHD dual-core Android smartphone announced last month. According to the pre-order page, the smartphone…
Read MoreHTC ChaCha Facebook Phone Release Dates Scooped By - You Guessed It - Facebook?
A series of HTC events to promote the company's Facebook drive may have tipped the launch dates of the HTC ChaCha Android smartphone. Eagle-eyed the::unwired…
Read MoreAmerican Airlines Planning In-Flight Streaming Movies To Your iPad This Fall
American Airlines is readying pay-per-view video rentals that, rather than being shown on an in-seat monitor, will be streamed over WiFi to your iPad, iPhone…
Read MoreNintendo Slashes New Wii Package To $150; Outs "Nintendo Selects" Game Range
Nintendo may have the Wii replacement coming next year - tipped to be the Wii 2 "Stream" - but it still has to sell the…
Read MoreSpotify Takes On iTunes With iPod Management, Download Bundles, More [Video]
Streaming music service Spotify has launched its biggest assault on iTunes to date, with the addition of iPod management functionality. Plug in an iPod classic,…
Read MoreCall Of Duty: Black Ops 'Escalation' Map Expansion Pack Released
Back in February, the popular first-person shooter game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, had gotten its first downloadable map expansion pack via Xbox Live. And…
Read MoreIntel To Fabricate Chips For Future Apple iPads And iPhones?
There are reports today that Intel may be in line to fabricate chips for future Apple iPads. This news comes just after Intel revealed that…
Read MoreiSense Concept Brings Braille To iPad
All the latest gadgets getting slick touchscreens and omitting actual physical buttons is great and all but they really exclude a demographic that relies heavily…
Read MoreiPhone Concept Case That Prints Polaroids
Here's a neat concept called the Sophie that brings Polaroid-type functionality to the iPhone. Designer Mac Funamizu has conjured up a concept iPhone dock/case that…
Read MoreAT&T Launching Its Own Groupon Rival
The daily deals arena is getting crowded as more and more big names in the industry unleash their own Groupon clones. The latest giant to…
Read MoreiPad 2 Supply Shortage Halts Sales In South Korea And Singapore
Apple's iPad 2 had just gone on sale in several Asian countries, arriving in South Korea and Singapore last Friday, April 29th. Now, less than…
Read MoreSlashGear iOS App Of The Week: World Of Goo
Indie games are independent video games made by developers without the financial support of a big video game publisher. These types of games are usually…
Read MoreWindows Phone Sales Were A Dismal 674,000 Units?
Microsoft's entry into the mobile market began well over six months ago with its Windows Phone 7 OS platform, which has faced various bumps in…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up, May 3 2011
With BlackBerry World still rolling on, we've got plenty of exciting RIM news this morning, but first, make sure you check out the ASUS Eee…
Read MoreFeno Notebook Concept Features Unique Folding Design
We've seen a good deal of design concepts that incorporate some sort of folding method to create a hybrid device and improve portability such as…
Read MoreDid Verizon Kill Android Wireless Tether App?
Over the last few weeks, AT&T has been trying to crack down on iPhone users who are using jailbroken devices to tether on the network…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Gets Hands-On Playtime [Video]
Samsung managed a mighty fast turnaround in their labs, reworking the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 tablets to better take on the iPad 2, but…
Read MoreColorware Colorizes The iPad 2
Colorware is known for applying custom color to just about any gadget you can think of, and now they are offering their services to the…
Read MoreCIA Reveals Facebook To Be Part Of Patriot Act, Zuckerberg Secret Agent
Before you explode all over your keyboards with insane comments about how you KNEW IT and how Zuckerberg should be dumped into the sea, note…
Read MoreAndroid Apps On BlackBerry PlayBook Gets First Demo
RIM has publicly demonstrated Android apps running on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for the first time at BlackBerry World 2011 this morning, showing how code…
Read MoreConcept Bike Has Handlebars That Turn Into A Bike Lock
We have seen quite a few concept devices for bikes around here over the years. One of the more recent ones was a helmet with…
Read MoreVodafone Grabs BlackBerry Bold 9900
Vodafone has become the first UK carrier to throw its hat into the BlackBerry Bold 9900 ring, confirming that it will offering the BlackBerry 7…
Read MoreApache Helicopters Get New Ground Fire Location System
Not too long ago I watched a show on the Discovery Channel that showed some of the helicopter combat operations during the Gulf War. The…
Read MoreCooler Master Unveils NotePal Infinite Evo Notebook Cooler
If you have a big and powerful gaming notebook that runs really hot after you play 3D games on it for a while you might…
Read MoreMicrosoft Bing Now Default Search On BlackBerry: Deep OS Integration Coming
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance on the BlackBerry World 2011 stage today to announce a new partnership with RIM that will see…
Read MoreAdapteva Supercomputer For Mobile Phones Could Power Future Game Consoles
The processors and APUs inside our smartphones and other mobile devices are getting faster with each generation. The computing power in these small devices is…
Read MoreAdobe Bringing "Creative Applications" To PlayBook
The BlackBerry PlayBook has been criticized for its shortage of applications - even having to turn to Android later in 2011 to make up the…
Read MoreGuy Gets 3DS Augmented Reality Card Tattoo
We have seen tech fans get some weird tattoos over the years. Back in December we talked about the guy who got the Verizon logo…
Read MoreAngry Birds For PlayBook Confirmed
RIM may be calling the BlackBerry PlayBook an enterprise tablet, but it can't seem to leave consumers alone at BlackBerry World 2011. After video chat…
Read MoreNew Apple iMac: Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge And FaceTime HD
Apple has unveiled its new iMac range, and as expected the all-in-one desktops have been upgraded with Intel's 2011 Sandy Bridge quad-core processors, new graphics…
Read MoreSamsung Received Bomb Scare After Bin Laden Was Killed
The big news that circulated yesteryear was that the US military had finally tracked down terrorist Osama Bin Laden, the founder of Al-Qaeda. Bin Laden…
Read MoreCrazyFlie Quadrocopter Uses A Playstation Controller For Control
I am a sucker for anything remote controlled. I particularly like remote control flying whatnots. I really liked the looks and cool factor of the…
Read MoreAsus Can Only Build 10K Eee Pad Transformer Tablets Per Month
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Android tablet launched late last month with tight supplies. Most of the tablets sold out quickly in the US at…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome Canary For Mac Browser Launches With No Testing
The vast majority of the computer users out there want nothing to do with beta software or alpha builds that crash and have bugs. Most…
Read MoreApple Store Down: New iMac Incoming?
The Apple Store is down, with the company's digital shelf-stockers beavering away with a refresh. All signs point to an iMac refresh, with Apple expected…
Read MoreLG Unveils New P430 And P5390 Super Slim Laptops
The notebook world is always changing. For a while, what people wanted was high-end and feature packed notebooks that ended up being very thick and…
Read MoreGALAXY Tab 10.1 & 8.9 Hands-On [CTIA 2011]
It's hard to argue with the fact that the iPad 2 sent Samsung rushing back to the lab to try to squeeze some bulk out…
Read MoreLogitech TV Cam For Skype Adds 720p Video Calls To Panasonic HDTVs
Logitech has outed its latest webcam, the Logitech TV Cam for Skype, a $149.99 peripheral that turns your Skype-supporting HDTV into a video conferencing system.…
Read MoreSony Opts Out Of Data Theft Congressional Hearing
Sony may know all about the dangers of data theft, but the company has declined to testify at an imminent US Congressional hearing on just…
Read MoreSony Online Entertainment Offline During Hacker Investigation
Ruh roh! Looks like Sony might again be suffering from security breakdown fever. I'm sure you're aware of the PlayStation Network debacle that's recently soured…
Read MoreAmazon Tablet Using E Ink Hydis FFS Display For 2H 2011 Release?
The Amazon tablet rumors refuse to die, and now there are whisperings of another OEM and even some component orders to throw into the mixture.…
Read MoreAMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition CPU And Radeon E6760 GPU Get Official
You can't accuse AMD of playing favorites this week: there's something new for both its power-users and more mainstream, mundane purposes too. The AMD Phenom…
Read MoreEric Schmidt Speaks At Mobile World Congress 2011, Answers Many Questions
Eric Schmidt, while speaking at the special Google keynote series at Mobile World Congress 2011 began by showing a video editing app called Movie Studio.…
Read MoreThe Daily Slash: May 2nd, 2011
Welcome to the re-ramping! Spring is a notoriously slow time for technology, especially in releases of the gadgets we so very much love and adore,…
Read MorePandora Announces Milestone At 10 Billionth Thumb
The popular music recommendation service Pandora has just announced its proudest milestone today. It has been six years since the service launched and it has…
Read MoreTwitter To Kill TweetDeck For As Much As $50 Million?
It has been rumored that Twitter plans to snatch up TweetDeck, one of the most popular third-party Twitter clients. Today, however, a source from TechCrunch…
Read MoreThe XOOM Contest Here On SlashGear Continues!
SO there's been a bit of a situation involving ineligibility with one of our so-called winners of the Motorola XOOM wifi units - and you…
Read MoreBest Buy Puts Current Mac Models On Sale, Supports iMac Refresh Coming This Week
If you are in the market to buy a new Apple iMac or any of the other products in the Mac lineup, then pay attention.…
Read MoreHTC EVO 3D Gets Quiet Pre-Order Launch At Best Buy
The HTC EVO 3D is being hailed as the world's first glasses-free 3D Android phone, and although we've gotten plenty of hands-on time with the…
Read MoreSlashGear 101: Spaceflight
It's said that what's so amazing about spaceflight is that how fast man has accomplished it. It took less than 60 years from the time…
Read MoreAngry Birds Rio Gets First Update Next Week
Have you played Angry Birds Rio? According the the Angry Birds Facebook page, the first update to the game is on its way next week.…
Read MoreGoogle To Bring NFC-Based Coupons To Android Phones
Google has been rolling out NFC (Near Field Communication) trials in various cities in its effort to eventually let your Android device replace your wallet.…
Read MoreiPooey App Simulates iOS 4 Interface On Your Windows Phone 7 Device To Prank Friends
If you own a Windows Phone 7 device and are annoyed by all your iPhone-flaunting friends, then here's an app for you to play a…
Read MoreApple Now World's Second Largest Buyer Of MEMS Sensors: Accelerometers, Gyroscopes, Microphones
Apple sure had a good year in 2010 and the winning streak may continue if other phone and tablet makers can't present any game changers.…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up, May 2nd 2011
The biggest news this morning, of course, is that Osama bin Laden is dead, killed in a raid by the US Military. And the news…
Read MoreBlackberry Bold 9900 And 9930 Hands-On [Video]
RIM may have only brought one new smartphone along to BlackBerry World 2011 this week, but the new Bold 9900/9930 promises to slot neatly into…
Read MoreSlashGear Weekly Roundup Video - May 1, 2011
This week was heavy on developments in the smartphone location tracking controversy that now involves not only Apple and Google, but all six major players…
Read MoreAPU Heaters Cause Of Shuttle Launch Delay ...
NASA engineers have identified a failure in the power switching box of a primary auxiliary power unit as the culprit of last Friday's scrubbed final…
Read MoreBlackBerry PlayBook Updates "Every Few Weeks" As RIM Refines Tablet
RIM made life difficult for early reviewers of the BlackBerry PlayBook with almost daily updates of the QNX OS the tablet is based on, improving…
Read MoreApple iOS 4.3.3 Will Fix Tracking "Bug"
If you use an iPhone, you may have been following the saga of location tracking with the smartphone. As it turns out the iPhone keeps…
Read MoreT-Mobile USA Grabs BlackBerry Bold 9900 4G
T-Mobile USA has become the first US carrier to announce it will be offering the freshly launched BlackBerry Bold 9900. The handset will be T-Mobile's…
Read MoreHP Veer In White Breaks Cover For AT&T
We have asked in the past if the market is too crowded for HP's Palm webOS to be successful. The answer to that question is…
Read MoreIODATA Unveils New 3TB USB 3.0 HDD
IODATA has a huge range of external storage solutions and a lot more. The latest offering from the company is a new USB 3.0 HDD…
Read MoreBlackBerry Enterprise Solution Manages Android And iOS Phones/tablets Too
RIM has already shown it's willing to dip into other platforms if it thinks that will boost its market appeal - the arrival of Android…
Read MoreBlackBerry Bold 9900 And 9930 Official With BlackBerry 7 OS
BlackBerry World 2011 is kicking off today in Orlando, and RIM has officially unveiled its latest smartphones, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Bold 9930. The…
Read MorePlayBook Getting Video Chat And Facebook Apps In May
One of our key complaints about the BlackBerry PlayBook was its lack of video calling support - leaving the front-facing camera pretty much pointless -…
Read MoreTiVo, Dish Network, EchoStar Announce Settlement Of Patent Suit
The patent dispute between Dish Network, TiVo, and EchoStar has been raging on for a while now. The last time we spoke about the suit…
Read MoreHTC ThunderBolt Update Inbound?
We posted up our review of the HTC ThunderBolt back in March. We figured the Thunderbolt was the fastest phone for data fiends we had…
Read MoreMotorola To Offer Atrix-Style Laptop Docks For Other Smartphones In H2 2011
Back in February, we put up our review of the Motorola Atrix 4G and its cool laptop dock accessory. That laptop dock turned the Atrix…
Read MoreMotorola EX130 Feature Phone Packs In Dual Screens
For the most part, geeks overlook the feature phone category altogether in favor of the smartphones which don’t generally cost that much more. A new…
Read MoreD-Link To Spin Off MiiiCasa
It's hard to say when a major corporation spins off a part of its business into a stand alone company if it is a good…
Read MoreNokia Think Pink With New N8
With all the fuss over the white iPhone 4 last week, we can't really blame Nokia for trying a little color variant hype of its…
Read MoreSamsung: No Super AMOLED Tablets This Year
Samsung has apparently axed plans to slot its AMOLED displays into tablets this year, despite targeting a 7-inch Super AMOLED Galaxy Tab replacement in mid-2011.…
Read MoreOsama Bin Laden Dead: Raid Was Confidential But Twitter Wasn't [Video]
The reports of Osama bin Laden's death may be ubiquitous now, but the story inadvertently broke - and played out amid the firefight - on…
Read MoreApple Softening On iPad Subscriptions As Time Inks Print Access Deal?
Apple's attitude toward digital magazine subscriptions on the iPad and other iOS devices seems to have softened, with reports that publisher Time Inc. has secured…
Read MoreWhite iPhone Gets New Camera & Sensor Design, But Is No Thicker Insists Schiller
Apple has apparently modified more than just its color processes in the production of the new white iPhone 4, with new teardowns showing a tweaked…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 18 2011
Welcome to the latest edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! Monday bought with it news that Nintendo was set to unveil a replacement for…
Read MorePlayStation Network And Qriocity Back Online From This Week; Compensation Detailed
Sony has confirmed that it will begin a phased restoration of PlayStation Network and Qriocity streaming services this week, rolling out region by region, and…
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