HTC Eternity 4.7-Inch Windows Phone Mango Handset Hits FCC
HTC's very first Windows Phone Mango handset called the HTC Eternity has just passed through the FCC, ready for an imminent launch. The major Windows…
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Samsung Series 7 Slate To Be Upgradeable To Windows 8
Samsung debuted a new tablet today called the Series 7 Slate. But this wasn't another Android tablet, instead, oddly it ran Windows 7 with the…
Read MoreHTC May Offer Sensation Special Edition With Beats
HTC may soon be offering the Beats by Dr. Dre audio technology in one of its current smartphones. Rumors pointed to the upcoming HTC Vigor…
Read MoreMicrosoft Explains Windows 8 Dual-Interface Design
Microsoft Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has taken to the Building Windows 8 blog to explain the company's decision to keep two interfaces: the traditional desktop…
Read MoreFacebook To Launch Music Service On September 22
Facebook's long rumored music service may finally hit the social platform later next month. We reported back in June, that the music service could launch…
Read MoreSony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Unveiled With 1.4GHz, Video Unlimited
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a successor to its Xperia Arc smartphone called the Xperia Arc S that features a faster processor and more entertainment options.…
Read MoreNokia's First Windows Phone Spied In Leaked Photo With Blurry Specs
Nokia's very first Windows Phone 7 Mango handset has made an appearance in what's purported to be a leaked carrier presentation sheet. Codenamed "Sea Ray,"…
Read MoreSamsung Unveils Series 7 Laptops, Sleek Aluminum, Intel Core i5, i7, Starting At $999
Samsung today announced new Series 7 laptops that slot in between their costly high-end Series 9 and their more budget-friendly Series 3. Taking aesthetic cues…
Read MoreGoogle Launches Gmail Offline; Calendar & Docs Incoming
Google has announced offline support for Gmail, Calendar and Docs, courtesy of new Chrome Web Store apps that will cache content to your computer. Gmail…
Read MoreSony Vaio S Notebook Series Breaks Cover
Sony has whipped out a new line of notebook computers that have all sorts of features that folks wanting a thin and portable notebook will…
Read MoreAT&T Faces US Antitrust Complaint Over T-Mobile Merger
AT&T may be working hard insisting that it's in users' best interest for the T-Mobile acquisition to go ahead, but it's a long way from…
Read MoreAmazon's 10-Inch Tablet May Not Ship Until 2012
Amazon is rumored to debut two tablets this fall, but a new report from the supply side suggests that only one of the tablets will…
Read MorePanasonic Lumix 3D Twin-Lens Camera Debuts At IFA 2011
I mentioned a bit ago that Panasonic had a new dual-lens 3D camcorder that would be landing soon. Panasonic has also shown off a new…
Read MoreRevo Unveils New K2 Docking Station For iPad And iPhone
Revo has announced that it has a new docking station for dockable iOS devices like the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The docking station is…
Read MorePanasonic Unveils New HDC-Z10000 Consumer Camcorder That Shoots 2D And 3D
Panasonic has unveiled a new camcorder that looks like something a professional videographer would use. If you want something with a really small design, you…
Read MoreSony Reader Wi-Fi (PRS-T1) Unveiled, Harry Potter Involved
The folks at Sony have revealed a reader we've been getting hints on for about a month now, today letting us know that the lightest…
Read MoreSony Tablet P Hands-On
The folks at Sony have created a brand new folding Android tablet by the name of Sony Tablet P, and today we've got a hands-on…
Read MoreAT&T HTC Jetstream LTE 10-Inch Android Tablet Official
AT&T has officially unveiled the HTC Jetstream, the company's 10.1-inch tablet previously known as the HTC Puccini. Packing Android 3.1 Honeycomb on an WXGA touchscreen…
Read MoreAntec Unveils New Soundscience A/v Cooler To Keep Your Home Theater Gear Frosty
I have a bunch of gear stuffed into my entertainment system at home. That means that the inside of my entertainment center stays hot all…
Read MoreScosche Unveils RDTX Pro Portable Radiation Detector For iPhone
This may be one of the strangest accessories for the iPhone and iPod touch I have seen in a very long time. Scosche has rolled…
Read MoreAcer Ultrabook S3/Aspire 3951 Lands On Italian Website Early
A few days ago some photos of an Acer Ultrabook S3 also known as the Aspire 3951 surfaced. The machine was lounging by the pool…
Read MoreLight Field Photo Tech Promises True HD Upscaling
One of the things that delays photos that you take with a point and shoot camera between when you press the shutter button and the…
Read MoreFinancial Times App Pulled From App Store
I don’t think any of the companies with apps that sold monthly subscriptions on the App Store were happy in the least when Apple instituted…
Read MoreApple MacBook 3G Prototype Called Back Home
When a geek happens across something early or really weird that was not meant to leave the inner workings of a company like Apple, they…
Read MoreJava Creator James Gosling Ditches Google For Robotics Firm After Less Than 6 Months On The Job
In March of 2011, Google hired James Gosling, the father of Java for an unspecified position. We naturally assumed that Gosling was going to work…
Read MoreFacebook Doles Out $40,000 In 21 Days For Security Bug Hunt
The Facebook Deals program didn't work out too well for the giant social network, but it looks like their bug hunt program is working out…
Read MoreSony HMZ-T1 Head-Mounted 3D Display Lands November
Sony has waded into the head-mounted display segment, launching a futuristic headset packing a pair of 1280 x 720 OLED panels capable of 3D graphics.…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II USA Launch Upgrades Rundown [Video]
We have Samsung's Vice President of Consumer & Enterprise Services Gavin Kim to thank for the full rundown of the Samsung Galaxy S II's full…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II Unveiled For T-Mobile
T-Mobile has just confirmed that it will be offering the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone on its 4G network. The device is about…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II Unveiled For AT&T, Launching September 18
AT&T has confirmed its version of the Samsung Galaxy S II as the big US debut is underway at a press event in NYC. Instead…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch Confirmed Early
Samsung's much anticipated Galaxy S II smartphone is about to get its official US debut later this evening. It's set to launch on three of…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch Unveiled For Sprint, Launching September 16
So the WiMAX version of the Samsung Galaxy S II was outed earlier by a slide on one of Samsung's product pages, but now the…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II For AT&T Hands-On [Video]
The second of three declared versions of the internationally popular Samsung dual-core Android device, the Galaxy S II from AT&T, is set to be the…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II For T-Mobile Hands-Off [Video]
The most mysterious of the three Samsung Galaxy S II models we've seen today is the T-Mobile version. The reason for this is the fact…
Read MoreFirefox To Finally Hit Android Honeycomb Tablets
Mozilla is finally going to launch its popular Firefox web browser on the Android Honeycomb platform. Although Firefox has been available to Android, it has…
Read MoreHP TouchPad To Get One Last Production Run
HP has just confirmed that its recently axed TouchPad tablet is getting one last production run. The company announced that it was discontinuing all webOS…
Read MoreComScore: Android And iOS Near 70 Percent Of US Smartphone Market Share
ComScore has issued a new report on the US smartphone market breakdown for the three-month period from April to July 2011. Unsurprisingly, Android and iOS…
Read MoreWacom Inkling Converts Ink Drawings To Digital
Wacom has long been known in the digital art community for its array of peripherals, especially its digital pen tablets. Drawing with a digital stylus…
Read MoreHP TouchPad Could Be Resurrected After PC Spin-Off
In an interview with Reuters, HP's PSG (Personal Systems Group) executive vice president Todd Bradley revealed that the company could resurrect the HP TouchPad. The…
Read MoreSamsung Unveils Wave 3, Wave M, And Wave Y Bada 2.0 Phones
Samsung has announced three new smartphones that will be powered by its own proprietary Bada 2.0 operating system. The flagship of this trio is the…
Read MoreRent Sir Richard Branson's Necker Nymph Submarine For $2,500 Per Day
It would be great to have the kind of money that Sir Richard Branson has at his disposal. The dude has islands, aircraft, ships, and…
Read MoreDish Network Tailgater Lets You Throw A Tailgate Party In Style
I am not the sort to throw a tailgate party. I prefer to watch sporting events from home because the seats that are always in…
Read MoreDolphin Browser Heads To The iPhone
The Dolphin Browser has been one of the most popular third-party web browsers for the Android platform and now it's making its way to the…
Read MoreMotorola Pro+ Android Smartphone With Portrait QWERTY Announced For October
Motorola has just announced a new Android smartphone called the Motorola Pro+. This handset runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and sports a portrait QWERTY---a form factor…
Read MoreBoxee Box Adds MOG Music Streaming
Boxee is now adding the MOG music streaming service to their lineup of available apps on its set-top box. The Boxee Box has recently seen…
Read MoreKlipsch Image S4A Headphones For Android Up For Pre-Order
Android users have a new set of headphones that will be shipping soon that are made specifically for Android devices. Many of the headphones out…
Read MoreiTunes Match Beta Released To Developers
As part of Apple's new iCloud service is a feature called iTunes Match, which was first announced back at WWDC 2011. This feature will set…
Read MorePhotographer Spends Hundreds Of Thousands On Massive 10MP Image Sensor
If you are a photographer that takes product shots for high-end magazines and advertising campaigns your equipment is on a completely different level that what…
Read MoreWikiLeaks Documents Show Apple's Battle With Chinese Piracy
It's been a long time since we heard anything from WikiLeaks. Some recently leaked documents have outlined some of the methods that Apple has taken…
Read MoreSwitchblade Controller For Gamers With Handicaps Debuts And It's Not From Razer
There has been talk lately of the Switchblade, the gaming notebook from Razer that looks really cool. This Switchblade I am talking about isn't a…
Read MorePolymer Vision Shows Off Flexible Display In Extreme Weight Drop Test
We have talked about Polymer Vision before. This company makes the flexible polymer displays that can be rolled up and are very durable. The company…
Read MoreDirecTV Nomad Device Rumored To Stream Movies And TV To Mobile Devices
If you are a DirecTV subscriber, a new gadget might be on the way that will liberate all of that content you have on your…
Read MoreHP Offers Quickoffice Update Allowing Editing Of Documents And More
We had some issues with the HP TouchPad back when it first landed and we reviewed the tablet. I had always thought that the chances…
Read MoreGM OnStar RemoteLink App Gets Update For Navigation On iPhone And Android
OnStar has announced a new update for the iPhone and Android versions of the RemoteLink app. The app will work with any RemoteLink-enabled vehicle. The…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Dual Mode Device Shows Up In Usage Logs
There has been a huge amount of rumors swirling around the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S. Several rumors point to the launch of the…
Read MoreKen Block's Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle Gets Sync Tech
Ken Block is the master of hoon, the art of driving fast in small spaces. Block is the guy laying waste to tires and varied…
Read MoreEpson Offers New App For Direct Printing From Android Smartphones And Tablets
Epson has offered an app for iOS devices called PrintJinni for almost a year now to allow the smartphone user to print photos and other…
Read MoreActive Media Products Unveils SaberTooth M1 Mini SATA SSD
Active Media Products has a ton of SSDs for all sorts of products and uses that are in its SaberTooth line. The last of the…
Read MoreScientists Discover Underground River Below The Amazon River
Scientists have made a very wild discovery in the Amazon Basin. The mighty Amazon River is one of the largest and most impressive (and scariest)…
Read MoreGoogle TV Inevitable, Eric Schmidt Says Why [Video]
While we've all heard whispers of the mysterious entity known as Google TV over the past year or so, but just this week we've heard…
Read MoreiZON Remote Room Monitor Streams Live Audio, Video To iOS App
Here's a neat little wireless network camera from Stem Innovation called the iZON Remote Room Monitor that can stream both audio and video to your…
Read MoreVerizon, T-Mobile, And AT&T Join Forces For $100M NFC Investment
There's some big money floating around right this minute, all of it aimed directly at NFC venture Isis, a soon to be rival of Google's…
Read MoreTomTom Debuts Go Live 1535M GPS With Apps Like Twitter, Yelp
TomTom unveiled a new dedicated GPS navigation device today called the Go Live 1535M that incorporates apps and keeps you connected while on the road.…
Read MoreHTC Sense 3.5 Gets Leaked In Video Demo
HTC's upcoming Sense UI update to version 3.5 has been leaked in a demo video made available by XDA.cn. The five-minute long video shows the…
Read MoreMicrosoft Details New Windows 8 File Explorer UI
Microsoft today revealed details on its revamped Windows 8 Explorer interface design. The file manager update focuses on delivering a more streamlined user experience through…
Read MoreFujitsu Arrows Android 3.2 Tablet Boasts Dual-Core, LTE And Water Resistance
Fujitsu is getting ready to release a new Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet that will not only boast some nice internal specs but will also be…
Read MoreiCloud For OS X Snow Leopard With 10.6.9 Update
If you refuse to update to Mac OS X Lion from Snow Leopard for the time being, you may still be able to take advantage…
Read MoreForrester: Amazon Tablets Could Sell 5 Million Units In Q4
Amazon's upcoming tablets are expected to sell as many as 5 million units this fall. According to Forrester Research, Amazon could easily achieve this number…
Read MoreiSuppli: Smartphones Will Beat Feature Phones By 2015
According to research firm IHS iSuppli, smartphone sales will finally beat dumb-phone or "feature phone" sales by 2015. Despite all the rage around the latest…
Read MoreDroid Bionic Rumored To Hit Verizon On September 8
If you have been counting the days to get your hands on the awesome Motorola Droid Bionic Android smartphone the launch is now very close.…
Read MoreGoogle Chairman Blasts UK Education Focus
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has taken time out from telling people to get over their fear of real names on Google+ to smack down the…
Read MoreSignalGuru Helps Shave Fuel Costs For Drivers Using A Smartphone
With the price of fuel today, most drivers are looking for a way to cut what they pay at the pump. A company called SignalGuru…
Read MoreSamsung Epic 4G Touch First Press Shots Revealed
Hurricane Irene may have postponed the much anticipated US debut of the Samsung Galaxy S II to tomorrow, but that hasn't stopped official press images…
Read MoreLG Slashes Capital Expenditures Thanks To Sagging Demand For TVs And Notebooks
LG has announced that it is slashing the investment plan it has for capital expenditures for 2012 to a three year low. The cut in…
Read MoreApple "iTV" HDTV Rumors Refuse To Die
Rumors of an Apple TV set refuse to die, with the perennial speculation again igniting this week in the aftermath of Steve Jobs' resignation. The…
Read MoreAcer Chairman JT Wang Says Tablet Fever Is Cooling
The sales of tablets are still growing rapidly on the computer market today. Tablets are taking a big chunk of buyers that would otherwise go…
Read MoreSocial Networking Overall Surges, But Google+ Could Be Slumping
Over half of all online adults in the US now use at least one form of social network, new research suggests, the first time all…
Read MoreNokia Reveals That Its Developer Network Forum Has Been Hacked
It has been a while now since we talked about a hack that resulted in private data being stolen Nokia has now announced that data…
Read MoreAstronauts Heading To Mars Will Need To Grow Their Own Eats
Astronauts on the ISS eat pre-packaged food stores that are ready to eat as soon as the astronauts get hungry. NASA allots ISS astronauts 3.8…
Read MoreAsus Ultrabook Prices To Start At $799 According To Reports
There has been a lot of back and forth over if the computer makers that plan to offer Intel Ultrabooks would be able to hit…
Read MoreApple Secures Tim Cook With 1m Share Promise
Apple has moved to lock new CEO Tim Cook in service until mid-2021, it's been revealed, with a huge stock payout worth more than $383m…
Read MoreSamsung webOS Rumors Reignite Amid Ex-HP PC VP Grab
Speculation that Samsung will purchase webOS from HP continues, with the latest whispers out of notebook manufacturers suggesting that it's the little-loved smartphone and tablet…
Read MoreHTC Omega Mango Smartphone Hits Auction Site Giving First Real World Photos Of The Smartphone
If you can’t wait to get your hands on a Windows Phone 7 Mango smartphone here is your chance to get one early. That is…
Read MoreSamsung Unveils ChatON Service To Compete With iMessage, BBM, And Others
Samsung has announced that it will be rolling out a new messaging service that will allow users to chat across multiple devices. ChatON will be…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Australian Launch Further Delayed Under Apple Assault
Samsung's concessions to the ongoing Apple legal onslaught continue, with news that the company has agreed to put Australian launch plans for the Galaxy Tab…
Read MoreSony Reader PRS-T1 Detailed: WiFi & Multitouch In Sleeker Chassis
Sony's incoming Reader PRS-T1 has been caught in the wild, with a pre-announcement product listing spilling the beans on the touchscreen ereader's abilities. Spotted by…
Read MoreHow Target's Mobile Ecosystem Works And How It Could Improve
Welcome to Minnesota, Earth - Target Brand department store originating right here in my midwest place of birth, aiming for and achieving a spread across…
Read MoreTo Snark, Or Not To Snark
I used to be the kind of guy who would yell at customer service representatives on the phone. I would call up my bank, or…
Read MoreSonic The Hedgehog Coming To Android, iOS, Xbox 360, PlayStation, And MORE!
It appears that the strangest of all Sonic the Hedgehog titles: Sonic CD, will be the first title to grace the gears of Android, iOS,…
Read MoreiPod Touch White Next Generation Device Parts Photos Appear
It would seem that as Apple is certainly one of the most ravenously sought-after brands in the world, their under-wraps projects have one of the…
Read MoreGameStop Tries To Make It Right With "Coupon-Gate" Customers
Not even a week has passed since some heavy controversy surrounding GameStop and "Coupon-Gate" and they're already aiming to patch things up with customers with…
Read MoreFacebook Shuts Down Deals Program After 4 Months
It was a lovely 3rd of November afternoon when we first heard of Facebook's intent to create a Deals Program amongst a handful of other…
Read MoreApple Chief Designer Jonathan Ive Exhibit Now In German Art Museum
All the way over in Hamburg, Germany, there's a design exhibit being shown in their Museum of Arts and Crafts called "Stylectrical: On Electro-Design That…
Read MoreHow Will Steve Jobs' Resignation Affect The Apple TV?
Much of the talk surrounding Steve Jobs’ decision to resign as CEO of Apple and assume the role of chairman of the company’s board of…
Read MoreAmazon Tablet To Undercut iPad Price By Hundreds
The long rumored iPad-killer that could be Amazon's upcoming tablet is expected to launch sometime in September or October. But with the recent $99 fire…
Read MoreHTC Vigor Android Handset Appears In Leaked Photos
It appears that we're right now getting our first real-world look at the HTC Vigor, a device that's been rumored to be Verizon's follow-up device…
Read MoreApple Ends TV Episode Rentals, Sticks With Purchases
If you're one of the 10 people in the world that actually simply rented a bunch of television shows from iTunes over the last year…
Read MoreSkype Launches Third Party App Directory
Just as we find Skype picking up its latest awesome relatively-new app group in GroupMe group chat service, the video chatting group has now launched…
Read MoreWindows 8 Tablet App Designs Begin To Emerge
Despite Windows 8 details and technical information remaining under wraps until Microsoft's Build conference in September, some developers have already begun work on Windows 8…
Read MoreApple Wins Against Samsung For Expedited Trial Date In California
The ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung has seen preliminary injunctions granted on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany as well as the…
Read MoreDroid Bionic Silent Walkthrough Video Surfaces
We know we're getting close to the launch of the much delayed Motorola Droid Bionic when we start seeing official Verizon teaser videos for the…
Read MoreGoogle+ New Ignore Function In Detail [Video]
It seems almost obvious that the most requested function of a social networking initiative being produced in our modern world would be the ability to…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II USA Family Confirmed, Verizon May Be Next
It appears very likely, now that we've got a cool slightly pixelated photo and everything, that Samsung will be releasing the Samsung Galaxy S II…
Read MoreiPhone N94 Prototype Photos Leaked, Could Be 4S
New images have surfaced of the back casing of what could be a prototype of either the iPhone 4S or the iPhone 5. The case…
Read MoreHP Continues webOS Push With Free TouchPad Apps Galore
As you may have already heard, that being if you do not live under a rock on the moon of course, that HP recently announced…
Read MoreRazer Unveils "Blade" Ultimate Gaming Laptop
Razer has long been known for their stylish gaming peripherals, but the company has now introduced its first ever gaming notebook, dubbed the Blade. The…
Read MoreGoogle Shuts Down Slide To Focus On Google+
Google is shutting down its Slide team, which has been running as an independent unit since it was bought over a year ago for $200…
Read MoreIBM Builds 120-Petabyte Storage Array!
IBM is staffed with some geeks with big aspirations for sure. The gang at IBM has whipped up a little storage array for an unnamed…
Read MoreIris Transparent Tablet Concept, Augmented Reality Meets Scanning
Here's a really neat tablet concept that combines a transparent screen with augmented reality capabilities and a scanner. The different ways in which a tablet…
Read MoreAcer Aspire 3951 Ultrabook Caught In Leaked Photos
The Acer Aspire 3951 Ultrabook has been revealed with more detail in some leaked photos. We've seen some renderings of the ultra-slim laptop in the…
Read MoreBlackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 Leaks And Has Exchange ActiveSync But No BES Or BB Internet Server Accounts
Earlier this week we mentioned that QNX using Blackberry smartphones would get access to Android apps. Another interesting tidbit about a Blackberry product has now…
Read MoreTraktor Kontrol S2 DJ System Breaks Cover
We have talked about a lot of DJ gear around here over the months. One of the last DJ systems we talked about was the…
Read MoreNew Cinema Glasses Breakthrough Will Let The Deaf Watch Films With No Subtitles
Those of us that can hear don't understand what it's like to not be able to hear at all or not be able to hear…
Read MoreOlympus PEN E-PM1 Launches For Under $500
The last time I talked about the Olympus PEN E-PM1 digital camera was back in late June when photos of the camera leaked. At the…
Read MoreNew Sensor Tech Uses Vibrations To Charge Its Battery
I have long said that one of the technologies with the most promise to change our world is battery tech. The batteries that last longer…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Tablet Will Come In LTE Version
Samsung seems intent on offering a tablet in just about every size that consumers might want. It has the 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab, a smaller 7-inch…
Read MoreGoogle Sends Street View Trikes Down Amazon And Rio Negro Rivers
Google is set to tackle some of the least populated places on earth with its Street View trikes. Google will be sending the trike down…
Read MoreCineskates Are Like Rollerblades For Your Camera
Photographers and videographers are creative sorts that are always looking for new things they can do to make their video and photos more artistic. This…
Read MoreVideo Of DARPA's Failed Second HTV-2 Flight Surfaces
We have talked about the DARPA HTV-2 hypersonic glider that has been in testing before. The goal of the program is to be able to…
Read MorePlanet Orbiting Distant Pulsar May Be A Giant Diamond
A crazy planet has been discovered orbiting a distant pulsar star that is roughly 4,000 light years away from Earth. What makes this planet so…
Read MoreURWERK UR-1001 Pocket Watch May Be The Coolest Watch Ever
I am not a watch guy; I leave that to Vince and Ewdi. I can say that the coolest watch I have seen in a…
Read MoreIf Jaba Lived On Hoth, He Would Rock The Han Solo Carbonite Ice Tray
When I look at this Han Solo carbonite silicone ice tray I can't help but wonder why. Why do I not have one of these.…
Read MoreGM And LG Announce Plans For Joint EV Development
The costs to develop a new product like an electric car are astronomical and the risk of failure is not insignificant. This is the reason…
Read MoreInsulin Pump Hacker Discloses Company That Makes Hacked Device
Back at the beginning of the month, I mentioned the hacker at Black Hat conference that was able to hack an insulin pump to make…
Read MorePatent Bill Doesn't Provide Meaningful Alternatives To Litigation
It's not hard to see that the patent system in the US needs a major overhaul. Patents have been issued that are so obvious and…
Read MoreOWC Outs Cheap 60GB SSD Called The Mercury Electra 6G
SSDs are getting ever more popular as the price comes down and the storage capacity goes up. OWC has announced a new SSD that it…
Read MoreMajor Panasonic Lumix LX5 Firmware Update Coming Soon
If you're part of the mobile world, especially if you're dealing with something like Android, you know that any update, no matter how insignificant, to…
Read MorePanasonic Lumix DMC-FX90 Wi-Fi Touchscreen Camera Official
What's better than a sweet little high quality camera that fits in your pocket that you can rely on to bring you a lovely yet…
Read MorePanasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 Official
The Panasonic Lumix family is expanding by the minute here in internet land, the newest addition being this 24x megazoom monster made for both stills…
Read MorePanasonic LUMIX GF3X Official: A Full 14-42 Kit Upgrade From Earlier July Release
What we've known since the Panasonic LUMIX GF3 became official is many things. The first of these things was that this device was 7.83oz light,…
Read MorePanasonic Lumix X Series Include New Compact 14-42 And 45-175mm Lens Kits
The good camera folk at Panasonic have announced today their intent to release a new set of lenses, the first of which takes the size…
Read MoreApple's Newest Intern Is Also iOS' Greatest Hacker
When it comes to Apple's mobile platform iOS, this operating system running on the ultra-successful iPhone and iPad as well as iPod Touch, there's a…
Read MoreHTC Omega First Press Image Leaked
The first press image for an upcoming Windows Phone 7 Mango handset called the HTC Omega has just leaked. This is likely one of the…
Read MoreWhy The iPhone 4S Will Be Free
Here's the skinny: the following information is a set of educated guesses, analyzed facts turned into what I feel will be exactly what Apple will…
Read MoreFossil Meta Watch, Hackable Timepiece Visits FCC
The Fossil Meta Watch was first shown off by HP at an event back in March and later pegged for a July release. But it…
Read MoreTim Cook's Email To Apple Employees
Following Steve Jobs' resignation yesterday, new CEO Tim Cook has sent out a company-wide email this morning to reassure Apple employees that nothing will change.…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, Galaxy Note, And Wave 3 Revealed By Unpacked App
Samsung may have inadvertently revealed three of its upcoming products when they released their Samsung Mobile Unpacked teaser app on Android Market. The app is…
Read MoreAssassin's Creed: Revelations Gameplay Demo Revealed [Video]
The massively epic story of Ezio, an Italian assassin whose story will be completed here in the third of three Assassin's Creed video game, is…
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows 8 Quad-Core Tablet To Be Giveaway At Build?
During this week's Tech Ed event in New Zealand, Microsoft showed off some new devices, including one that is reportedly a Windows 8 quad-core tablet.…
Read MoreWii U Announced And Detailed In Full
Nintendo's opening E3 2011 keynote took a wild turn near the end with an announcement of a brand new piece of hardware. "In thinking about…
Read MoreWhy I'd Feel Fine Playing Mario & Zelda On The Xbox
If you’ve followed my work here, you know that I’ve been a little tough on Nintendo as of late, saying that the game company is…
Read MoreApple iPad To Control Tablet Market Until 2013
Research firm IHS iSuppli has revised their forecast for media tablets, now pegging Apple's control of the tablet market to continue through 2013. With tablet…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S II Verizon Model Possibly Axed
It appears that the largest network in the United States will not be carrying the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone, a flagship device for…
Read MoreFacebook Photo Filters Coming Soon
If there's one thing that Zuckerberg hates, it's Instagram. Actually I'm pretty sure he's not the least vengeful fellow in the bunch, but at the…
Read MoreGoogle Maps Gets Voice Search On Chrome Browser For Desktops
Google has just updated its Google Maps service with voice search capabilities. This feature has been available for its mobile interface for awhile now where…
Read MoreVerizon Brings Intuit GoPayment Smartphone Credit Card Reader Hardware To The Masses
Now this certainly isn't the first time we've seen a credit card reader on a smartphone, that's for sure, anyone whose been in an Apple…
Read MoreGameStop Pulls Deus Ex From Store Shelves After OnLive Controversy
GameStop has completely yanked the PC version of the Deus Ex: Human Revolution game title from its store shelves following the OnLive controversy. The game…
Read MoreMotorola XOOM 4G LTE Upgrade Begins With Pilot Group Next Week
Motorola's long promised 4G LTE upgrade for the 3G XOOM tablet looks set for a September deployment. The time frame was confirmed by Motorola in…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tablet Ban Remains In Germany Until At Least September 9
Samsung and Apple are still fighting it out in Europe over the Galaxy Tablet and other Samsung smartphones. Apple claims Samsung is copying its gear…
Read MoreLG LSM-100 Mouse Is Also A Scanner
LG has shown off a new mouse prototype that will come to market eventually called the LSM-100. The cool part about this mouse is that…
Read MoreRIM Officially Launches BBM Music Service
RIM's rumored BlackBerry music streaming service has officially launched. The details are much like we suspected last week, when insiders revealed that RIM was near…
Read MorePumpTire Keeps Inflated All By Itself
Both of my kids have bikes that they ride regularly. The problem is if either of them goes a day or so without riding the…
Read MoreRussian Progress Unmanned ISS Resupply Vehicle Lost During Launch
For a long time now, the Russians have been using an unmanned resupply vehicle called Progress to resupply the ISS. This week the Progress was…
Read MoreDirecTV To Get TiVo DVRs As Early As Next Month
I have been on DirecTV for years now because my neighborhood has the worst cable company on Earth. I have had DVRs the entire time…
Read MoreParrot Offers Launch Date And Pricing On Asteroid Android Car Stereo
Back during CES in January Parrot unveiled a new car radio that was powered by Android and had the ability to connect to the web…
Read MoreSony Ericsson Neo V Detailed Along With Android 2.3.4 Update For Entire 2011 Range
Sony Ericsson has made a couple important announcements today. The first of the announcements is the unveiling of a new smartphone that will be coming…
Read MoreLogitech Fold-Up Keyboard For iPad Available For Pre-Order
Logitech is huge in the peripheral and accessory market for computers and tablets among the things. The company unveiled a new speaker specifically designed for…
Read MoreTen One Design Unveils Pogo Sketch Pro Capacitive Stylus That Thinks It's A Paintbrush
There are a several applications on the iPad and iPhone that allow the user to draw on images and to create original drawings using the…
Read MoreSlew Of Domain Name Registrations Hint Next Kindle Line Will Be Named After Elements
Over the last month or so there have been a slew of domain name registrations by Amazon using a proxy service that hint at the…
Read MoreHercules Unveils Fall/winter Line Of Speakers For Computers
Hercules has a bunch of different computer accessories and other gear. It has been a while since we talked about the company and the last…
Read MoreplayGo USB Streams Music From PC Or Mac To Home Audio System Wirelessly And Easily
If you have a home audio system that you want to stream the music from your computer to, playGo has a new offering that will…
Read MoreQmadix Unveils Dry-Foam Gadget Cleaning Kit
My kids love to use my gadgets. That means that my iPad typically has some sort of smear, sticky fingerprints, or other stuff on the…
Read MoreApple Is Safe With Tim Cook
Wednesday afternoon Apple's long-time CEO and founder Steve Jobs sent a letter out to the company's Board of Directors and the greater Apple Community announcing…
Read MoreSteve Jobs Resigns As CEO Of Apple
Shocking news has just hit the wires out of Cupertino, Apple's own CEO Steve Jobs has just officially announced in an open letter that he…
Read MorePortal Video Game Live Action Video Short Blows Internet Away
An "amateur" filmmaker by the name of Dan Trachtenberg has created a short movie by the name of "Portal: No Escape", the entirety of which…
Read MoreHP TouchPad StealthArmor Full Body Kit Fire Sale On Now
If there's one bit of news that's been blowing up and spewing bits all over the internet this past week, one king of hits, it's…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Release For T-Mobile In October
Not even a day after the Wall Street Journal reported that three of the big four USA mobile carriers would be getting the next version…
Read MoreSony Announces New Handycam NEX-VG20 Full HD Camcorder
In addition to the four new cameras announced this morning, Sony has also introduced a new Handycam full HD camcorder called the NEX-VG20. Its predecessor,…
Read MoreAmazon Continues Domain Name Collecting With KindleWave.com
Just a couple of days ago, the folks at Amazon took it upon themselves to scoop up the domain name KindleScribe.com - this of course…
Read MoreGameStop Removes OnLive Coupons From Deus Ex
GameStop has ordered its employees to open up new boxes of the Deus Ex: Human Revolution game title to remove the included OnLive coupon. The…
Read MoreFacebook Reaches 1 Trillion Pageviews In June
While this might not seem like QUITE as big a deal to those of you not in the business of working online exclusively, Facebook has…
Read MoreHTC Bliss Caught In Another Leaked Photo
The much rumored Android smartphone for women, called the HTC Bliss, has finally showed up in a snapshot that isn't blurry. Not only is this…
Read MoreMcAfee: Android Malware Problem Getting Worse, Now Most Targeted Platform
According to a new quarterly report from McAfee, Android has now soared to the top as the most targeted platform for malware. In only three…
Read MoreSamsung Reveals New Galaxy Smartphones And New Naming Scheme
Samsung announced today a new batch of smartphones that are set to get an official unveiling at the upcoming IFA 2011. The major consumers electronics…
Read MoreTime Warner Cable Offering Free Slingbox Pro-HD To Top-Tier Customers
Time Warner Cable is planning to offer free SlingBox Pro-HD set-top boxes to its customers starting in September. Customers that sign up for Time Warner…
Read MoreBlackBerrys With QNX To Get Android Apps
RIM's future BlackBerry smartphones with the new QNX platform may be able to run Android apps. According to Bloomberg, three people familiar with the situation,…
Read MoreAcer Reports First Quarterly Loss, Victim Of iPad Success
Acer is the second largest PC manufacturer in the world with a record winning streak of quarterly earnings only to be dashed with a worse-than-expected…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Concept Video Shows Holographic Keyboard And Display
We've seen plenty of iPhone 5 concept renderings in the past, one of the most recent being the More @ Less design, but here we…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Smartphones Banned In Europe By Apple Patent Complaint
Apple has won another victory against Samsung in their ongoing legal battle. The Dutch courts in The Hague have today issued a preliminary injunction against…
Read MoreNokia Unveils Symbian Belle On Three New Phones
After teasing Symbian Belle with a countdown on Monday, Nokia has indeed unveiled the latest Symbian update today along with three new smartphones. The Nokia…
Read MoreChinese Geeks Buy More PCs Than Americans Do
We know that sales of the typical sort of notebooks, netbooks, and desktop computers are sagging while the sale of tablets is booming in the…
Read MoreVerizon Offers $50 Discount For Phone And Tablet Combo
Verizon is now offering a special discount for customers that purchase a smartphone with a new 2-year contract between August 1 and 31. The discount…
Read MoreVizio 8-Inch Tablet With WiFi Gets Support For Hulu Plus
We have talked more than once about the cheap and cool Vizio 8-inch Android tablet. The tablet is now at retailers around the country for…
Read MoreSony Adds Four New Cameras To Line Including The NEX-7, NEX-5N, A77, And A65
Sony has announced the addition of four new cameras to its lineup. The announcement includes the official launch of the Sony Alpha A77 DSLR that…
Read MoreIntertek Tests AH-IPS LCD Versus AMOLED For Performance
One of the biggest improvements for the iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4 was the screen. The AH-IPS panel that the iPhone 4 uses is…
Read MoreStar Wars Blu-Ray Films Get Tweaks And New Surprises
One of the things I am looking forward to is the launch of the Star Wars franchise on Blu-ray. I am really looking forward to…
Read MoreRussia To Start $10-$12B Tunnel Project To Connect Siberia And Alaska
The Bering Strait is the point where Russia and the US are at their closest. The Strait runs between Siberia and Alaska and the distance…
Read MoreHTC Puccini Tablet Leaks Again
A few days back we saw some leaked screen shots of the HTC Puccini tablet that surfaced and the hint that the tablet would be…
Read MoreR2D2 Helmet Protects Your Cranium In Geek Style
I am a big fan of Star Wars as are most geeks. I think that it's really cool to see girls that are fans of…
Read MoreAwesome Steampunk Apartment Available In NYC
If you are a fan of homes that aren't traditional and love steampunk this apartment in NYC will really impress you. The apartment is up…
Read MoreNavy Develops New Explosive Material Better Suited To Destroying Missile In Flight
The US Office of Naval Research has announced the successful testing of a new explosive material that can increase the effectiveness of a weapon impact.…
Read MoreH2O Wireless Can Turn Unlocked iPhone And Android Devices Into Pre-Paid Smartphones
If you have an iPhone or an Android device that is unlocked and you are tired of the contract and the expensive rates that AT&T,…
Read MoreAT&T 2011 Roadmap Leaks, Android, Blackberry, And Windows Phone Mango In Tow
What we're looking at here is a completely unverified, yet generally believable roadmap that's been picked up by PocketNow which shows a whole handful of…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Release For Sprint In October
It appears that Sprint, one of the "big four" carriers in the USA to NOT have gotten their hands on any version of the iPhone…
Read MoreSamsung Impulse 4G To Be First AT&T LTE Phone?
Although AT&T's 4G LTE network has yet to launch and isn't expected to reach more than 15 markets by year-end, rumors of its first LTE…
Read MoreJawbone JAMBOX LiveAudio Update Hands-On
Today Jawbone has announced a software update to their JAMBOX, a bluetooth speaker which we've previously reviewed quite positively. This new update includes what's called…
Read MoreNintendo Holding Private 3DS Event In September, New Hardware Possible
For those of you already in possession of the now price-slashed Nintendo hand-held 3D gaming unit, you should know that even though Nintendo has apologized…
Read MoreFacebook August Privacy Changes Rolling Out Now
Facebook today announced a series of privacy-related changes to its social networking site, several of which address the question "who can see this?" Facebook has…
Read MoreWindows Phone Marketplace Open For Mango App Submissions
Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has opened up its doors to app submissions for the upcoming Mango update. Back in July, Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace Senior…
Read MoreSony S1 Renamed Tablet S, Launching Mid-September
More details are surfacing on Sony's first Android tablets now that we're getting closer to launch time. Despite several teaser videos and some hands-on time…
Read MoreTablet Computer Spotted In 1968 Kubrick Classic, Cited In Samsung Case
It appears that the very first place one might see a tablet computer in action, at least one looking so minimalistic as an iPad, is…
Read MoreSamsung Series 7 700G Gamer Laptop Announced
When you're getting prepared for Diablo III which, for the record, we still expect to be coming out sometime before the end of 2011, you've…
Read MoreVERZO Kinzo Announced As Brand's First Android Device
Although Android does have one massively fantastic amount of devices out there, and several major manufacturers working tirelessly to bring us the biggest (and smallest)…
Read MoreiPhone 5 To Be Dual-Mode GSM/CDMA World Phone?
New evidence has surfaced that supports a longtime rumor that Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 will be a world phone with dual-mode GSM and CDMA. According…
Read MoreCanon Unveils Two New PIXMA Wireless All-In-One Photo Printers
Canon is adding two new PIXMA wireless All-in-One (AIO) photo printers to their lineup with models MG8220 and MG6220. These printers are affordable and yet…
Read MoreKodak Announces PLAYSPORT Burton Edition Video Camera, Ready For The Slopes
Kodak will be releasing a special Burton edition of their rugged PLAYSPORT Zx5 pocket video camera designed for people that love snow. It's touted as…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy SII Gets New US Teaser Video
Samsung has just unleashed another teaser video hinting at the imminent US release of the much anticipated Galaxy S II smartphone. The device has been…
Read MoreLenovo ThinkPad Android Tablet Goes On Sale
One of Lenovo's first two Android Honeycomb 3.1 tablets, called the ThinkPad Tablet has finally gone on sale. Designed for the enterprise market, the ThinkPad…
Read MoreMicrosoft Sues Motorola Mobility For Infringing Android Patents
Microsoft has filed a patent infringement suit against Motorola Mobility for infringing on Microsoft patents that cover Android. The purchase of Motorola Mobility by Google…
Read MoreHTC September 1 Facebook Event To Be All Mango?
If you recall last week I mentioned that HTC had put up a Facebook invite to get users to come over to an event it…
Read MoreEvernote For iOS Gets Updated With Rich Text Support
If you are a user of the iOS version of the Evernote application, the app got an update recently. The new update adds in some…
Read MoreGoogle TV With Android Market Getting Close, SDK Add-On Preview Available Now
Google has finally released a preview of its Google TV add-on for the Android SDK. The company first announced plans to transition Google TV to…
Read MoreTron Duck Tape Commercial Is Best Ad Ever
I know I have spent my share of time thinking that Tronguy is a major dork. I am 100% sure that I am not the…
Read MoreWINGStand Turns iPhone And iPad Into A Computer
Sometimes really cool products and ideas are very simple. This is one of those cases. The WINGStand is a very interesting little product that is…
Read MoreTron Scooter Is Perfect For Tiny Users
It's no surprise to me that geeks tend to get their kids geeky toys. When my son was little the rode this red plastic motorcycle…
Read MoreCanon PowerShot SX150 IS And New Elph Digital Cameras Break Cover
Canon has unveiled some new digital cameras. The new cameras are all in the compact range and promise to set new standards for capturing images.…
Read MoreMad Catz Unveils New Major League Gaming Fightstick For Consoles
Mad Catz has been pushing controllers for console and PC gamers for a very long time now. The company is back with its latest video…
Read MoreERPLY Unveils iPad Credit Card Swiper And App For Mobile Payments
There are several credit card swiping apps and hardware accessories on the market today. Most of them are made to work with the iPhone, though…
Read MoreBen Heck Saves New Parents Sanity With Modded Car Seat To Simulate Motion
When my son was an infant, he had the world's worst colic. The only time he would sleep when he was having a bad bout…
Read MoreMicrosoft Promises Robust USB 3.0 Support In Windows 8 And Shows Off USB 3.0 Demo
We all know that support for USB 3.0 on Windows computers today isn't nearly as wide spread as most of us would like. The main…
Read MoreSources Claim Apple Is At Work On Cheaper 8GB iPhone 4
According to Reuters, the Asian suppliers to Apple are gearing up to begin production of a new and cheaper iPhone 4 smartphone. The new smartphone…
Read MoreSamsung N102 To Be N100 Meego Clone With Windows 7 Onboard
The Samsung N100 netbook has been known about for while now. The netbook is a little offering that will run the Meego OS rather than…
Read MoreFossil Meta Watch Delayed Again
We have talked on a few occasions about the Fossil Meta Watch and it was expected to ship back in May. The watch never shipped…
Read MoreGoogle Maps Celebrates Gadaffi Fall With Central Libyan City Square Name Change
It's time for a very brief history lesson since this story affords us a brief look at a politically charged situation we generally otherwise wouldn't…
Read MorePioneer BCS-717 414 313 And 212 Blu-Ray Cinema Systems Make You Want To Adopt
While Blu-ray has been out for quite a while now, we're still seeing businesses across the board continue to release videos on both the newest…
Read MoreVAIO Z Series Teardown By Sony Engineer [Video]
We got our first official glimpse of the Sony VAIO Z Series back on June 28th, a look that revealed this to be Sony's lightest…
Read MoreHP Pre 3 Canceled For US, Price To Drop For Europe
The HP Pre 3 launched early last week in Europe as HP's first major webOS flagship phone, but it was received with very little fanfare.…
Read MoreSony A77 24-Megapixel Camera Updated Photos (And Specs) Leak
We've certainly seen this device before a few times: in a video, with a couple of battery grip photos, and in some tiny preview images.…
Read MoreHP TouchPad Tops Amazon's Bestseller List
You would think that HP's announcement of discontinuing webOS hardware would spawn a mob of angry early adopters requesting refunds, but it's been quite the…
Read MoreApple Possibly Planning All New Mac Product
Straight from the horses mouth - the one that lives in Japan and isn't exactly officially connected with Apple in any way, thusly a whole…
Read MoreVerizon 4G LTE Coverage To Expand Again On September 15
Verizon has been rapidly expanding its 4G LTE network coverage with the next major roll-out scheduled for September 15, less than a month after its…
Read MoreSharp RW-T107 Android Gingerbread NFC Tablet
The people at Sharp have announced a brand new 7-inch Android tablet that will be launched in Japan complete with an NFC interface for commercial…
Read MoreNokia Teases Symbian Belle Unveiling August 24
Symbian fans rejoice as it looks like the next iteration dubbed Symbian Belle is only two days away from an official unveiling. Nokia has posted…
Read MoreSony Ericsson Unveils Live With Walkman Android Smartphone
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a new Android smartphone with Walkman branding that touts unique music-centric features. Dubbed the Live with Walkman, the handset will feature…
Read MoreNPD: Android Maintains US Lead, Google Acquisition Could Revive Motorola
According to research firm NPD, Android maintains the lead for Q2 2011 with a US smartphone market share of 52 percent. It's not surprising since…
Read MoreBest Buy Offers Free iPhone 3GS 8GB, Today Only
Best Buy is offering a free iPhone 3GS if you sign-up for a new 2-year contract with AT&T. The deal is only good for the…
Read MoreAMD Updates Fusion C And E Series APU Processors
AMD announced today that it's releasing updated versions of its award-winning C and E series APUs (Accelerated Processing Units). These APUs are advanced hybrids of…
Read MoreGoogle Gets 18 Key Patents From $12.5 Billion Motorola Deal
Google has openly accused rivals, such as Microsoft, of launching an unfair patent war against the Android platform and its partners. Hence, Google's $12.5 billion…
Read MoreApple Surpasses Lenovo In Greater China Sales
For the first time, Apple's sales in greater China have surpassed that of Lenovo, which has been a reigning heavyweight in the region and has…
Read MoreAmazon Registers KindleScribe.com For Next E-Reader With Stylus?
Amazon has just registered a new domain name over the weekend that has spawned new speculation of interesting developments ahead for its Kindle e-reader. The…
Read MoreInfiniti Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2011 Roundup: JX Concept, Ethera, And IPL G Convertible
We've been at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, a yearly car show displaying nothing but the newest, the futuristic, and the most classic vehicles, a fantastic…
Read MoreSkype Acquires GroupMe After The Latter Has A Major Update
As the video and instant chat group Skype announced today, GroupMe has been acquired by big blue, this the latest in a long long of…
Read MoreSlashGear Weekly Roundup Video - August 21, 2011
This past week was like no other. Two major industry changing announcements were made that really took the tech community by surprise. Google revealed its…
Read MoreRick Perry And The Pork Chop Twitter Block
Down here in Texas, we invented the State Fair. That may not technically be true, but everything you know and love to hate about state…
Read MoreAndroid Games For Freddy Krueger, Night Of The Living Dead, And Halloween Coming Soon
Android has come a LONG WAY in a just a couple of years, especially when it comes to mobile applications. Ease in developing for a…
Read More4G LTE Test Code Revealed In iOS 5 Developer Build
It appears that an iPhone 5 4G LTE is still in the works as a 4G Long-Term Evolution testing code has been discovered in beta…
Read MoreIPL G Convertible At Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2011
Infiniti has unveiled its latest droptop, the 2013 IPL G Convertible, set to hit showrooms in spring 2012. Part of the company's Infiniti Performance Line…
Read MoreInfiniti Etherea At Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Infiniti has already shown off its Etherea concept before, with the compact having made its debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, but it's getting…
Read MoreFujitsu IS12T Mango Phone Available For Pre-Order
The folks at the Au KDDI store in Nishi-Kasai in Tokyo Japan have just tweeted something that'll get your Windows Phone Mango ears ringin', that…
Read MorewebOS TouchPad $100 Fire Sale Today, Should You Buy It?
It appears that everyone who suggested HP sell their webOS tablets for unbelievably cheap prices or straight up give them away were right on track…
Read MoreWhy Are Film Studios So Dumb?
When I use Netflix, Amazon’s streaming service, and all the others out there, I can’t help but think about film studios. I analyze their decision-making,…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Precedent Makes Off-Contract Android Ultra Cheap
The folks at Samsung have revealed a device by the name of Galaxy Precedent, a device that would certainly have appeared to be a decent…
Read MoreiPhone 5 More @ Less Concept Phone Cuts The Bulk
Though you may think your iPhone is already as small as its going to get, industrial designer Zeki Ozek has a different idea: cut MORE…
Read MoreInfiniti JX Concept Unveiled To The World At Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Infiniti has revealed its latest luxury crossover, the Infiniti JX Concept, a preview of what we can expect from the production model likely to hit…
Read MoreMicrosoft Luring webOS Developers With Free Windows Phones
Now that webOS devices will be discontinued what are webOS developers to do? Well, they could become developers for the Windows Phone platform and receive…
Read MoreiOS 5 To Deprive Developers Of A Key Tracking Tool, UDID Access
Hidden in today's release of iOS 5 beta 6 was a key change that blocks developers from accessing UDIDs. This unique device identifier is an…
Read MoreBlackBerry Music Service To Cost $5 Per Month
More details on RIM's BlackBerry music streaming service are beginning to surface following rumors that the app could be rolling out very soon. Reports yesterday…
Read MoreHP TouchPad In White Available Now For US, Seriously?
The white HP TouchPad, which became available in Europe yesterday, is now available here in the US. It seems like someone in HP didn't get…
Read MoreSprint Allegedly In Talks To Buyout Clearwire For LTE
Sprint is reportedly in talks with cable companies to buyout Clearwire, which has recently announced adoption of 4G LTE and its need for funding to…
Read MoreFacebook "Like" Button Declared Illegal In Germany
Facebook isn't liked in Germany. The social network has already been under fire in the country for its privacy issues pertaining to facial recognition feature…
Read MoreHTC CEO Reaffirms Support For Google-Motorola Deal
HTC CEO Peter Chou has reaffirmed the company's support for the Android platform following Google's announcement to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Google's PR…
Read More13 Year Old Scientist Makes Solar Power Breakthrough
The manufactured collection of solar power has been a regular staple in our everyday environmentally friendly means of collecting power docket for quite a few…
Read MoreShould Google Go Apple Mobile Style With Moto, Microsoft Takes The Spoils
In a lovely letter sent out to his clients this Friday, Piper Jaffray resident Apple analyst Gene Munster covered a hypothetical situation in which once…
Read MoreBlackBerry App World 3.0 To Launch August 22
Following the release of three new BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones, including the BlackBerry Bold 9930, BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860, and the BlackBerry Torch 9180, RIM is…
Read MoreAcer Ultrabook Now Aiming For September Launch
Acer's rival to the MacBook Air may launch as early as September. According to a report from Digitimes, the Taiwanese manufacturer hopes to launch its…
Read MoreQuake 3 Video Game Challenge Laid Down With "Scrolls" Name As Prize
So there's this guy by the name of Notch, aka Markus "Notch" Persson, he's one of the original creators of the massively popular game Minecraft.…
Read MoreiOS 5 Beta 6 Seeded To Apple Developers
Apple has just released iOS 5 beta 6 to its registered developers after only two weeks since the release of beta 5, which revealed a…
Read MoreSoftBank 007SH KT Hello Kitty Android Gingerbread Phone For The Win
Welcome to the greatest Android device on the market today. I'm only half joking, as the specs on this very gaudy looking device are certainly…
Read MorePrepare For iPhone 5 In Early October Warns AT&T VP
More indications of an October launch for the iPhone 5 this morning, with word reputedly from an AT&T VP that managers should expect the fifth-gen…
Read MoreMGM Wants To Blow Up 27-Story Las Vegas Hotel That Has Never Been Used
One of the places in the US that most epitomizes the fact that we are constantly rebuilding and recycling landmarks is Las Vegas. Landmark hotels…
Read MoreHP Shares Slide 20% As Dell CEO Takes Public Potshots
It's a tough morning for HP in the aftermath of the webOS and PC business announcements yesterday, with a plummeting share price and long-time foe Michael Dell…
Read MoreGresso Shows Off Extremely Rugged Mobile Phone
The last time we talked about Gresso was last year when the company showed off a seriously high-end iPad that had a wooden case made…
Read MoreFederal Server Crashes And Loses 70,000 Job Applications
If you have been looking for a job and recently applied at a federal agency, you need to check the status of your application. Apparently,…
Read MoreResearchers In Tokyo Working On New Fluorescent Implantable Glucose Monitor
A group of researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo have been hard at work trying to perfect a new…
Read MoreSpace Hotel Will Sleep Up To Seven At £600,000 Each
If you are rich enough you will soon be able take a trip into space and see what the real astronauts live like, only in…
Read MoreHTC Announces London User Event For September 1 Via Facebook
It's always exciting when you hear that a manufacturer of gadgets and smartphones is having a user event. A special even is generally held when…
Read MoreApple Caught Resizing Samsung Kit Again In Patent Suit
Apple has been accused for the second time of manipulating images presented as part of its patent infringement suit against Samsung, this time for resizing…
Read MoreiPad 3 Retina Display On Order, But Testing Supplier Mettle
Apple's iPad 3 component plans continue to leak, with word that after having received samples of so-called Retina Display panels running at 2048 x 1536,…
Read MoreHP iPad 2 webOS Testing Double TouchPad Performance Says Insider
HP was painfully aware of the TouchPad's hardware shortcomings, insider sources have suggested, with ports of webOS running "over twice as fast" on Apple's iPad…
Read MoreIntel Pushes Cedar Trail Launch After Failing Windows 7 Certification
Intel has been working on the next generation platform for netbooks for a while now. That platform has the codename Cedar Trail. We have talked…
Read MoreMotorola Droid Bionic Ads Surface From Best Buy
We have been pretty excited around here at the thought of the Motorola Droid Bionic. The smartphone has surfaced in a few leaks so far…
Read MoreMicrosoft's Surface 2.0 Stress Testing Robot Called Patty Shown Off For First Time
I never really stop to think much about the testing behind the scenes that goes into perfecting new products, especially the touch screen sort that…
Read MoreAmazon, Samsung, HTC... Who'll Be webOS' New Suitor?
HP's decision to amputate its webOS hardware line and attempt to tourniquet the cash gush has left the platform's future in the air. The TouchPad…
Read MoreParasound Zphone USB Preamp Turns Vinyl Into Digital Audio
I can understand that some people prefer the sound of vinyl for their tunes over digital tracks bought from iTunes or other music stores. I…
Read MoreLogitech Unveils Ambidextrous G300 Optical Gaming Mice
If you are, a budget gamer that is in the market for new gaming mouse Logitech has unveiled one that might catch your eye. If…
Read MoreApple Blasts Dodgy Retailers In Fake Accessory Clamp-Down
Apple has been quietly sweeping through New York markets in a crackdown on counterfeit goods, newly unsealed legal documents have revealed, with the company filing…
Read MoreGoogle+ Updated: YouTube Hangout Support And UI Tweaks [Video]
Google has updated Google+ by integrating YouTube with Hangouts, adding one-click support on the video streaming site so that users of the new social network can…
Read MoreSony DEV-5 And DEV-3 Digital Binoculars Shoot Full HD Video
Sony has outed two sets of digital binoculars, the DEV-5 and DEV-3, that might look more at home on Hoth than they do in your…
Read MoreHP TouchPad Lasted 49 Days, Microsoft Kin Lasted 48, IBM Did It Best
Let me see how simple I can make this because there are just a few facts that you should know, probably the most important facts…
Read MoreWhy HP Is Dropping webOS : HP Comments At Length
Earlier today we received word that not only would HP be "spinning off" or completely separating from their PSG* division, they'd be completely stopping production…
Read MoreBest Buy Offers Free Galaxy Tab 10.1 With Samsung TV Purchase
Best Buy has announced a new promotion that may be a sign that Android tablets are still not doing so hot. The Best Buy deal…
Read MoreApple Patent App Reveals Advanced "Maps + Compass" Feature With Augmented Reality
A new Apple patent application has surfaced today, revealing that the company has some interesting plans ahead for its "Map + Compass" iOS feature. Titled…
Read MoreSlashGear Covering Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2011
Gadgets come in all shapes and sizes, and SlashGear is checking out the four-wheeled variety this weekend at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. A yearly…
Read MoreHP Not Ditching webOS, Just The Hardware
Following earlier reports that HP will be discontinuing its webOS ecosystem of devices, including the Veer, Pre3, and TouchPad, an insider source has informed Thisismynext…
Read MoreHP Discontinues webOS Handsets, Touchpad, And Entire Ecosystem
Today HP revealed that they would be announcing that it will completely discontinue operations for all webOS devices. This affects the HP TouchPad and all…
Read MoreRIM's BlackBerry Music Streaming Service Getting Closer To Launch
Research In Motion (RIM) may soon be offering its own music streaming service for its BlackBerry platform. According to multiple insider sources, RIM is in…
Read MoreApple Seeking EU Ban On ALL Samsung Galaxy Smartphones, Tablets
Following Apple's recent win in blocking Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Germany, the company is now filing a more extensive complaint in the Netherlands…
Read MoreAT&T To Offer Only Unlimited Messaging Plans Starting August 21
AT&T has announced that it will be streamlining its text messaging plans by keeping only the unlimited option. The 1000 messages for $10 plan will…
Read MoreThe $249 PS3 Is Now The Best Deal In The Business
Sony could very well have made its best decision in years by dropping the price of its PlayStation 3 console $50 earlier this week. Now,…
Read MoreEvernote Buys Mac Drawing App Skitch, Makes It Free
Popular cloud-based note-taking service Evernote announced today that it has acquired Skitch, a photo annotation, editing, and sharing app. Skitch has so far been limited…
Read MoreHTC Puccini Called Jetstream On AT&T, Additional Screenshots Leaked
We certainly know a lot about the 10-inch tablet known as the HTC Puccini considering it's not yet truly officially announced by its manufacturer or…
Read MoreApple Takes Top Spot For Mobile PC Vendor With 21.1 Percent Share
According to a new report from DisplaySearch, Apple has taken the top spot in worldwide mobile PC shipments in the second quarter of 2011. The…
Read MoreYahoo Google Phone Coming Soon From Sharp
What we're to understand we're looking at here is one strange combination of brands creating a device that's no less than completely absurd. This is…
Read MoreHP To Buy Autonomy For $10 Billion, Spinning Off PC Business
HP will be announcing a $10 billion acquisition of enterprise software company Autonomy and may spin off its PC hardware business. The announcement could be…
Read MoreSamsung's Galaxy S2 Makes Unplanned Teaser Appearance [Video]
It's the season for smartphone teasers; LG has been working the Optimus 3D angle, and Samsung has been making a song & dance about the…
Read MoreWhen Marketing Goes Wrong: TabCo And Fusion Garage's Grid
This Monday we were treated to the final reveal of what the mysterious "TabCo" group was and what sort of tablet they'd be making that…
Read MoreAmazon Instant Video Gets Content Boost Ahead Of Slate Surprise
Amazon has announced a boost in its digital streaming catalog, now exceeding 100,000 titles including over 9,000 TV shows and movies offered free to Amazon…
Read MoreGross Photo Of Deceased Pet Is Made From Pets Own Ashes
This may be the most disturbing and gross photo I have ever seen. I can understand that some people love their pets so much that…
Read MoreGoogle Tests Its Music Muscle With A Blog Called Magnifier
It is with an online publication by the name of Magnifier that Google and their currently titled "Music Beta" program will test their strength as…
Read MoreThinkFlood Offers Android RedEye Remote Control Software For Public Beta
The last time I mentioned RedEye was back in April when they unveiled the RedEye Pro back in April. The only catch to the device…
Read MoreNetgear's Latest NeoTV Product Crosses The FCC
I have always considered Netgear a networking company and always think of its wireless routers and other networking gear like the DSL home gateway that…
Read MoreGarmin Vector And Edge 200 Target Cyclists Rich And Poor [Video]
Garmin has launched a pair of new tracking gadgets targeted at cyclists, with the Edge 200 Cycling GPS offering to track your progress on a…
Read MoreSamsung's Galaxy Tab Ads Stronger But Shoppers Still Buy iPad Instead
Apple's market success has often been attributed to the "magical" brain-washing powers of its advertising, but new research suggests that strong ad campaigns aren't necessarily…
Read MoreLG Rejected Android Pole Position Insider Reveals
LG, not HTC, was to be Google's original partner on the first commercial Android smartphone, according to the latest industry rumors, with Android chief Andy…
Read MoreFacebook And Yahoo Test The Six Degrees Of Separation Theory
I bet you have all heard of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. This is the old we are all connected to Mr. Footloose by…
Read MoreHP Outs New 64GB TouchPad Tablet With White Case Option, Not For America
If you are a fan of the HP TouchPad, you are among the minority. This tablet has been flamed by many users due to issues…
Read MoreMicrosoft Fast Async Will Usher In Xbox Live Three Screen Gaming
It would be cool if games that are on the Xbox 360 console that were also available for mobiles and computers could be played with…
Read MoreSouth Korean Class Action Suit Against Apple Seeks Nearly $26 Million
Early this month I mentioned that Apple had been fined in South Korea for tracking users of the iPhone without their permission. The fine was…
Read MoreDirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Hits PS3 For Subscribers And Non-Subscribers
If you are a big fan of the NFL football season is here already with pre-season games already being played. I would wager that means…
Read MoreXFX Announces Deus Ex Human Revolution Radeon Video Card Bundles
Years ago I really, really liked the first Deus Ex video game, it was one of the first shooter style games that I really go…
Read MoreIBM, DARPA, And University Researchers Create Basic Design For Computer Chip That Works Like The Brain
IBM is one of the biggest companies in high performance computing and supercomputers and has been a big force in the computer world for over…
Read MoreSony's $50 Price Cut On The PS3 Is Paying Off
A couple days back Sony announced that it was slashing the price of the PS3 console by $50 globally to help ramp sales of the…
Read MoreCadillac Converj Concept Car To Hit Dealers As Cadillac ELR
One of the things I really like about car show season at the major shows around the world is that we get to see some…
Read MoreApple Wins Patents For MagSafe On iPad, Multi-Touch Displays, Original iPod
The patents are flying over at the US Patent and Trademark Office, a series of 20 of them running their way through the "granted" process…
Read MoreThree Promises Huawei E586 HSPA+ MiFi With 21.1Mbps Downloads
Three UK has announced a new MiFi, and it's apparently going to be the fastest mobile hotspot in the country. Offering support for HSPA+ 21.1Mbps…
Read MoreBART Hacked Again: Police Addresses Leaked
Hackers have breached the San Francisco BART systems for a second time, releasing personal details of the BART police that includes home addresses, email addresses…
Read MoreNokia Symbian Anna Released For N8, C7, E7 And C6-01
Nokia has begun the Symbian Anna roll-out, with the updated software beginning to show up for the N8, C7, E7 and C6-01. Bringing a new, portrait…
Read MoreAT&T Sues Law Firms Seeking To Block T-Mobile Deal
AT&T is now suing the law firms that have been seeking to block the $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Back in July, New York-based law…
Read MoreGoogle Updates iOS Search App With Instant Pages
Google updated its Search app for iOS today with the addition of several new features that will make searching faster and more convenient. Most noticeable…
Read MoreWindows 8 Will Have An App Store And Possibly Kinect Integration
Microsoft may have inadvertently confirmed some details on Windows 8 today when Windows chief Steven Sinofsky posted a list of teams working on the next-gen…
Read MoreGoogle, Motorola Deal Faces Lawsuit Filed By Shareholder
Google's move to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion was certain to face some hurdles, but few would expect the first to be a lawsuit…
Read MoreSkype WiFi Now Available On iOS For Accessing Over 1 Million Hotspots
Skype has just rolled out a new iOS app called Skype WiFi that will allow users to access over 1 million WiFi hotspots around the…
Read MoreGoogle's Photovine iOS App Launches [Hands-On]
Google has officially launched its photo-sharing iPhone app called Photovine, which they first revealed back in July. The app lets you share images based on…
Read MoreSamsung Leads The Way To Wider Smartphones All Around
Earlier today we reported that Samsung had been reconsidering everything about itself as a device manufacturer, from the way it uses information technology to the…
Read MoreCanon 24-105mm Lens Crafted Of Ceramic Brings Liquid Satisfaction In A Snap
If there's one single photo related to photography itself that's so meta, so amazingly ingenious it's amazing it hasn't been done a thousand times over,…
Read MoreApple, Nokia, Qualcomm, Google To Fight For InterDigital Patents
In the wake of Google's $12.5 billion bid for Motorola, rivals that have already been shoring up patent ammunition are now further hoarding patents as…
Read MoreMicrosoft Google Motorola Code Leak Case Dropped
On the 12 of August we were to understand that Google was in a court case involving Microsoft and Motorola in which a Microsoft allegedly…
Read MoreApple's Mobile Ad Exec Andy Miller Jumps Ship To Highland Capital
Apple's head of mobile advertising, Andy Miller, has given notice that he will be leaving Apple to join Boston-based venture firm Highland Capital. Miller has…
Read MoreAMD Introduces New Triple-Core A6-3500 APU
AMD today announced the availability of a new APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) called the A6-3500 that extends the company's lineup of A-Series processors, delivering brilliant…
Read MoreAsus Eee Pad Transformer 2 Possible In Bid For First NVIDIA Kal-El Quad-Core Tablet
A supposed collection of "multiple" sources have confirmed that the very first NVIDIA Kal-El quad-core processor toting tablet will be a next-generation Asus device, very…
Read MoreLogitech Wireless Solar Keyboard For Mac Caters To OS X
Logitech has outed a new version of its Wireless Solar Keyboard, this time targeting Mac users with some OS X specific keys. The new K750…
Read MoreGriffin HELO TC iPhone-Controlled Helicopter On Sale Now [Video]
Griffin told us to expect its low-cost iPhone-controlled HELO TC helicopter in time for the holiday shopping season, but it seems the company just couldn't…
Read MoreHP Wants webOS In Your Car And Microwave
HP's webOS tablet, the TouchPad, may not have set the market alight, but the company is hoping a broader playing-field for the platform might make…
Read MoreSamsung Reconsiders Software "Competitiveness" After Google Motorola Deal
Samsung may have publicly praised Google's acquisition of Motorola earlier this week, but behind the scenes the company is reportedly furious that its competitiveness may be slipping…
Read MoreAir Swimmers RC Balloons Float Around The House Under Your Control
A long time ago, I had a gift certificate and I couldn't find anything cool to use it on. I ended up ordering this giant…
Read MoreLogitech Tablet Speaker For iPad Breaks Cover
My daughter loves to watch Netflix on the iPad. This is the reason you can't find any recommendations on my account other than horse movies.…
Read MoreNokia's NFC-Toting Wireless Music Receiver MD-20W Clears FCC
Nokia's MD-20W wireless media streamer has cleared the FCC, offering a way to stream music over Bluetooth A2DP to any speaker system you choose to…
Read MoreAdata Unveils SH14 Rugged USB 3.0 External HDD
Adata has unveiled a new portable HDD that uses the fast USB 3.0 interface to allow for much faster data speeds when storing data to…
Read MoreBlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 Priced Sky-High In US
Pricing for the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 in the US has been revealed, and you could almost think that the US carriers wanted to kill off…
Read MoreSpace Radar Captures Sound Of Perseid Meteor Shower
Whatever you want to call the Perseid meteors be it shooting stars or simply meteors as they streak through the atmosphere this time each year,…
Read MoreHP Pre3 Hits Palm Europe SIM Free For £299
A couple days back the support page for the Pre3 from HP hit the Orange website in Europe. There was no mention of when the…
Read MoreDell Slashes Revenue Forecast On Industry Uncertainty
Dell is one of the largest computer firms in the world with global shipments. While the demand for computers from corporate and governments has been…
Read MoreKanex Unveils C247DL Dual-Link DVI To Apple Mini DisplayPort Adapter
Kanex has unveiled a new converter that will help the Mac users out there connect an existing Mac computer to the new and cool Apple…
Read MoreNintendo Wii Makeover: Streamlined Style But No GameCube Support
Nintendo is readying a new version of the Wii, featuring a streamlined design intended to be placed horizontally rather than vertically, and with a new,…
Read MoreSamsung SSD 830 Series SATA 3 Drives Revealed
Samsung has outed its latest solid-state drive range, the Samsung SSD 830 series, offering up to 512GB of high-speed storage with a SATA 3.0 interface.…
Read MoreKen Block Gymkhana Four Video Hits YouTube
Ken Block may be a real rally driver and have a serious business side for his sponsors, but I don’t care about any of that.…
Read MoreMicrosoft Looks For New Windows Phone 8 Employee To Work On Out-Of-Box Experience
If you are a geek looking for a new job Microsoft is on the lookout for someone to join its Windows Phone 8 team. The…
Read MoreSlashGear Vodafone Samsung Galaxy S II Giveaway!
If there's one thing the SlashGear team loves more than bringing you reviews of the latest gadgets, it's giving hot tech away. Vodafone UK feels…
Read MoreCregle Penbook Tablet Hits The FCC
There are some folks that won't consider a tablet or notebook if the thing isn't running Windows 7. That is understandable on some levels since…
Read MoreScosche boomCAN Portable Media Speaker Works With Just About Anything
If you have a gadget that has a 3.5mm headphone output and you want an external speaker rather than headphones Scosche has a new one…
Read MoreMac Sales Soar On Asia Appeal: June Up 67% In China
Strong demand for Mac computers in China has seen Apple's sales growth soar in Asia, it's reported, with Mac shipments growing at over 67-percent in…
Read MoreOccasional Gamer Dev App Stats Out Two Unknown Windows Phone Devices
Geeks that run their own websites know that most of the metrics packages out there that operate on servers to track your visitor data. Metrics…
Read MoreSynology DS411 Offers Quad-Drive Backup/media Streaming
Synology has outed its latest NAS, the DiskStation DS411, targeted at home and small business users looking for speedy backup and media storage with four-drive redundancy.…
Read MoreMotorola's GSII-Rivaling DROID HD Leaks
Motorola's DROID HD has been caught on camera, offering a sizable 4.5-inch touchscreen squeezed into a surprisingly slender chassis. Shared with Engadget by a lucky tipster…
Read MoreGoogle+ Has No Users Says Facebook Exec
Facebook execs have accused Google of having "emulated aspects of our system" with its new Google+ games, though suggested that the social networking upstart "[doesn't]…
Read MoreApple Planning $1bn Sharp Display Investment Tips Analyst
Apple may counter Google's surprise acquisition of Motorola Mobility with further investment in the supply chain, analysts have predicted, leveraging its significant cash reserves to…
Read MoreHP TouchPad Unsold Stock Mountain Prompts Best Buy Ire
Best Buy is reportedly refusing to keep the huge, unsold stocks of HP TouchPad tablets it has in its warehouses, with the retailer said to…
Read MoreApple Store Gets 4G LTE Equipment For iPhone 5?
New reports that the iPhone 5 will indeed support 4G LTE are now further fueled by a tip that LTE equipment is being installed in…
Read MoreFacebook Blocking Google+ Invite Posts?
Reports surfaced today that Facebook may be blocking posts that encourage users to try out rival social network, Google+. A video was posted this morning…
Read MoreWindows Phone Getting New Xbox LIVE Features And Games
Microsoft today previewed several new Xbox LIVE features and game titles that will be coming to the Windows Phone 7 platform this fall. The announcement…
Read MoreApple's Spaceship Campus Is Larger Than The U.S. Pentagon
Apple's massive "spaceship" campus will have a footprint that's larger than the U.S. Pentagon and a diameter wider than the New York City Empire State…
Read MoreApple Releases Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1 Update
Apple has just released a Mac OS X Lion update to version 10.7.1. This is the platform's first public update since its launch last month…
Read MoreSony PlayStation 3 Gets $50 Price Cut Worldwide
Sony announced today that its PlayStation 3 gaming console would get a price cut of $50 worldwide. This price reduction would bring its 160GB model…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Pre-Orders Start September 30 For October 7 Launch?
According to new tips from insider sources, the iPhone 5 may get a September pre-order date ahead of its October launch. This new information comes…
Read MoreApple Sued By HTC Over Three New Patents
HTC has filed a new lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the company infringes on three patents it holds, two of which were acquired with the…
Read MoreHTC Ruby To Be Named HTC Amaze 4G On T-Mobile
As you may or may not know, every device has at least two names - one that its manufacturer gives it, this name sometimes never…
Read MoreSony Unveils New Budget PSP Ahead Of PS Vita
Sony unveiled a new budget-friendly model of the PSP today during their Gamescom press conference. The announcement came as quite a surprise since the company's…
Read MoreGoogle's Motorola Acquisition Explained With Lightsabers And Darth Steve Jobs
The Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility was big news yesterday with plenty of analysis and predictions on the bold defensive move. But to help you…
Read MoreNetflix Launching "Just For Kids" Interface
Everyone's favorite video streaming service Netflix has today announced their intention to launch "Just for Kids," a tab on their everyday user interface which brings…
Read MoreMIT Center For Mobile Learning Revealed With Google Support
Today we're to understand that MIT has hooked up with Google for a single project, the result of a long-standing relationship based on interests in…
Read MoreHTC Puccini Tablet Launch By Early October Says Exec
The HTC Puccini tablet will launch as soon as late September or early October, according to HTC CFO Winston Yung, though official specifications for the slate…
Read MoreAT&T 4G LTE Modem/hotspot Coming August 21 With $50 5GB Plan
AT&T has confirmed availability for its first 4G LTE devices, the USBConnect Momentum 4G modem and Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G, as well as data-only pricing for…
Read MoreChevy Talks Fuel Economy Gains From Aerodynamics For 2013 Malibu
A car maker can go many ways when it comes to improving the fuel efficiency of their vehicles. They can use smaller engines that need…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS Sales Soar After Price Slash
Nintendo's price slash to the 3DS looks to have reignited interest in the glasses-free 3D gaming handheld, with sales in Japan reportedly flourishing after the discount…
Read MoreGoogle Unveils Google Catalogs
Google has unveiled a new free app for tablet users that is called Google Catalogs. The app takes all of those catalogs that many of…
Read MoreEuro Galaxy Tab 10.1 Injunction Diluted: Only German Sales Blocked
The preliminary injunction preventing Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 across most of Europe has been temporarily suspended, opening the door for resumed sales in…
Read MoreEssex Police Arrest And Charge Man For Planning Water Fight Over Blackberry Messenger
The riots that are going on in England are making headlines around the world. Rioters are burning and looting stores and destroying property and the…
Read MoreNear-Space Adventures Coming Via Giant Balloons?
When I always dreamed about going into space, it was aboard a rocket, not a gigantic balloon. A company called zero2infinity founded by one José…
Read MoreSonos Grabs Ex-Xbox Chief Robbie Bach For Retail Push
Ex-Xbox chief Robbie Bach has joined Sonos, where he will advise the company on marketing and retail presence. Bach was tempted onto the Sonos board…
Read MoreIntel To Ship New Retail Boxed Sandy Bridge E Range With No Heatsink
Generally, when you buy Intel retail boxed processor the package comes with a generic reference design heatsink to keep the processor cool. This is nice…
Read MoreHennessey To Show Epic Venom GT At McCall's Motorworks Revival This Week
If you ever needed a reason to pursue higher education or to purchase copious amounts of lottery tickets, the Hennessey Venom GT is it. The…
Read MoreChina Praises British Prime Minister's Plan To Censor The Web
Here in the US much of our beliefs and culture are based on the notion that all should have unfettered access to the internet and…
Read MoreGame Industry Execs Think PS Vita Launch Will Be "A Car Wreck"
The PS Vita isn't even here yet and already some game developers are calling for a failed product and a launch that one is describing…
Read MoreIntel Says No To Notebook Makers Request For 50% Ultrabook CPU Price Cut
Intel has been talking about the Ultrabook and how much of the notebook market it expects to grab with the platform for a while now.…
Read MoreRice University Details Theia Distributed Image Search Solution
The thought of a system that could search the photos taken by a bunch of strangers on the smartphone looking for one specific person seems…
Read MoreZyXEL Wireless WHD6215 HDMI Adapter Launches For $199
I can tell you from experience that there are times when using a HDMI cable for your home theater just won't work. I have a…
Read MoreMicrosoft Eliminating Glossy Xbox 360 In Favor Of Matte Finishes
Glossy finishes on things that we touch a lot like notebooks and game consoles are nice looking - when they are clean. That is a…
Read MoreOS X Lion Thumb Drive On Sale: Big Cat Without Big Bandwidth
As expected, Apple has begun sales of its OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive, offering a download-free way to install the new platform. Currently on sale…
Read MoreSamsung Begins Dutch Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales In Pre-Injunction Hearing Window
Samsung is pushing ahead with its European roll-out of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, at least in those areas it's allowed to. That basically amounts to…
Read MoreiPhone 5 On Sept 12 Tips Carrier Insider, But iPad 3 2011 Plans Scrapped
More behind the scenes Apple shuffling today, with good news and bad about two of the most anticipated iOS devices on the horizon. The iPhone…
Read MoreAnother Extravagantly Fake Apple Store In China
There's certainly an abundance of knock-off Apple products and fake Apple stores throughout the world, but perhaps one of the most extravagant is this two-story…
Read MoreAndroid Vs. iOS Personalities [Infographic]
Do you prefer Android or iOS? Your preference for either platform may say a lot about your personality. According to data collected by Hunch and…
Read MoreMicrosoft: Google-Motorola Deal Makes Windows Phone Only Equal Opportunity Platform
In the wake of today's shocker that Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility, Microsoft has issued a statement that's almost just as bewildering. Windows Phone President…
Read MoreMicrosoft Finally Starts Talking Windows 8 In New Blog
Microsoft announced a new blog today dedicated to all things Windows 8. The software giant has been very secretive about developments for this next-gen platform,…
Read MoreHTC Bliss Caught In The Wild
The HTC Bliss Android smartphone has just been spotted in the wild. Details on the Bliss first emerged back in May when it was rumored…
Read MoreFusion Garage Grid 10 Drops TabCo Disguise: 10-Inch Custom Slate
TabCo has come clean, and as expected the "brand behind the brand" is Fusion Garage. The CEO behind the underwhelming JooJoo, Chandra Rathakrishnan, is back…
Read MoreGoogle Forced To Buy Motorola To Block Microsoft?
News of Google buying Motorola for $12.5 billion took the tech community by surprise this morning, but now it's believed that Google may have had…
Read MoreApple May Have Submitted Flawed Evidence Against Samsung In Europe
According to an investigation by Webwereld.nl, a Dutch IDG publication, Apple may have submitted false evidence to the German courts as part of their case…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS Price Cut To $169.99 Today
Whenever there's a price cut of such a magnitude for a device of such importance as the Nintendo 3DS, one would expect there to be…
Read MoreRovio Launches Angry Birds Mooncakes And Barrage Of Additional Products
In celebration of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival - otherwise known as the Moon Festival, Rovio has decided to release some signature shaped Angry Birds Mooncakes…
Read MoreMotorola DEFY+ Unveiled As Updated Rugged Android Smartphone
Despite the shocking news this morning that Google is purchasing Motorola for 12.5 billion, the handset maker managed to unveil a new handset today that's…
Read MoreAmazon Student App Lets You Trade Textbooks And More From Your iPhone
Amazon launched a new iOS app today that will simplify the back-to-school rush. The app is called Amazon Student and makes it convenient for students…
Read MoreViewSonic ViewPad 10pro Dual-OS Android / Windows Tablet Detailed Further
While we've been seeing this tablet pop up here and again over the past few months, it's today where we get the biggest amount of…
Read MoreHTC Bootloader Unlock Live, Sensation First In Line
As promised weeks ago, HTC has begun the bootloader unlocking process today, all of it starting with the international edition of the HTC Sensation, and…
Read MoreFusion Garage Grid 4 Smartphone Coming Q4
It's not just the Grid 10 that Fusion Garage has to show: the company also has a new smartphone, the Grid 4, which runs the same…
Read MoreiOS Assistant Based On Siri Tech, Able To Access Contacts, Calendars, And Email
Apple's newest mobile operating system by the name of iOS 5 just keeps getting better and better it seems, today being sort of confirmed to…
Read MoreLTE iPhone 5 In Carrier Testing According To Report
One of the things that people have been wanting for a while now on the iPhone when it comes to market in future versions is…
Read MoreFirefox 6.0 Hits Download Tomorrow
After some early reports this morning that Firefox 6.0 would be shipping today, it has surfaced that the new browser will not ship today. Mozilla…
Read MoreTabCo Grid 10 Confirmed: JooJoo 2 Outed
Mysterious tablet company TabCo has seemingly spoilt its own surprise unveil, confirming that the slate it plans to officially unveil later on today is the…
Read MorePerseid Meteor Photo Shot From ISS
This time each year you can step outside and see some really cool shooting stars as they plummet though the atmosphere. Almost all of them…
Read MoreR2D2 Sweater Is Perfect For Cold Hoth Nights
If you are a Star Wars geeks that has enough confidence to pull off clothing that has characters on it and has a penchant for…
Read MoreRapper The Game Tweets Internship Offer With Phone Number For Compton Sheriff's Department
Twitter as any other tool can be used for good or for things that are not so good. One example of using the Twitter service…
Read MoreHTC, Sony Ericsson And LG Praise Google's 17k Motorola Patent Grab [Update: Samsung]
Google's announcement this morning that it will snap up Motorola Mobility in a $12.5bn deal is already being positioned as a patent-grab first, hardware drive…
Read MoreFaux Apple Store Changes Name To Smart Store
Over the last few weeks, there have been a lot of photos that have surfaced of some convincing fake Apple Stores in China. There were…
Read MoreAndy Rubin: Motorola Not A Nexus Lock-In
Motorola isn't necessarily taking responsibility for all future Nexus hardware, Google has insisted, with the door left open for HTC, Samsung and other Android licensees…
Read MoreShot Glass Set Looks Like Canon Camera Lens
If you are the sort that is really into photography and happens to think lenses sitting around your home or office is the perfect sort…
Read MoreAmazon Cracks Down On E-Book Publishers Using Private Label Rights
Amazon has started to crack down on the publishing of e-books that use the private label rights or PLR. PLR is a way that a…
Read MoreGoogle Challenges Lodsys But Android Faces Legal Firestorm Over Source Sluggishness
Google has further waded into the ongoing mobile patent saga, joining Apple in calling for re-examination of IP it argues should never have been granted…
Read MoreGoogle Buys Motorola Mobility For $12.5bn
Google has announced that it is buying Motorola Mobility, in a $12.5bn deal expected to close either by the end of the year or the…
Read MoreHP Pre3 Hits Orange UK Support Site
We already know some of the details on the coming HP Pre3 smartphone. The last time we talked about the Pre3 was in mid-July when…
Read MoreApple Prepping Official OS X Lion Recovery Drive
Back in July when Apple launched OS X Lion we talked about a lot of the cool features that the OS has. One of the…
Read MorePolice Push Face Recognition In Anti-Rioter Campaign, But DIY Effort Shutters
Attempts to use facial recognition technology to identify looters involved in the UK riots last week have proved mixed, with security forces pushing forward with…
Read MoreMercedes Team Buys Teen £35K Artificial Hand
It has been more than a year now since we talked about the awesome high-tech and very expensive artificial limbs made by a company called…
Read MoreAsus Launches Official Eee Slider Android Tablet Page
Asus has some of the cooler Android tablets on the market today and it still has one of the coolest yet to hit store shelves…
Read MoreVodafone 555 Budget Facebook Phone On Sale Now
Vodafone's super-cheap interpretation of the Facebook Phone, the Vodafone 555, has gone on sale, offering straightforward access to the social network for just £62.50 ($102)…
Read MoreAdobe Muse Promises Site Building With Drag'n'drop Simplicity
Adobe has launched its latest web tool intended to democratize establishing an online presence, Muse, which claims to allow complex HTML sites - with HTML5 and CSS…
Read MoreChromebooks Get Support For Windows Via Citrix
If you have a Chromebook and you have wished that you could run Windows on the little rig for software compatibility you will like this…
Read MoreBlackberry Bold 9930 Official Page Hits Verizon
Late last month the Blackberry Bold 9930 smartphone was given a video demo by Verizon. At the time, we knew all the details on the…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Orders Peak As Apple Reportedly Preps For 20m-Strong Q4
Apple has reportedly significantly increased its iPhone orders for the second half of 2011, with claims that the order book has swollen by up to…
Read MoreAnonymous Hacks BART: Releases User Database
Another high-profile hack this weekend, as the San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) transport authority confirms that "at least 2,400" of its 55k strong…
Read MoreIs Anything Really Necessary?
Necessary. It's like a dirty word. A curse, or at least it was at my house. Activities were defined on a scale of how "necessary"…
Read MoreHTC Holiday Prototype Revealed
In a series of photos taken by a member of XDA Developers forums, we're here able to see what may well be the upcoming Android…
Read MoreSlashGear Weekly Roundup Video - August 14, 2011
This past week brought more patent litigation drama along with new rumors for the exciting gadgets to come in the next few months. Sales of…
Read MoreMacBook Pro 3G Revealed In eBay Listing
It's not often that a device of this disturbing a magnitude gets through a month or two being under wraps - much less several years.…
Read MoreWindows Phone 7 Mango Leak Available For Download Now
The folks at Microsoft have released build 7720 for their Windows Phone mobile operating system internally this weekend, a leaked version of this full upgrade…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review- Week 33 2011
Sunday is here again along with the latest edition of the SlashGear Week in Review. A study released last week claims that too much Facebook…
Read MoreIt's Time To Admit Traditional Gaming Is In Trouble
Each month, the NPD’s report on game sales disappoints. Sales are plummeting in both hardware and software, and many are wondering if it’s a result…
Read MoreLA-EA2 Sony Lens Adapter Leaks With Mirror And Speed-Boosting AF Sensor
What you're seeing here in this rather confusing set of images is a leaked product from Sony, a brand new lens adapter with a brand…
Read MoreHTC Ruby 1.5GHz Dual-Core Android Smartphone Details Leaked
The last time we spoke about the possibility of a device by the name of HTC Ruby, it was an image reflected in a tablet…
Read MoreApple Releases Full Page Welcome To IBM 30 Years Ago Yesterday
I certainly would have posted about this particular advertisement yesterday, the 30th anniversary of the first IBM PC to the day, but that'd just be…
Read MoreApple Patent Seeks To Do Away With Fingerprints
Take a look at the Fingerprint Portal here on SlashGear and you'll see quite plainly that when we review devices, the subject comes up often,…
Read MoreApple Spaceship Campus Renderings And Floor Plans Revealed
This past June we caught a glimpse of what Steve Jobs and the Apple crew had planned for the City of Cupertino, that being a…
Read MoreGoogle+ Public Posts Now Appear In Social Search
Google continues to fine tune its search making it more relevant for you by incorporating aspects from your social networks---one of them now being Google+.…
Read MoreAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos Filed To Patent Airbags For Smartphones
If you're prone to dropping your smartphone, then Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos may have just the solution for you. Airbags! A patent application filing recently…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Not September 7, Now October 7?
Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 has sure gotten the rumor mills churning and boy are they all over the place. The most recent date rumored for…
Read MoreIconia Tab A100 Unboxing And Hands-On [Video]
The 7-inch form factor may have opened up the Android tablet market, with Samsung's Galaxy Tab paving the way even before Google believed the platform…
Read MoreRIM Responds To WiMAX PlayBook Snub, Will Focus On Verizon 4G LTE Instead
RIM was set to release a WiMAX version of its BlackBerry PlayBook this fall, but those plans are now scrapped after Sprint announced that it…
Read MoreAT&T Letter Damages Case For T-Mobile Acquisition
AT&T has been trying to make its case for the $39 billion T-Mobile acquisition since it was first announced back in March. The carrier has…
Read MoreGoogle Updates Gmail And Docs For All Users
The fine folks at Google have announced today their newest set of updates for the popular mail and cloud-based document editors Gmail and Google Docs.…
Read MoreGoogle+ Getting More Mainstream?
The Google+ social network launched just six weeks ago, and since then it has grown tremendously despite still being in an invitation-only trial period. But…
Read MoreIBM PC Turns 30 Years Old And We Reminisce About The Very First
Thirty years ago, the IBM PC was born, and consumers were treated to what for many was the beginning of a new era in home…
Read MoreSprint Cancels WiMAX BlackBerry PlayBook
In a move that's likely going to have users on both sides of the brands setting down their cups of beer and adding a little…
Read MoreHTC Bliss Visits FCC, Ready For Debut On Verizon
Since Android seems heavily marketed towards men, HTC has decided to introduce a different kind of Android smartphone specifically tailored to the female demographic and…
Read MoreAndroid Tablets Steal 20% Of iPad's Market Share
According to a new report from ABI Research, Android tablets have managed to steal 20 percent of global market share from Apple's iPad over the…
Read MoreCounter Strike Expansion "Global Offensive" Launching Inside 2012
One of the most popular 3rd party modifications of a game in history, Counter-Strike has now been a legitimate stand-alone game series now for almost…
Read MoreApple To Unveil iPhone 5 On September 7?
Apple's fall event for unveiling new iPods usually takes place in the beginning of September, but there are reports that this year's event could pull…
Read MoreGrabby Robot Satellite Could Clean Up Space Junk
Space may look cavernously empty, but in actual fact there's a growing cloud of debris surround the Earth from previous manned and unmanned missions, progressively…
Read MoreApple A6 Tipped Ready For Primetime (In iPad 3?) Come Q2 2012
Apple's new A6 processor could be ready for public debut as early as Q2 2012, new reports suggest, with TSMC again tipped to be in…
Read MoreSamsung Secretly Filed Protective Pleading To Avoid Apple Injunction
Court documents concerning the preliminary sales injunction Apple was granted against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 suggest the Korean company may not have been as…
Read MoreSamsung Holding Galaxy S II Event August 29: Launch Ahoy!
Looks like Samsung is finally ramping up to bring the Galaxy S II to the US, with the company sending out invites this morning for a…
Read MorePhilips DiamondClean Rechargeable Toothbrush Charges Via USB
Philips has unveiled a toothbrush that should be plenty geeky for you tech heads out there. The toothbrush is called the DiamondClean Rechargeable sonic toothbrush…
Read MoreAudi Urban Concept Car To Debut In Frankfurt
If you have ever been to a big car show where the major manufactures are rolling out their new models and concept cars you know…
Read MoreiCloud iPhone Rumor Needs A Grain Of Salt That Could Sink The Titanic
I have often said that the Apple rumor mill is never ending. The second new devices hit the market after months of rumors and speculation,…
Read MoreZediva Forced To Shutter DVD-Streaming Service
The Zediva DVD streaming service launched in November of 2010. The service offered to stream DVDs to a viewer over the internet and had prices…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab Ban Appeal Set For August 25 In Germany
Apple and Samsung have been tied up in a legal fight in the US, Europe, and other countries for a while now over Apple's allegations…
Read MoreAcer Iconia Tab A100 On Sale Now
Acer's Iconia Tab A100 has finally gone on sale in the US, making it the first Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet with a 7-inch screen to…
Read MoreLeaked Video Appears To Show Sony A77 DSLR
Photographers and camera fans have been following the leaks and details that have surfaced hinting at the features and awesome that the Sony alpha A77…
Read MoreIntel: Apple Threatened To Dump Us Over Our Greedy Chips
Intel has admitted that Apple threatened to pull its chip business from the company if it did not dramatically reduce the power consumption of processors,…
Read MoreCompal To Deliver Windows Phone To Nokia Starting In September
We already know that Nokia is placing many of its smartphone hopes on Windows Phone 7 Mango to pull it out of the pit of…
Read MoreSimplistic Lockheed Drone Flies Like A Maple Seed
If you have ever set and watched the seeds drop from maple trees in the fall you know the inspiration for the new drone that…
Read MoreWeird Tech Fashion Dresses Let Wearer Type On The Skirt And Change Color With Mood
Geeks like odd clothing often that tells the world just how geeky they are. Generally, we think of the geeky guys wearing clothing of questionable…
Read MoreBlackBerry Bold 9900 On Sale In UK [Video]
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 has gone on sale in the UK, with Vodafone offering the smartphone in-store from today. Priced from free on new agreements at…
Read MoreHong Kong Stock Exchange Attacked By Hackers
Hackers attacked the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this week and forced the exchange to stop trading on some of the largest stocks it handles. The…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome Beta Gets Big Improvements With Native Client
Google has announced that it has made some cool improvements to the new release of Beta Channel that will improve the web platform capability of…
Read MoreGoogle+ Pseudonym Grace Period Misses The Mark [Video]
Google has announced a four day pseudonym grace policy on Google+, giving those not currently showing their real name on the social network the opportunity…
Read MoreNo Nokia N9 For Germany, As MeeGo Reach Dwindles
The list of countries in which Nokia will launch the N9 continue to dwindle, with Germany, Austria and Switzerland apparently the latest to miss out…
Read MoreGoogle Accuses Microsoft Of Leaking Source Code Secrets
Google has accused Microsoft of leaking "highly confidential source code" to an expert witness in a Motorola lawsuit, and has demanded that the USITC block…
Read MoreUltrabook OEMs Demand Intel Chip Price Cuts & Marketing Subsidies
Intel's $300m Ultrabook fund may only be the start of what investment notebook manufacturers demand if they are to deliver on the sub-$1,000 ultraportables, with talk…
Read MoreFacebook Phone Contact List Is NOT New And Can Be Deleted Easily
This week Facebook users across the nation have been having a heart attack and grabbing their tinfoil hats in horror over what they saw as…
Read MoreHypersonic Glider Loses Contact With US Military As Speed Test Takes Place [UPDATE: Statement Released]
In a bid to become the fastest plane in the world, the US Military has at least temporarily lost contact with prototype Falcon Hypsersonic Technology…
Read MoreWas Facebook Holding Game Improvements Back For Google+ Release?
Earlier today we were graced with news from Google Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra about the fifth tab at the top of the Google+ social…
Read MoreAngry Birds Seeks To Be Valued At $1.2 Billion
According to Bloomberg, Rovio, the Finnish company behind the game phenomenon that is Angry Birds, is seeking funding that would value the company at around…
Read MoreChina Discovers 22 More Fake Apple Stores
Remember the fake Apple store discovered in Kunming, China that sparked a firestorm of media attention back in July? Well, there are plenty more like…
Read MoreDell Streak Android Tablet Pulled Temporarily For Some Updates
The Dell Streak bills itself as an Android tablet with a 5-inch size getting close to being a smartphone. But, it neither has the pocketability…
Read MoreDell Streak 5 Android Tablet Officially Discontinued
It's time to say goodbye to the Dell Streak 5. The company has quietly laid to rest the 5-inch Android tablet saying that "it's been…
Read MoreMotorola CEO Hints At Plans For Patent Offensive Against Android Rivals
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha may have just revealed that the company has plans to battle its own Android brethren by going on the offensive with…
Read MoreGoogle Releases Games For Its Social Networking Site Google+ Today
The time has come, ladies and gentlemen of the social networking internet, for Google+ to get gaming. As Google Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra says,…
Read MoreHTC Vigor May Be First Beats Phone, Specs Leaked Along With LG Revolution 2
HTC had just confirmed this morning an exclusive partnership with Beats for audio in its future mobile devices, and it looks like one of the…
Read MoreV-Moda Intros Crossfade M-80 On-Ear Headphones
V-Moda is known for their designer headphones that fuse high-quality materials and professional acoustics with high fashion. The company has just outed a new Crossfade…
Read MoreAndroid Leads Mobile Sales As Symbian Takes A Dip Worldwide
There's been a rather sizable increase in mobile units moved compared to last year, a 16.5 percent increase to be more specific, this being one…
Read MoreShould Apple's Size Scare Us?
If you’ve been following the stock market lately, you know that things haven’t been going so well for most companies. Well, that is, except for…
Read MoreApple Patent App Reveals Integrated Projectors For Future iPhones, iPads, And More
A new Apple patent application that surfaced today reveals that the company is getting serious with its plans to integrate pico projectors into their future…
Read MoreHTC Beats Deal Confirmed Exclusive Partnership On Smartphones [Video]
Today's HTC announcement call yielded many Beats and not too many big surprises since the bulk of the news was leaked and we'd already had…
Read MoreBox.net Now Available As Fully Web-Based Cloud Storage Solution
The folks at Box.net have today noted that they'll be launching a fully web-based HTML5 version of their very popular cloud storage app. This new…
Read MoreWindows Phone 7 Mango Coming September 1
Microsoft's major update to Windows Phone 7, codenamed Mango, may be rolling out much sooner than we expected. Fall was the time frame given by…
Read MoreAnonymous Disowns Operation Facebook, Attack Talks Continue
It appears very likely now that the original call to action for what was (and still possibly is) called "Operation Facebook" is now being disowned…
Read MoreVodafone Halts Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G Pre-Orders While Other Retailers Push Ahead
Vodafone UK has denied reports that it has cancelled pre-orders of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, though it has ceased taking further orders while the…
Read MoreSamsung Escapes Dutch Injunction: Accuses Apple Of Design Generalization
Samsung may not have had the opportunity to fight Apple's European preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 - only finding out that Apple had…
Read MorePolaroid Announces New Camera Lens Line For Photographers
Polaroid has been in the photograph business for as long as I can remember. The first camera I can remember having around as a kid…
Read MoreDell Launches Inspiron 13z And 14z Notebooks
Dell has announced the launch today of a pair of new Inspiron notebook models. The new notebooks include the Inspiron 13z and 14z. The two…
Read MoreNASA Contracts Virgin Galatic & More For Suborbital Testing
NASA has selected seven commercial spacelines to fly suborbital missions intended for scientific research, including Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and the Near Space Corp. Each contract for multiple…
Read MoreSamsung's Overclocked 1.4GHz Galaxy S Plus Gets Benchmarked
When is a Samsung Galaxy S not a Galaxy S? Why, when it's a Samsung Galaxy S Plus of course. The dual-core Galaxy S II…
Read MoreVuzix Wrap 1200 And 1200VR Offer Wearable Displays With Sunglasses Style
Vuzix continues to plug away at video eyewear, with its latest set, the Vuzix Wrap 1200, promising the equivalent of a 75-inch display viewed from…
Read MoreWillow Garage PR2 SE Robot Available For $285,000 With One Arm
A few days back I talked about the MIT student that took the expensive PR2 robot and taught it how to make cookies from scratch.…
Read MoreBoxee Adds Grooveshark Streaming Music
Boxee is on a roll this week, with Tuesday's iPad app launch followed by the addition of Grooveshark streaming music support today. Functioning in a similar manner…
Read MoreKinect Hack Makes Monkey Toy Dance Into Your Nightmares
I'm not a big fan of monkey toys; it all goes back to my youth and Monkey Shines with that creepy monkey beating the cymbals.…
Read MoreSocial Media Block For Potential Criminals Threatens UK Government
Social networks have been blamed for the rioting seen in London and across various UK cities, with the UK Prime Minister David Cameron suggesting that…
Read MoreLetterBomb Hack For Nintendo Wii Allows Homebrew With System Menu 4.3
Most of the talk about Nintendo lately has been centered on how poorly the company has been performing financially of late. The Wii has seen…
Read MoreApple's Samsung Dependency: iPhone 4 Is Full Of Foe
The paradox of Apple suing one of its biggest suppliers has been well commented on, with the Cupertino lawyers pulling no punches while engineers reportedly specify…
Read MoreNVIDIA Outs More GTX 500M Series Notebook GPUs
NVIDIA has unveiled the next generation of its mobile graphics processors in Taipei today and the geeks over at Netbooknews are there to see the…
Read MoreWindows Phone Tango Smartphone For Sale On Facebook, Dev Contest Winner Auctions Off HTC Mazaa Smartphone
Windows Phone Tango is aimed at lower end handsets apparently, as we talked about a few days ago. We still don’t have all the details…
Read MoreFord Unveils New 2012 Harley-Davidson Edition F-150 Truck
Ford has been making the special Harley-Davidson edition F-150 for several model years now and this is one of the cooler trucks in the Ford…
Read MoreTouchPad Go 7-Inch Tablet Hits FCC
Apparently, there have been some rumors floating around that a new HP TouchPad packing 4G has hit the FCC. That isn't the case though accordion…
Read MoreSamsung Unveils New High-Performance 512GB SSD With SATA Revision 3.0 Interface
Samsung has rolled out a new SSD that uses the fast SATA Revision 3 interface good for 6Gb/s of data throughput. The SSD is model…
Read MoreDell Latitude XT3 Convertible Tablet PC Launches
Dell has announced that it has finally launched the Latitude XT3 convertible tablet PC for fans of the form factor. The XT3 is aimed at…
Read MoreSony And LG Electronics Sign Licensing Treaty In Long Running Patent War
Patents are the most common thing that will tie up major electronics firms in courtroom battles. The number of patents that cover all segments of…
Read MoreSifteo Interactive Intelligent Blocks Are Like Smart Dominos
There are still bunches of people out there that like to play board games with real pieces rather than digital and electronic games on a…
Read MoreNintendo Is Getting Investor Pressure To Develop iPhone Games
I continue to be surprised that with the beating Nintendo is taking each quarter with its financial situation becoming more and more dire that the…
Read MoreOnLive UK Launch September 22 With 100+ Streaming Games
OnLive has announced that it will be launching its UK streaming gaming service on September 22, with a 100+ line-up of titles on offer from…
Read MoreIntel $300m Ultrabook Fund Will Encourage MacBook Air Rivals
Intel has announced that its Intel Capital investment arm will be using a $300m Ultrabook Fund to encourage the development of innovative technologies that will…
Read MoreMotorola KORE Is Fitness Gadget Not Tablet Tips Trademark
Looks like we may have to wait a little longer for details on Motorola's new tablet plans; the KORE domain registrations earlier this week apparently refer…
Read MoreIBM / NCSA Petascale Supercomputer "Blue Waters" Project Abandoned
Both the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and IBM have cited unforeseen costs and greater than expected complexities amongst reasons for…
Read MoreHTC Partners With Beats Audio And Invests $300 Million
It seems as if HTC has just secured another strategic partnership and this time it's with Beats Electronics. Beats Audio (Yea the Dr. Dre ones)…
Read MoreHarvard Smartphone Study Turns Up Bunk
A so-called usability study has been performed by Professor Dennis Gallatta at the Harvard Human Factors in Design lab comparing one device from each of…
Read MoreApple Shows Off New Fifth Avenue Store Rendering
A major revamp of Apple's famous Fifth Avenue store in New York City with the 32-foot glass cube entrance has been underway since June. The…
Read MoreCablevision, Viacom Settle Lawsuit Over iPad TV Show Streaming
The Cablevision iOS app that lets you stream TV shows to your iPad has finally cleared the Viacom hurdle. The Optimum iOS app for the…
Read MoreFTC Antitrust Probe On Google Focuses On Android And Search
Google is in the midst of an antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, which recently led to a subpoena issued for former CEO Eric…
Read MoreT-Mobile To Switch From Throttling To Overages For 200MB Data Plans
T-Mobile may be one of the last carriers left still offering an unlimited data plan, but that could change very soon for at least customers…
Read MoreHTC Teleconference Tomorrow For Major News Announcement
We've been informed there is going to be one gigantic announcement made by the folks at HTC tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM Pacific Time, one…
Read MoreLogitech Unveils New Metal Keyboard Case For Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Logitech showed off a new tablet accessory for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the form of a keyboard case designed by ZAGG. We've seen…
Read MoreAcer Iconia Smart Drops In September
It's time for a strange device, ladies and gentlemen, and we've got just the device for you. This is the Acer Iconia Smart, an Android…
Read MoreHP TouchPad 4G Visits The FCC, Heads To AT&T
The HP TouchPad will soon be getting a 4G version on AT&T's HSPA+ network. The 4G model just passed through the FCC today with documents…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy XCover Promises Hardcore Android Action Resistance
It appears that Samsung will be joining the squad of Android device ready for rough tumbling, water dunking, and the rest. This device appears very…
Read MoreHP TouchPad's $100 Discount Gets Permanent
The HP TouchPad has been getting all sorts of discounts lately, which must have surely aggravated its earliest adopters that paid full price. Just two…
Read MoreNokia Exec Says iOS And Android Focus On Apps Is Outdated
Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango update is just around the corner and that means come September or October, several new Mango handsets, including ones from Nokia,…
Read MoreAnonymous Vows Facebook Destruction On November 5th 2011 [UPDATED]
It's time again for us to hear from Anonymous, that rather well-known yet hacker group whose members remain largely, well, anonymous. The announcement made today…
Read MoreiPhone 4 Theft Charges Dropped For Gizmodos Jason Chen
Remember back a few months ago when the folks at Gizmodo had a large opportunity in purchasing an iPhone 4 weeks before it was released…
Read MoreSony To Offer PSP Bundle With Madden NFL 12 And Need For Speed Shift
Sony's PlayStation Portable will soon be available in a special bundle called the PSP Entertainment Pack. So, if you've been wanting to get a portable…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE Launch Date July 28
Verizon's version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, aka their 4G LTE model, has been confirmed for July the 28th, aka two days from the…
Read MoreAT&T To Launch At Least One LTE Smartphone By Year-End
AT&T has confirmed that it will be launching at least one LTE smartphone by the end of this year. The carrier is planning to roll…
Read More100W USB Spec Coming To Recharge Your MacBook
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced [pdf link] a new super-charged power delivery spec for USB 2.0 and 3.0 connections, which could deliver up…
Read MorePanasonic Toughbook S10 Tips Scales At Three Pounds With DVD Drive
Panasonic has unveiled a new Toughbook notebook that is very cool and portable. The notebook is called the Toughbook S10 and it has an integrated…
Read MoreLooted Apple iPhones Hit Craigslist In London?
There is a lot of looting and rioting going on in the UK right now. It would be expected that some of the looters ill-gotten…
Read MoreChrome Gets Official Netflix Add-On
If you use Chrome, a new add-on has landed for you that will let you watch your favorite Netflix content assuming you have an account.…
Read MoreLG Display iPad 2 Panel Orders Reportedly Halted Over Reliability
LG Display has reportedly drifted from favor among iPad 2 display suppliers, after quality issues have supposedly prompted Apple to suspend new orders from the…
Read MoreXperia Play PS1 Emulator Hacked For Custom ISOs
If you have one of the Sony Xperia Play Android smartphones and a love of old school retro gaming with your favorite PS1 titles, this…
Read MoreTokyoflash Unveils New Kisai 3D Watch
Tokyoflash is the place to go if you are a watch wearing geek that wants an odd looking watch. The latest watch from the company…
Read MoreHTC Teams Up With Unionpay In China For Smartphone With Mobile Payment Capability
HTC and China Unionpay have announced that HTC will have a new smartphone on the Chinese market as early as September that supports mobile payments.…
Read MoreDARPA Set To Test Mach 20 Falcon HTV-2 Again
For many years now, the Pentagon and DARPA have been hard at work on some wild weapon systems and other stuff. One of the coolest…
Read MoreClass Action Suit Alleges That Apple And Multiple Publishers Conspired To Fix Prices In eBook Industry
Back when the original iPad was getting ready to hit market, you might recall that Amazon had worked out a deal for digital version of…
Read MoreApple Targets Motorola XOOM Next In Euro Tablet Cull
Details of the Apple preliminary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 have revealed that the Cupertino company is also targeting the Motorola XOOM in Europe,…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy R Gets Hands-On Treatment From NVIDIA
The handset part of the NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor-toting Android family is expanding, this newest member making the total five with a whole slew…
Read MoreThousands Of California Prison Inmates Are On Facebook While Locked Up
This story is disturbing on a bunch of different levels. It's disturbing to me that prison inmates are able to get on Facebook for starters.…
Read MoreNokia Confirms No N9 For UK Either
As feared, Nokia has confirmed that it has no current plans to offer the N9 smartphone in the UK, following news yesterday that the MeeGo…
Read MoreDude Does Donuts In Tiny Room In A Shelby Cobra
I happen to think that one of the coolest performance cars of all time was the Shelby Cobra from the 60's. I don’t know if…
Read MoreVudu Uses New Web Streaming Service To Avoid Sharing Loot With Apple
When Apple started to force a revenue share with any company with an app that required a subscription, many of the companies were not happy.…
Read MoreLeaked Video Claims To Show Nokia Windows Phones That Aren't Sea-Ray
The phone pics you see below are screen grabs from a video that is also at the end of this story. The video and photos…
Read MoreApple's Galaxy Tab 10.1 Injunction Leaks
The Apple complaint that led to a pan-European ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 has leaked, complete with the comparison images the Cupertino…
Read MoreNHTSA Opens Investigation Into 6-Speed Manual Transmission On 2011-2012 Ford Mustangs
Over the weekend, the NHTSA announced that it was opening an investigation after receiving 32 complaints from owners of 2011-2012 Ford Mustangs with the 6-speed…
Read MoreScosche Unveils New myTREK Pulse Monitor For iPhone
Scosche has unveiled a new accessory for the active user that has an iPhone they carry with them when running or working out. The device…
Read MoreMotorola Wants Nokia-Style Deal On Windows Phone 7
Motorola Mobility would consider adding Windows Phone 7 to its OS roster, CEO Sanjay Jha has revealed, but only if Microsoft could deliver a similar…
Read MoreFacebook Messenger App Tips Incoming Video Call Support
Facebook's new Messenger app for iOS and Android hides a video conferencing secret, it's been suggested, with some code digging revealing rudimentary video call tidbits for…
Read MoreSony WhiteMagic Double-Bright LCD Eyes Cameras And Phones
Sony's latest LCD display isn't going to revolutionize your desktop or home entertainment experience, but it might just blind you if you surreptitiously check your…
Read MoreNintendo "Flame Red" 3DS Coming September 9
Nintendo keep teasing us with the red 3DS, originally included as part of the pre-launch line-up, and then quietly shelved in favor of the black…
Read MoreAmazon Kindle iPad Web-App Bypasses Store-Link Rules
Amazon has launched a new Kindle web-app, targeted at Apple's iPad, and offering a workaround for the new limitations on in-app store links. The HTML5…
Read MoreHiLo Tablet Concept Uses Keyboard Made Of Felt Material
When the market competition gets tough, the innovative get strange. That's exactly what's happened here with industrial designer Roni Mergolin, a fellow who is today…
Read MoreVizio Tablet Gets Price Cut To $299
The budget-friendly Vizio Tablet has just become even friendlier on your wallet. The 8-inch Android slate was originally released on Vizio's own website and to…
Read MoreSamsung Officially Responds To Apple's Euro Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales Block
In an official response sent to us just moments ago, Samsung has responded to earlier reports of Apple stopping Samsung from selling their Galaxy Tab…
Read MoreForrester: iPad Still Has No Competitors, But More Vulnerable In Europe
Several Android tablets have launched since Apple released the second-generation iPad, but Apple's offering still dominates the tablet market by far. In fact, Forrester issued…
Read MoreFacebook Launches Group Messaging App
Facebook Messenger was launched today as the social network's first standalone app and it's available for free to both iPhone and Android handsets. Development on…
Read MoreSheets Energy Strips To Be Sold In Automated Kiosks
The newest way to get an energy boost is via a third-party food or drink is "Sheets", little slips of solid matter you put in…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales Blocked In Europe By Apple
It appears that Samsung has been blocked in a very major way by Apple via the European Union as the fruit-based group has issued a…
Read MoreWindows Phone Tango For Low-Priced Handsets?
Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango is just out the door to manufacturers and now new information on its successor, Windows Phone Tango, are beginning to leak.…
Read MoreAdidas Punching Bag In Shanghai Subway Station [Video]
It's a great day for those that like to blow off steam in public as Adidas has dropped several gigantic punching bags in the center…
Read MoreApple Store Hits Alaska, Several More Retail Locations To Open This Saturday
The folks up in Alaska are about to get their very first Apple Store this Saturday, when several new Apple retail locations will open their…
Read MoreVerizon Seeks Strike Injunction
It was just this past Sunday when the strikes began across the USA, Verizon workers from Washington D.C. all the way to Massachusetts protesting Verizon's…
Read MoreNokia To Shutter Symbian And Feature Phone Businesses In North America
Since Nokia has committed to Microsoft for the Windows Phone platform, it's been shifting its entire focus on the transition. Today, the company has revealed…
Read MoreAT&T's T-Mobile And Qualcomm Deals Get Extra FCC Attention [Updated]
AT&T's bid to buy Qualcomm's 700MHz spectrum will come under renewed attention, with the news that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) now intends to review both it and…
Read MoreApple Becomes World's Largest Company Today
Today Apple has passed Exxon Mobile in market value to become the world's largest company. It's a historic day for computing as a whole as…
Read MoreBlackBerry Blog Hacked In BBM-Powered Riot Reveal Protest
The official RIM blog, Inside BlackBerry, has been hacked in retaliation for the company's announcement that it will cooperate with UK police to identify those…
Read MoreNo Nokia N9 For US As MeeGo Plans Stay Minimal
The chances of you getting a Nokia N9 look to be considerably reduced this morning, with confirmation that the company has no plans to offer the…
Read MoreBoxee For iPad Released; Boxee Box Gets AirPlay Support
Boxee has released Boxee for iPad, allowing users to begin watching content on their Apple tablet then transfer playback to their HTPC Boxee Box midway through,…
Read MoreAcer Aspire 3951 Ultrabook Leaks
Images of Acer's MacBook Air rival, the Acer Aspire 3951, have leaked, previewing the company's upcoming ultrabook. The shots, caught on Vietnamese site Sohoa, show…
Read MoreWorld's Most Illegible Leaked Photo Shows Nokia Sea Ray For AT&T
There are fortunes to be made in teaching photography skill to those considering leaking tech info online. The photo you see below is almost pure…
Read MoreVerizon To Stop Illegal Tethering Via Unofficial Apps
A few days back we talked about AT&T moving to force customers that are tethering their smartphones via unofficial apps and hacks to pay more.…
Read MoreLight Blue Optics Touch Interface Pico Projector Hits FCC
If you have been reading SlashGear for a while, you might recognize the Light Blue Optics tech that has just crossed the FCC. We have…
Read MoreNASA Researchers Find DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made In Space
NASA thinks that it has found evidence that the building blocks of life may have come from asteroids and comets that stuck the earth. According…
Read MoreStar Trek Theme Park Coming To Aqaba, Jordan In 2014
Apparently, there are Star Trek geeks in all parts of the world as evidenced by the pending launch of a Star Trek theme park in…
Read MoreGeek Hacks Flare Gun Into Wireless Camera Drone Shooter
If you need to get an idea what is on the other side of a wall or other obstacle you can’t see over in a…
Read MoreAmazon KindleAir.com Domain Registered, Next Kindle Inbound?
There has been speculation for months now that a new Kindle eReader or two was inbound. Amazon has registered a new domain name that is…
Read MoreOnkyo Network AV Receivers Support Aupeo Personal Radio And Expand Coverage For Last.fm
Onkyo has announced that its line of network-capable AV receivers is now offering support for a new music service called Aupeo. Aupeo is a personal…
Read MoreRotoSub Makes Cooling Fan For Electronics With Active Noise Cancellation
If you have a computer or other device in your house that needs lots of fans to stay cool you know how loud these fans…
Read MoreI2R E-Paper Is Erasable And Reusable
If you say e-Paper, most of us will think of the e-Readers that have the displays needing little power and offering lots of readability. A…
Read MoreAMD Admits It's Ignoring Smartphones
AMD has admitted that it ceded the smartphone processor space to rivals, arguing that the company's strengths in graphics don't lend themselves to the handset…
Read MorePanasonic DY-PS10 Pocket Server Lets You Take Your TV With You
Panasonic has outed a Pocket Server, the DY-PS10, a smartphone-sized box that can push digital media stored on SDXC memory card over a WiFi b/g…
Read MoreApple ITC Case Against HTC To Be Investigated
The US ITC has confirmed it will begin an investigation into patent complaints against HTC by Apple, which could result in sales of the manufacturers…
Read MoreLG Prada K2 Caught On (Blurry) Video
Leaked video purportedly showing a (very blurry) LG Prada K2 smartphone has emerged, doing very little to dampen our enthusiasm about the incoming touchscreen handset.…
Read MoreHerman Miller Envelop Desk Leans Back For All Day Tech Users
So you sit at your desk all day, do you? Sounds familiar to me - in fact more often than not I find myself sitting…
Read MoreRadioShack Discounts iPhone Again By $30 With $150 Trade-Ins
A sure sign that the next-gen iPhone is approaching fast is retailers eagerly dropping prices on current-gen models. RadioShack, which has just had a week-long…
Read MoreGoogle's Chromium Browser Gets Experimental Tablet Touchscreen UI Demo
Although Google has made it clear that its Chrome OS for Chromebooks are not meant for the tablet, there are certainly signs that Google is…
Read MoreMobileMe Users Migrating To iCloud Get 25GB
When Apple announced the iCloud at WWDC 2011, it also revealed that its MobileMe syncing service would be shutting down. Although the core services of…
Read MoreVirgin Mobile Takes On T-Mobile AT&T Merger With Sexy Sparah Party Video
It's time for Virgin Mobile's "Sparah" to take on T-Mobile and AT&T in an advertisement that not only paints the stark white backgrounds of T-Mobile,…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Gets "Hypothetical" Cost Breakdown By Bloomberg
The iPhone 5 will land with much fanfare come this September or October when plenty of eager fans will line the streets to fork over…
Read MoreLenovo ThinkPad Tablet Passes Through The FCC
The Lenovo ThinkPad tablet, one of the first two Android slates from the company, has just passed through the FCC, signaling that it's on track…
Read MoreMicrosoft Veteran Exits Company, Announces New Venture
The fellow you may remember fondly as the man who made Windows Phone 7 a place where developers could feel welcome creating any one of…
Read MoreApple TV Hacked To Play HTML 5 Games
The Apple TV was just recently updated with support for Vimeo and TV show streaming, suggesting that Apple still has many plans for this supposed…
Read MoreLG Flip II Android Dual Screen Slider Smartphone For T-Mobile Revealed
While this isn't the first time we've heard of such a device, this is the most detail we've had in photos. What we've got here…
Read MoreSpotify Hits 1.4 Million Users And 175,000 Paying Customers In US
Spotify launched in the US less than a month ago and it's already proving that it could be just as popular stateside as it's been…
Read MoreGoogle+ App Now Supports iPad And iPod Touch
When an iOS app for the fledgling social network Google+ was introduced last month, it quickly shot up to become the top free app on…
Read MoreSkype 5.3 Update For Mac Brings HD Video Calling, Lion Support
Skype released their iPad app just last week and their previous update for Mac came just a month ago that brought group video screen sharing…
Read MoreSOUL By Ludacris SL300 Headphones Shipping Now
So you're in the mood for some hip-hop endorsed audio in the form of over the ear headphones but you're not into the whole Beats…
Read MoreOfficial FBI Child ID App Launched For iPhone
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, this being the real official FBI, have launched a totally legit FBI Child ID app in the iOS…
Read MoreVerizon's LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Gets Priced For 4G Duty
Verizon has officially announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE, its high-speed version of the 10.1-inch Android Honeycomb slate. Up for pre-order on June…
Read MoreApple Sued For OS X Fast Booting With Supposed LG Owned Patent
Down in Florida today, a group by the name of Operating Systems Solutions, LCC, has found it necessary to file a patent infringement lawsuit against…
Read MoreiTunes Replay Mired In Studio Negotiations Say Sources
Reports that Apple will imminently offer re-downloads and streaming access to purchased movie and TV show content as part of an iTunes Replay system are premature,…
Read MoreHTCDev Launches: 3D, Sense & Pen SDKs Plus Bootloader Tools
HTC has officially opened the doors to HTCDev.com, its new developer portal and the future home for all bootloader unlocking tools. Announced back in June,…
Read MoreBlackBerry Colt QNX Smartphone Coming Q1 2012 Tip Insiders
Details of RIM's first QNX-based smartphone, the BlackBerry Colt, have leaked, with the handset supposedly on course for a Q1 2012 release. The Colt, so…
Read MoreSexy Dunhill Solar Charger Looks Like Apple Gear
I have seen a bunch of different solar chargers for gadget and gear over the years. Generally, the folding solar chargers that I have seen…
Read MorePanasonic, Samsung, Sony, And Xpand Join Forces To Push Universal Active 3D Glasses
In the 3D TV world today, there are two main technologies that the sets use. There are active 3D glasses that use batteries to show…
Read MoreTexas Town Recycling Urine Into Drinking Water
NASA has used a system on the ISS for years that captures all the wastewater from the toilet and filters it to make water for…
Read MoreApple $999 iMac For Education On Sale: Thunderbolt And Bluetooth MIA
As expected, Apple has quietly announced a new iMac variant targeted at education users, bringing the sticker price down to under $1,000. The 3.1GHz iMac…
Read MoreBoeing Looks For Non-NASA Pilots For Taking CST-100 To ISS
When I was a kid, I always wanted to be an astronaut. When I was young though I knew to be an astronaut meant that…
Read MoreAmazon Tablets Potentially Loss-Leaders
Amazon is reportedly considering selling its Android-based tablets as loss-leaders, in effect subsidizing the slates below cost in the expectation that buyers are then likely…
Read MoreRobot Created By MIT Grad Student Bakes Cookies!
Robots are pretty cool when they can do stuff on their own. I'm impressed to see robots that can vacuum or help people do simple…
Read MoreSeagate GoFlex Turbo Packs USB 3.0 And SafetyNet Recovery
Seagate has outed its latest GoFlex Turbo external hard-drive range, and as well as promising a high-speed USB 3.0 way of getting your data onto…
Read MoreLAN-Connected Washing Machine Sends Network Notification When Clothes Are Done
One of the things that I dislike most about washing clothes is that I always forget to check the machine and my stuff sits there…
Read MoreVLC D-Light LED Networking Takes On WiFi And GPS [Video]
Another optical WLAN project has demonstrated the potential for using LED lighting as a method of data transmission, with University of Edinburgh professor Harald Haas…
Read MoreAnti Android App Makes Hacking Push Button Simple
There are many people out there that like to call themselves hackers, but only use software to take advantage of out of date security written…
Read MoreBlackberry Bold 9900 Gets Ship Date For Vodafone UK
If you are a Blackberry fan in the UK using the Vodafone network or ready to move to that network we have a launch date…
Read MoreAsahi Kasei RFID Device Stores Medical Data And Uses FeliCa Tech
When it comes to emergencies, where a life hangs in the balance accessing information about the patient seconds faster could mean the difference between life…
Read MoreHacked RC Car Sent To Soldier In Afghanistan Saved Lives
This is one of the coolest hacks I have ever heard of. A guy named Ernie Fessenden built a cool RC truck to send to…
Read MoreBBC Launches A New Version Of iPlayer For TV
The BBC has announced the launch of a new version of iPlayer today that is specifically designed for TV. This is the first iteration of…
Read MoreStudy Says Too Much Facebook Is Unhealthy For Kids
A new study has shown that too much Facebook time may be bad for kids. The study comes from psychologist Larry Rosen at Cal State…
Read MoreActive Media Products SaberTooth ZF SSD Upgrade Kits Debut
Active Media Products has launched a new series of SSD upgrade kits that will work for smaller notebooks and netbooks including the MacBook Air first…
Read MoreComcast $10 Broadband Targets Low-Income Families
Comcast has kicked off its Internet Essentials program, a $9.95 entry-level broadband option for any family with at least one child taking advantage of the…
Read MoreOrange Film To Go Offers Free iTunes Movie Rental Each Week
UK carrier Orange is offering its customers a free iTunes movie rental each week, in a new promotion called Orange Film To Go. Offering a pre-selected…
Read MoreEncrypted Cloud Could Lead To Hack-Proof Data
Hacking cloud storage could net the online assailants nothing but a cache of meaningless encrypted code - with little indication of what was even being…
Read MoreApple Readying Sub-$1k iMac For Education
Apple is reportedly readying a sub-$1,000 iMac, primarily targeted at education and volume-purchase customers, for release later in August. The new model will have a…
Read MoreFacebook SPAM King Compromises 500,000 Accounts
A fellow by the name of Sanford Wallace, otherwise known as one of the "Spam Kings", has been charged with 11 federal criminal counts, these…
Read MoreAnonymous And LulzSec Hack US Police Files Nationwide
In an effort to continue their reign of hacking news supremacy, both LulzSec and Anonymous have claimed responsibility for a 10 gigabyte file containing social…
Read MoreSamsung Hercules Revealed As Galaxy S II Variant
It appears quite obvious that the following photos are of the newest variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II, this time in what's called the…
Read MoreArchos Arnova 8 G2 Android Tablet Seen At FCC
The folks at Archos have delivered their newest iteration of the Arnova 8 G2 tablet to the FCC, showing off both internal views and accessories…
Read MoreVerizon Workers Strike, 45,000 Union Members Strong
Today workers from Washington D.C. to Massachusetts went on strike one day earlier than originally planned as a new contract failed between Verizon and phone…
Read MoreI'm Watch Offers Android On Your Wrist At A Premium
While this isn't the first time we've seen an Android wristwatch, it's certainly the most expensive. At 249 euro at their minimum and 14,999 euro…
Read MoreSlashGear Week In Review - Week 32 2011
It's that time again; the SlashGear Week in Review is back. One of my favorite stories from last week was the LEGO DIY R2D2 robot.…
Read MoreiOS 5 Beta 5 Release: Apple "Assistant" Voice Control Hidden Inside
Apple has pushed iOS 5.0 beta 5 out to developers, the latest test release of the company's upcoming OS upgrade. Although many of the features…
Read MoreHP Offers $50 App Credit For TouchPad Early-Adopters; Woot Sells 612 Units
HP has offered TouchPad early-adopters a $50 App Catalog credit, in an attempt to stem the tide of ill-feeling after the company discounted the webOS slate…
Read MoreSlashGear Acer Iconia A500 Tabletpalooza Giveaway Winner Announced!
The time has finally come for us to announce our SlashGear Tabletpalooza Giveaway winners! In case you've somehow missed it we had five amazing NVIDIA…
Read MoreWill Sony Ever Stage A Comeback?
Earlier this week, I was talking to a friend about an HDTV he was planning to buy. He told me that he went down to…
Read MoreHP TouchPad: Desperately Discounted
How much did you pay for your tablet? If you picked up an HP TouchPad in the past day or so, you could have shaved…
Read MoreNokia Siemens Starts Laying Off 1,500 Employees
Nokia Siemens Networks announced today that it will begin it's planned layoff of 1,500 employees. The decision comes following its acquisition of Motorola's networking business…
Read MoreAndroid Versus iOS States Mapped For The US
Android continues to dominate the mobile landscape with a 40% share of US mobile subscribers, according to the latest ComScore report. However, wouldn't it be…
Read MoreApple Disabling Non-Developer iOS 5 Beta Devices?
It's being alleged today that Apple may be disabling devices that are running iOS 5 betas that have been acquired through unauthorized means. iOS 5…
Read MoreHoodCap Flower Unites Lens Cap And Hood For DSLR Cameras
Before we begin speaking about this cool new masterpiece, I must warn you that it is still a concept. This means it's not in production…
Read MoreMotorola Droid Bionic Pictures Leak, 4.5-Inch Screen After All?
The much anticipated Motorola Droid Bionic is expected to be one of the first 4G LTE handsets with a dual-core processor. Now that we're getting…
Read MoreThe Subjectivity Of Natural Scrolling
Apple released its new OS X Lion for Mac computers recently, and there was one controversial change that had the technorati chatting nonstop. In the…
Read MoreAmazon Expects To Sell 3 Million Tablets In Fall?
We haven't heard much recently about the rumored Amazon tablets codenamed Hollywood and Coyote, but that's because it's the calm before the storm. The tablets…
Read MoreHTC Puccini Custom Sense UI Screens Surface
A new 10-inch Android tablet to be looking out for is the HTC Puccini. The tablet's been keeping low, but its imminent launch can't be…
Read MoreSamsung Hercules 4.5-Inch Android Dual-Core Spotted?
What could be the rumored Samsung Hercules has just turned up at an event in Canada and gotten its first snapshot released for all to…
Read MoreHP TouchPad Now $299.99 In Staples Promo
Tempted by that Woot $380 HP TouchPad deal we mentioned earlier today? There could be a way to get an even cheaper TouchPad, if you're near…
Read MoreNVIDIA Admits Kepler GPU Only In Production Come 2012
NVIDIA has confirmed reports that its next-gen Kepler GPUs will only enter production in 2012, despite implying at the chipsets' initial reveal that they would…
Read MoreAcer Founder: Tablets Are Fads, Post-PC Is Misguided
Acer's founder has described both tablets and Ultrabooks as short-term "fads" and scolded PC manufacturers to look to Apple's "outside-the-box thinking" with the iPad; however, the…
Read MoreSecurity Researcher Shines Spotlight On Sophos Anti-Malware Flaws
A Google engineer has slated the anti-virus industry, accusing it of obfuscating its own effectiveness with buzzwords and branding, and singling out Sophos for offering software…
Read MoreSamsung Conquer 4G Brings WiMAX On A Budget
4G continues to spread down through the more affordable tiers of the mobile market, with Samsung pushing out the Conquer 4G complete with WiMAX, Android…
Read MoreOutRun Arcade Game Actually Drives On The Road
Way back in the day I was all about the driving arcade games. When the parents took me to Chuck E Cheese I waited in…
Read MoreDesigner 7-Inch Android Tablet Debuts From Pierre Cardin
If you are the sort that likes to wear designer clothing, you might fancy a tablet that has a designer name attached to it as…
Read MoreBrando USB Optical Mouse Has A Digital Scale Inside
Brando is the company to look for when you want to get your dose of weird with some USB on the side. The company has…
Read MoreShortage Of Aluminum Computer Chassis Might Push Ultrabooks To Fiberglass
We have talked quite a bit about Ultrabooks around here. Most of the chatter has centers on how much the thin notebooks will cost to…
Read MoreBelkin Debuts Keyboard Folio For iPad 2
Belkin has a bunch of different accessories and peripherals for Apple gear like the iPad and iPad 2. Today Belkin has unveiled a new accessory…
Read MoreWatching The Expensive LockCircle DSLR Body Cap Being Made Is Awesome!
Last month the cool looking, but very expensive DSLR body cap from LockCircle surfaced for about $100. The thing was meant to replace the cap…
Read MoreKindle 3 Refurb Prices Slashed: Fourth-Gen Update Imminent?
Amazon's rumored Kindle refresh could be fast incoming, with the retailer seemingly clearing inventory of the existing third-gen model with a refurb price cut. Having…
Read MoreNASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Finds New Evidence Of Liquid Water On Mars
One of the things that NASA is actively seeking out in our solar system is the presence of liquid water. The presence of liquid water…
Read MoreHTC Grabs Dashwire To "Expand Cloud Services" In Sense
HTC has acquired Dashwire, the company responsible for the Dashworks mobile sync client and Awesome Drop file sync app. The deal - which will see…
Read MoreDOE Announces Phillips Wins L Prize Competition To Develop Efficient Replacement For 60W Normal Light Bulb
The Department of Energy (DOE) held a competition to get companies to design a replacement for the typical 60W incandescent light bulb that was more…
Read MoreYosemite Adds Lots Of Solar Panels To Save $50K Yearly In Electricity Costs
Going green is a big deal not only for the environment, but also for the impact it can have on the costs to operate a…
Read MoreHacker Shows How To Hack Insulin Pumps At Black Hat Conference
I don’t get why someone would want to spend the time creating a method of hacking something as important and life sustaining to some people…
Read MoreMotorola KORE Could Be New 4G LTE Tablet
Motorola's most recent domain splurge could have tipped the name for the company's next device, with several variations of Motorola KORE being registered earlier this…
Read MoreIOGEAR Unveils Wireless 4-Port USB Sharing Station GUWIP204
Just about everything that I want to share across my network connects via USB. Generally, if I want to share my printer or an external…
Read MoreSecurity Researchers At Black Hat Conference Show Off Aerial Drone That Can Fool Mobile Phones And More
Each year a bunch of hackers and security researchers descend on the Black Hat conference to show off the things they create for hacking. Some…
Read MoreFetus Facebook: Social Network Adds Your Unborn Child
Facebook has added an option to include unborn children on a user's profile page, allowing expectant parents to namecheck their fetus and specify when, exactly,…
Read MoreSamsung's TouchWiz For Galaxy Tab 10.1 Update Goes Live
The TouchWiz update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has gone live, being pushed out OTA to the 10-inch slate this morning just as the…
Read MoreChrome Web Intents Borrows Android App Handling To Beat Local Software
Google is looking to borrow some of Android's browser app integration with the development of Web Intents for Chrome. Intended to connect web apps to…
Read MoreIntel Ultrabook BOM As Much As $710: Can Air-Rivals Turn A Profit?
Just how much does an Intel Ultrabook cost? After reports earlier this week suggesting that it was Intel's own greed that was forcing Ultrabook ultraportable notebooks…
Read MoreHP TouchPad Hits Woot With $120 Discount
Discounts on HP's TouchPad tablet have been unavoidable this past week, and now Woot has slashed a full $120 off the sticker price of a…
Read MoreGoogle Responds To Microsoft's Gotcha Moment In Patent War Situation [UPDATE: Microsoft Responds Again]
Just yesterday there was a rather interesting announcement made by mister David Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Google which noted how…
Read MoreComScore Reports Android Smartphone Share Grows To 40 Percent
The latest US smartphone subscriber numbers are in and ComScore has gathered the data for all to compare. According to their survey of more than…
Read MoreLayar Vision Puts Augmented Reality Over Real-World Items Sans Tags
I think augmented reality is pretty cool especially when the AR has to do with giving more product details on something you are looking at…
Read MoreSmart Optimus 1.6TB SSD Reads 1GB Per Second
Smart Modular Technologies introduced today an enterprise level SSD that has just about the largest capacity and fastest reading speed of any SSD on the…
Read MoreIDC: Apple At The Top, Worldwide Smartphone Market Grows 65.4% In Q2 2011
According to a new report from market research firm IDC, the worldwide mobile phone market has grown 65.4% in the second quarter of 2011 when…
Read MoreHobbyist Attempts Atom Splitting In Kitchen, Seeks Legal Advice
Before we begin, I must note that this is not an article from The Onion. This is real. As real as it gets, as they…
Read MoreVerizon Release Dates Leaked For Droid Bionic, XOOM 4G, And More
An internal Verizon document has leaked, revealing the exact launch dates for several phones and tablets that we've all been eagerly awaiting. Some of these…
Read MoreFormer Microsoft Exec Steven VanRoekel Named U.S. Federal CIO
The White House announced Thursday that President Obama intends to name the country's second federal CIO Steven VanRoekel to replace its first, that being the…
Read MoreNokia N9 Official Countdown Begins With 49 Days Until Launch
The official countdown page for the much anticipated Nokia N9 MeeGo handset is now live. Showing 49 days left, the clock confirms a mid-September launch,…
Read MoreAT&T Will Revoke Unlimited Data Plans For Users Of Unauthorized Tethering Apps
The days of using your jailbroken iPhone as a hotspot for free tethering without consequence will soon end. AT&T has been sending out warnings to…
Read MoreWhat Are Apple's Real Plans For The Apple TV?
Earlier this week, Apple made the surprising decision to allow users to buy television shows from the Apple TV. Upon doing so, users can have…
Read MoreLondon Olympics 2012 To Get 3D Coverage
That hefty price you paid for the 3D HDTV may finally be justified. If you've been struggling to find good 3D programming, then you'll only…
Read MoreMicrosoft And Apple Waging Unjust Patent War On Android Says Google
There comes a time in every great invention's life where it has to defend itself against those who would falsely claim to have created it…
Read MoreHP TouchPad 16GB Discounted $100 August 5-7
All of you waiting for the right moment to grab HP's first big tablet effort in the HP TouchPad online, this might be that time.…
Read MoreDSLR Controller Beta For Canon EOS Released Today On Android [VIDEO]
Today the fine folks at Chainfire (Android developers) have released their first Beta of an app by the name of DSLR Controller. This app will…
Read MorePandigital SuperNova Is September's Meh-Tastic "Flagship" Tablet
Were you holding your breath for Pandigital's promised "flagship" tablet, due in September? We do hope not, because all signs point to it being not…
Read MorePatent App For Apple Inductive Charger Surfaces
Last month we heard that the iPhone next year could get inductive charging. The patent app for an inductive charger has now surfaced that was…
Read MoreSewell InjectIR Piggy-Backs Remote Control Signals Over HDMI [Video]
While IR emitters aren't exactly new, neither have they traditionally been either discrete or attractively designed. Sewell's InjectIR kit isn't exactly pretty, but - by…
Read MoreSmartphone Addiction Diagnosed As Users Admit To Stall-Surfing
Smartphone addiction is spreading through the UK at a phenomenal rate, regulator Ofcom claims, with increasing numbers of users turning to their handsets while at the dining…
Read MoreStudy Suggests Our Moon May Be The Result Of Two Moons Colliding
The number of mysteries in our solar system is staggering and a new mystery very close to home has a new possible solution. Scientists and…
Read MoreAndroid "Openness" A Myth Say Researchers
Android's much-vaunted "open source" credentials do not mean the OS is "open", researchers have suggested, finding that Google's platform is actually severely lacking in comparison…
Read MoreVonage Time To Call iPhone App Offers International Pay-Per-Call With iTunes Direct Billing
I think most of us are familiar with Vonage, the VoIP calling provider that has been around for a long time. The company has a…
Read MoreiPhone 5 And "Simplified iPhone 4" Tipped For October Chinese Launch
Apple's iPhone 5 could go on sale with China Telecom by the end of October, with local reports of a "preliminary agreement" between the Cupertino…
Read MoreSharp Galapagos A01SH 7-Inch Tablet Gets Official, Launches In Late August
It's been about a month now since we saw the Sharp Galapagos 7-inch tablet clear the FCC. There are probably some geeks out there wondering…
Read MoreWarner Bros Outs Flixter Collections Video Service
Streaming video has a huge potential for the movie studios and TV studios that make the content that many of us like to watch. Some…
Read More.NET Gadgeteer Looks To Draw Tinkering Geeks Away From Arduino
I have talked a bunch about some of the cool DIY stuff that I have seen around the web that geeks use Arduino to build.…
Read MoreTwitter Embeds Amazon And iTunes Into Tweets
Twitter has begun embedding Amazon and iTunes content links into tweets (for example), in an extension of its existing preview feature. Visible on the Twitter…
Read MoreTesla Puts Three Model S Cars On The Test Track At Once
Tesla gained fame when the company launched the cool high-performance Tesla Roadster years ago. Tesla has stopped building the roadster for now to focus on…
Read MoreSkype App For Android Updated For Video Calling On More Smartphones
Skype has issued an update for its Android app that was updated with video calling capability on a few handsets back in June. The updated…
Read MoreGogo Vision Video Streaming Takes Off With American Airlines
If you recall way back in February I mentioned that Gogo was looking at getting into the in-flight movie streaming business as a way to…
Read MorePS Vita US And Europe Launch In "Early" 2012 Says Sony
Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Vita launch will miss the 2011 holiday season in the US and Europe, with the new handheld instead arriving…
Read MoreMicrosoft Looking For Programmer To Help Bring Skype To Windows Phone 7
We all knew when Microsoft purchased Skype that we would see the video calling service coming to more Microsoft products, specifically Windows Phone 7 smartphones.…
Read MoreFind My Mac For Devs Goes Live
If you have an iPhone there is a service to let you find your lost device be it in the hands of a thief or…
Read MoreGmail Web App Updated: Pull-To-Refresh And Retina Display Icons
Google's legal team might be busy blaming Apple for all that is wrong in the patent world, but the Gmail team is far more interested…
Read MoreKanex SnapX Two-Port Switcher Connects Two Mac Computers To One Cinema Display
If you are a big Mac fan, you might have more than one Mac that you want to connect to your big Cinema Display at…
Read MoreNintendo CEO Issues 3DS "Dramatic Price Drop" Apology
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has published an apologetic open letter to Nintendo 3DS early-adopters, who "may feel betrayed" by the company's decision to slash the…
Read MoreMicrosoft: We Invited Google To Join Patent Bid
Microsoft has struck back at Google's accusations that the company has - with Apple and Oracle - waged a "hostile, organized campaign" against the search…
Read MorePandigital Targets Cheap Tableteers With Planet, Nova And Star
Low-cost Android tablets only occasionally turn out to be as cheerful as they are cheap, but Pandigital is spreading its bet with a new trio…
Read MoreHTC Wildfire S Hands-On And Unboxing
Who is ready for a neat little Android phone on T-Mobile? That is exactly what I have so if you're interested you should stay tuned.…
Read MoreLego Minifigs To Accompany Juno Space Probe Mission
Launching this Friday will be NASA's Atlas V rocket containing not only its most important piece of equipment, the Juno space probe, but three little…
Read MoreHTC Bootloader Situation Update: Devices Continue Shipping Locked, Unlock Comes From Web
Wednesday of this week, HTC sent out a new update on the situation they've had brewing for some weeks, that being one where fans of…
Read MoreClearwire Adding 120Mbps LTE And LTE Advanced To Its Network
Alas, it seems the head-to-head competition between WiMAX and LTE has found a winner. Clearwire, the leader in WiMAX network development and a wholesale network…
Read MoreFacebook Privacy Practices Under Fire In Germany
Germany's not the place to mess around with internet privacy issues. And the latest to come under fire is Facebook for its facial recognition feature…
Read MoreTime Bringing All 21 Magazines To iPad
iPad users will now have more access to traditional magazines than ever before. Today, Time Inc. announced plans to bring its entire publishing portfolio of…
Read MoreRIM: 48 New BBM Sign-Ups A Minute [Updated]
RIM has launched BlackBerry 7 this morning, along with five BlackBerry handsets, but Messenger (BBM) remains at the heart of RIM's OS push. The company…
Read MoreToshiba Thrive Update Available Now, Fixes Resume From Sleep Issue
Toshiba has just delivered on their promise of an update for the recently launched Toshiba Thrive Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablet that should fix the sleepy…
Read MoreGoogle Offers FREE Nexus S Today Only
The Google Search front-page has almost always remained pristine which makes today's addition of a one-line advert hard to miss. But don't worry, the search…
Read MoreHitachi To Stop TV Production By Year-End
It's been a tough year for TV manufacturers, with the sector reporting major losses across the board, especially among the Japanese TV manufacturers. Sony recently…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaPad And ThinkPad Tablet Official Press Shots Leaked
The official press shots for Lenovo's two upcoming Android tablets have just been leaked. The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is a consumer tablet that we've seen…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaPad K1 And ThinkPad Tablets Official, Plus IdeaPad P1
Lenovo has officially announced a trio of slates, including the IdeaPad Tablet K1 and ThinkPad Tablet we saw leaked in press shots earlier, as well…
Read MoreTabletpalooza Week 3 Reminder: Acer Iconia Tab A500 Giveaway!
Oh my goodness it's the greatest giveaway in a generation, and it's certainly got the best name in the whole wide world of giveaways: Tabletpalooza!…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaPad K1 On Sale Now: $500 For 32GB Honeycomb Slate
Lenovo's IdeaPad K1 tablet has gone up for sale, though currently only the 32GB model is available. Priced at $499.99, with shipments expected to begin…
Read MoreToshiba Thrive Unboxing And Hands-On
Instead of trying to imitate the svelte iPad 2, the Toshiba Thrive goes big with beauty on the inside---sort of. The 10.1-inch tablet running Android…
Read MoreHBO Go App Hits 4 Million Downloads, May Hit Xbox And PS3 Soon
During an earnings call today, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, let on that the company has plans to expand its HBO Go app beyond mobile…
Read MoreTabletpalooza Week 3 Acer Iconia Tab A500 Giveaway Final Countdown!
Can you feel yourself getting pumped up? It's the final countdown - and like the rest of this giveaway, this giveaway is good in Europe!…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad Slider Passes Through FCC
ASUS had great success with the Eee Pad Transformer tablet/notebook hybrid that's surely a good sign for its upcoming Eee Pad Slider. Both devices re-imagine…
Read MoreDell Streak Pro 10-Inch Honeycomb Tablet Gets First Photo Leak
Dell already has 5-inch and 7-inch Android tablets in the market with news of an upcoming 10-inch Honeycomb model first leaked in April. Since then,…
Read MoreDell Streak 10 Pro Hits China
Yesterday the Steak Pro was nothing more than a somewhat grainy leaked photo that was floating around the web. Today the Steak 10 Pro is…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad Slider Shows Up In August Catalog
The ASUS Eee Pad Slider will be the first of its kind with an innovative slide-and-tilt keyboard to spice up the common tablet form factor---now…
Read MoreMotorola PHOTON 4G Hands-On [Video]
At a press event today in NYC, Motorola unveiled their new PHOTON 4G Android smartphone that looks to be a successor to the ATRIX 4G.…
Read MoreMotorola PHOTON 4G Release Info : Coming For EVO's Head
There's another dual-core device coming, and it's coming from Motorola. One of only a couple of WiMAX 4G compatible dual-cores and certainly the only one…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Beats Apple iPad 2 In Display Contest
Apple's iPad 2 has been carrying the torch for the best quality display, but a recent comparison test suggests that it may be ousted by…
Read MoreSony PlayStation Vita Pass Through FCC, Ready For Fall Launch
The Sony PlayStation Vita looks ready for its fall debut now that it's passed through the FCC. Today, documents surfaced revealing that the WiFI and…
Read MoreThe Smartphone 70%
It’s quarterly earnings season, and while I don’t care much about differences in valuation multiples or whether a company beat EPS consensus by two cents…
Read MoreSlashGear 101 : How Do I Use The Android Device Directory At Device.AC?
It's time we let you know about our sister site Android Community's big spec project. For quite a while now we've been working beyond the…
Read MoreApple A6 MacBook Air By 2013 Says Analyst: OS X And iOS To Merge
Apple will need to merge OS X and iOS if its aim of satisfying seamless content management and cloud-service delivery is to work out, according…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 TouchWiz Update Due OTA On August 5
Samsung has detailed the update process for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi-only slate, which as of Friday August 5 will bring the TouchWiz UI, Flash Player…
Read MoreInternet Explorer IQ Research A Hoax
A report which suggested Internet Explorer users had a lower IQ than those relying on other browsers has been shown to be bogus, using a…
Read MoreApple Posts iWork Web Developer Job Opening In Prep For iOS 5 And iCloud
It seems that the launch of iOS 5 and iCloud is soon approaching indeed as Apple has posted a job listing looking for a new…
Read MoreiTunes Replay To Offer TV/movie Re-Downloads, Maybe Streaming, Imminently
Apple's streaming ambitions are again under the microscope, with rumors of an iTunes Replay service that would allow TV shows and movies to be re-downloaded…
Read MoreSpace Shuttle Columbia Part Found In Drought Parched Lake In East Texas
There are few key moments in life that I will always remember. Things like the birth of my kids, my wedding day, and a few…
Read MoreT-Mobile G2x Unboxing And Hands-On
The T-Mobile G2x may be brand new on virtual shelves yesterday, but we're not exactly unfamiliar with the Android smartphone. Announced officially back at CTIA…
Read MoreQualcomm Snapdragon Line Renamed, Quad-Core Confirmed For 2011
In an investor call this week, Qualcomm has updated their Snapdragon naming scheme for all SoCs in the near future, making it much easier for…
Read MoreUS, Canada, And Mexico To Share Wireless Spectrum Near Borders
If you live in part of the US near a border between Canada or Mexico you might end up with access to more wireless spectrum…
Read MoreGoogle+ And iCloud Win Developer Hearts As Facebook Future Fades
The lure of Google+ is enough to keep developers from worrying about Android patent issues, according to the latest survey, with the fast-growing social network…
Read MoreHuawei Vision Pairs Gingerbread With HTC And Samsung Style [Update: Price]
Huawei, so far, has been content to push out low-cost Android smartphones and the odd tablet; now it seems the company has set its sights…
Read MoreBlackBerry Curve 9360 Outed: Oddly Absent From RIM's Reveal
RIM has no shortage of phones to show us this morning - the Torch 9850/9860 for one, and the Torch 9810 - but one thing it didn't…
Read MoreAT&T BlackBerry Torch 9810 4G Due This Month; Vodafone UK Grabs Torch Duo [Video]
Carriers haven't been slow in jumping on RIM's new BlackBerry range, with AT&T leading the charge in the US. The operator has announced that, as…
Read More25m Google+ Visitors Says ComScore As Social Use Surges
Google+ is believed to have surpassed 25m visitors, with the latest figures from tracking firm comScore suggesting that the new social network is thundering at full…
Read MoreApple Gets Fined $2,829 In Korea For Location Tracking
Apple has been fighting several legal battles around the world in relation to the location tracking scandal. If you thought, Apple would be subject to…
Read MoreSony Two Will Tablet Tease Part Four Brings More Rube Goldberg Machine Love
The coolest thing so far about the Sony S1 and S2 tablets is the video teasers that Sony had been putting on YouTube. I really…
Read MoreBlackBerry Torch 9810 4G Smartphone Headed To AT&T "Soon"
Today RIM rolled out the new BlackBerry Torch 9810 and our pal Chris has already had his geeky mitts on the smartphone. You can check…
Read MoreAmazon Free App Of The Day Isn't Necessarily Good For The Developer
I think most of us are the same when it comes to apps. We will pay for some of them if they look really cool,…
Read MoreMetroPCS Eyes VoIP Roll Out In Early 2012
The amount of bandwidth that all wireless carriers have for voice calls and data use is finite. There comes a point where the bandwidth just…
Read MoreSamsung May Bid On InterDigital Patent Portfolio According To Source
Patents make the tech world go around. Patents are the source of income for many firms and allow major tech companies like Apple and Samsung…
Read MoreUltrabook MacBook Air-Rivals Sabotaged By Intel Greed Say Insiders
The biggest obstacle to Intel's Ultrabook notebook drive might end up being Intel itself, according to the latest mutterings out of Taipei. The chip manufacturer's ploy…
Read MoreFacebook Buys iPad Book Publisher Push Pop Press
Facebook is the largest social network around even if Google+ is gaining ground on Facebook. Facebook is always out for new ways to increase the…
Read MoreAndroid Malware Twice As Common Today Compared To Six Months Ago
The incidence of malware and security threats is growing every day across a number of markets. Many think about networks and computers when it comes…
Read MoreBlackBerry Torch 9850/9860 And Torch 9810 Official [Video]
RIM has announced its new BlackBerry range, with five handsets (three models, five variants) including May's BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930, and the new BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860…
Read MoreBlackBerry Torch 9810 Hands-On [Video]
It's only really when the display on the new BlackBerry Torch 9810 lights up that you realize you're looking at a different phone to the…
Read MoreMcAfee Talks About Attack Dubbed Operation Shady RAT
Most of us follow all the hacking stories that have been surfacing over the last year or so and think that the rate of hacking…
Read MoreBlackBerry Torch 9850/9860 Hands-On [Video]
Lingering memories - few of them good - about RIM's BlackBerry Storm series of smartphones left us understandably wary of the Torch 9850/9860, but first…
Read MoreVivatar 690 HD Underwater Digital Pocket Video Camera Surfaces
It's summer and that means that people all around the country are heading to the lake, beach, or pool to keep cool. That also means…
Read MoreSony PlayStation 3D Monitor To Miss Christmas Shopping Season (Barely)
I know that my PS3 is sitting there all ready to play 3D games whenever I want to or to allow me to watch 3D…
Read MoreFCC Measures Actual Internet Speeds In USA
For the first time in the history of the internet, the FCC has collected a mass of data showing "real-world" speeds at which USA internet…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaPad K1 And ThinkPad Tablet Hands-On
Lenovo has launched its two first attempts at Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablets, the IdeaPad K1 and ThinkPad Tablet, and we met up with the company…
Read MoreOCZ Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD Revealed
The folks at OCZ have today revealed their latest bit of hardware in the Z-Drive R4, running at 2,800MB/sec, over 500,000 input output operations per…
Read MorePrivate Copying Of CDs And DVDs To Be Legalized In The UK
This Wednesday, Britain will signal its intent to legalize copying of CDs or DVDs onto computers and/or digital music players for personal use. This word…
Read MoreiPad 2 Finally Ships Within 24 Hours For Online Orders In US And Canada
For the first time since the iPad 2's launch, its supply seems to have finally caught up with its demand. Although the tablet appears abundant…
Read MoreNVIDIA Kal-El Quad-Core Chipset Launch Dates Debated
SoC manufacturer NVIDIA announced back in February that they'd be releasing their next-level chipset somewhere inside the year 2011. This quad-core processor was and still…
Read MoreGoogle Adds Gmail Voice Calling For 38 New Languages
Google has boosted its Gmail voice calling service, opening up support for making calls to 38 new languages. Launched in the US and Canada last…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Already Sent To Carriers For Testing
It's reported that Apple's prototype iPhone 5 has already been sent to carriers for testing. But this isn't any ordinary procedure, since the high-profile device…
Read MoreiPhone 4 Prices Cut To Make Way For iPhone 5?
Although the iPhone 5, once rumored for a September launch, is now believed to hit in October. It's still less than two months away, meaning…
Read MoreAndroid Trojan Malware Records Your Phone Conversations
A new Android malware has hit the scene that will surely cause some paranoia the next time you have a private---or at least you thought…
Read MoreThe Dealmap Acquired By Google
Google has today acquired Dealmap, a start-up whose main function is to aggregate discounts from hundreds of group-buying sites. This acquisition may well prove to…
Read MoreASUS Eee Pad MeMO 3D Delayed Until 2012 And Facing Axe
Bad news if you were holding out for ASUS' 7-inch Eee Pad MeMO 3D tablet, with word that the glasses-free 3D slate has been delayed…
Read MoreNokia's Windows Phone Reveal Won't Be This Month, Tips Insider
Despite reports suggesting otherwise, it seems we may have to wait longer than this month to see Nokia's first line-up of Windows Phones. Although the…
Read MoreVerizon Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr Is The First 4G LTE Netbook On The Network
Verizon Wireless has tossed the first netbook into its lineup that runs on the 4G LTE network with an embedded modem. The customer can expect…
Read MoreIomega Unveils New Mac Companion Hard Drive With Charge Port
Iomega has announced a new Mac external storage solution called the Mac Companion Hard Drive with a high-power charge port on it for charging your…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Tipped For October 1 Canada Launch
Apple's iPhone 5 will launch in Canada on October 1 2011, according to the latest carrier leak, with roadmaps apparently from inside Telus tipping a…
Read MoreBuffalo Ships New TeraStation Pro Windows Storage Servers
Buffalo has unveiled a new range of storage solutions that are aimed at the professional user. The storage solution is the TeraStation Pro Windows Storage…
Read MoreResearchers Develop Cheap Facial Recognition System To Predict SSNs
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a surprisingly simply method of taking a photo of someone's face and using that photo and off the…
Read MoreSkype For iPad Returns To App Store
Skype for iPad has been re-added to the App Store, having briefly made an appearance yesterday. Skype pushed out the tablet version of the app…
Read MoreChevy Volt Evatran Plugless Power Charging Shown Off
The thing that has always bothered me about plug-in hybrid cars is that I know I would forget to plug the car in. I would…
Read MoreWIMM Wearable Platform Hands-On [Video]
Wearable sub-displays keep coming around, and WIMM Labs is the latest company to try its hand at the segment. Its WIMM Wearable Platform - a…
Read MoreAnonymous May Be Testing A New Attack Tool Dubbed #RefRef
With some high profile arrests in hacking cases lately it appears that Anonymous might be working on a new attack tool that makes it less…
Read MoreNuForce uDAC-2 SGE Gets Gold Plated Bling
Last September we spied a new headphone digital audio converter that was aimed at the audiophile called the NuForce uDAC-2. That device was available in…
Read MoreSony Buys inFamous Game Developer Sucker Punch
The developer of video games called Sucker Punch has been around for a long time. Former Microsoft employees founded the studio back in 1997 and…
Read MoreSamsung Denies Australian Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales Freeze [Updated]
Samsung has moved to clarify the situation regarding sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia and the agreement it came to with Apple earlier…
Read MoreOnStar Offers New Family Link Pilot Program
OnStar has been on GM vehicles for a long time now and has some really cool features. The features we tend to see on TV…
Read MoreLogitech Revue Gets Unofficial Honeycomb Android Update
I've never been the sort that was willing to risk running one of my gadgets applying unofficial software and updates. I tend to make do…
Read MoreChrome Web Store Gets International Support With In-App Payments
Google has been offering the In-App Payment API in the US for a while now allowing the developer more chances to make money off their…
Read MoreLG LW980S 3D TV Uses Passive Glasses And Is Certified Flicker Free
LG has announced a new premium 3D TV that has some nice features. The new set is called the LW980S and it uses advances CINEMA…
Read MoreEee Pad Transformer 2 In October As ASUS Ramps Up Supply Chain?
ASUS' successor to the Eee Pad Transformer is due in October, according to the latest leaks from the Taipei supply chain, with the company keen to…
Read MoreNokia Working On Another MeeGo Device Tips Insider
Nokia reportedly has one further MeeGo device in the pipeline, set to follow the Nokia N9. The Nokia MeeGo developer team is still active, NetbookNews' source inside…
Read MoreHP TouchPad webOS 3.0.2 Hits Tablet OTA
As expected, HP has begun pushing out its OTA TouchPad update, bringing webOS 3.0.2 to the 9.7-inch tablet. The new firmware boosts performance and reliability,…
Read MoreSkype For iPad Released Today [Update: Yanked!]
Finally all of you Skype lovers out there can bring Skype to the fullest with the Skype for iPad app released just today on Apple's…
Read MoreiCloud Pricing Details Leak For 10GB, 20GB, And 50GB Extra Storage Options
Apple's much anticipated iOS 5 and iCloud, unveiled at WWDC 2011, are promised for a September launch. And with only one month away, Apple has…
Read MoreHTC Sues Apple In The UK, Following ITC Ruling
The legal battle between HTC and Apple continues with a new lawsuit filed in the UK. HTC Europe has filed a complaint against Apple with…
Read MoreSeagate GoFlex Satellite Wi-Fi Hard Drive Gets Android App
Seagate is now offering an Android app for its GoFlex Satellite WiFi-enabled hard drives. The battery-powered external hard drives are designed to be ultra portable…
Read MoreMicrosoft May Reveal First Nokia Windows Phones On August 17
Microsoft and Nokia have announced that they are holding a joint event later this month in Cologne, Germany. The party is set for August 17…
Read MoreSony S1 And S2 Tablet Details Leak
Sony's first entries into the tablet market are the codenamed S1 and S2 Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets. The company has already revealed them to the…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Fake Hints At The Real Design?
New images of a fake iPhone 5 have surfaced that could hint at the design of the real deal. The pictured device is purported to…
Read MoreDell Streak Pro Honeycomb Slate Dropping June With Tegra 2 T20?
The Dell Streak Pro 10-inch Android tablet is apparently set to launch in June, and will run Android 3.x Honeycomb on NVIDIA's 1GHz dual-core Tegra…
Read MoreGalaxy Tab 10.1 With 4G LTE On Verizon Hands-On And Unboxing
With WiFi tablets generally proving more affordable and more popular than their cellularly-equipped brethren, Samsung probably made the right decision launching the WiFi-only Galaxy Tab…
Read MoreSony S1 And S2 Android Tablets Hands-On Photo Collection Expanded [Videos Too!]
We've had more than one look at these magical mystical tablets, one of them a bit fat 9.4-inch Android tablet, the other being a dual…
Read MoreSony S1 And S2 Tablets Hands-On Roundup
The Sony S1 and S2 Android tablets with their adventurous form factors are getting ready to hit the market although no specific dates and prices…
Read MoreSony S1 And S2 Tablets Get Hands-On Playtime [Video]
Sony's S1 and S2 Android tablets have made a live appearance in Germany this week, showing up for a very brief hands-on ahead of their…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Official: Tegra 2 And Honeycomb
Samsung has officially announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the company's 10.1-inch dual-core Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet which we've been expecting for the past few…
Read MoreApple TV Update Adds Vimeo Support And TV Show Streaming
The Apple TV set-top box is getting a major update today with the addition of two new features. Users can now purchase and stream TV…
Read MoreDiablo III Beta Gameplay Video Preview Released
Several gaming publishers have been granted license today to release a new video preview of Diablo III, one of the most widely anticipated and longest-waited-for…
Read MoreThree HTC Sensation Giveaway - We Have A Winner!
Last month the generous folks over at carrier Three offered one SlashGear reader the opportunity to take away HTC's latest superphone, the Sensation. Taking part was…
Read MoreSony's Reader Supply Runs Dry: PRS-T1 Imminent?
Sony may have denied it had plans to imminently launch a new range of ereaders, but the company will need to move fast seeing as…
Read MoreAnssi Vanjoki: "My Hair Stands On End" Over Nokia's Fall
Ex-Nokia smartphone chief Anssi Vanjoki has expressed his horror at the current trajectory of the Finnish firm, suggesting that "my hair stands on end as…
Read MoreHulu Program Guide Accused Of Infringing Rovi Corp Patents
Hulu has been in the news lately with rumors swirling of some of the biggest names in the tech world eyeing the purchase of the…
Read MoreLEGO R2D2 Robot Is Remote Controlled And Packed With Awesome
LEGO + Star Wars + Remote control = Awesome. A dude going by the name Ickelpete has apparently been working on the bot of awesome…
Read MoreLulzSec Hacker Teen Bailed: Details Of 750,000 Found On PC
The teenage LulzSec hacker arrested by British police last week has been released on bail this morning, despite investigations discovering the personal details of 750,000 individuals…
Read MoreUpdate For HP TouchPad WebOS Rolling Out Today
If you are a HP TouchPad owner that has been wondering where that WebOS update that was supposed to be here by the end of…
Read MoreDuct Tape Princess Leia Costume Is Cosplay On The Cheap
Lindsay Boo Barrasse may well be the ideal geek girlfriend me thinks. She's hot and she took it upon herself to construct a Princess Leia…
Read MoreRadio Shack And Target To Cut iPhone Prices
If you have been thinking about getting a new iPhone you might want to wait a bit and see how things shake out. There are…
Read MoreNintendo 3DS And Wii U Will Get Paid DLC
The Nintendo 3DS has been in the news recently with the announcement from Nintendo that it was slashing the price of the console. The console…
Read MoreOptical WLAN Uses LED Light For Up To 800 Mbit/s Networking
Networking researchers have used LED lighting to distribute Full HD movies to notebooks, smartphones and other devices, in a system that could join WiFi and…
Read MoreObama Keyboard Lets You Be The Speech Puppet Master
We have a ton of DIY projects that are really interesting rolling around the geeky tech world this month. I have already looked at a…
Read MoreLearning Robot Can Guesstimate & Glean [Video]
Foxconn may be looking to replace human workers with robots but they'll at least need some flesh & blood nursemaiding; if the Hasegawa Research Group at the…
Read MoreDude Builds Air Drums That Actually Play
I really like to see the cool hacks and projects that people come up with using Arduino. We have seen everything from robots to this…
Read MoreGoogle+ Adds Stars To Bookmark Memorable Posts [Update: Sadly Not]
Google is rolling out the ability to "star" posts in Google+, as part of the company's continued tweaks of the new social network. The option…
Read MoreSamsung Freezes Galaxy Tab 10.1 Launch In Australia In Apple Suit
Samsung has agreed to freeze sales and advertising of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia until its patent infringement suit with Apple has been settled.…
Read MoreDIY Castle Sculptures Are Made From Human Hair
Man is this one gross DIY project. I would never in a million years make it as a barber. Getting other people's hair on me…
Read MoreSamsung Orders 30M Touch Sensors And Gears Up For High-Resolution AMOLED 7-Inch Panel Production
There is word coming from industry sources that points to Samsung gearing up for some new devices in the second half of 2011. According to…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Due Late-October Insists Source, Not September
The iPhone 5 rumor mill continues to churn through leaks, speculations and our mortal souls, with word this morning that September may not be the…
Read MoreBad News For Diablo III Fans As Blizzard Makes Fundamental Changes To Franchise
There is some bad news surfacing today about the anticipated game Diablo III from Blizzard. Blizzards is making fundamental changes to the way the game…
Read MoreChrome Is Now The Second Most Popular Browser In Britain
Google is doing well with its Chrome browser in Britain. The browser has apparently racked up a bunch of users in Britain. The browser grabbed…
Read MoreFoxconn Looks To Use Robots To Replace A Million Human Workers
Foxconn has been making a bunch of Apple gear for a long time now. The company has hoards of workers in China that build iPhones,…
Read MoreBest Buy Insignia Connected TVs Pack TiVo Streaming & Chumby Widgets
Best Buy's Insignia brand of TVs blessed with the TiVo interface and streaming functionality have been revealed, offering access to YouTube, Netflix, Facebook and more,…
Read MoreGingerbread For HTC Desire Released (For Experts Only, Warns HTC)
HTC's promised Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the original Desire has been released, though it's not the simple OTA upgrade we're now used to. Heavily modified…
Read MoreNokia 500 Is Not The 1GHz Finnish Phone We're Waiting For
If you hadn't realized, we're waiting on a touchscreen Nokia, and that's just what the Finns have given us today: unfortunately, the new device is…
Read MorePS Vita Due October 28 Tips Blockbuster Flyer
An "upcoming releases" flyer for the UK arm of retailer Blockbuster has seemingly confirmed the release date of the PlayStation Vita, Sony's upcoming replacement to…
Read MoreAdobe Edge HTML5 App Could Eat Flash From The Inside
The latest Flash rival has arrived, and bizarrely it's from Adobe itself. The company has launched Adobe Edge, currently in pre-beta, blending HTML5, JavaScript, CSS…
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