Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Review
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Google Shutting Down More Services
Google announced on Friday that it will be doing some "spring cleaning" of some of its services. The list includes AdSense for Feeds, Classic Plus,…
Read MoreModbook Pro OS X Mountain Lion Tablet Launches With SSD
It's time to get your MacBook Pro action on with a modified tablet design from Modbook Pro, announced today once again in a 13.3-inch iteration…
Read MoreLOOPER Time Travel Gets Real In SlashGear's Chat With Dr Edward Farhi
It's almost time for the big drop of the new science fiction action time travel blockbuster LOOPER to hit theaters, so SlashGear took the opportunity…
Read MoreFacebook Messenger Updated For iPhone 5
The Facebook environment on iOS for iPhone has been bumped upward once again with the Messenger app grabbing an update with a whole new user…
Read MoreTobii And NTT DOCOMO Announce Ibeam Eye-Tracking Tablet
Tablets these days can do a lot of different things, but NTT DOCOMO has a new tablet in the pipeline with a feature that we…
Read MoreNASA Coming Up With Ideas For Future Mars Missions
Curiosity is currently at the center of the public's attention when it comes to space exploration, but NASA scientists have started shooting around ideas for…
Read MoreNook GlowLight Gets A Price Cut As Paperwhite Launch Approaches
Amazon's impressive new Kindle Paperwhite is set to launch in just a couple of days, but Barnes and Noble has decided that its going to…
Read MoreiPad Mini Mockup Shows Up In HD Video
We've been hearing about the iPad Mini for a while now, and it seems that Apple is looking to take on the booming 7-inch tablet…
Read MoreThat iPhone 5 Appeal (Or, Confessions Of A Swayed Galaxy S III Owner)
I'm an Android user. I love my Samsung Galaxy S III. So why am I punching my details into the iPhone 5 reservation site every…
Read MoreWhy The Wii U's Launch Lineup Is Impressive
Nintendo’s Wii U will be launching with an ample number of video games to whet your appetite. According to the venerable game company, a whopping…
Read MoreFirst New Super Mario Bros 2 DLC Detailed
Nintendo is preparing the enter the realm of DLC, and one of the first games that will be getting additional content is New Super Marios…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 28, 2012
It's Friday once again folks, with most of you already enjoying the weekend. Today, the iPhone 5 launched in 22 additional regions around the world,…
Read MoreiPhone 5, Galaxy S III Cost Less Than $1 Per Year To Charge
If you're buying an iPhone 5, you're probably paying a lot of money for the handset. That's especially true if you're buying the phone directly…
Read MoreWindows 8 Promises It's Been Tested On Its Makers First
When Microsoft has a new product they want to make perfect before release - all of their products, that is - they work with a…
Read MoreKodak Dropping Out Of Inkjet Printer Business
Kodak has been around for an extremely long time, and they've made quite a name for themselves over the years -- especially during the days…
Read MoreLOOPER Movie Review
Any review of the movie LOOPER that tells you essentially any elements of the plot is going to be written by a jerk who doesn't…
Read MoreModern Warfare 3 Is 50% Off, Free Weekend On Steam
The latest installment in the Call of Duty series has been out for almost a year now, but it's still an extremely hyped up game…
Read MoreFCC Approves Auction To Reclaim Broadcast TV Spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun -- what looks to be -- a long process of reclaiming broadcast television spectrum. The process will essentially…
Read MoreHP Launches Open webOS 1.0
HP's TouchPad and Palm devices may be long and gone, but webOS (the mobile OS that these devices ran off of) has been alive and…
Read MoreApple Now Makes It Super Easy To Use Alternative Maps
Earlier today, Apple CEO Tim Cook issued a public apology to users of the company's new Maps app. A good portion of the letter addressed…
Read MoreKindle Paperwhite Technology Explained By Amazon In Simple Video
Amazon has released a video showing their team of engineers that've worked on the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite explaining the technology that makes it a top…
Read MoreMinecraft Creator Refusing To Support Windows 8
If you're an avid Minecraft fan and just can't get enough of the sandbox-style game, we hope you're not planning to upgrade to Windows 8.…
Read MoreNew PlayStation 3 "Superslim" Ad Tips Zombie 3D Hardware Update
A brand new PlayStation 3 updated hardware release has been advertised (after a reveal earlier this year) with just about as strange a 15-second commercial…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Pandora Rival Still Possible As Sony Sets Snag
A lovely bit of news mixed with a bit of a downer for the first owners of the iPhone 5 has come down today from…
Read MoreSmartStick By FAVI Brings Android To Your HDTV For $50
There's about to be a brand new smart TV in your living room with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, wireless streaming abilities, and no more than…
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Apple Maps Fiasco
Apple has been under some extreme fire lately with their new Maps app on iOS 6. A lot of users have been reporting that the…
Read MoreAT&T 4G LTE Expands With Four New Samsung Smart Devices
The Samsung Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Rugby Pro, Galaxy Express, and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 have all been added to the AT&T 4G LTE family…
Read MoreGoogle Now Allows Original Quality YouTube Video Downloads
If you've got a collection of videos up on YouTube right this minute that you'd just love to have in a folder in your secure…
Read MoreTim Cook's Maps Apology A Massive Display Of Power
Apple had a bad situation on their hands when it became apparent over the past week that their new non-Google "Maps" app appeared to fall…
Read MoreHP Rumored To Dive Into Smartphone And Tablet Market Again
HP CEO Meg Whitman has already said that the company plans to release their own smartphone at some point, but details were pretty scarce. We…
Read MoreSharp Says They're Making Plenty Of iPhone 5 Displays
After reports that Sharp was said to be behind in the manufacturer of iPhone 5 screens, Reuters is reporting that the company is in fact…
Read MoreNASA Cancels Space Station Maneuver To Clear Orbital Debris
NASA recently announced that it intended to change the orbit of the International Space Station slightly in an effort to avoid any potential contact with…
Read MoreNeil Young Pono Player Revealed To Oust iPods For Audiophiles
Neil Young might not be the first person you'd think of to reinvent the iPod, but the famous musician has been working on an alternative…
Read MoreRIM's Q2 Shake-Up: Reawakening Dragon Or Death Rattle?
RIM's painful love song to developers had left us prepared for the worst, so a rise in users and a glimmer of financial hope in Q2…
Read MoreDish Network In Talks With Viacom To Offer Internet-Based Channels
With the massive adoption of Internet streaming for movies and TV shows many cable companies are worrying that changes may spell doom for the industry.…
Read MoreInstagram Beats Twitter For The First Time In Daily Mobile User Metric
Unless you live under a rock, you know what twitter and Instagram are. Twitter is a microblogging platform and Instagram is the photo taking and…
Read MoreMicrosoft Says Lack Of Tech Workers Is Reaching A Crisis
According to software giant Microsoft, the lack of applicants qualified for high-skill technology jobs is reaching the point of being a "genuine crisis." Microsoft has…
Read MoreOnset HOBO Wireless Temp/RH Monitoring Kit Costs $899
There are a number of reasons why it might be nice to know the temperature of in a location without having to walk there and…
Read MoreWicked Lasers Kills iPhone 5 With Lasers And A Flashlight
Every time a new gadget launches with lots of pomp and fanfare, there is always someone out there that buys one just to break it.…
Read MoreFord Working On Natural Fiber Materials For Automotive Applications
Ford has announced that it has teamed up with Weyerhaeuser to develop automotive applications for natural fiber materials. Ford is looking into the use of…
Read MoreZTE Engage To Be A Cricket Wireless Exclusive
ZTE has unveiled a new smartphone running the Android 4.0 operating system that will be exclusively available at Cricket Wireless. The new smartphone is called…
Read More$640m Gets Sony 11% Of Olympus: New 4K Medical Camera Company Formed
Sony has squirted $640m into ailing Olympus, collaborating on imaging sensors for new digital cameras, and forming a new medical business for surgical cameras and…
Read MoreHTC One X+ Leaks With Blink-And-You-Miss-It Changes [Update: Single 64GB Partition]
What does a "+" get you? If it's the HTC One X+, freshly leaked once more today, then it doesn't seem like a huge amount;…
Read MoreBizarre Steve Jobs Sculpture Covered In Resin Made Of Jobs' Trash
Since Apple CEO Steve Jobs tragically passed away at an early age, we've seen more than a few Steve Jobs action figures surface and then…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Spreads: US Regional Carriers Plus 22 New Countries Today
Availability for Apple's iPhone 5 increases today, as select regional carriers across the US release the iOS 6 smartphone, as well as 22 new countries…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 27, 2012
Welcome to Thursday evening, everyone. This afternoon, RIM delivered its quarterly report, and even though it didn't look too good, it was still better than…
Read MoreFacebook Launches New Gifts Service
As it stands, you can do a lot with Facebook. You can stalk your ex-lovers, you can show the world pictures of what you'll be…
Read MoreEuropean Lumia 920 Prices Surface
Like most major announcements these days, details about pricing and release dates were absent from Nokia's reveal of the incoming Lumia 920. That all changed…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Stellar Review
Samsung may be best known for its effort in the high-end market, but it didn’t get the title of largest smartphone manufacturer just by pumping…
Read MoreBill Gates Assures Windows 8 Will Be "A Big Deal"
It's always good to hear that the most famous face of the company that's pushing a brand new operating system does think that it'll be…
Read MorePolaroid Announces New Line Of Sports Video Cameras
If you're an adventurous type of person, then Polaroid has a new line of sports video cameras aimed directly at you. Revealed at Photokina, the…
Read MoreRIM Fiscal Q2 2013 Brings On Slightly Less Terrible Results Than Last Quarter
Compared to the earnings report in the quarter directly before this one, RIM is looking pretty good considering they've had a nat GAAP loss of…
Read MoreCamera+ Updates With iPad Support, iCloud Sync
Apple's built-in camera app is great -- it's simple and gets the job done, but sometimes it's nice to have a little more control over…
Read MoreCuriosity Rover Discovers Ancient Streambed On Surface Of Mars
The Curiosity rover is examining all sorts of things on the surface of Mars, but today, NASA is reporting a major breakthrough. Curiosity has discovered…
Read MoreBad Piggies Hits Number 1 After Just 3 Hours
Rovio's latest creation, Bad Piggies, released today, and in just three hours the new game is at the number one spot in the iTunes App…
Read MoreGoogle Exec Arrested In Brazil, Will Appear In Court
Google's head of operations in Brazil, Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, was arrested yesterday for disobeying authorities to take down YouTube videos that criticized a local…
Read MoreIntel Atom Processor Z2760 Clover Trail Detailed For Windows 8 Tablet Glory
The processor formally known as Clover Trail has been re-introduced this week at an event showing off its greatness in a collection of Windows 8…
Read MoreNetflix For iOS Updated With iPhone 5 Widescreen Support
If you upgraded to the iPhone 5 and have been using Netflix, you probably noticed that widescreen movies weren't taking full advantage of the iPhone…
Read MoreBlueStacks Android Apps On PCs Made Simple With AMD AppZone Player
Another rather fabulous step towards total cross-platform compatibility has been made this week as the AMD AppZone Player is announced with full BlueStacks power under…
Read MoreGoogle Contacts Gain Open CardDAV For iPhone Freedom
Today the folks in charge of the software universe at Google have let it be known that they're adding CardDAV to the list of open…
Read MoreGoogle Field Trip App Acts As A Virtual Tour Guide
Google launched a new app today called Field Trip. The company says that it's essentially "your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in…
Read MoreSteam For Linux Beta Kicks Off In October
Well that was quick. We've only know that Valve is working on a version of Steam for Linux for a few months, but now it…
Read MoreFoursquare For iOS Updates With More Personalization Options
If you enjoy checking in at different places while you're out, you probably use Foursquare fairly religiously. They've been been on a roll lately, introducing…
Read MoreDish To Launch Satellite Broadband Service For Rural Areas On October 1
A surprising number of people live out in rural areas -- places where the high-speed broadband sun don't shine. Dish is looking to change that…
Read MoreSamsung Teases Galaxy Note II Event For October 24
If you're ready for the "next big thing" from Samsung, you've already got it - that's what they said when the Galaxy S III was…
Read MoreQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Quad-Core Processors For Smartphones Expand Lineup
Several new high-volume smartphone ready Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core processors have been revealed for the mass market today along with Reference Design Counterparts for device…
Read MoreGoogle Turns 14 Today, Celebrates With Cake Doodle
If you've made your way to Google's homepage today, then you undoubtedly were greeted with a delicious-looking chocolate cake with 14 candles standing on top…
Read MoreiPhone Patents Point To Invisible Speakers And Disappearing Buttons
The Apple patent collection is one that inspires not just a vision of the future as it will be, but one that, even in this…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 27, 2012
This morning it's time to jump on in to games and the innards of devices, and don't forget the fabulous newness of HiddenRadio, a device…
Read MoreUsers Watching More Online Videos On TVs Than Computers
With the rapid growth in media-streaming set-top boxes for televisions, it's said that more people are using their TVs to watch online videos instead of…
Read MoreAT&T MiFi Liberate Shares 10hrs Of LTE With Touchscreen Simplicity
AT&T has revealed its latest mobile hotspot, the MiFi Liberate, the first to include a color touchscreen. Running on AT&T's LTE network, the Novatel Wireless-made…
Read MoreGoogle's Eric Schmidt: We're Innovative While Apple Is A Patent Troll
Google chairman Eric Schmidt, who is currently on tour in Asia where he announced the company’s Nexus 7 tablet in Tokyo recently, had some time…
Read MoreBad Piggies Released For iOS, Android, PC And Mac
Bad Piggies, the much-anticipated follow up to Angry Birds from developer Rovio, has been released, available across multiple smartphone and desktop platforms. Themed around helping…
Read MoreFisker Retorts To Consumer Reports Amid New $100m Equity Round
Electric car manufacturer Fisker has hit back at Consumer Reports criticisms, which described the Karma as "plagued with flaws," and simultaneously announced a new round…
Read MoreMicrosoft Faces Up To $7.4bn Fine In EU Browser Punishment
Microsoft is facing the unpleasant end of the European Commission antitrust blunderbuss, with the company now in line for a potentially huge fine over browser…
Read MoreAstronomers Discover New Comet That May Put On A Show In Late 2013
Two Russian astronomers recently discovered a previously unknown comet. The discovery was made using CCD images, and scientists believe the comet may become very bright…
Read MoreAMD AppZone Player Puts Android Apps On APU PCs
AMD will bring Android apps to PCs based on its processors, the chip company has revealed, with the new AMD AppZone Player offering thousands of…
Read MoreSmart Forstars Concept Includes Projector-Snout And Smartphone Remote
What's that, your car doesn't have a projector hidden in its hood? You're obviously not as achingly cool as smart, with the German car brand…
Read MoreZAGGsparq 1220, 3100, And 6000 Portable Batteries Debut
ZAGG has been producing some interesting accessories for tablets and smartphones for a while now. The company is perhaps best known for its line of…
Read MoreGarmin Adds Nokia-Powered Urban Guidance To iOS And Android Apps
Maps and mobile-navigation extras are high-profile news right now, given the Apple Maps saga, and now Garmin has inked a deal with Nokia to break…
Read MoreStreet View For iPhone 5 And iOS 6 Users Is Two Weeks Away
Google Maps for iOS may not be due to hit the iPhone 5 and other iOS 6 devices until the end of the year, but…
Read MoreBeam RPD Telepresence Robot Costs Over $16,000
A company called Suitable Technologies is unveiling a new remote presence robots system. The robotic system is called the Beam Remote Presence System or Beam…
Read More2014 Jaguar F-TYPE Official From $69,000
We've known it's coming, but Jaguar's new 2014 F-TYPE convertible still wowed at its official debut at the Paris Auto Show, a two-seater slice of…
Read MoreLG Files OLED Tech Patent Suit Against Samsung In South Korea
Another day brings another patent suit in the technology world. LG Display has announced that it has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics in…
Read MoreB&N NOOK HD And HD+ Revealed: We Go Hands-On!
Barnes & Noble has refreshed its NOOK tablet range, revealing the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, a duo of high-definition Android-based slates with some ambitious…
Read MoreKingston Debuts Cheap High-Capacity SDXC Memory Cards
It's not uncommon for high-capacity memory cards for digital cameras and other devices to be very expensive. Some higher capacity SDXC cards can run well…
Read MoreUnmanned Cargo Ship Stuck To ISS After Computer Glitch Prevents Undocking
Supplies have been ferried to the ISS using unmanned European cargo ships for a long time. Once the unmanned spacecraft is put into orbit, it…
Read MoreLG Optimus Vu II Arrives To Battle Note II
The fight of the phablets continues, with LG rolling out the new Optimus Vu II to take on Samsung's second-gen Galaxy Note II. The 5-inch…
Read MoreSwingTIP Uses Technology To Make You A Better Golfer
There are many things in this world I simply don't have the patience for, and one of those is golfing. If you do have the…
Read MoreADATA Launches The World's Thinnest External Hard Drive
ADATA has unveiled a new external portable hard drive that it claims to be the world's thinnest. The drive is only 8.9 mm thick and…
Read MoreLamborghini To Unveil New Gallardo LP 560-4 And LP 570-4 Edizione Technica
Lamborghini is set to unveil new Gallardo models at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The new Gallardo models will include the LP 560-4 and LP…
Read MoreScientists In Japan Claim To Have Synthesized Element 113
A group of scientists from Japan announced this week that they have been able to successfully synthesize the rare element 113. The element is also…
Read MoreChrome For Android Updated For x86: Plays Nicely With Medfield RAZR I
Google's Chrome for Android browser has been updated to run on x86 processors, meaning Intel Medfield powered smartphones like Motorola's RAZR i now play nicely with…
Read MoreLibratone Zipp Takes AirPlay Mobile
Wool-clad speaker company Libratone has outed its latest model, the Zipp, a wireless AirPlay-enabled model with battery life good for four hours of standalone streaming.…
Read MoreMass Effect Trilogy Announced For 360, PS3, PC
If you've somehow managed to miss out on BioWare's three Mass Effect games, then good news: BioWare and Electronic Arts announced a new Mass Effect…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 26, 2012
We've made it through hump day, which means only two more work days to go before the weekend arrives again. Yesterday, we found out about…
Read MoreBlack Ops II Zombies Mode Debuts In New Video
One of the biggest talking points about the original Black Ops was Zombies mode. When Activision and Treyarch announced Call of Duty: Black Ops II,…
Read MoreApple Ditched Google Maps Due To Lack Of Turn-By-Turn Navigation
This whole Apple Maps and Google Maps fiasco has gotten pretty crazy. After iOS users found out that the new Apple Maps pretty much sucked,…
Read MoreFacebook Terminates Fake Accounts With Extreme Prejudice
If you've got a business that has an extraordinary amount of likes on Facebook and have suddenly felt a bit lighter today, you're not alone:…
Read MoreHumble Indie Bundle 6 Comes Packing With Torchlight, Bit.Trip Runner, And More
If you're a gamer who enjoys indie games while also saving money, then you've no doubt heard of the Humble Indie Bundle. It's in its…
Read MoreGoogle Launches Google Play Services For App Developers
Following up on a promise that the company made earlier this year at their annual I/O conference, Google is launching Google Play services v1.0. To…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Seeks Approval For China
It appears that Apple has gotten the China Compulsory Certificate for the iPhone 5 in a couple iterations, both of them quite possibly headed for…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S III Coming To MetroPCS
Samsung's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III will officially be making its way to MetroPCS starting in October. Of course, the S III has been…
Read MoreApple Orders Carbon Fiber En Masse
The Apple product universe is such at the moment that every little detail is analyzed down to the makeup of the tablet casings - and…
Read MoreRIM Shares Rise After Yesterday's BlackBerry Jam
Yesterday, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins took the stage in San Jose to talk about some of the upcoming features in BlackBerry 10. Though RIM is…
Read MoreO2 And HTC To Sell New Smartphone Without Charger
How many chargers do you have lying around the house from all of the different devices you bought? Now, how many of those are you…
Read MoreHiddenRadio Wireless Speaker Review
There's a brand new wireless Bluetooth speaker and FM radio on the block, and it's name is HiddenRadio - and we've got one right here…
Read MoreAmazon Launches Vine.com Shopping Site For Environmental Activists
If you love Amazon (especially their free two-day shipping for Prime members) and are environmentally friendly, Amazon has launched a website just for you. Vine.com…
Read MoreXbox Music Pricing Details Outed In Windows 8 App
Microsoft is beginning to pare back its Zune offerings to make way for Xbox Music, a brand new service that is still a mystery for…
Read MoreRemote Wipe Hack Not Limited To Samsung Devices
Yesterday we talked about a huge hack that made its way to some Samsung devices, in which visiting a link that contained a line of…
Read MoreNOOK HD And The B&N Ecosystem Gamble
The tablet market is heating up, and for once it's not Apple, or Google, or Samsung doing the shaking, but booksellers Barnes & Noble. The…
Read MoreBoost Mobile LG Venice Launches With 4.3-Inch Display, Ice Cream Sandwich
Boost Mobile has been a big name in the wireless market recently, offering some pretty sweet unlimited deals. For being sort of a B-list carrier,…
Read MoreNintendo To Release 23 Games On Wii U Launch Day
Nintendo announced a lineup of 23 games today that will launch simultaneously with the Wii U on November 18. Nintendo plans on releasing more than…
Read MoreFacebook Integrates Dropbox For Group Sharing Of Large Files
If you were wondering how Facebook was going to take their Groups platform to the next level, look no further - they've tied the knot…
Read MoreGoogle Maps iOS App Rumored To Arrive By The End Of The Year
Yesterday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said that the company has yet to start work on a Google Maps app for iOS. It certainly bummed a…
Read MoreApple Lighting Port Not Identical On Both Sides
A bit of investigation done on Apple's iPhone 5 and the Lightning cord and docking port this week has turned up an oddity: the pins…
Read MoreNook Video Aims To Jab Netflix And Amazon All At Once
If you were looking for another reason to pick up a new Nook tablet - revealed earlier today - you'll find it in Barnes &…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 26, 2012
This morning we're bubbling around in the middle of the week with a mix of Windows Phone 8, iPhone 5 incoming wave madness, and the…
Read MoreMonster Inspiration Active Noise Cancellation Headphones Review
It used to be that you were judged on what music you listened to - now it's what brand of headphones you choose to listen…
Read MoreTexas Instruments Sidelines Phone And Tablet Chip Business
Texas Instruments has announced it will scale back its mobile processor business, no longer targeting smartphones and tablets, but instead eyeing the embedded systems market. The…
Read MoreCloudee Simple Video Sharing Hits Open Beta With iPhone 5 App
Boxee has opened its Cloudee video sharing service up to public beta, with desktop, web, and iPhone apps to streamline distributing videos you might not…
Read MoreRecord-Setting Space Skydive To Take Place October 8
We talked on more than one occasion about Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner. Baumgartner has been preparing for an attempt to set a record for jumping…
Read MoreBlackmagic Cinema Camera Delayed After Sensor Glitch
Blackmagic Design's innovative Cinema Camera has been hamstrung by flaws in the sensor glass, forcing the company to freeze preorder shipments and re-manufacture them with…
Read MoreHubble Space Telescope Takes Deepest Image Of The Universe Ever
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken some of the most amazing photographs of space over the years that I've ever seen. NASA has announced the…
Read MoreCable Cloud Gaming To Challenge Xbox, PS3 And Wii U In 2013
The Xbox 360 and PS3 may face cable boxes edging in on their gaming turf if AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner and others have their way,…
Read MoreGoogle Play Celebrates 25bn Downloads With $0.25 App Promo
Google Play, the company's Android app store, has passed 25bn downloads, and to celebrate Google is running a series of discounts on top titles over…
Read MoreConsumer Reports Slams The Fisker Karma Saying It's "Plagued With Flaws"
I think most people knew back in March that Consumer Reports' review of the Fisker Karma wasn't going to go well. Consumer Reports ordered up…
Read MoreSky+ Adds 2TB HD Box Plus On-Demand TV And iPad "Second Screen" App
Sky has launched a new 2TB Sky+ HD PVR, as well as an updated Sky+ iPad app that turns the Apple tablet into a second…
Read MoreSamsung Schedules Strategy Meeting With Google's Schmidt Over Apple's Android War
Google chairman Eric Schmidt will meet with Samsung execs in South Korea this week, Samsung's mobile chief has revealed, in what's tipped to be an…
Read MoreRIM Gives It The Old Junior College Try, Aims For Third Place
RIM is taking a beating on the modern smartphone market and continues to be unable to muster a device to offer any significant competition to…
Read MoreFCC Promises To Review Objections Against AT&T FaceTime Fees
There were a lot of angry AT&T iPhone owners when AT&T made it clear that it would allow FaceTime over its 3G mobile network, but…
Read MorePre-Orders Kick Off For SMS Audio Street By 50 Wired DJ Pro Performance Headphones
When the Beats line of headphones really took off, several other rappers stepped in with their own branded headphone lines. One of those lines was…
Read MorePanasonic Updates Toughbook 53 Notebook Computer
Panasonic offers a line of semi-rugged and fully rugged notebook computers called Toughbooks. The company has announced that it has upgraded its semi-rugged Toughbook 53…
Read MoreEA Sports FIFA Soccer 13 Launches In North America
Soccer may not be as popular in the United States as it is in other countries, but there are hordes of dedicated soccer fans in…
Read MoreLittleBigPlanet Hits PlayStation Vita
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that the award-winning game LittleBigPlanet has officially launched for the PlayStation Vita portable. Tarsier Studios and Double Eleven Studios…
Read MoreToshiba Ships First MQ01ABDH Hybrid Series Drive
Toshiba is one of the biggest names in storage products, and it offers a wide range of internal storage devices and external storage devices. Toshiba…
Read MoreSamsung: Galaxy S III Remote Wipe Flaw Is Already Patched
Galaxy S III owners running the latest software are not susceptible to a factory-reset hack that could maliciously wipe the phone, Samsung says, with a…
Read MoreGoogle Street View Goes Diving With Underwater Panoramas
Google Maps has extended Street View into even more unusual places, adding underwater panoramic images courtesy of a collaboration with The Catlin Seaview Survey. The…
Read MoreB&N NOOK Simple Touch And Simple Touch GlowLight Hit UK From £79
Barnes & Noble has announced its attack on the UK market, and it's the NOOK Simple Touch and Simple Touch GlowLight that will lead the…
Read MoreRIM Launches BlackBerry 10 Development Tools Beta Update
Today was a big day for RIM. The struggling company took the stage today to talk about all things BlackBerry 10, announcing a number of…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 25, 2012
We've had a rather interesting Tuesday here at SlashGear, thanks in no small part to RIM. The company held its BlackBerry Jam today, introducing us…
Read MoreYouTube-Funded TV Show Will Air On ABC In October
There are tons of YouTube channels that crank out awesome videos every week (The Slingshot Channel being one of my favorites), and we wish that…
Read MoreSony Unveils PSN Day 1 Digital Program
Sony is always looking for more ways to make the PS3 standout from the likes of the Xbox 360 and Wii (soon to be Wii…
Read MoreKen Goldman Becomes New Yahoo CFO
Looking at the business side of things for a moment, Ken Goldman has been named Yahoo's new Chief Financial Officer. He joins the Yahoo from…
Read MoreInstagram Updates With iPhone 5 And iOS 6 Support
Ever since the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 released last week, many apps have been updated to support the two. Google Chrome and Sparrow (coming…
Read MoreIntel CEO Claims Windows 8 Is Being Released With Bugs
If you've been waiting anxiously for the release of Windows 8 come late October, it might not be as great as you dreamed it would…
Read MoreGoogle Voice Update Lands On iOS
We've been writing a lot about new updates for iOS apps lately, but for the first time in recent memory, we finally have more to…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD Faces Stiff Competition From Nexus 7 According To Reports
Amazon's new Kindle Fire HD tablet has only been available commercially for the better part of a week, and new reports are already coming out…
Read MoreApple Lightning Cables Have An Authentication Chip Inside
If you've always relied on places like Monoprice to deliver your super-cheap Apple accessories like cables and adapters, it might be a little trickier to…
Read MoreKinect Takes Center Stage In New Map Making Gadget
We've seen amateur and professional developers alike do some really cool things with Microsoft's Kinect since the motion control peripheral launched in 2010. Interestingly enough,…
Read MoreSamsung Rumored To Launch Tizen-Based Galaxy Smartphone
It looks like Samsung is looking to break away from the Android game just slightly with one of their upcoming Galaxy handsets. The South Korean…
Read MoreNew York City Experiencing Rapid Growth In Apple Thefts
For a place known as The Big Apple, New York City doesn't seem to be a place that's friendly to Apple users. The New York…
Read MoreModern Combat 4: Zero Hour Trailer Revealed For iPhone, iPad And Android
Gameloft is certainly no stranger to the high-end mobile gaming scene. They've been releasing some of the top games for Android and iOS for a…
Read MoreFXI Cotton Candy PC And Android-On-A-Stick Now Shipping
We've heard about the FXI Cotton Candy a lot over the past year, but it still hasn't made it into the hands of users and…
Read MoreRIM CEO Says BlackBerry Has A Shot At Being Number Three
A lot of fun stuff happened at RIM's BlackBerry Jam event. They've been showing off their latest BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system and even debuting…
Read MoreApple A6 Teardown Reveals Dual-Core CPU, Tri-Core GPU Power
A teardown of Apple's A6 mobile processor powering the new iPhone 5 has revealed some details this afternoon. Like many of their previous processors there's…
Read MoreApple SVP: iPhone 5 Scratches Are "Normal" For Aluminum Products
Apple's new iPhone 5 went through quite the transformation regarding the rear of the device. Gone is that glass panel that seemed to be breaking…
Read MoreBox Issues iOS 6 Update, Kicks Off New Promotion
Just like many other iOS developers, the folks behind Box have launched an update for their app. Like most of these freshly-released updates, the one…
Read MoreFoxconn Riot Could Happen Again, Experts Warn
The riot that caused one of Foxconn's factories to close down on Monday was definitely big news, but it wasn't entirely unexpected. We're heard for…
Read MoreBlackBerry 10 Peek Finesses Notifications
Today RIM and BlackBerry is showing off their new and improved mobile operating system in BlackBerry 10 -- better known as BB10. Today at BlackBerry…
Read MoreBlackBerry 10 To Have Native Facebook, Twitter, And More At Launch
Today at the BlackBerry Jam event RIM has been announcing things left and right. And for all those social network fans out there we have…
Read MoreRIM: BlackBerry 10 Carrier Testing Begins Next Month
We've been waiting for RIM to make a complete comeback, and today at BlackBerry Jam they've been showing off what's been brewing in RIM's world.…
Read MoreJaguar F-TYPE Leaks: Ready Your Credit Card
Jaguar's F-TYPE sportscar has leaked ahead of its official debut on Thursday, with the much-anticipated convertible fully pictured out of Jaguar's eye-scrambling disguise. Set to…
Read MoreTesla Slashes Forecast Over Model S Production Hiccups
Tesla has admitted it has fallen short of production goals for the Model S, blaming new equipment and supplier delays for pumping out fewer than…
Read MoreGoogle Play Books Gets Maps Integration Plus Cloud Annotation
Google has updated its ereading app, Google Play Books, with integration with Google Maps, along with translation support, and annotation tools. The new version of…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S III Remote Data-Wipe Hack Reportedly Discovered [Updated]
A single line of code can apparently trigger an unstoppable factory-reset of the Samsung Galaxy S III, security researchers have discovered, with the potential for…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Reservations System Bypasses 3-4 Week Online Delays
Apple has quietly launched an in-store reservations system for the iPhone 5, allowing eager would-be owners to pre-purchase the iOS 6 smartphone and then collect…
Read MoreJaguar F-TYPE Set To Wow On Thursday
Jaguar's new F-TYPE grows ever-closer, with the hotly anticipated sportscar expected to make its public debut at the Paris Auto Show this Thursday. Teased since…
Read MoreLytro Goes Big: In-Store US And International Launches In October
Innovative camera company Lytro is kicking off international sales from early October, along with broader availability across the US. The so-called light field camera - which allows the…
Read MoreB&N Reveals NOOK Video For Movie And TV Shopping
Barnes & Noble has revealed NOOK Video, its upcoming movie and TV show store for NOOK devices, smart TVs, tablets, and smartphones. Set to launch…
Read MoreNew Interactive iPad App Shows Einstein's Brain
Albert Einstein is one of the greatest scientists of all time. Einstein's brain was unique and when he died, he left his body to science.…
Read MoreGoogle Maps For iOS 6 On Ice Until Apple Invitation Says Schmidt
Google is yet to prepare a version of Google Maps for iOS 6, with chairman Eric Schmidt saying it was up to Apple whether the…
Read MoreTesla Plans To Build Solar Chargers Along Major US Highways For Its Vehicle Owners
Tesla Motors has some of the coolest electric vehicles on the market today including the Roadster and the new Model S. Despite how cool these…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Falls Short Of Analyst Estimates Despite Massive Sales
Selling 5 million iPhone 5s in the first weekend of availability certainly sounds like a win. Apple sold roughly 1 million more iPhone 5s in…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Note II Hits UK On October 1st
Samsung has announced pricing and availability for the Galaxy Note II in the UK, the follow-up to its surprise niche success the Galaxy Note "phablet."…
Read MoreXCOM: Enemy Unknown Playable Demo Now Available On Steam
2K games has been showing off videos and talking a lot about its coming video game called XCOM: Enemy Unknown for a while now. The…
Read MoreDane-Elec The Avengers Flash Drives Hit Best Buy
If you're a fan of The Avengers or just like interesting flash drives, you'll get a kick out of the new flash drives from Dane-Elec…
Read MoreHyundai Genesis Coupe R-Spec Track Edition To Be Displayed At SEMA
A really cool rendering of a car that will be on display at the 2012 SEMA show has turned up from Hyundai. The car started…
Read MoreAndroid Voice Xtreme Wants To Be Android Siri
Android Voice Xtreme or AVX is a newly released voice assistant for Android smartphones. The developers of the application say that the app is useful…
Read MoreNokia Unveils New Asha 308 And Asha 309 Budget Smartphones
Asha Touch mobile phones from Nokia have been around for a while and are aimed at the low-end smartphone market. Nokia has announced the addition…
Read MoreFoxconn Factory Opens Back Up After Yesterday's Brawl
We mentioned yesterday that a massive brawl broke out in a Foxconn factory in China that involved about 2000 workers. The massive fight reportedly injured…
Read MoreAdobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 11 And Premiere Elements 11
For many people out there who like to touch up the digital photos they take or create artistic prints using their photos, Adobe Photoshop Elements…
Read MoreAuthenTec To Reportedly Give Non-Apple Customers The Boot Next Year
Earlier this year, we found out that Apple had purchased AuthenTec, a company that provides fingerprint scanning technology to many other companies around the world.…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 24, 2012
We've entered the last full week of September, which means that autumn, pumpkins, and little children asking for free candy are all in the near…
Read MoreApple To Meet With Swiss Railway Over Clock Design Dispute
A few days ago, the Swiss Federal Railway service (SBB) accused Apple of copying one of its iconic clock designs that shows up in the…
Read MoreYouTube Enhances Caption Translation For Video Creators
In an effort to accommodate video creators and viewers using YouTube from outside the United States, the Google-owned company today implemented a new set of…
Read MoreSony Announces New Slim External Batteries For Mobile Devices
When we're on the go, we really can't afford to carry around bulky equipment all the time; our pockets and bags can only hold so…
Read MoreSparrow iPhone 5 Support Coming Soon
The extremely popular and loved by many iOS and Mac email client Sparrow will be getting a much needed update soon. After being acquired by…
Read MoreMyspace Shows Off Incoming Redesign In New Video
We don't hear much from Myspace these days, what with Facebook and Twitter being the go-to social platforms for most of the world. The folks…
Read MoreGoogle Launches iOS 6 Update For Chrome
We already told you that many iOS developers have issued updates for their apps now that the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 are on the…
Read MoreApple TV Updated To iOS 5.1, Brings More AirPlay Features And Shared Photo Streams
If you're a 2nd- or 3rd-gen owner of an Apple TV, you should be receiving an update for iOS 5.1. Apple rolled out a slew…
Read MoreBorderlands 2 Rank Reset Bug Making The Rounds
Borderlands 2 arrived last week, and most are saying that its better than the original. Early adopters are adventuring through Pandora, collecting guns and killing…
Read MoreToshiba Outs Canvio Slim As World's Thinnest 500GB Hard Drive
The folks from Toshiba look to continue the trend of packing tons and tons of storage into an extremely small space. Today they've outed their…
Read MoreFacebook: Private Messages Never Appeared On Timelines
Facebook is doing what it can to combat a particularly nasty rumor today, telling the BBC that private messages never appeared on public timelines like…
Read MoreiPhone Sales Could Top 50 Million In Q4
We aren't sure if analysts love or hate predicting sales of Apple's extremely popular devices, but the iPhone always gets its fair share of predictions.…
Read MoreGoogle Stock Hits New High, Breaks Records Set In 2007
Just before the release of the iPhone 5, Apple's stock hit $700 for the very first time - a record for the company. Today, Google…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Nexus 2 Camera Samples Leak
It has been almost an entire year since the last Nexus smartphone from Google was released, that being the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Now that the…
Read MoreApple Reminds iCloud Users Of Incoming Storage Downgrade
If you were an existing MobileMe user when the service made the transition to Apple's iCloud, your days of free bonus storage are nearly over.…
Read MoreIndia's Aakash 2 Android Tablet Arriving Next Month For $35
Over in India there's an extremely cheap Android tablet being deployed by the government to families, schools and more. We've talked about the Aakash tablet…
Read MoreiPhone 5 To Remain GSM Unlocked At Verizon
Last week, we told you that the iPhone 5 comes with a special little bonus if you're buying from Verizon. The massive carrier's version of…
Read MoreThe iPhone 5 Crowd Could Help Apple Maps Find Its Way
Every Apple launch has a sting in the tail, and for iPhone 5 and iOS 6 it's Maps. Ditching Google Maps and instead turning to…
Read MoreSony Reiterates Commitment To PS3 Through 2015
A lot of people think that the next PlayStation and the next Xbox are right around the corner. You likely already know that if you…
Read MoreT-Mobile Details Faster 4G, Unofficially Welcomes iPhone 5
The folks from T-Mobile have been making a lot of noise regarding the iPhone 5 as of late, even though they don't offer it themselves.…
Read MoreiOS Developers Deliver App Updates For iPhone 5
The iPhone 5 has only been available for a few days, but some iOS developers have wasted no time in pushing updates for their apps.…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 24, 2012
We had a busy and exciting week last week with the release of the iPhone 5, and that continued right into the weekend and now…
Read MoreBlackBerry Growth Stagnant Warn Experts (And BlackBerry 10 Might Not Fix It)
RIM is facing its first ever quarter with zero subscriber growth, industry experts predict, as it feels the pain of the delays around BlackBerry 10 and…
Read MoreAnalyst: Our 8m iPhone 5 Prediction Would've Been Right If Apple Had Sold More
Apple's 5m iPhone 5 sales in the first three days of availability are impressive, but analysts are still scrabbling to explain why their own predictions…
Read MoreNetflix For Android Gets Tablet-Esque Update
Netflix has pushed out a new version of its app for Android smartphones, with a new UI, more movie details and content, and easier access…
Read MoreiOS 6 Hack Restores Google Maps
Canny developers have coaxed Google Maps into running on iOS 6 devices, bypassing the little-loved Apple Maps app, though the hack is said to be…
Read MoreWii U Region-Locked Says Famitsu
Nintendo's Wii U will be region-locked, meaning games and other software bought in one region is unlikely to work on a console purchased from a different…
Read MoreEndeavour Successfully Completes Its Los Angeles-Area Flyovers
Last week, we talked about the space shuttle Endeavour making its farewell flight around California as it headed to LAX for landing. This space shuttle…
Read MoreApple: 100m iOS 6 Upgrades Already
The new iPhone 5 isn't the only new Apple product in hot demand. iOS 6, released on Wednesday last week, has already been installed onto more…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Sales Blast Past 5m In Opening Weekend
Apple sold over five million iPhone 5 handsets in the first weekend of sales, the company has announced, with the entire first batch of devices snatched…
Read MoreCuriosity Snaps Pictures Of Martian Eclipses
The Curiosity Rover snapped pictures of Martian eclipses recently that NASA believes will help scientists better understand the interior structure and composition of Mars. Curiosity…
Read MoreIntel: LTE Medfield By End Of 2012 Plus Dualcore Incoming
Intel's first LTE-capable Medfield smartphone chips are in the pipeline, along with multicore versions of the processor, with the first examples due before the end…
Read MoreSamsung Details Jelly Bean Upgrade Roadmap (And It's Not All Good)
Today's Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy S III will be "gradually introduced" to markets outside Eastern Europe, Samsung has said, but it's bad news for…
Read MoreIran Deploys New National Information Network And Blocks Google
Iran has been working on its own domestic Internet network that would control what information citizens of Iran had access to. The Iranian government recently…
Read MoreLawmakers Introduce New Internet Radio Fairness Act Backed By Pandora
One of the biggest expenses for Internet radio stations are the royalty fees they pay to artists and publishers. The problem Internet radio stations have…
Read MoreBrain Controlled Kitty Tail For Humans Is Called Shippo
It seems there's no shortage of strange gadgets coming out of Japan. I guess we can thank the Pokémon craze for the rash of wearable…
Read MoreInquiry Into Spying On Kim Dotcom Ordered By NZ Prime Minister
We talked a lot about the drama centering on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The New Zealand Prime Minister has ordered an official inquiry into claims…
Read MoreSource Says Apple Is Aggressively Recruiting Former Google Maps Staff
Apple has been catching a lot of flak over the quality of its maps for iOS 6. Apple replaced Google Maps data in the latest…
Read MoreMayer Tipped To Unveil Turnaround Strategy To Yahoo Troops This Week
Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Mayer has been surprisingly open and upfront with Yahoo employees. That is a significant change from how things were run at…
Read MoreGreener Toyota: 21 Hybrids By 2015 And $46k eQ EV In December
Toyota will launch 21 new hybrids before the end of 2015 and an all-electric compact car, the Toyota eQ, in Japan and the US later this…
Read MoreMedal Of Honor Warfighter Multiple Player Beta Launches In Early October
If you're a fan of PC shooters or the Medal of Honor franchise, you probably already heard of the coming entry for the franchise called…
Read MoreLG Announces Tone+ Bluetooth Stereo Headset
LG has announced a new product for mobile users called the Tone+ stereo Bluetooth headset. The new headset is a follow-up to LG's previous LG…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S III Jelly Bean Rollout Begins
Samsung has begun pushing out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy S III, with users in Europe reporting that the new software…
Read MoreFoxconn Freezes Production After 2,000-Strong Brawl
Foxconn has frozen production at a Chinese facility after violence broke out and eventually escalated to involve around 2,000 workers, requiring police intervention to settle…
Read MoreApple Wants An Additional $707 Million In Damages From Samsung
The jury in the high-profile Apple-Samsung patent suit already award Apple a whopping $1.05 billion in damages, but now Apple is looking to have that…
Read MoreMicrosoft Courier Lives On In Windows 8 App "Project Austin"
Many people were excited for Microsoft Courier, a dual-screen tablet aimed at creative types, but unfortunately Microsoft pulled the plug before the project could ever…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Jailbroken On Launch Day
Whenever a new iPhone arrives, it seems that there's always a race to be the first to jailbreak it. Hacker Grant Paul claims that he's…
Read MoreIs There Really A Good Reason For Samsung And Apple Fans To Hate Each Other?
A war is brewing in the mobile space. No, that war isn’t Apple against Samsung or Google versus Microsoft. Those battles have been raging for…
Read MoreMotorola Unveils S11-FLEX HD Bluetooth Headphones
If you're constantly on the lookout for your next pair of wireless headphones, you might want to take a look at the new Motorola S11-FLEX…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 21, 2012
Friday is here once again, which means that for many of us, the weekend has already started. Of course, today was the big iPhone 5…
Read MoreFacebook Releases Activity Log Update, Adds Search History
Facebook has just announced a new update for its Activity Log, saying that it will soon show your search history along with all of your…
Read MoreSamsung Unveils Hot Pink Galaxy S III For Korea
Everyone's favorite color is coming to Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III smartphone, at least for those in Korea. Since we know not everyone likes the…
Read MoreGoogle HQ Opens For Vince Vaughn And Owen Wilson's Movie Crew
There's tons of extra cameras and colorful chairs hanging around Google's Headquarters in California. That's because it's the set of what is surely going to…
Read MoreWii U's Slow CPU "A Challenge" For One Launch Developer
These days, we have a better idea of what the Wii U is packing under the hood. While there are some aspects of the Wii…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Victorious Over Galaxy S III In Drop Test
With a lot of folks getting their hands on the iPhone 5 for the first time today, there are understandably a lot of drop tests…
Read MoreApple Users Updating To iOS 6 122% Faster Than iOS 5
Apple's new baby in the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 has been getting plenty of attention, and with good reason. Aside from a few hiccups…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Comes GSM Unlocked At Verizon
Well this is an interesting bit of news: iDownloadBlog's Jeff Benjamin has discovered that Verizon's iPhone 5 is indeed GSM unlocked. The way he discovered…
Read MoreGeeXboX 3.0 Lands With XBMC 11 Integration
After nearly a year of waiting, GeeXboX 3.0 has arrived with XMBC 11 integration in tow. The developers announced the latest build today, revealing that…
Read MoreHulu Plus, HBO GO, And Max GO Get Closed Captions On Mobile
A few of those popular video streaming apps we all use on our mobile devices have just received a nice little update today. If Netflix…
Read MoreFacebook Ditches Facial Recognition In Europe After Months Of Talks
Facebook has already dealt with plenty of negative attention over its facial recognition technology, both here in the US and across the Atlantic in Europe.…
Read MoreKickstarter Implements New Set Of Rules For Project Creators
The world seems to have gone a little Kickstarter crazy lately, with new and interesting projects popping up all the time on the crowd-funding site.…
Read MoreCygnett Does The Inevitable iPhone 5 Drop Test
We knew this was coming, just no one thought it would be quite this fast. The iPhone 5 has only been available for a matter…
Read MoreUS Cellular Galaxy Note II Already Up For Pre-Order
Samsung's popular and impressive looking Galaxy Note II was finally announced earlier this week as coming to all major US carriers. It was good news…
Read MoreBoeing Airplanes Set To Allow Cell Phone Use In 2013
We've all been on a plane and heard the same spiel over and over again. Please turn off any and all electronic devices, MP3 players,…
Read MoreWoz On iPhone In 40 Years: "I Won't Want You Humans"
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently touched down in Australia to give a speech at the QUT Business Leaders' Forum - on the same day the…
Read MoreASUS Padfone 2 Leak Reveals 4.7-Inch Display, Quad-Core S4 Pro, And More
The upcoming ASUS Padfone 2 has been making its way to headlines this past week, and today we have a leak reportedly sharing its full…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Day: Which Model, Where, And Why?
It's iPhone 5 day, and even glitches with Maps and scratches aren't enough to keep huge numbers of shoppers from Apple's door. 8am saw 249…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 21, 2012
Hey folks, we had another exciting night and early morning of news here at SlashGear so below you can find a quick wrap up of…
Read MoreBlackBerry Outage Downs Users On Three Continents [Updated]
RIM has restored BlackBerry service after an embarrassing outage today, with users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa reporting problems with their smartphone phones. The Canadian…
Read MoreRIM CEO: "Up To 6 Percent" Suffered BlackBerry Outage
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has published an open apology letter to BlackBerry owners impacted by the service outage earlier today, revealing that up to 6-percent…
Read MoreJelly Bean For Verizon's Galaxy Nexus Arrives
Verizon has begun rolling out the Jelly Bean upgrade for its LTE Galaxy Nexus, finally bringing the Android smartphone up to date with the latest…
Read MoreYour 8MP iPhone 5 May Only Give You 4MP Photos (But It's Not Broken)
iPhone 5 owners may find that their spanking new smartphone produces photos considerably under the resolution expected, though it's part of a plan for improved low-light…
Read MoreApple: iOS 6 Maps Is "Just Getting Started" (So Forgive The Bad Data)
Apple has defended its contentious Maps app, arguing that it is "just getting started" with the iOS 6 replacement to Google Maps, and highlighting the…
Read MoreCuriosity Discovers Pyramid-Shaped Rock On Mars
Curiosity is rolling around the surface of Mars looking for interesting rocks to study. The rover has come across a rock laying on the surface…
Read MoreGM Plans Six All-New GMC And Buick Automobiles In The Next 12 Months
General Motors has been around for a long time and operates a variety of different automotive brands under the GM umbrella. The biggest brand for…
Read MoreSwiss Federal Railways Accuses Apple Of Copying Its Clock Design
Apple is famous for accusing Samsung of "slavishly copying" the design of its iPhone. The copying claims led to a long-running legal battle that ultimately…
Read MoreXtremeMac Unveils New BT Connect And BT Home Connect Devices
XtremeMac has unveiled a couple new products aimed at Apple users to allow wireless streaming of music to non-Bluetooth home or portable audio systems. The…
Read MoreChinese Panasonic Facilities Damaged During Protests
Civil unrest in China has resulted in demonstrations and violence against Japanese interests in the country. With many of the world's electronics manufacturers having facilities…
Read MoreNYC Approves Nissan As Exclusive Taxi Provider
Back in April, I mentioned that New York City had received its first Nissan NV200 prototype taxi. The taxis are like small vans and have…
Read MoreSpace Shuttle Endeavour To Fly Over California This Morning
If you want to take full advantage of the last chance you'll ever get to see the space shuttle Endeavour in-flight you'll need to wake…
Read MoreLooxcie HD Video Cam Streams Live Video
Looxcie has announced a new video camera called the Looxcie HD that can record full HD resolution video and has integrated Wi-Fi. Thanks to that…
Read MoreNvidia Project Boulder Tipped
It's not uncommon for manufacturers in the technology industry to have secret projects in the works. For many things in the technology world secrecy is…
Read MoreNASA Contracts SpaceX For ISS Resupply Mission In Early October
After a successful first flight to the ISS, NASA and SpaceX are moving ahead quickly on a planned mission to use the Dragon capsule to…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Teardown Exposes Its Juicy LTE Guts
It's a rite of passage - or a terrible torture - for every high profile gadget, and the iPhone 5 is no different: teardown time. The…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Hits UK And Japan To Huge Queues
It's Friday, September 21, and that must mean it's iPhone 5 day. Apple's new smartphone has already gone on sale in stores in the UK…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 20, 2012
Welcome to Thursday evening folks - just one more day until the weekend is officially here. iOS 6 has been out for a little more…
Read MoreAmazon Kindle Fire HD Review
Last year Amazon entered the tablet and hardware market on an entirely different level with their Kindle Fire tablet. Now just 10 short months later…
Read MoreNokia Takes A Shot At Poorly-Received Apple Maps App
Today, Apple's new Maps app in iOS 6 has been the subject of a lot of criticism. Some iOS 6 users aren't exactly satisfied with…
Read MoreCube U9GT5 Android Jelly Bean Tablet Touts iPad Retina Display
Those Chinese manufacturers sure know how to quickly copy what's available or popular and pump out cheap devices -- especially tablets. What we have here…
Read MoreHalf-Life 3 Has Reportedly Become An Open World Game
Anyone who follows video game news knows that there is never any shortage of Half-Life 3 rumors, but this one probably takes the cake as…
Read MoreVerizon: Share Everything Plans Better Than Expected - Unlimited Data Is Fading Away
Today Verizon's big CFO Fran Shammo has issued a few statements that are both good and bad, to say the least. During an annual investors…
Read MoreUS Senate Claims Microsoft Avoided Paying $6.5 Billion In Taxes [Updated With Microsoft Statement]
Massive US companies using loopholes to avoid paying taxes is nothing new, but a new US Senate memo gives us an idea of just how…
Read MoreiOS 6 Updates Hit 15% Of Devices In First 24 Hours After Release
Well this is interesting: it seems that a lot of iDevice owners were quick on the uptake with iOS 6 when the new mobile OS…
Read More10Terra Nexus 7 Bamboo Eco-Friendly Case Hands-On
We love our gadgets and gear here at SlashGear, and just like most people we've been looking for some awesome cases to protect our beloved…
Read MoreMicrosoft Chalks Up Another Patent Win Against Motorola
Motorola just cannot catch a break when it comes to patent suits in Germany. Motorola has already come out as the loser in patent disputes…
Read MoreFacebook Messenger For Android Update Lands Today
Facebook has been rolling out a lot of updates for iOS recently, but it isn't about to leave Android out in the cold. Facebook Messenger…
Read MoreQualcomm Touts Their Snapdragon Processor Power - From 2 Years Ago
Today the folks from Qualcomm have released a neat little video showing off just how impressive their Snapdragon processors that power most of today's (and…
Read MoreSony Discusses Lack Of PS3 Price Cut At TGS
A lot of people were expecting Sony to announce a PS3 price cut when it took the stage at the Tokyo Game Show a few…
Read MoreSkullCandy Unveils A Trio Of Gaming Headsets
If you're the type that wants optimal sound while gaming then Skullcandy has a few new stylish headphones you might want to take a peek…
Read MoreZTE Anthem Heads To MetroPCS With Dual-Core Power For $219
The folks from MetroPCS just announced another 4G LTE capable smartphone to grace their slowly expanding LTE lineup. The ZTE Anthem 4G will be a…
Read MoreiPhone Repairs Since 2007 Top $5.9 Billion, Survey Claims
It isn't exactly a secret that the iPhone is a little on the delicate side, and with so many people across the country using an…
Read MoreAmazon's Kindle Readers And Tablets Booted From Walmart Shelves
The online retail giant Amazon has a huge audience for selling their tablets and Kindle eReaders on the web, but when you don't have a…
Read MoreASUS Padfone 2 Launch Tipped For October 16
ASUS is readying the Padfone 2, the follow-up to its tablet-docking smartphone, the original Padfone, with a simultaneous launch in Milan and Taipei next month.…
Read MoreCube World Gets Awesome Multiplayer Trailer
There are a lot of Minecraft clones running around out there, and at first glance, you might be tempted to label Cube World as one…
Read MoreAndroid Games Bard's Tale, And Fort Courage Hit The NVIDIA TegraZone
In the usual NVIDIA fashion today we have two awesome new games that are launching for Android on the Google Play Store and the NVIDIA…
Read MoreOnkyo DS-A5 Dock Squeezes AirPlay Into Your A/V Setup
Apple's AirPlay could end up a little more flexible thanks to Onkyo, with a new dock promising to add support for the streaming standard to existing A/V…
Read MoreApple Maps Hack Adds Google Public Transport Directions Option
Devious developers have already cooked up a way to bake Google Maps mass transit directions into Apple's iOS 6 Maps app, though the workaround isn't…
Read MoreGarmin Fills iOS 6 Maps Gaps With Mass Transit Guidance
Garmin has updated its iOS navigation software to help fill the gaps in the contentious Apple Maps app, with Navigon and StreetPilot Onboard now packing…
Read MoreNASA's Endeavour Begins Final Journey
Space Shuttle Endeavour has undertaken its final journey today, blasting off not into space but to its new retirement home at the Dryden Flight Research…
Read MoreSamsung Chasing iPhone 5 Sales Ban
Samsung intends to chase a sales injunction against the new iPhone 5, court documents apparently reveal, alleging that Apple infringes wireless patents the Korean company…
Read MoreResearchers Discover Stone Age Tooth With World's Oldest Dental Filling
Going to the dentist today is horrible thing for many people. I can only imagine how bad having a cracked tooth or cavity 6500 years…
Read MoreBose Unveils New SIE2 And SIE2i Sport Headphones
I wager pretty much everyone out there has seen the commercials for Bose products at one time or another. Bose tends to be a brand…
Read MoreNetgear Push2TV PTV3000 Slims Miracast And WiDi For Your Pocket
The WiFi Alliance promised us some Miracast products, and Netgear has stepped up to deliver, with its new Push2TV adapter taking on Apple's AirPlay in…
Read MoreNew Netgear NeoTV Streaming Players Aim To Wreck Roku
Netgear has updated its NeoTV range of set-top boxes, undercutting Roku and focusing on easily adding future functionality thanks to a new HTML5 interface. The three-strong…
Read MoreiOS 6 Maps Polarizes Apple Fans
Apple's free iOS 6 update pushed out to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch owners yesterday, has already begun provoking strong reactions from users, with the…
Read MoreHTC 8X And 8S Priced Up: iPhone 5 And GSIII Undercut
HTC refused to be drawn on pricing for its new Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones, saying only that they'd launch in November, but that…
Read MoreT-Mobile USA Offers Free Copy Of The Avengers To Samsung Galaxy S III Owners
If you're the owner of a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone on the T-Mobile USA network, and happen to like super heroes, you're going to…
Read MorePolaroid And Sakar Show Off New Camcorder Line
I'm sure almost everyone out there is familiar with the name Polaroid. If you grew up in the 80s, someone you knew had one of…
Read MoreDelta Airlines To Expand Gogo Vision Offerings On Domestic Fleet
Frequent fliers with Delta Airlines will soon have more access to Gogo Internet during their flights. Delta Airlines has announced that it is expanding Gogo…
Read MoreTurtle Beach Announces Ear Force Headphones For Nintendo Wii U
The gang from Turtle Beach was on hand at the Tokyo Game Show showing off some of its new headphones for gamers. Turtle Beach has…
Read MoreMakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3-D Printer Debuts
MakerBot Industries has unveiled a brand-new desktop 3-D printer that the company claims is the easiest, fastest, and most affordable tool yet for constructing 3-D…
Read MoreNASA Uses Spitzer And Hubble Telescopes To View The Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen
NASA has announced that it has discovered what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen. The galaxy was discovered using both the Hubble space…
Read MoreFour Major League Baseball Teams Now Support Passbook For Ticketing
MLB Advanced Media has announced that new Major league baseball teams are now supporting ticketing using Passbook on iOS 6.0. I mentioned about a week…
Read MoreCirque Du Soleil's Bizarre Movi.Kanti.Revo Goes Live With Webcam Control
The camera-controlled Cirque du Soleil experience Google demonstrated at IO 2012 has gone live, with Movi.Kanti.Revo bringing a bizarre mixture of virtual acrobatics and dance into…
Read MoreJorno Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard Turns Up On Kickstarter
Almost exactly two years ago, we first talked about the Jorno foldable mobile Bluetooth keyboard. At the time, the keyboard was expected to hit the…
Read MoreHP ENVY Phoenix m9 PC Gets Super-Slim 11mm x2401 Full HD Display Pairing
HP isn't all about new notebooks today; the company also has a meaty new ENVY desktop along with a super-skinny Full HD LCD display. The…
Read MoreHP ENVY m4 And Sleekbook 14 And 15 Ultraportables Revealed
HP has outed a new range of lightweight notbeooks, kicking off with the metal-clad HP ENVY m4 thin-and-light, and including the Sleekbook 14 and 15…
Read MoreRoku Streaming Stick Lands October; Apps Updated Plus Vudu Added
Roku's Streaming Still will drop in October priced at $99, the company has confirmed, and there's new content from Vudu and media shifting functionality in…
Read MoreiPhoto For iOS Updated To Version 1.1
Apple has gone update crazy, ladies and gentlemen. Not only did it release iOS 6 and the OS X Mountain Lion update to 10.8.2 today,…
Read MoreMicrosoft Unveils Sculpt Comfort Keyboard For Windows 8
Back in July, Microsoft unveiled a number of new keyboards for use with both Windows 8/RT tablets and Windows 8 desktops, but it looks like…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 19, 2012
Welcome to Wednesday evening everyone! Today brought us HTC's highly-anticipated event, and it did not disappoint. It was there that HTC revealed two brand new…
Read MoreGoogle Maps Update For Android Available Now
Earlier today, we brought you the news that Google was planning to launch a Google Maps update for Android to coincide with the launch of…
Read MoreBioWare Working On New Next-Gen IP, More Mass Effect On The Way
Yesterday, we found out that BioWare co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka will be leaving the video games industry (possibly for good), which left fans…
Read MoreToshiba Launches Camileo BW20 Waterproof Camcorder
Today, Toshiba launched the latest in its Camileo line of camcorders, and this new camera is aimed at the adventurous and clumsy alike. The Camileo…
Read MoreAT&T 4G LTE Arrives In Eight New Cities
AT&T has added eight new US cities to its 4G LTE network, just in time for the launch of the iPhone 5. Of course, the…
Read MoreZTE Phones With Firefox OS Coming Early 2013
There's still a lot we don't know about Mozilla's incoming Firefox OS, but today ZTE shed a little light on when it should be arriving.…
Read MoreiPhone 5 16GB Costs $207 To Produce According To IHS iSuppli
The iPhone 5 features a number of hardware improvements over iPhones of the past, but how much are those improvements costing Apple? That's what IHS…
Read MoreT-Mobile USA Names John Legere As New CEO, Says Hello On YouTube
T-Mobile has just announced their new CEO this morning, and has formally introduced him in a nice meet and greet video that they've tossed up…
Read MoreOS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion Update Lands Alongside iOS 6
By now, most of you know that the update to iOS 6 has hit, but Apple isn't stopping there with the updates. It has also…
Read MoreWhat's New In iOS 6? Here's The Changelog
This week has been all about Apple in the mobile world with their iPhone 5 and iOS 6. Today Apple finally started rolling out the…
Read MoreSamsung's Latest Facebook Marketing Campaign Overrun By Apple Fans
Social networks can be a great tool for getting word of a new product out to your fans quickly, but as we've seen time and…
Read MoreSamsung Pokes Fun At Apple With Latest Galaxy S III TV Spot
Samsung is at it again this morning. Releasing another one of their comical and irreverent commercials showing just how awesome their Galaxy S III smartphone…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 19, 2012
Its been a rather busy day already so lets jump in to everything you missed so far last night and this morning. Today everything is…
Read MoreApple iOS 6 Released
Good news folks! Apple has just opened the flood gates and released the official version of iOS 6 today for the world. You diehard Apple…
Read MoreNokia Slaps HTC With Windows Phone 8 Innovation Snub
Nokia has lashed out at HTC over the 8X and 8S, dismissing the new "signature" Windows Phone 8 handsets as rebrands that are lacking in…
Read MoreRaspberry Pi Squeezes 50% Performance Boost With Turbo Mode
Raspberry Pi has added a "turbo mode", squeezing 50-percent more performance out of its fruity mini computer without dinging your warranty in the process. Reminiscent of the…
Read MoreHTC Details Windows Phone 8X And 8S Design Journey
HTC has given a behind-the-scenes look at the design process of the new Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S smartphones, detailing just how it…
Read MoreWindows Phone 8S By HTC Hands-On
It's easy to make a flagship phone: simply throw the works at your drawing board. Harder, though, is crafting a midrange phone on a relative…
Read MoreHTC Confirms 8X And 8S For AT&T, Verizon And T-Mobile In November
Windows Phone was slow out of the gate with US carriers back when it first launched, but HTC and Microsoft aren't going to make that…
Read MoreHTC Reveals Windows Phone 8X And 8S Smartphones
HTC has revealed its new Windows Phone 8 smartphones, the Windows Phone 8X by HTC and Windows Phone 8S by HTC, with cumbersome names but appealing…
Read MoreWindows Phone 8X By HTC Hands-On
Cumbersome name; classy hardware. The Windows Phone 8X by HTC owes its awkward nomenclature to a deal that might prove HTC's salvation and Nokia's frustration:…
Read MoreUS Cellular Galaxy Note II Priced At $300 For Late-October Launch
Samsung's Galaxy Note II may be confirmed for all "major" US carriers, but so far only US Cellular has put its money where its mouth…
Read MoreGoogle Maps For Android Update Reportedly Timed For iOS 6 Coincide
Google intends to launch a new version of Google Maps for Android to coincide with Apple's release of iOS 6, which will strip the search…
Read MoreLG Optimus G Software Gets Video Showcase
LG is pretty excited about its new Optimus G and, having played with the new Android smartphone, we can see why. Now the company has pushed…
Read MoreWhen Can You Expect iOS 6? Plan On 10AM PT / 1PM ET
Apple is all set to release iOS 6 for existing iPhone and iPad users today, but when can you expect the new software to drop…
Read MoreDar Al Gani 1058 Moon Rock Heads To Auction
The chances of you having ever heard of the Dar al Gani 1058 moon rock, which is a lunar meteorite, is slim. However, this moon…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Note II Announced For All Major US Carriers
Samsung has just announced some excellent news folks. We had a feeling this was coming but this morning Samsung's confirmed their new and impressive Galaxy…
Read MoreSky And Warner Bros. Ink Exclusive Movie Deal: iTunes, Netflix Left Out In Cold
Movie lovers in the UK may struggle to find their title of choice to watch in the coming months, with news that Sky and Warner…
Read MoreNetflix Outs New iPhone Experience
Yesterday Netflix announced a new experience for iPhone users who stream video from their mobile device. According to Netflix, millions of members use their smartphones…
Read MoreiPhone 5: All Hail The Browser Power Hero!
Apple was pretty confident the iPhone 5 would outperform its predecessors overall with the new A6 chipset, and Sunspider benchmarks suggest the new iOS 6 smartphone…
Read MoreBBC Debuts New Media Player For Android Phones And Tablets
If you're a fan of TV shows on BBC such as Doctor Who and others, BBC has good news for you if you use an…
Read MoreDell Windows 8 Business PCs Revealed: Tablet, Ultrabook And AIO
Dell has outed its Windows 8 enterprise range, an ultrabook, docking tablet, and all-in-one PC targeting those who have somewhat more serious needs than Facebook and…
Read MoreWacom Unveils Bamboo Stylus Pocket For Touchscreens
Wacom has announced a new Bamboo Stylus pocket aimed at the users of just about any smartphone or tablet on the market including Android devices…
Read MoreGenius Unveils Traveler 9010LS Wireless Laser Mouse
Genius has pulled the covers off a new 2.4 GHz wireless laser mouse that is aimed at mobile users. The new mouse is called the…
Read MoreAcer Offers Up European Pricing For Iconia Tab A110
We've spent some hands-on time with slick Acer Iconia Tab A110 earlier this summer. This is the seven-inch tablet from Acer running Android and using…
Read MoreBlizzard Entertainment To Launch Mists Of Pandaria In China On October 2
Fans of World of Warcraft have been excited for months now over the latest expansion pack set to launch this month in the United States…
Read MorePlayStation Store For PlayStation Mobile To Launch October 3
Back in August, Sony started talking up PlayStation Mobile at Gamescon. PlayStation Mobile is Sony's initiative aiming at making Android devices able to play PlayStation…
Read MoreCasio Unveils New EX-H50 And EX-ZR1000 Digital Cameras
Casio has pulled the wraps off a pair of new digital cameras for its EXILIM line of point-and-shoot offerings. The new cameras include the EX-H50…
Read MoreHarmonix Talks Dance Central 3 Bonuses For The UK
We talked about the video game Dance Central 3 in the past, and we know that the video game will launch on October 16 in…
Read MoreWarp Drive May Be More Possible Than Scientists Previously Believed
Anyone who ever watched the science fiction series Star Trek knows that the way the enterprise traveled through space was using a warp drive. The…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Stock Situation Worsens: 3-4 Week Preorder Delay
Tough news if you were hoping Apple's iPhone 5 supply shortage would ease ahead of the sixth-gen smartphone's release on Friday. Availability via Apple's online…
Read MoreIntel Windows 8 Tablet Event On Sept 27 Sees HP, Samsung And ZTE On The Agenda
Intel has announced a pre-Microsoft Windows 8 tablet event later in September, gathering together a clutch of manufacturers to discuss new hardware and its upcoming Atom…
Read MoreMiracast Certification Begins As AirPlay Gets Some Serious Competition
AirPlay may be Apple's solution to wireless streaming, but other heavyweights of the tech industry are getting behind the WiFi Alliance's Miracast, which today announced…
Read MoreTexas Instruments Wi-Fi Streaming Miracast Video Hands-On
It's time to take a peek at Texas Instruments big dip into the world of streaming video content with OMAP processors and WiLink connectivity, both…
Read MoreBroadcom 5G WiFi Chip Introduced
A new innovation in WiFi is going to be ushered into the world of consumer electronics early next year. That's because of a new combo…
Read MoreNVIDIA Tegra Adopts Miracast Wireless Standard For HD Streaming
This week NVIDIA and their Tegra mobile chipset line have joined up with Miracast for their wireless standard for HD movies and photos. This standard…
Read MorePS3 Gets Another Redesign At Tokyo Game Show
The next generation may be right around the corner according to some people, but Sony apparently didn't get the memo, as it revealed a brand…
Read MorePS Vita Gets PlayStation Plus In November
In addition to announcing a brand new, super-slim PS3 model at the Tokyo Game Show, Sony finally gave a time frame for the arrival of…
Read MoreBioWare Co-Founders To Exit Games Industry
Today is a sad day for BioWare fans, as studio co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka both announced that they will be leaving the company…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Hands-On
The new iPhone 5 may be instantly recognizable, but in the hand it's a very new - and very polished - device indeed. Apple has…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 18, 2012
Welcome to Tuesday evening, folks. Tomorrow morning, HTC will hold its long-awaited Windows Phone 8 event, and unsurprisingly, we received a fair bit of HTC…
Read MoreZTE Teases Windows Phone 8 Handset In Very Blurry Photo
A lot of manufacturers are excited to get in on the Windows Phone 8 action, and it seems that ZTE has decided it wants a…
Read MoreioSafe N2 Fireproof And Waterproof NAS Indiegogo Campaign Kicks Off
Using network-attached storage is a good way to make sure that your important data is safe from things like hard drive crashes and security breaches,…
Read MoreLG's Optimus G Flagship Superphone Heading To The US By November
Yesterday the folks from LG finally officially announced and released their new flagship Android smartphone, the LG Optimus G, for the Korean market. Today however…
Read MoreApple's New EarPods Get Teardown Treatment From iFixit
Apple's new EarPods certainly look like they'll offer an improvement over the older earbuds, but just how much of an improvement is there? That's what…
Read MoreRIM And Microsoft Strike Up A Licensing Deal For exFAT
Struggling BlackBerry platform holder RIM announced today that it has reached a licensing deal with Microsoft, but instead of RIM licensing out its tech like…
Read MoreWii U Replacement GamePads Will Be Offered At Launch
We already know that Nintendo isn't planning to offer standalone Wii U GamePads at launch here in the US, because the company isn't expecting to…
Read MoreTwentieth Century Fox Inks Deal To Bring Over 600 Titles To Google Play
Google's ecosystem of music and movies has been growing at a fast pace, but today Google announced another deal to bring over 600 movies and…
Read MoreDark Energy Camera Delivers First Amazing Shots Of Space
As if we needed any more proof that science and space are totally awesome, the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) that has taken up residence in…
Read MoreHTC Teases Windows Phone 8 Device For Tomorrow's Event
When HTC sent out invites for their event set to take place in NYC tomorrow, September 19th, they were extremely light on details and didn't…
Read MoreWith iPhone 5 On The Horizon, Apple Stock Reaches $700
With the iPhone 5 garnering a whopping 2 million pre-orders in its first 24 hours of availability, there isn't any doubt that consumers are excited…
Read MoreiPad Mini Leaks: Launch Imminent?
Now that all the hype and leaks of the iPhone 5 have calmed down it's time to focus on the iPad Mini. Between all the…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales Ban Stays In Place, Despite Jury Ruling
Samsung took a pretty big hit when it lost to Apple in their high-profile patent suit last month, with the jury ruling that Samsung has…
Read MoreAT&T Facing Net Neutrality Complaint Over 3G Facetime
With the introduction of iOS 6 for the iPhone and iPad came the awesome announcement of Facetime video chat over 3G. Quickly after that appeared…
Read MoreMcLaren P1 Supercar Unveiled Before Paris Auto Show Debut
This morning McLaren has just teased the world by releasing the first three official photos of their new McLaren P1 supercar. The McLaren P1 will…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 18, 2012
This morning you'll be greeted with lots of exciting news here at SlashGear. It was a big day today for the folks at Intel who…
Read MoreContour+2 On Sale Now: iPhone App Update Adds Bluetooth Remote Control
The Contour+2 rugged sports action camera has gone up for sale, a $399.99 accessory for immortalizing your extreme sports moments. Snatching Full HD 1080p video through…
Read MoreSamsung: Hey, Doesn't The iPhone 4 Look A Lot Like Our Old MP3 Players
Samsung has ramped up its PR offensive in the aftermath of the $1bn Apple ruling, highlighting similarities between its media players and the iPhone 4…
Read MoreHasselblad Lunar Promises Otherworldly Photos For $6.5k
Esoteric camera company Hasselblad may not be ready to launch its "ultimate luxury" mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera, but that doesn't mean it's not going to…
Read MoreApple's Jony Ive To Create One-Off Leica M For Bono Charity Auction
Apple design chief Jonathan Ive will apparently cook up a custom Leica M rangefinder for a charity auction, it's been announced, making the expensive new…
Read MoreVuzix STAR 1200 XL See-Through AR Headset Gets Even More Immersive
Vuzix has revealed its latest augmented reality headset, the STAR 1200 XL, featuring transparent lenses for overlaying digital graphics on top of the wearer's view of…
Read MoreWindows Phone 8X Aka HTC Accord Spotted With Verizon LTE
What's tipped to be one of HTC's new Windows Phone 8 devices, the HTC Accord believed to launch as the "Windows Phone 8X," has shown…
Read MoreSamsung: February 2013 Galaxy S4 Rumors "Not True"
Samsung has denied reports that the Galaxy S4 is set to launch in February 2013, describing the chatter of a 5-inch follow-up to the Galaxy…
Read MoreTwitter For iPad v5.0 Gets Big (And Not Quite Perfect) UI Refresh
Twitter for iPad has been given a significant refresh, with v5.0 ditching the sliding panels of the previous version, and instead opting for a more…
Read MoreNissan DeltaWing Set To Hit The Track Again During The American Le Mans Series Finale
One of the most radical racing cars I've ever seen is the Nissan DeltaWing. This race car takes conventional design and tosses it out in…
Read MoreLG Optimus G Hands-On
A device to be proud of, that's what LG hopes the Optimus G can be, and it has thrown the works at the new Android…
Read MoreMotorola RAZR I Official: 2GHz Intel Android Smartphone
Motorola has launched its first Intel-based Android smartphone, the Motorola RAZR i, a 4.3-inch handset running a 2GHz Intel chip. RAZR i uses a qHD…
Read MoreMotorola RAZR I Hands-On
Motorola has a lot to prove now its under the Google umbrella, and the RAZR i has taken an atypical path with its choice of…
Read More2013 Honda Insight Hybrid Hailed As Most Affordable Hybrid In The US
Honda is talking up its 2013 Insight Hybrid that it claims is the most affordable hybrid in the United States. The pricing for 2013 is…
Read MoreTesla Model S Hits eBay Before It's Built
One of the most interesting electric vehicles on the market is the Tesla Model S. The thing that's so interesting about this EV is that…
Read MoreX-Rite Unveils ColorMunki Smile Color Calibration Solution
X-Rite has been peddling color calibration solutions for a long time in its ColorMunki line of products. The company has announced the addition of a…
Read MoreScosche Rhythm Pulse Monitor For iOS And Android Debuts
Scosche is a company that makes all sorts of accessories for the iPhone and other smartphones on the market. The company has announced a new…
Read MoreLensbaby Spark Helps Photographers Get Creative On The Cheap
We've talked about Lensbaby in the past with several interesting lenses for DSLR cameras. The company makes lenses that give you all sorts of strange…
Read MoreLian Li Launches PC-CK101 Train Case For PCs
Back during Computex, PC case maker Lian Li was showing off an odd little computer case it crafted from aluminum that looked like a train.…
Read MoreNook Simple Touch Hacked To Run Sega Genesis Emulator
One of the best things about the many Android-powered eReaders on the market today is that they are very hackable. Android as the background operating…
Read MoreFlamer Malware Spied For Over Five Years
The Flamer malware was really more of a cyber espionage tool. Security researchers have been analyzing a pair of recently discovered command-and-control servers that controlled…
Read MoreLeica M And M-E Rangefinders Are Retro-Delicious
Leica has outed its latest rangefinder range, kicking off with a pared-back M-E this month but culminating in the simply-named Leica M flagship in early…
Read MoreLG Optimus G QSlide Picture-In-Picture Hands-On
LG's next generation smartphone was unveiled today, and while we've been enjoying the features and brilliant 4.7-ich IPS+ display on their new Optimus G smartphone…
Read MoreLG Optimus G Vs The Quad-Core Competition
LG has just officially announced their all new Optimus G superphone in Korea complete with a brand new 4.7-inch TrueHD IPS+ display and a powerful…
Read MoreLG Optimus G Official With S4 Pro And "Groundbreaking" Features
If you were waiting for the LG Optimus G to be revealed with not just what was rumored, but features not yet heard of on…
Read MoreiPad Mini Reportedly Enters Production, Foxconn Gets Assistance
Here's an interesting little story as the news day winds down: according to the Economic Daily News out of Taiwan, the iPad Mini has entered…
Read MoreASUS Windows 8 Tablet Pricing Revealed In Leaked Holiday Roadmap
With all of this exciting talk about incoming Windows 8 tablets, it's easy for a detail or two to get lost in the crowd. Once…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 17, 2012
Welcome to Monday evening, folks. Today, we entered the final few days before the iPhone 5 releases, and we found out that the device has…
Read MoreBallmer: Windows 8 Launch Could Be Bigger Than Windows 95
There's no doubt that the last few months of 2012 are going to be pretty big for Microsoft thanks to the incoming launch of Windows…
Read MoreWii U Pre-Orders Going Fast At Most Online Retailers
Nintendo's incoming Wii U has only been up for pre-order for a few days, but already it seems that some retailers are having issues keeping…
Read MoreHP CEO Sings The Praises Of Apple Design
HP CEO Meg Whitman has taken on a lot since stepping into the position last September, and one thing she's focused on has been making…
Read MoreHTC One X 5-Inch Phablet Leaked To Take On Note
If you're a fan of the Samsung Galaxy Note or the LG Intuition, 5-inch displays and all, you'll be happy to see the competition continue…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Begins Shipping From Foxconn Factory In China
The iPhone 5 won't technically arrive until the end of the week, but some who pre-ordered the new device have already received confirmation that their…
Read MoreJetBlue Promises Free Wi-Fi Onboard Soon
What's been shared today is a note sent to internal contacts and crew-members before an official announcement is made to the greater public, here noting…
Read MoreDragon Age III: Inquisition Announced, Built On New Engine
We all knew it was coming eventually, and today BioWare and Electronic Arts confirmed our suspicions by announcing the next Dragon Age game. Dragon Age…
Read MoreAngry Birds Sequel Bad Piggies Brings Wave Of Video Clues [UPDATE: Gameplay!]
The folks at Rovio have been hard at work on a sequel for the mega-popular Angry Birds franchise, here turning the whole world upside-down with…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 820 Get Bumpers-Laden Active Shells
With the Nokia Lumia 820 comes not just another Windows Phone 8 device, but a phone whose ready to bring you a variety of options…
Read MoreAmazon Picks Nokia Location Platform For Mapping Service
Shortly before the reveal of Amazon's new line up of Kindle Fire tablets - including a refresh of the original Kindle Fire and the new…
Read MoreLexus LF-CC Concept Car Slices The Eyes At Paris Motor Show
The folks at Lexus have brought on another fabulous concept car in the LF-CC, coming at you in full how sharp action at the 2012…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Targeted In New Samsung Galaxy S III Ad
If you had to pick between the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III, which one you choose? A new ad from Samsung looks…
Read MoreSony Reader PRS-T2 Review
To many, the war of the eReaders is between Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Though Sony has never managed to get quite as big as…
Read MoreGoogle+ Social Network Ranks Grows To 400m With 100m Monthly Active Users
It's time to get real about Google+ and their user base - it's been right around a year now since Google's social network opened its…
Read MoreWindows 8 October 25 Launch Will Hopefully Spill Surface Pricing
Microsoft has announced it will be launching Windows 8 on Thursday, October 25, pushing out its new OS baby officially and kick-starting its next generation…
Read MoreDefine Success: 23 iPhone 5 Sales A Second?
If you're going to make a blockbuster smartphone pre-order splash, selling 23 iPhone 5 handsets a second for a solid 24 hour period is probably…
Read MoreGoogle Grabs Snapseed For Google+ Instagram Retort
Google has snapped up Instagram-rival Snapseed, part of the apps and services portfolio of Nik Software, with the team responsible for the photo editing app…
Read MoreiCloud Updated For iPhone 5 And iOS 6 With Notes And Reminders
Head over to iCloud.com today and you'll find Apple's own central console showing off a couple new features, both of them bringing the environment into…
Read MoreCUBEDGE EDGE.sound Bluetooth Speaker Boots Solemate For Battery Life
Bluetooth speakers continue to proliferate, and with wireless sound no longer sufficient to wow on its own, companies like CUBEDGE are turning to audio quality…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD 7 Gets Teardown And Components Detail
The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 - that being the 7-inch display toting version of the tablet experience - has received its first official teardown,…
Read MoreSquare International Roll Out In 2012 As $200m Funding Round Closes
Mobile payments provider Square will roll out international service by the end of 2012, with the company confirming the roadmap while also announcing a new…
Read MoreBox Accelerator Boosts Uploads With New Global Hubs
Cloud storage specialist Box has decided that it's not enough to simply have your backup in the ether, but instead it matters how quickly you…
Read MoreArchaeologists Discover Ancient Fort That Helped Julius Caesar Conquer Gaul
Archaeologists have announced that they've identified the oldest known Roman military fortress in Germany. The archaeologists believe that the ancient fort was constructed to house…
Read MoreAmazon Maps API Aims To Oust Google Maps From Kindle Fire
Amazon has launched a new Maps API for Kindle Fire developers, challenging Google's own Android mapping services, and further shifting the Kindle-branded tablets away from…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Pre-Orders Burst Past 2 Million In First 24 Hours
Apple took more than two million preorders for the iPhone 5 in the first 24 hours the new iOS 6 smartphone was up for sale, the…
Read MoreAstronomers Discover First Planets Around Sun-Like Stars In A Cluster
NASA funded astronomers have announced that they have discovered planets orbiting Sun-like stars in a crowded star cluster for the first time ever. According to…
Read MoreKia Launches K3 Sedan In Korea
Kia has announced that it has completed the rollout of its K-series line of vehicles inside Korea. The last product in the K line was…
Read MorePanasonic LUMIX GH3 Official: WiFi, OLED Viewfinder And 72Mbps HD
Panasonic has revealed its latest micro four thirds camera, the LUMIX DMC-GH3, targeting a more ambitious breed of photographers who demand an integrated viewfinder and…
Read MoreSmartphones And Tablets Overtake PCs As Major Consumer Of DRAM Chips
The typical consumer may not realize all the individual components that are inside computer or a smartphone. There's a myriad of little chips inside devices…
Read MoreShazam Expands TV Service In The US Including Any Show On Any Channel
Shazam has made some interesting announcements today with a new service, and the company has had a new milestone. Shazam notes that it has reached…
Read MoreMayer Gives All Yahoo Employees A New Smartphone
Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Mayer has been working hard to turn things around at the once prominent search firm. Mayer has been shaking things up…
Read MoreABI Research Expects 20 Million Ultraportable Computers To Ship Globally This Year
ABI Research is a company that looks at all sorts of markets within the technology industry. The latest research published from the company predicts that…
Read MoreFitbit One And Fitbit Zip Break Cover
Anyone who's tried to get in shape knows that dieting and keeping track of all the calories you consume can be a huge pain. Thankfully,…
Read MoreiPhone 5 "Most Successful iPhone Launch Ever" Says AT&T
Apple's iPhone 5 has set a new sales record at AT&T over the weekend, the carrier has confirmed, with the 4-inch smartphone blasting through demand…
Read MoreCanon EOS 6D: 20.2MP Full-Frame DSLR With WiFi And GPS
Canon has outed its latest DSLR, the EOS 6D, packing a 20.2-megapixel full frame sensor and integrated WiFi and GPS for transferring geotagged photos and…
Read MoreFujifilm Unveils Sexy XF1 Digital Camera
Fujifilm has been busy this month unveiling new digital cameras in its high-end X-series line. At the beginning of the month, Fujifilm unveiled the X-E1…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S4 Tipped To Chase iPhone 5 With March 2013 Release
Samsung is aiming to launch its next flagship, the Galaxy S 4 and the replacement of the Galaxy S III, as early as February 2013,…
Read MoreMonster Digital Unveils Daytona Series SSD Drives
Monster is a company that is probably best known for very expensive cables for home theater and car audio systems. That's not all Monster has…
Read MoreOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60MM F2.8 "Nature Macro Lens" Unleashed With Classic Partner
There are a couple new lenses out in the open today from Olympus, both of them with aspirations for greatness and a new generation of…
Read MoreOlympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS Revealed With Flagship Aspirations
There's a brand new compact digital camera here in the Olympus camp and it's aiming for greatness with Stylus XZ-2 iHS on its name tag…
Read MoreOlympus PEN Cameras Bring World's Fastest Touch AF Shutter
There's a couple more cameras in the world today that've got the next level on their minds, both of them with Olympus' PEN branding on…
Read MoreCanon PowerShot G15, 50x Optical Zoom SX50 HS, And WiFi S110 Debut
Canon's wireless-toting EOS 6D isn't the company's only new model of the morning; there's also a trio of PowerShots, the G15, SX50 HS and S110, set…
Read MoreGoogle's Rubin: Don't Expect Alliance Help If You Fragment Android
Google has struck back at claims that it strong-armed Acer into ditching a collaboration with Alibaba, insisting that the contentious Aliyun platform is not only…
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn't Preorder The Wii U Yet
After an exceedingly long wait, Nintendo announced recently that the Wii U, its next-generation console, will launch on November 18 in the U.S. The Basic…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Note II May Hit AT&T The Same Day As Nokia
If you were deciding between the Samsung Galaxy Note II and the Nokia Lumia 920 (and/or Lumia 820, for that matter), but didn't know if…
Read MoreBlack Mesa Download Madness Hits The Half-Life Gamer Universe
Today the gaming world was reintroduced to one of their most beloved places to do battle with a total conversion remaking of Half-Life 2 by…
Read MoreHP Bender Android Smartphone Appears In Benchmark Details
It appears that the HP smartphone is coming back to the universe with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich taking the wheel where webOS left off…
Read MoreNVIDIA TegraZone Breaks 5 Million Download Mark
If you're pumped up about the multi-core Android smartphone experience with NVIDIA, you'll be pumped up to hear that they've broken the 5+ million downloads…
Read MoreApple Found Not Guilty Vs Samsung In Initial ITC Ruling
The Apple vs Samsung (and vice versa) legal battle continues with Apple being found not guilty in an initial ruling this week in infringing four…
Read MoreWhy Google Glass Is Destined For Hyper-Reality TV
A rather interesting video has come out this week with New York Fashion Week playing host to Google Glass technology, the ultimate product being an…
Read MoreLG Optimus G Outed Early In Video Commercial
The next-generation LG Optimus G has been shown off once again before its full launch which will almost certainly be taking place extremely soon -…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Simultaneous Voice And LTE Data On GSM Only - For Now?
Those of you pumped up about the iPhone 5 bringing in architecture that allows simultaneous voice and data on a single radio, take heed: it's…
Read MoreApple Store Robber Drives Right Through The Front Window
Here's now not to get an iPhone 5 when the day comes later this month for the device to be in-stores: driving straight through your…
Read MoreVerizon Intuition By LG Review
The folks at Verizon and LG have teamed up to bring you a device exclusive to the both of them here in the USA -…
Read MoreLG Intuition Hands-On
It's time to take another look at the LG version of the in-between segment of smart mobile devices sometimes known as the "phablet" here in…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Unofficially Coming To T-Mobile As Nano SIM Orders Leak
A sheet showing the newest SIM card size has been leaked showing T-Mobile working with the hardware that does not work with any other device…
Read MoreLightning May Bring USB Host Ability To iPhone 5
Up until this point with Apple mobile products, only the iPad has been able to work as a USB host - in a limited way…
Read MoreBlack Mesa Released: Half Life Is Reborn
Black Mesa, the eight-year project to revive Half Life, has been released, a free download bringing the classic game up to speed with Valve’s own Source engine. Including…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 14, 2012
This morning you're likely either pre-ordering an iPhone 5 or attempting to avoid all contact with news on the subject - lucky for you, we've…
Read MoreChoose Carefully: Each iPhone 5 Version Has Its Compromises
Apple's new iPhone 5 went up for pre-order today, and demand has already been huge: new orders from Apple's online store face a two week wait,…
Read MoreB&O Offers Free iPhone 5 Lighting Upgrade For Pricy BeoPlay A8 Dock
Ever wondered whether it's worth shelling out the extra cash for a Bang & Olufsen system rather than cheaper rivals? B&O's free Lightning upgrade deal…
Read MoreHP Smartphone In Pipeline Confirms CEO
Having unceremoniously ditched its webOS phone strategy, HP is planning to release a new smartphone as a point of entry device for emerging markets, the…
Read MorePanasonic LUMIX GH3 Makes Premature Appearance
Panasonic has stolen its own thunder with the LUMIX GH3 micro four thirds camera, pre-announce posting a video of the new model and spilling its…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Lightning Confusion Prompts Accessory Stampede
iPhone 5 demand may be high, but confusion over what accessories will work with the phone and which adapters are included or even available is…
Read MoreSpace Shuttle Runway Pocked With Historical Markers
For years, the massive runway at Kennedy Space Center was where the space shuttle fleet landed after they completed their missions into space. Black granite…
Read MoreAwesome Curiosity Landing Video Gets Sound Effects
Back in late August NASA offered up a video to go along with the Curiosity Rover landing allowing us to watch the final phases of…
Read MoreDarksiders II For The Nintendo Wii U To Feature Special Content
THQ confirmed this week that its action-adventure title Darksiders II will be released for the Wii U game console. That fact came as no surprise…
Read MoreDodge Charger Pursuit Offers Sophisticated All-Wheel Drive System
Police officers all around the country have a new vehicle to choose from when it comes to selecting pursuit vehicles. The Dodge Charger Pursuit offers…
Read MoreIBM Scientists First To Differentiate The Chemical Bonds In Individual Molecules Using AFM
IBM has announced that its scientists have been able to differentiate the chemical bonds in individual molecules for the first time via a technique called…
Read MorePowerSkin Debuts First NFC-Enabled Battery Case For Galaxy S III
Smartphone cases that have extra batteries inside have been around for a long time. The type of case was one of the accessories that became…
Read MoreMicrosoft Hooks Employees Up With Free Surface Tablets And More
Overall, yesterday was a good day to be an employee of Microsoft. Microsoft had a big meeting at KeyArena in Seattle where notoriously sweaty CEO…
Read MoreOlympus E-PL5 And E-PM2 Digital Cameras Leak
This has been quite a week for digital camera leaks and unveils. Earlier this week, the rumored Sony RX1 full-frame digital camera was unveiled with…
Read MoreUS iPhone 5 Shipping Slips To 2 Weeks After Just An Hour's Presales [Update: UK Too]
Apple store preorders for the iPhone 5 in the US have already slipped to two weeks, despite the smartphone only having been up for sale…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Pre-Orders Now Open
The iPhone 5 has gone up for preorder, though be prepared for a potential struggle as eager early-adopters attempt to get their order in for…
Read MoreNintendo Wii U Will Feature Expandable Memory
Today, as many of you already know, the Wii U finally received pricing information and a release date. Along with those rather important details, we…
Read MoreRemembering The Late, Great Super Mario Kart
If you’re a gaming fan, you had quite a nostalgic moment on Monday: it was the 20th anniversary of what might just be the greatest…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 13, 2012
Welcome to Thursday evening folks - just one day left to go before the weekend is here once again. Today we were finally given some…
Read MoreApple Comes Out On Top In Motorola Rubber-Banding Patent Suit
While Apple and Samsung were going at it over here in the States, Apple was in the middle of another patent suit with Motorola across…
Read MoreIsis Mobile Payment Trial Run Hit With A Delay
Isis, the mobile payment service that is the result of a Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile team-up, was supposed to enter into its first round of…
Read MoreGoogle Shows First 100% Glass-Shot Video Demo
It's time again to see what Google's Project Glass creators are up to, this time with them showing off their abilities at Fashion Week with…
Read MoreMicrosoft Makes Major Progress In Fight Against Nitol Botnet
Microsoft has kicked off a new initiative to try to stop the spread of the Nitol Botnet, and it has the backing of a US…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Pre-Orders Begin At Midnight On Friday
If you're looking to pick up the new iPhone 5 as fast as you possibly can, you'll be glad to know that pre-orders online as…
Read MoreGalaxy Victory 4G LTE Brings S III Features To Mid-Range Phone
If you're looking to pick up a smartphone for your family member of choice that's got the sharing abilities of the newest family line of…
Read MoreBlack Ops II Wii U Details Unleashed
As expected, Nintendo confirmed today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be coming to Wii U. Gameplay obviously won't be too much different…
Read MoreBayonetta 2 To Be A Wii U Exclusive
Nintendo made a lot of big announcements during its Wii U event earlier today, but perhaps one of the biggest reveals was that Bayonetta 2…
Read MoreeBay Announces Logo Switch, Roll Out Begins Next Month
We've nearly arrived at the end of an era, ladies and gentlemen. The iconic eBay logo that we've seen all over the place for the…
Read MoreiOS 6 And iPhone 5 Features Availability Listed By Region
The iPhone 5 will be the first device to bring on iOS 6, the system from Apple that'll have the company's first mobile turn-by-turn navigation…
Read MoreShuttle OMNINAS KD20 2-Bay NAS Starts The Product Line
The folks at Shuttle Computer Handels GmbH have shown off a brand new network-attached storage system by the name of OMNINAS KD20. This NAS is…
Read MoreWoz Weighs In On iPhone 5
Many people are excited for the iPhone 5, but a day after the reveal of the new device, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has shared his…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 13th, 2012
This morning we're riding the wave out from the Apple event that occurred less than 24 hours ago, our complete collection of coverage available to…
Read MoreLG Press Invite Teases Qualcomm Quad-Core Excellence
If you're ready for the next generation of Qualcomm processor-packing smartphone action, LG has you covered - a press invite has been sent out teasing…
Read MoreNintendo TVii For Wii U Smart TV Revealed
Nintendo has announced Nintendo TVii, the company's take on the smart TV, using the Wii U GamePad as a second-screen to navigate live, on-demand, and…
Read MoreWii U Launch Titles Revealed With Capcom, Donky Kong, And LEGO In Tow
It's time for the first big official list of Wii U games to be brought to light, and with the pricing for the USA, Europe,…
Read MoreGoogle Threatened Acer With Android Excommunication Claims Alibaba
Google is accused of threatening to cut Acer off from the official Android teat, after a phone collaboration between the manufacturer and Alibaba was axed…
Read MoreiControlPad 2 Takes iPhone & Android Game Control Open-Source
A new open-source Bluetooth gaming controller with full QWERTY, from the team that delivered the iControlPad for iPhone and iPod touch, has hit Kickstarter in search…
Read MoreWii U Hits US On November 18 From $299.99 [Update: Europe Details]
Nintendo has confirmed that the Wii U will arrive on US shores on Sunday, November 18, 2012. The console - which was priced and dated…
Read MoreThe 4G Migraine: iPhone 5 Highlights Scrappy LTE
Patchy coverage; fragmented frequencies; tight-lipped and cautious carriers: the iPhone 5's LTE may be one of the headline features, but it's also causing the most…
Read MoreFinal Assembly Of The MAVEN Spacecraft Commences At Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has announced that it has begun the final assembly process for the MAVEN spacecraft. MAVEN is expected to launch in 2013 and stands…
Read MoreBMW Boosting Electric Vehicle Range With Targeted Heat-Rays
BMW is experimenting with infrared heating systems for future cars, warming occupants in a more fuel-efficient and precise manner, and thus potentially extending the range…
Read MoreNASA Talks About Goals For Future Manned Lunar Outpost
No human has set foot on the moon for decades now. That might change in the coming year so as the Obama administration has recently…
Read MoreCricket Adds iPhone 5 To Pre-Paid Lineup
Cricket has announced pre-pay availability for the iPhone 5, the first carrier to wade into the off-contract model for Apple's freshly-revealed iOS 6 smartphone. Set…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Won't Work With Some Accessories Even With Lightning Adapter
I think we all know the talk of the technology world for the next few days is going to be the launch of the iPhone…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Camera Samples Take On PureView And More
Apple has released a gallery of iPhone 5 photo samples, demonstrating just what the smartphone's 8-megapixel camera is capable of. The shots - which you can…
Read MorePanasonic Shows Off New PT-AE8000U 3-D Home Theater Projector
Panasonic has announced a new home theater projector called the PT-AE8000U that supports full HD 3-D images. The projector is also equipped with advanced customization…
Read MoreEA And Insomniac Games Team For Shooter Fuse
EA has announced that it has partnered with game developer Insomniac Games on a new four-person co-op action-adventure shooter called Fuse. This game was previously…
Read MoreIntel Wraps Up Android 4.1 Port For Medfield Smartphones
Intel has announced that it has completed its work on porting the latest version of Android to operate on smartphones equipped with its Medfield processors.…
Read MoreApple iPhone 5 Event Video Released: Relive The Launch!
Apple's iPhone 5 event may not have been streamed - instead nearly 17m of you joined us for our liveblog! - but it was filmed,…
Read MoreStock Toyota Tundra To Tow Space Shuttle Endeavor On The Last Leg Of Its Final Journey
Toyota Motor Sales USA has announced that its Tundra full-size pickup is scheduled to be the to the vehicle that drags the space shuttle Endeavour…
Read MoreCuriosity Rover Robotic Arm Tests Are Nearly Complete
One of the most interesting NASA missions to Mars ever conducted saw a giant Rover dubbed Curiosity land on the surface of the red planet…
Read MoreFord Reduces The Use Of Rare Earth Metals In Lithium-Ion Batteries For Hybrids
Many manufacturers who are heavily into battery production, and usage are doing all they can to reduce their need for rare earth metals. China has…
Read MoreApple Reveals Lightning To microUSB Adapter To Pacify Europe
Apple's trio of Lightning adapters aren't the only connections offered for the iPhone 5, 5th-gen iPod touch and 7th-gen iPod nano; there's also a new microUSB…
Read MoreNikon D600 24.3MP DSLR Official With Remote Phone/tablet Control
Nikon has revealed its latest DSLR, the 24.3-megapixel D600, its smallest and lightest full-frame camera to-date, with Full HD video recording and a new 39-point…
Read MoreWii U Pricing In Japan Set At Around $300
This week Nintendo's Satoru Iwata spoke via live streaming video to the whole world straight from Japan on what the Wii U would be bringing…
Read MoreWhy The iPhone 5 Needs No NFC, Wireless Charging, Or Localized Haptic Feedback
It's time to have a chat about what the iPhone 5 didn't bring to the table this week now that the dust has settled -…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 12, 2012
Whew - what a day! For those who missed it, Apple held its big event today, revealing the iPhone 5 and new versions of the…
Read MoreFacebook Stock Rises After Zuckerberg's Comments On Mobile
It's common knowledge by now that Facebook's stock could be doing a whole lot better. Its stock price has been consistently falling ever since Facebook's…
Read MoreApple EarPods Headphones Hands-On
Iconic and underwhelming: that's been the recipe for Apple's bundled earbuds with the iPod and iPhone so far, but the EarPods are here to hopefully…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Video With Jony Ive Describes Next-Level Precision
The official "wow this is fantastic" designer-described iPhone 5 video has made its official debut and, with Jony Ive and Bob Mansfield as narrators, you'll…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Lightning Connector Adapters Priced
So, we know that the iPhone 5 will come with a different connector than what we're used to seeing. However, if you have some devices…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Will Come In Different GSM And CDMA Versions
We know now that the iPhone 5 will be launching in multiple regions around the world on hundreds of different carriers, and in order to…
Read MoreiLuv Accessories Start The iPhone 5 Torrential Downpour
The folks at iLuv have submitted their collection of iPhone 5 cases and accessories this afternoon, starting what's certainly going to be a mega-wave of…
Read MoreiOS 6 GM Seed Lands Shortly After iPhone 5 Announcement
One of the biggest upgrades found in the iPhone 5 is the jump to iOS 6, and though developers have been working with iOS 6…
Read MoreiTunes 10.7 Available Now With iOS 6 And New Device Support
Today Apple unleashed a slew of awesome products to the world and they are all running on their new and improved iOS 6. While they…
Read More5th-Gen iPod Touch Hands-On
In its fifth generation, the iPod touch gets even closer to the iPhone, while still carving out its own multimedia niche. Borrowing the new 4-inch…
Read More7th-Gen iPod Nano Hands-On
Apple's mid-range iPod, the iPod nano, has gone through the most varied evolutionary changes of all the Cupertino media devices. In its 7th-generation, its settled…
Read MoreiPod Touch And Nano Apple Event Wrap-Up
Instead of calling it "iPhone Day" we're just going to call it Apple day. Today Apple took the stage and got everyone excited over the…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Revealed Without NFC Or Wireless Charging - What Happened?
This week we're taking a look at the iPhone 5 as it was revealed by Apple in all its glory alongside iOS 6 and a…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Full Details Official As Device Hits Apple Store Online
It's time to take a peek at the entirety of the iPhone 5's specifications, top to bottom, as the device hits the Apple Store online…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Event Wrap-Up: Details And Onsite Photos
It's iPhone 5 day and Apple has revealed not just the new smartphone, but a flurry of iPod devices and a brand new set of…
Read MoreiPod Nano Refreshed With Lightning Connector
Amid the furious excitement that surrounded the iPhone 5 this week, Apple also introduced a brand new iPod nano. This refreshed device has an entirely…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Revealed As 'World's Thinnest Smartphone'
The iPhone 5 has officially arrived folks, and Apple is making some pretty big promises about it. The first is that it’s the “world’s thinnest…
Read MoreNew iPod Touch Available In 5 Colors For $299 Starting September 14
Apple has just finished unveiling their all new 5th generation iPod Touch and wow does it look awesome. While many use their iPhone's conveniently as…
Read MoreiPod Touch Refresh Gains Siri And Color Collection
The iPhone 5 may have been the groundbreaking announcement at today's Apple event, but the iPod Touch is also getting a refresh, and it comes…
Read MoreApple EarPods Introduced As Full Earbuds Refresh
This week at the iPhone 5 event that also played host to several iPod bumps in the line, Apple showed off EarPods, the newest in…
Read MoreNew iPod Touch Confirmed With 4-Inch Retina Display, Dual-Core A5 Processor
Apple had a few hardware surprises up their sleeves today and one of those is the all new iPod Touch. Yup, Apple just announced another…
Read MoreApple Overhauls iTunes To Make It "Dramatically Simpler"
The announcements just keep coming from the folks of Cupertino. After all the iPhone 5 fun Apple is now talking about iTunes, as they can't…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Launching In 100 Countries On 240 Different Carriers
We've heard plenty about the iPhone 5 today, but now it's time to get down to the nitty-gritty and talk release information. Apple said during…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Priced At $199 With Pre-Orders Starting September 14th
The iPhone 5 has been introduced today with prices that are exactly the same as the iPhone 4S while the iPhone 3GS is axed from…
Read MoreApple Details Photo Stream As Its Own Social Network
Apple first introduced Photo Stream back with the debut of iOS 6 and iCloud but today they showed us a little bit more about this…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Comes Equipped With Three Microphones
Apple has included a lot of cool features with the iPhone 5, but one of the more interesting talking points is that the iPhone 5…
Read MoreApple Details iPhone 5 And Its Thinner 8 Megapixel Camera
Apple's got a brand new camera lens inside of the new iPhone 5 so all you photo snappers and Instagram lovers can prepare for some…
Read MoreiPhone 5 4-Inch Retina Display Detailed With Massive Resolution
The iPhone 5's display has been revealed today at Apple's press event, bringing with it a lovely 1136 x 640 screen resolution with 16:9 aspect…
Read MoreApple Confirms iPhone 5 4G LTE Carriers
It's finally here, the iPhone 5! That isn't all either as 4G LTE has officially been confirmed for the all new iPhone 5, as if…
Read MoreA6 Chip Introduced For iPhone 5 With Fastest-Ever Performance
Apple has introduced the A6 chip for their next-generation iPhone 5 hardware this afternoon at the event which also showed off several more impressive bits…
Read MoreTim Cook Boasts Mountain Lion Numbers At iPhone 5 Event
Everyone may be waiting for Apple to reveal the iPhone 5 during today’s highly anticipated event, but before the reveals happen, Apple CEO Tim Cook…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Officially Announced
On Stage Apple has just confirmed what we all already knew, and that is the iPhone 5. We are jumping right into the excitement here…
Read MoreApple: Stores In 12 Countries Serving Over 83 Million Visitors
Things just kicked off here in San Fransisco where momentarily Apple will be unveiling the all new iPhone 5. We expect some great things to…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Event Liveblog Starts In 1hr Here On SlashGear!
The Apple Store is down, our liveblog is up, and the Apple event that'll almost certainly be bringing on the iPhone 5 is less than…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Last-Minute Leaks Include A6 Chip And Qualcomm LTE
With less than two hours left before the big iPhone 5 Apple event [tune in to our liveblog], several bits and pieces have leaked including…
Read MoreImpossible Instant Lab Offers Polaroid Stills From Your iPhone Snaps
The Impossible Project isn't content with restarting Polaroid's abandoned instant film production; it also has a Kickstarter, offering a decidedly odd-looking way of getting instant…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Name Confirmed By Apple Site Search Goof [Update: LTE Too!]
Apple's own search tool has apparently confirmed the name of the iPhone 5, with the company's site showing links - currently unresolved - to the…
Read MoreMassive Impact On Jupiter Seen From Earth
Sometimes interesting discoveries in space are made by amateur astronomers rather than scientists at NASA and other organizations around the world. This is exactly what…
Read MoreJammie Thomas Loses Appeal As Court Upholds $222,000 Fine For Music Sharing
For me, the Jammie Thomas case illustrates all that is broken and loathsome about the RIAA and our legal system today. The Thomas case has…
Read MoreiPhone 5 LTE Support For EE 4G Reportedly A Done-Deal
iPhone 5 LTE connectivity is looking increasingly likely, hours ahead of the much-anticipated smartphone's official debut, with claims of confirmation that the Apple device will…
Read MoreApple Store Is Down: iPhone 5 Incoming!
Fresh to the "comes as no surprise to anybody" column comes word that Apple's online store has gone down for updating, ahead of the iPhone…
Read MoreMicrosoft Patent Surfaces Showing Immersive Holodeck-Style Display
Of all the technology that they had on the Enterprise, what I always wanted the most was the Holodeck. The Holodeck was a gigantic room…
Read MoreQuantigraphic Camera Promises HDR Eyesight From Father Of AR
Augmented reality isn't just a gimmick for Google Glass and Nokia City Lens, but could make industrial work safer and improve visibility for those with partial…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S III Rumor Points To Jelly Bean Update In October
If you're the owner of Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone and have been counting the days until you can get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, you…
Read MoreFoxconn Contrite After New Production Exposé
Manufacturer Foxconn has again come in for criticism after an undercover reporter described dire working conditions in one Chinese facility, with the OEM promising an…
Read MoreReport Indicates Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Isn't Complete
When Nokia unveiled its Windows Phone 8 smartphones, some people yawned. The phones didn't have a lot to set them apart from any other smartphones…
Read MoreMars Reconnaissance Orbiter Finds Evidence Of Dry Ice Snowfall On Mars
Mars is a very strange planet. The surface of the planet is inhospitable to human life, yet scientists have discovered evidence that in the past…
Read MoreNASA Celebrates The 50th Anniversary Of President Kennedy's Moon Speech
NASA putting a man on the moon in the 60s is one of the greatest achievements in all of human history. Looking back at the…
Read MoreWireless Power Breakthrough Uses Adaptive Resonance To Support Multiple Wireless Platforms
I have said on more than a few occasions that one of the most interesting things smartphone companies can do, in my opinion, is offer…
Read MoreShimi Smart Musical Robot Comes To The iPhone
You may recall back in June, we first talked about the Android-powered Shimi dancing robot speaker dock. The speaker dock was aimed at Android smartphone…
Read MoreLG Brings Screen Smackdown To Samsung Over Optimus G
LG has launched a pre-reveal attack on Samsung's favorite phone and tablet technology, AMOLED, hammering home the idea that its Optimus G display will be…
Read MoreDates.fm Wins The Second Annual Ford Sync AppLink Developer Challenge
Last weekend, Ford held its second annual Sync AppLink Developer Challenge at the Disrupt Hackathon in San Francisco. The winner of the developer challenge was…
Read More500m Android Devices Activated Globally Google Crows
500 million Android devices have been activated across the world, Google has confirmed, with more than 1.3m new devices being added to that figure each…
Read MoreSony Alpha A99 Full-Frame DSLR Totes Revolutionary Dual-AF
Sony's last new camera of the day is arguably the most mainstream, the Alpha ?99 full-frame DSLR, though it does use the firm's translucent mirror tech…
Read MoreSony NEX-VG900 Full-Frame Handycam And NEX-VG30 Camcorders Debut
Sony has revealed a pair of new Handycams, including the full-frame NEX-VG900 and its more compact APS-C NEX-VG30 sibling, for pro-videographers with a sub-$3k budget.…
Read MoreSony Cyber-Shot RX1 Squeezes Full-Frame Sensor Into A Compact
Sony has done the unthinkable, and managed to fit a 24.3-megapixel full-frame sensor into a compact camera, producing the Cyber-shot RX1 in the process. Using…
Read MoreSony NEX-6 Packs OLED Electronic Viewfinder And WiFi
Sony has revealed its latest interchangeable lens camera, the NEX-6, delivering 16.1-megapixel stills and Full HD video from something scaled for your coat pocket. Packing…
Read MoreJoin Our Liveblog Of The iPhone 5 Event In Less Than 24 Hours!
Starting just a bit before 10AM PST on the 12th of September (that's tomorrow) you'll be able to check in on live coverage from the…
Read MoreStandalone Neo Geo X Announced, Pricing Detailed
If you have a soft spot for the Neo Geo - as many gamers do - then you were probably excited by the announcement of…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 11, 2012
Tomorrow's the big day, folks. Apple is set to hold an event tomorrow, and all signs are pointing to the reveal of the iPhone 5.…
Read MoreFacebook's Zuckerberg Talks Mobile Shortcomings, Plans For The Future
It isn't exactly a secret that Facebook is struggling in the mobile realm, something that the company's shareholders aren't too crazy about. Facebook's stock has…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Software Rundown Pre-Event: The iOS 6 We Know Today
Tomorrow may well be the day that Apple reveals their next-generation iPhone 5, a device that'll be bringing their newest mobile operating system, iOS 6,…
Read MoreSamsung Gearing Up To Blast Apple In New Commercial
With Samsung's courtroom loss to Apple still undoubtedly fresh in the mind of its executives, the company is gearing up to take a few hits…
Read MoreApple's Jonathan Ive Reportedly Drops $17m On San Francisco Home
Apple senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive likes to lead a pretty private life, but thanks to a new report, we know that…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Pre-Orders Tipped For September 14 Via Staffing Call
This week there's been some reports from Apple staff members - all anonymous, of course - noting that they're staffing up for the morning of…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Note II Shows Off Hovering S-Pen Hands-On
The next-generation Samsung Galaxy Note II is bringing on some new powerful features in its international version in the form of Airview, a brand new…
Read MoreMotorola And Intel Teaser Promises 'Edge-To-Edge Power'
Motorola and Intel have released a new teaser ahead of their presentation next week in London. The teaser is just that - a video that…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Pre-Event Wrap-Up
In less than 24 hours we'll be liveblogging the Apple event that will almost certainly play host to the new iPhone 5 - what we're…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: June 12, 2012
Happy Tuesday, everyone. Are you enjoying your week so far? Would you like to get an update on the world of tech news? Here you…
Read MoreGoogle Drive Update Arrives On iOS And Android
Google has delivered an update for Google Drive on both iOS and Android, and iOS users in particular will likely find a lot to get…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Called "Biggest Upgrade In Consumer Electronics History"
If you were looking to get pumped up about how gigantic the launch of the upcoming iPhone 5 device was going to be and you've…
Read MoreGoogle Glasses Expand Beyond Wearable Camera
There's really no denying the fact that Google Glass has made a splash with the technophiles of the world, but so far, the campaign surrounding…
Read MoreTerraria Coming To Xbox 360, PS3 Next Year
Well here's a surprising bit of gaming news: it turns out that indie gem Terraria will be making its way to Xbox Live Arcade and…
Read MoreSamsung To Booby-Trap iPhone 5 Launch With LTE Patent Strike
Samsung is aiming to hijack Apple's new iPhone 5 launch by miring its rival in LTE patent litigation, sources at the company have apparently confirmed, echoing…
Read MoreNokia City Lens Released From Beta For Lumia Devices
It's time for the greatness of Nokia's own City Lens technology to be released into the wild, the same powerful beast shown earlier this year…
Read MoreVodafone iPhone 5 Nano SIMs Prematurely Pictured (But Was It On Purpose?)
Vodafone UK has readied 500,000 nano SIM cards suited for Apple's iPhone 5, with the carrier briefly spilling the SIM stockpile stat in a post…
Read MoreGoDaddy Denies All External Influence In Crash
Yesterday it became apparent late in the day that GoDaddy was having issues with keeping a collection of webpages up as they were reported as…
Read MoreiPod Touch To Pack iPhone 5 Retina But Slower Chip Tip Insiders
Apple's iPhone 5 event will share stage time with a new range of iPods, with further details on the updated PMPs slipping out in advance…
Read MoreLucid Thunderbolt External GPU Demoed For Undeniable Ultrabook Gaming Boost
This week during Intel's Developers Forum, Lucid showed off a lovely Thunderbolt External Graphics solution that'll have you Ultrabook owners flipping over the possibilities. Here…
Read MoreBlackBerry Sales Dwindle To Nil In "Meaningful Number" Of US Stores
BlackBerry sales in the US have ditched and some stores have failed to sell a single handset from RIM's range in the past month, according…
Read MoreEE Reveals First 4G LTE Line-Up: Galaxy S III, iPhone 5 Teaser
EE has revealed its first line-up of devices, including Samsung's Galaxy S III, as well as hinting at a possible iPhone 5 LTE reveal imminently. The…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 11, 2012
This morning you'll want to head back to our LG Intuition hands-on before we ramp up for our full review later this week - phablet…
Read MoreGoogle Pays For 4,000 Free WiFi Hotspots (But Not If You Have An iPhone)
Google has opened its wallet and dropped some coins into the box of WiFi provider Boingo, opening up free internet access to Android devices as…
Read MorePentax K-5 II And K-5 IIs Offer DLSR With Or Without Anti-Aliasing
Pentax's Q10 isn't the company's only new camera today; there's also a pair of new full-sized DSLRs, the Pentax K-5 II and K-5 IIs, for…
Read MorePentax Q10 Interchangeable Lens Camera Official
Pentax has revealed its latest compact interchangeable-lens camera, the Pentax Q10, a 12.4-megapixel snapper that the company promises will deliver regular DSLR results from a…
Read More10m New iPhone 5 Sales In September Alone Predicts Analyst
Apple is expected to sell a whopping 10m new iPhone 5 smartphones by the end of September, analysts predict, arguing that nothing short of a disastrously unconvincing launch…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920 Is EE UK LTE Exclusive
New UK combo-carrier EE will be the only carrier in the UK to offer the Nokia Lumia 920, it's been confirmed, with the Windows Phone 8…
Read MoreEarthLink Plans To Offer Fixed And Wireless 4G Broadband
EarthLink is a name I haven't thought of since the mid-90s when dial-up Internet access was all I could get. EarthLink has announced plans to…
Read MoreNetgear Adds Personal Cloud And Remote Time Machine To ReadyNAS
Netgear has updated its prosumer NAS range to take on cloud backup upstarts, adding a Dropbox-esque ReadyDROP cross-device sync option, and the ability to back…
Read MoreGalaxies Come In All Shapes Of The Alphabet
The cosmos is an amazing place. The things astronomers and scientists discover scattered around the universe are incredible. Thanks to a group of volunteers participating…
Read MoreKensington Unveils DisplayLink USB 3.0 Docks For Home And Office
Kensington has been making all sorts of accessories for computers and tablets for a long time. The company has unveiled a pair of new docking…
Read MoreSony X Headphones Made In Cooperation With Simon Cowell
Sony has announced that it has a new set of headphones coming soon that were made in cooperation with Simon Cowell. Cowell is known for…
Read MoreZorro Macsk Turns Your iMac Into A Touchscreen Device
I'm sure there are a bunch of people out there that own iMacs that have wished the device was touchscreen enabled. If the iMac had…
Read More2013 SRT Viper Pricing Unveiled
I'm always had a fondness for the Viper going back to when it originally debuted. I would go so far as to say it's one…
Read MoreTouchfire Makes On-Screen Keyboards Feel Less Virtual
One of the biggest complaints that users have about on-screen keyboards is that the virtual keyboards lack tactile feel. That means you pretty much have…
Read MoreBlueAnt Ribbon Music Streaming Device Debuts
BlueAnt has been in the Bluetooth market for a long time making products ranging from wireless portable speakers to Bluetooth headsets for smartphone use. The…
Read MoreEE 4G LTE Hands-On: Speed Tests!
EE's 4G LTE network is already live, and so we grabbed some hands-on time to see just how quickly the new breed of 4G handsets…
Read MoreInstacube Pledges Facebook Photo Support If Next Stretch Goal Is Met
Last month, I mentioned an interesting digital photo frame that had turned up on Kickstarter seeking funding. The little digital photo frame is called the…
Read MoreYouTube Launches New iPhone And iPod Touch App
YouTube has announced that it is launching a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch on the Apple App Store as of today. YouTube…
Read MoreEE 4G Roll-Out Plans Revealed
New 4G carrier EE will launch its LTE network from today, with four cities getting pilot service, ahead of sixteen cities by Christmas 2012. The…
Read MoreEE 4G: Everything Everywhere Launches LTE & Fiber "In Coming Weeks"
Everything Everywhere has rebranded, launching EE, its new 4G combo-carrier harnessing T-Mobile UK and Orange and throwing in a fiber option for the UK too.…
Read MoreIs 2014 Too Late For The PlayStation 4?
Much has been made about Nintendo’s decision to launch a new Wii this year. The Wii U, which allows for gaming both on the television…
Read MorePokemon Black And White 2 Early Purchasers Get Genesect Free
Being a Pokemon trainer can be rough, especially if you made some bad decisions throughout your journey. Sure, that Pidgey was cute, but cute doesn't…
Read MoreElectronic Arts Tried To Purchase Valve In The Past
When you say "Electronic Arts" and "Valve" in the same sentence, most gamers will likely point to the digital distribution tussle currently going on between…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 10, 2012
Welcome back to Monday, folks. We're in the final stretch before Apple's big event kicks off, and with just a couple of days left before…
Read MoreNumber Of Teenage Smartphone Owners Jumps Year-Over-Year, Claims Nielsen
Most of the time, we see smartphone manufacturers marketing their devices toward young adults. That may all be changing soon, as a new Nielsen report…
Read MoreAnonymous Attack Brings Down Tons Of GoDaddy Sites
Today is not a good for those working behind the scenes at GoDaddy. TechCruch is reporting that an Anonymous member has brought GoDaddy down and,…
Read More60% Of Leaked LinkedIn Passwords Cracked
More than 60-percent of the LinkedIn passwords leaked have already seen their encryption cracked, security experts say, though the business-centric social site is yet to…
Read MoreWonderbook: Book Of Spells Lands On November 13
Sony's new Wonderbook project has left some scratching their heads, but if you're a Harry Potter fan, you may be pleased to know that the…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Note II Leak Points To Verizon Release
Samsung may be looking to offer its new Galaxy Note II at a variety of different carries, much like it did with the Galaxy S…
Read MoreBethesda's Pete Hines Doesn't Think We Need New Consoles Yet
Bethesda VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines has been in the news a lot lately. With the current unrest over the lack Dawnguard on…
Read MoreTablets Are For Fun, Laptops Are For Work
If there's one solid idea in the modern mobile market that I agree with consistently, it's that tablet-sized computers are made for entertainment first, and…
Read MoreLeaked Apple IDs Didn't Come From FBI After All
By now, many of you probably know about last week's AntiSec hack. The group claimed to have stolen 12 million Apple UDIDs - 1 million…
Read MoreLG Escape Leaked With Details For AT&T LTE [UPDATE: Official!]
A remix of previously unconscionable smartphone elements has been revealed - officially, this time - as the LG Escape, a dual-core 4G LTE smartphone with…
Read MoreT-Mobile iPhone Again In The Mix With "Unlimited & Unlocked" Plans
It appears that the folks at T-Mobile are aiming to keep or gain a new collection of customers on iPhone 5 day - that being…
Read MoreRetina MacBook Pro 13-Inch And iMacs Being Shipped By Suppliers Now
This week may be all about the iPhone 5, but Apple is apparently gearing up for other launches a little more silently. According to DigiTimes,…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Mini Dock Connector Photographed With microUSB
Several photos have appeared in the wild this morning showing off what very much appears to be the rumored iPhone 5 dock connector USB cable.…
Read MoreTTP Augmented Reality Glasses Prototype Takes On Google Glass
Wearables competition for Google's Glass continues to surface, with a UK-based research team revealing its more discrete take on the head-mounted augmented reality display. The Technology…
Read MorePirate Bay Founder Deported By Cambodia To Swedish Authorities
One of the four defendants in a case facing The Pirate Bay off against several major entertainment companies, founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, was deported this…
Read MoreToys R Us Tabeo Targets Toddler Tableteers
Toys R Us has waded into the child tablet market, revealing its sub-$150 Tabeo complete with Ice Cream Sandwich, a 7-inch touchscreen, and a suite…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 10th, 2012
This morning we're heading into iPhone 5 week with a collection of smaller updates before the storm - expect this essentially throughout the week throughout…
Read More180+ "Fiberhoods" Qualify For Google Fiber
Pre-registration qualification for Google's 1 gigabit fiber internet service has seen Kansas boroughs overwhelmingly approved for the high-speed connection, the search giant has announced. "At…
Read MoreHP SpectreONE All-In-One PC Brings Trackpad-Centric Experience To Windows 8
If there were one PC we've seen thus far from the HP collection bringing on Windows 8 with touchscreen capabilities that we'd call the king,…
Read MoreBerg Little Printer Teases Instagram-Esque Photo Tweak
Berg's whimsical Little Printer has been hacked to support photos, though the new direct messaging feature won't be present in the first generation of the unusual desktop…
Read MoreSamsung's 13MP Note II Plans Reportedly Killed By LG's Optimus G
Samsung's initial plans to equip the Galaxy Note II with a 13-megapixel camera were scuppered by supplier shortages, insiders claim, with LG snapping up the…
Read MoreValve Big Picture Mode Puts Consoles On Notice Today
Valve's Big Picture mode, putting Steam on your TV, launches today with a new interface suitable for turning a PC into a console competitor. Set…
Read MoreResearchers Develop Remote-Controlled Cockroaches
Researchers have developed a disgustingly cool remote-controlled bug. The bug in question is a giant cockroach. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a…
Read MoreApple Faces Uphill Challenge Invalidating HTC LTE Patents
Apple may have a tougher than expected challenge persuading a US court to invalidate HTC LTE patents, with the trade judge presiding over the trial…
Read MoreNew Theory Suggests Mars Was Too Hot To Support Life
Scientists have hoped that evidence will be found on Mars that the planet could've harbored life in the past. The NASA Curiosity Rover is on…
Read MoreSo The iPhone 5 Will Support 4G LTE… But Whose?
That Apple's new iPhone will have LTE seems beyond argument now, but who exactly will get to sup at the font of 4G pleasure? The…
Read MoreHonda Unveils Official Pricing For 2013 Accord
Honda has gone official with the pricing for the all-new 2013 Honda Accord. The vehicle will hit dealers across the country on September 19. The…
Read MoreFBI Rolls Out $1 Billion Nationwide Facial Recognition System
Facial recognition is commonly used for all sorts of reasons all around the world. One of the places that facial recognition technology is particularly beneficial…
Read MoreRumors Point To More Airlines Supporting Apple Passbook
During WWDC 2012, Apple unveiled a new app called Passbook. The app was designed to be a gathering place for all of your mobile-based passes…
Read MoreFCC Backs Away From Taxing The Internet
One thing that most Americans have in common is that they have no support for new taxes. The FCC is reportedly backing away from a…
Read MoreFormer German First Lady Rumored To Sue Google For Defamation
Former German first lady Bettina Wulff isn't happy with Google. She is the wife of former German President Christian Wulff. Apparently, during her husband's term…
Read MoreUltraViolet Flicks Get Better Sound Courtesy Of Dolby Digital Plus
When it comes to watching movies most of us want a high-quality picture and high-quality sound. Sound is particularly important when you're watching high-resolution digital…
Read MoreGoogle Glass Hits The Runway For DVF At Fashion Week
Google's smart glasses project has hit the catwalk, with designer Diane von Furstenberg sending models backstage and on the runway wearing Google Glass headsets. Intended to "capture…
Read MoreSony RX1 Digital Camera Leaks Rocking Full-Frame Sensor
A new Sony digital camera called the RX1 has leaked that has some interesting features. The feature that will probably appeal to photographers the most…
Read MoreNokia LTE Everything Everywhere Lumia 920 Deal Tipped; Apologizes Again For PureView Goof
Nokia is reportedly planning an exclusive 4G deal with UK carrier Everything Everywhere for the Lumia 920, a potential distraction from its second mea culpa…
Read MoreSpotify Web Player Incoming (But Don't Expect A Price Cut)
Spotify is readying a browser-based music player app for its streaming service, multiple sources have revealed, though whispers of a price cut for its premium product…
Read MoreHP ENVY 20 And 23 TouchSmart All-In-One PCs Bring Windows 8 To The Masses
This week we're seeing another wave of wonderful computers presented by HP for the start of the Windows 8 era, working here with brand new…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD Line Will Allow Users To Opt Out Of 'Special Offers'
Amazon's Kindle presentation on Thursday featured a lot of big talking points, but one thing the company was understandably silent on was the "Special Offers"…
Read MoreNPD: Darksiders II Sold 247k Copies In August, Takes Top Software Spot
NPD has released its sales statistics for the US video game market in August, and Darksiders II has taken the software crown. That's in a…
Read MoreDawnguard PS3 Development Woes Have Sony Giving Bethesda A Helping Hand
It isn't exactly a secret by now that Bethesda is having some major issues with the PS3 version of Skyrim: Dawnguard. PS3 players are being…
Read MoreHang On, Nokia's Lumia 920 Only Records Mono Video?
Nokia's Lumia 920 may be focused on photography with its PureView-branded camera, but the Windows Phone 8 handset's Full HD video recording will only store mono…
Read MoreAmazon Forces "Special Offers" Ads On All Kindle Fire Tablets [Update 2]
Amazon will only offer advertising-supported Kindle Fire tablets, injecting "special offers" into the standby screen of its Android slates, and giving no option to pay…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 7, 2012
Friday is here once again, marking the beginning of the weekend. We need it too - we were traveling all around the country from press…
Read MoreiPhone 5 To Reportedly Support Multiple LTE Networks Around The World
It's widely expected that the iPhone 5 will come with LTE functionality, but a new report from the Wall Street Journal pegs the device with…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD Snubs Google With Bing Integration
There's still a lot we don't know about the Kindle Fire HD, but we've been finding out more piece by piece since the tablet was…
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn't Buy A TV Now
If you look on Amazon or head over to Best Buy, you’ll find a slew of televisions available. Better yet, you’ll find that many of…
Read MoreAmazon Delivers Update For Silk Browser, Adds 'Trending Now' Feature
It's been an exciting couple of days for Amazon. Yesterday, the company announced a slew of new devices, ranging from the Kindle Paperwhite to the…
Read MoreEverest Bands Creator Talks Kickstarter Effort And 3D Printing Innovation
If you're a lover of the Rolex timepiece lines Submariner, Sea Dweller, GMT, and more, you're about to get strapped with a brand new technologically…
Read MoreApple Prepping Yerba Buena Center For iPhone 5 Reveal
The fact that Apple is holding a media event on September 12 has been all over the place lately, and as we close in on…
Read MoreFox Will Offer Digital Movies Weeks Before DVD Release
Fans of digital media have a reason to smile today, as Fox has revealed that it will begin offering digital versions of its movies weeks…
Read MoreStar Trek Google Doodle Celebrates Birth Of The Original Series
If you're a fan of the original Star Trek series, especially its role in modern science fiction history as well as television history, you'll be…
Read MoreBlackBerry 10 Will Be Available At Verizon On Launch Day
It's hardly a secret that RIM is suffering in a big way, and the company is hoping that the eventual release of BlackBerry 10 will…
Read MoreDijit NextGuide Hits The iPad And Hands-On
We're having a look at Dijit's brand new iPad app called NextGuide today, seeing first hand how This app environment is made to fuse together…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Event Reportedly Getting New iPod Reveals As Well
Judging from the invitations, it seems like a pretty sure thing that Apple will reveal the iPhone 5 at its press event next week. Originally,…
Read MoreiPhone 5 (N42) Model Appears With 4S Price Points
This week a tip has appeared noting several details on the next-generation iPhone, specifically on its price - that being the same as the iPhone…
Read MoreHTC One X+ Specs Pop Up On Twitter
A list of specs for the rumored HTC One X+ have popped up on the Twitter account of anonymous XDA developer. We've been hearing about…
Read MoreAmazon Phone Denied But "More Devices" On The Way
Though he's not yet confirmed that there will be any sort of smartphone-sized device appearing soon, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has let it be known…
Read MoreiPad Mini Backplate Appears In HD Photos
The next-generation iPad mini, a device tipped to work with what's essentially iPad 2 specifications save it's smaller display, has appeared in several high-definition photos…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Release Date Tipped For September 21
On the 12th of this month we're almost certainly going to be seeing the next-generation iPhone 5, a device that today has been tipped to…
Read MoreSpector Rallies Fan Support For Epic Mickey On 360, PS3
Epic Mickey 2, as many of you already know, will be releasing on the Xbox 360 and PS3. That wasn't the case for the original…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920 "HAAC" Rich Recording Microphones Confirmed
All eyes may be on the Nokia Lumia 920's PureView camera, but our ears may well be cosseted with the company's Rich Recording high-quality audio, judging by…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 7th, 2012
If you're a person who follows the morning wrap-up here on SlashGear exclusively, you've found yourself lacking a bit of coverage this week - do…
Read MoreCuriosity Beams Back High-Res Self Portraits During 7ft Robo-Arm Testing
NASA's Curiosity rover continues its exploration of Mars and the unfurling of its complex scientific equipment and robotic limbs, with new photos beamed back of…
Read MoreLG's $20,000 TV: A 4K Bargain?
LG has priced up its vast 84-inch 4K TV, aiming to have the monstrous set in select stores come October. The huge new model -…
Read MoreStock Shortage Tips Sept 20 Apple Thunderbolt Display Refresh
Apple's new iMac is reportedly waiting in the wings, but there are signs the company could also update its Thunderbolt Display alongside the all-in-one desktop. Stock shortages…
Read MoreiMac Refresh Reportedly Imminent But Will It Get Retina?
Apple's iMac desktop will be refreshed imminently, tipsters insist, with the all-in-one OS X machine set for an Intel Ivy Bridge upgrade though one which might…
Read MoreEverything Everywhere Reveals 4G LTE Event On iPhone 5 Eve
UK carrier combo Everything Everywhere has announced a 4G launch event on September 11, with LTE rollout plans expected and, perhaps tellingly, all the day before Apple…
Read MoreBlackmagic Cinema Camera MFT Adds Passive Micro Four Thirds Lens Support
Coveted high-quality video camera company Blackmagic has revealed its second Cinema Camera, this time adding support for passive Micro Four Thirds lenses. Sitting alongside the existing…
Read MoreAT&T Nokia Lumia 920 Due November 2 Squeak Insiders
AT&T is targeting a November 2 launch date for Nokia's new Windows Phone 8 flagship, sources suggest, with the Lumia 920 said to be currently in testing…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920 On Sale In November Tip Euro Carriers
Nokia's Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 smartphone will go on sale in November 2012, according to carrier source whispers, with European availability beginning that month.…
Read MoreWindows Phone 8 HTC 8X (Aka HTC Accord) Details Leak
HTC's new Windows Phone flagship, until now known as the HTC Accord, will launch as the Windows Phone 8X HTC (aka HTC 8X), according to…
Read MoreMadden NFL 13 Sells 1.65 Million Units Its First Week
EA has been around for a long time and one of its most popular properties is the Madden NFL football games. Typically, Madden NFL titles…
Read MoreMarvel Launches Avengers Initiative Mobile Game
Mobile gaming fans are always on the lookout for the next interesting video game to download on their tablets and smartphones. If you're a fan…
Read MoreEchoStar HDX-410 Packs Android 4.0 For Monster Media (So Who Needs Google TV?)
EchoStar has announced that it is expanding its portfolio of set top boxes powered by the Android operating system. The company has announced the addition…
Read MoreKindle Fire And Kindle Fire HD Hit UK And Europe On October 25
Amazon has confirmed pricing and availability for the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD in the UK and across Europe, the first time its Android…
Read MoreAirBridge Out-Streams AirPlay For Impromptu iPhone Sharing
AirPlay Mirroring on the iPhone and iPad is great, but startup Artifex Touch thinks it has a better solution for impromptu presentations, media streaming, group working…
Read MoreNVIDIA Unveils Quadro K5000 Video Card For Mac Pro Users
For the most part, PC enthusiasts still imagine Mac computers as closed platforms with hardware that you can't upgrade. Outside of upgrading RAM, that notion…
Read MoreGeneral Dynamics To Build 64 Massive Radio Telescope Antennas
Astronomers and scientists use a variety of different telescopes to investigate the heavens. Typically, when we say telescope many people think about optical telescopes such…
Read MoreWikipad To Hit GameStop In October
We talked about the interesting Android-powered Wikipad gaming device a few times already. The device is an Android-powered mobile gaming platform featuring a 10-inch display…
Read MorePhiaton Unveils New PS 210 BTNC Noise Canceling Earphones
More often than not, when we are talking about noise canceling headphones were talking about big over the ear designs. Phiaton has announced a new…
Read MoreApple Streaming Pandora Rival Tipped "Within Months"
Apple is again tipped to be readying its own Pandora-rivaling streaming music service, using iPhone and iPad playback patterns to create customized radio stations, though…
Read MoreNokia Unveils New Luna Bluetooth Headset, Complete With Wireless Charging
Yesterday saw no lack of accessory reveals for Nokia's incoming Windows Phone 8 devices, the Lumia 820 and 920. It seems that one was left…
Read MoreAmazon Confirms Kindle Fire HD Is Running Ice Cream Sandwich
So, Amazon revealed a number of new Kindle Fire HD tablets today. The company gave away a lot of details about the new line in…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 6, 2012
Welcome to Thursday everyone. Today Amazon held its highly anticipated Kindle Fire event, marking our third press event in two days. Amazon didn't disappoint either,…
Read MoreAmazon Kindle Fire Full Event Video And Wrap-Up
This week the folks at Amazon introduced a set of new Kindle tablets including a refresh of the Kindle Fire, two new Kindle Fire HD…
Read MoreKindle Paperwhite Hands-On
Amazon made a ton of major announcements during its press event today, wowing the crowd with the reveal multiple new Kindle Fires including an HD…
Read MoreMars Curiosity Rover Breathes In The Air Around It
NASA's Curiosity rover has been on the surface of Mars for a month now, and it recently collected a sample of the air around it…
Read MoreVector Unit Brings Beach Buggy Blitz To TegraZone And Hands-On
Get down and dirty with the newest game from Vector Unit, the developers who brought you hits like Riptide GP and Shine Runner - starting…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD Introduced With New 8.9-Inch Size
This week the folks at Amazon have revealed a set of Kindle Fire devices that take their original hit and make it high definition. There…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Launch Reportedly Marks The End Of iPhone 3GS
With the reveal of the iPhone 5 now less than a week away, Apple is reportedly taking a look at the devices it has on…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD 8.9 Hands-On
Though we wont be able to have a peek at AT&T's 4G LTE version of the tablet until later this year, Amazon has allowed us…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD 7 Hands-On
This week we've had the opportunity to take a peek at the next generation of media tablets by the name of Amazon Kindle Fire HD.…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD Tablets Appear On Sale At Amazon
The Kindle Fire HD 7, Kindle Fire HD 8.9, and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE are all available for purchase on Amazon now, with…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD LTE $50 A Year With One Big Catch
There's a brand new Amazon tablet out there on the market - up for pre-sale today and shipping in October - the Kindle Fire HD,…
Read MoreKindle Fire HD 7-Inch Priced At $199, 8.9-Inch At $299
Just as the rumors foretold, the Kindle Fire HD has arrived, and it has a bevy of features in tow. Amazon obviously wants to position…
Read MoreAmazon Introduces X-Ray Technology For Kindle Lineup
If you were waiting to see the strangest new innovation in the Kindle Fire universe this week coming from Amazon, you can bet that X-Ray…
Read MoreAmazon Kindle Fire Whispersync Introduced With Anne Hathaway And Samuel L Jackson
If you ever sat there reading an e-book to yourself and thought, wow, I wish I could read this book out loud while Samuel L…
Read MoreKindle Singles Reaches 3.5 Million Sold
In addition to announcing some new devices today, Amazon is also touting the strength of Kindle eBook sales. Talking about Kindle Singles - essays, short…
Read MoreKindle Fire Refreshed With $159 Price Point
This week the folks at Amazon have revealed the brand new Kindle Fire , an addition to what they've noted is their "#1 best selling…
Read MoreKindle Paperwhite Arrives With Backlit Screen
Just as we were expecting, Amazon pulled the veil off the newest iteration of the Kindle today. Dubbed the Kindle Paperwhite, by far the most…
Read MoreKindle Paperwhite 3G Priced At $179 While Original Gets Price Chop
The new Kindle Paperwhite is official, an ereader with a display technology from Amazon that's bringing on a whole new level of readability. With this…
Read More"Kindle Fire Is A Service" Pushes Amazon's Jeff Bezos
After a short video showing the power of the Kindle in the past, present, and future, the Amazon event this week prepared the press for…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920 Hands-On Extended Cut: City Lens And PureView
We had an extended look at the Nokia Lumia 920 this week courtesy of Nokia and Microsoft, complete with a brief glance at the difference…
Read MoreDragon Dictate For Mac 3 Boosts Accuracy And Adds Android Mic Support
Nuance has pushed out a new version of Dragon Dictate for Mac, its OS X voice dictation package, taking on Apple's own Mountain Lion speech…
Read MoreTumblr For iPhone And Android Tweaked: Faster And More Messaging
Microblogging service and teen-sensation Tumblr has pushed out new updates for its mobile apps, streamlining the reblogging system and making mobile messaging more straightforward. The…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 820 Hands-On Extended Cut With NFC
It's time to have a bit longer look at a video showing off Nokia's brand new Lumia 820, the smaller of the two smartphones revealed…
Read MoreFacebook's $1bn Instagram Deal Finalized
Facebook's Instagram acquisition has been completed, the $1bn deal that saw the huge social network snatch up the mobile photo service, and it comes as…
Read MoreHTC's Precipice Moment
Seldom has the smartphone divide looked so broad. HTC's financial results for the last quarter, revealed earlier today, puts the company in with struggling Nokia…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 820 Hands-On
Nokia's just announced its latest stable of Windows Phone handsets, including the new Lumia 820 and we were lucky enough to get our hands on…
Read MoreT-Mobile Galaxy S Relay 4G Balances Tepid Specs With Handy Keyboard
T-Mobile USA has snatched up a new Samsung Android phone, and while they're ten-a-penny these days, the fact that the Galaxy S Relay 4G has…
Read MoreAmazon's New Kindles Are Almost Here (And Lateness Doesn't Matter)
The clock is ticking, and Amazon is building up to wow us at its Kindle event in just a few hours time. Expectations are high,…
Read MoreiPhone Keeps Smartphone Satisfaction Crown; Builds Lead Over Android
Apple has taken the top spot for customer satisfaction in the latest J.D. Power survey, the company's eighth successive win, and extending its lead over…
Read MoreNokia WP8 Lumia Production Reportedly In-House; Existing Phone Prices Slashed
Nokia has slashed the price of its existing Windows Phone 7 devices and reportedly plans to take responsibility for manufacturing its new Lumia 920 and 820…
Read MoreAstronauts Make Second Spacewalk To Finish ISS Power Repairs
Yesterday I mentioned that astronauts had run into a problem attaching a power unit to the outside of the international space station. The problem was…
Read MorePogoplug Adds Cloud Caution With Amazon Glacier
Pogoplug continues to push its own interpretation of cloud storage, revealing today a new service integrating with Amazon Glacier for a combination of local and remote…
Read MoreWD My Passport Offers Slick Storage For Macs And PCs
Western Digital has launched a new range of compact external storage, the My Passport Edge, for PC and Mac users, promising high-speed connectivity and up…
Read MoreSamsung Under Korean Antitrust Investigation After Apple 3G Complaint
Samsung is reportedly under investigation by the South Korean antitrust watchdog, after Apple filed complaints around its rival's licensing practices for 3G patents. "We are…
Read MoreNASA Dawn Probe Leaves Vesta Asteroid
It's been a while since we talked about NASA's Dawn probe that has been in orbit around the massive asteroid called Vesta for the last…
Read MoreWatch Nokia's Lumia 920 And 820 Launch All Over Again
Nokia's big Windows Phone 8 Lumia launch yesterday had its fair share of high points - the Lumia 920 hardware is certainly appealing, for a start…
Read MoreJBL Launches New Cinema Series Soundbars
JBL has announced a new line of soundbars for home theater fans looking for deep bass and high-quality sound without taking up a lot of…
Read MorePioneer Debuts Next-Generation CDJ-2000nexus CDJ Controller
Pioneer has announced its latest professional DJ product. The new product is its next-generation flagship CDJ player called the CDJ-2000nexus. The device has a bunch…
Read MoreVIA Unveils First Quad Core Pico-ITX Mainboard Supporting 3-D Displays
VIA has announced an interesting new pico-ITX mainboard. This little mainboard is very compact at 10 cm x 7.2 cm and is the first to…
Read MoreMaxTV MT2 Soundbar Promises Great Sound
A company called Proficient Audio Systems has unveiled a new sound bar for flat screen TV users called the MaxTV MT2. This particular sound bar…
Read MoreNew Kobo E-Reader Line Launches
There are a number of e-readers on the market today from various manufacturers. The Kobo line has been around for a while and was purchased…
Read MoreSouth LA Residents Mourn Timber Cut To Clear Space Shuttle Fly-By
We all know that the space shuttle fleet has been retired and the remaining space shuttles are making their way to various museums around the…
Read MoreApple TV Stalls As Talks With Media Companies Falter
Apple has been toying around with its Apple TV device for several years now. The company still calls the device a hobby, but rumors are…
Read MoreDARPA Cheetah Robot Runs 28.3 Mph: There Is No Escape
The gang over at DARPA likes to work on some really wild projects from time to time. The part that impresses me the most about…
Read MoreAsus Launches Powered By Asus Program For Custom PCs
Asus has announced that it has launched a new program for build-to-order desktop computers. Asus says it will be working closely with its custom system…
Read MoreIce Cream Sandwich On A Fifth Of Android Devices Google Reveals
Ice Cream Sandwich is now found on over a fifth of active Android devices, Google has revealed, gradually squeezing out Froyo and Gingerbread. According to…
Read MoreSpotify For Android Gets NFC Music Exchange: We Go Hands-On
Spotify has updated its Android app to support NFC, using the short-range wireless technology to share music between handsets running Ice Cream Sandwich. The new…
Read MoreSamsung Blasts Through 20m Galaxy S III Sales In 100 Days
Samsung has announced global Galaxy S III sales of over 20,000,000 units in just 100 days, making it the company's fastest-selling smartphone so far. The Android…
Read MoreFujifilm X-E1 Mirrorless Compact Gets Official
Retro shutterbugs rejoice! Fujifilm has outed its latest interchangeable lens compact camera, and if your life is buoyed by knurled dials and classic aluminum style,…
Read MoreNew Kindles Caught On Camera In NFL Sneak Peak
Amazon has revealed a sneak early view of its new Kindles, dropping a pair of new ereader/tablets into its NFL season kickoff advert. The commercial,…
Read MoreAmazon Smartphone Reportedly In The Works, Possible Reveal Tomorrow
As many of you already know, Amazon is planning to hold a press event tomorrow. We'll be there, and we're expecting Amazon to reveal at…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 5, 2012
We're getting ready to wrap-up coverage for this Wednesday, and what a day we had. First up we had Nokia's highly-anticipated Windows Phone 8 event,…
Read MoreSony 84-Inch 4K Bravia 84X900 TV Available For Pre-Order Starting Tomorrow
Are you about to inherit a small fortune and have need of a much larger TV than the one you have now? You're in luck,…
Read MoreValve Imposes $100 Submission Fee To Stop Steam Greenlight Spammers
Steam's new Greenlight feature launched last week, quickly attracting all sorts of games for the community to vote on for potential inclusion in Steam's catalog.…
Read MoreMotorola DROID RAZR HD And M Dev Editions Come With Unlockable Bootloaders
Lately we've been seeing Motorola slowly become more friendly toward those who want their Moto phone's bootloader unlocked, and the company looks to be continuing…
Read MoreMotorola DROID RAZR HD And MAXX HD Hands-On
Earlier today Motorola took the stage and announced the next stage of their DROID lineup. That being primarily the Motorola DROID RAZR HD complete with…
Read MoreUbisoft Abandons Always-On DRM In PC Titles
Ubisoft has made a rather huge announcement, saying that it will no longer implement its much-hated always-on DRM in its PC games. Ubisoft's worldwide director…
Read MoreMotorola DROID RAZR M Hands-On
The Motorola DROID RAZR HD and RAZR MAXX HD may have been the biggest talking points during Motorola's press event today, but the DROID RAZR…
Read MoreMotorola DROID RAZR HD And RAZR MAXX HD Officially Announced
Motorola has just announced their hotly anticipated and new flagship Android smartphone here in NYC for the folks over on Verizon Wireless. After countless leaks…
Read MoreMotorola DROID RAZR M Announced With Near Edge-To-Edge Screen
The DROID RAZR M has suffered numerous leaks in the past few weeks, leading us to believe that Motorola would unveil the new device at…
Read MoreMotorola Ups The Stakes, Will Offer $100 Credit For Users That Don't Get Jelly Bean
Motorola hasn't been known for being very timely when it comes to Android software updates for their smartphones. Between the countless times we've heard buyers…
Read More'The New Motorola' Plan Laid Out By CEO Dennis Woodside
Motorola is looking to the future, and new CEO Dennis Woodside took the stage at the company's event at Gotham Hall in New York City…
Read MoreEric Schmidt: 1.3 Million Android Activations Daily, 500 Million Devices Worldwide
Google and Motorola are on stage here in NYC to announce their new slew of Android smartphones but to start things off Google's own Eric…
Read MoreApple Tipped To Rule Dock Connector Supplies With Iron Fist
Apple is reportedly planning to corner the market in next-gen iOS Dock Connector Adapters, refusing to give third-party manufacturers technical details and instead forcing them…
Read MoreMotorola DROID RAZR HD And RAZR M Press Photos Leak
Just hours before their big reveal and announcement coming up later today, Verizon and Motorola's upcoming DROID RAZR smartphones have leaked. What we see below…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920 Hands-On
Nokia's new flagship Lumia 920 is here, and for all the changes Windows Phone 8 brings it's a familiar beast, instantly recognizable from the Lumias…
Read MoreJBL Power Up Wireless Speaker Hooks Up With Lumia 920
Nokia has revealed a new speaker dock for the Lumia 920, the JBL Power Up wireless speaker, which can pair and stream with the Windows…
Read MoreNokia: Lumia 920 And 820 Coming With LTE And HSPA+ "Later In Year"
Nokia has confirmed availability for the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, the company's new Windows Phone 8 handsets, which will hit markets across the world later…
Read MoreNokia Announces Lumia 820, Windows Phone 8 Budget Smartphone
Earlier today Nokia officially announced their new flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphone in the Lumia 920, and now we have the other end of the…
Read MoreNokia: Over 7 Million Lumia Phones Sold, 4 Million Last Quarter
Fresh off of the official announcement for the new Lumia 920 that's been hotly anticipated we are now hearing some additional details and numbers regarding…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920 Packs Glove-Friendly Touchscreen
Nokia hasn't forgotten its Finnish roots with the Lumia 920, using a new "super sensitive touch" display that can be used even if you're wearing…
Read MoreNokia Lumia Lineup Grabs Entrance By AOL Entertainment Hub On AT&T
The Nokia Lumia lineup of devices have gotten a boost in the entertainment department as AT&T and Nokia team up to bring on an entertainment…
Read MoreNokia City Lens Augmented Reality Gets Official For Windows Phone 8
Nokia has just started unleashing the details on their upcoming Windows Phone 8 attack all starting with their new flagship Lumia 920. Along with plenty…
Read MoreWindows Phone 8 (Finally) Gets Screenshot Support
Microsoft has finally added screenshot functionality to Windows Phone, with a shot of what's currently on the display now able to be grabbed with a…
Read MoreContour+2 Packs Rugged 1080p And Smartphone Remote App
Wearable sports camera company Contour has revealed its latest model, the Contour+2, complete with Full HD video recording and integrated GPS. The waterproof camera -…
Read MoreT-Mobile USA Turns On Unlimited 4G Data
T-Mobile USA has switched on its unlimited 4G data plans, using the new tariffs to celebrate its tenth anniversary. Announced in August, the new "Unlimited…
Read MoreNokia Windows Phone 8 Launch: We're Here!
Nokia's Windows Phone 8 launch is less than an hour away, and SlashGear is in (a very wet) New York City to bring back all the…
Read MoreNASA To Allow Students To Name An Asteroid
Scientists at NASA tend to give objects such as asteroids exceptionally boring and difficult to remember names. For instance, NASA has a mission planned to…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Battery Reportedly Leaks: Extra Juice For Rumored LTE
Apple's larger battery for the iPhone 5 has apparently been caught on camera, getting up close to the power pack for the iPhone 4S a week…
Read MoreScientists Delay Juno Spacecraft Second Engine Firing
NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on its way to Jupiter in August of 2011. The spacecraft is due to reach Jupiter on July 4, 2016.…
Read MoreEC Approves UK Mobile Wallet Scheme Despite Google Complaints
UK carriers Everything Everywhere, O2 and Vodafone are unsurprisingly smug today, after the EC approved their collective mobile commerce plan despite objections from Google and…
Read MoreNokia Windows 8 Tablet Tipped To Gatecrash Windows Phone Event
Nokia is working on Windows tablets in California and could even reveal a new slate model at its New York Windows Phone 8 event today,…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Note II Up For Mid-October Preorder In UK
Pricing and availability for the Samsung Galaxy Note II in the UK have been confirmed, with retailers now accepting pre-orders for the 5.5-inch phablet expected to…
Read MoreBond Takes On Bond In 007 Car Chase Mashup
007 is known for his car chases, and Sky Movies UK has gone for back-to-back Bond in a mashup of memorable high-speed pursuits for its…
Read MoreDoctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Toothbrush Prevents Time Traveling Gingivitis
I know a lot of people who really like Doctor Who. I've tried watching the show on more than a few occasions. I just can't…
Read MoreGetac Unveils The New Rugged Z710 Android Tablet
Most Android tablets aren't cut out for life in the outdoors. People who work outside such as field service or oil filled workers have to…
Read MoreAmazon And Epix Seal Prime Instant Video Streaming Agreement
One of the features that lures people to purchase an Amazon Prime membership is the unlimited streaming via Prime Instant Video. The streaming service is…
Read MoreNEC Launches New 22-Inch LED Backlit Eco-Friendly Display
NEC has announced a new desktop display with a modest screen size promising to be eco-friendly. According to NEC, the display is falls into its…
Read MoreSony Announces Special Edition 2 GB Meb Keflezighi W Series Walkman
Odds are most of us have no idea who Meb Keflezighi is. Meb Keflezighi is an American distance runner, and he participated in the Olympics…
Read MoreD-Link 4-Bay Cloud Storage 4000 Aims At Small Offices And Home Users
D-Link has announced a new cloud storage solution aimed at home and small business users. The device is the four-Bay Cloud Storage 4000 DNS-345. The…
Read MoreEpson Unveils New 2-D And 3-D Home Theater Projectors
Epson has been producing some of the most popular projectors for home theater users for a while now. The company has announced new 2-D and…
Read MoreNEC Boosts People-Spotting Tech For Robots And CCTV
Tomorrow's robots and security systems could be able to face-recognize three times as many people using a fraction of the processing power, according to NEC.…
Read MoreCubieboard Blasts At Raspberry Pi With $49 Power Boost
If you're on the lookout for a cheap prototyping/testing/tinkering board, and Raspberry Pi and Arduino haven't yet won your dollars, the $49 Cubieboard hopes it can win you over.…
Read MoreSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 4, 2012
We're getting ready to end a Tuesday that has produced some rather big news, so let's jump right into it, shall we? By far the…
Read MoreHuawei Ascend D1 Lands In China On September 12
After suffering numerous delays, it seems that the Huawei Ascend D1 quad-core smartphone is finally ready for prime time. The company announced today that the…
Read MoreThrowable Ball Camera For Fly-By Video Patented By Inventor
The inventors with the world come up with interesting stuff all the time, but one new device from Boston inventor Steve Hollinger is particularly cool.…
Read MorePanasonic GH3 Specs Leak Ahead Of Photokina
Panasonic's new GH3 is expected to be at Photokina later this month, but ahead of its appearance there, it seems that a spec list for…
Read MoreFBI Calls Out AntiSec, Claim They Had Nothing To Do With Stolen Apple IDs
Just a few hours after AntiSec claims to have snagged millions and millions of Apple IDs from an FBI laptop the FBI has issued a…
Read MoreSynology Launches 4-Bay DiskStation DS413j NAS
Synology has introduced the world to its latest network-attached storage solution, launching the 4-bay DiskStation DS413j. Using the DiskStation DS413j, small companies and individual users…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Sales Set To Exceed 10 Million This Quarter
With Apple finally announcing that next Wednesday, September 12th, will be the day we all see the brand new iPhone 5 all those market watchers…
Read MorePopcorn Hour A-400 Media Player Unveiled By Syabas
Syabas has announced the latest iteration of its Popcorn Hour media player, the A-400. Like the models before it, this is a networked player that…
Read MoreFinal Fantasy Ultimate Box Collection Heading To Japan
Square Enix has pulled the veil off the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box, a massive collection spanning most of the main series. Sadly, spin-off…
Read MorePantech Flex For AT&T Announced With 4G LTE And ICS For $50
This morning AT&T and Pantech just announced their latest budget friendly smartphone for the entry-level only the specs are anything but entry-level. This Android 4.0…
Read MoreJXD S602 Android Gaming Device Looks Awfully Familiar
Allow us to introduce you to the JXD S602. It's a new Android gaming device that comes running Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box,…
Read MoreAngry Birds Sequel 'Bad Piggies' Launching September 27th
Those Angry Birds from the popular developers Rovio Mobile have achieved some serious levels of flight. Being able to fly and fling above most games…
Read MoreHearthfire DLC For Skyrim Available On Xbox 360 Now
Skyrim's latest DLC, Hearthfire, launches on Xbox 360 today, and it seems to pack a lot into a tiny download. The DLC, which lets you…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Prepared For Samsung Legal War With 434 LTE Patents
Today Apple began sending out invites for its September 12 event, where the company is widely expected to reveal the next iPhone. The iPhone 5…
Read MoreHTC Reveals September 19 Event To Show "What's Next"
Not to be outdone by Apple, HTC has blasted out invites for a September event of its own, hitting New York City on the 19th…
Read MoreNokia N9 With Slide-Out Keyboard Leaked And Cancelled
If you were looking to get a Nokia N9 with a hardware keyboard sometime this year, you'll have a hard time seeing the images we're…
Read MorePanasonic Toughbook 19 Gets Ivy Bridge Boost
If you were thinking of getting a Panasonic notebook with the ability to beat the elements in a high-powered next-generation build, now's you're opportunity. The…
Read MoreApple September 12 iPhone 5 Event Confirmed: We'll Be Liveblogging!
Apple has officially announced its September 12 2012 event, where the company is expected to unveil the new iPhone 5. As before, the much-anticipated event…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920 Appears In Five Color Leak
Another image has appeared showing off what very well may be the hero device at this week's Nokia/Microsoft event, this being the Lumia 920, a…
Read MoreNokia Teases Wireless Charging For New Windows Phone 8 Lumias
Nokia has apparently declared war on charger cables, with a new Windows Phone 8 teaser video hinting that tomorrow's Lumia range won't require a nest of…
Read MoreClimate Change Rate Said To Kill More Species Than It Creates
This week evolutionary ecologist Peter Mayhew has presented a set of findings which show the rate of climate change in the Earth to be detrimental…
Read MoreGalaxy S III Knocks iPhone 4S From US Top Spot (But iPhone 5 Looms)
Apple's iPhone 4S has been knocked from the US smartphone sales top spot by Samsung's Galaxy S III, retailer checks suggest, though the fast-approaching iPhone 5 may…
Read MoreNow There's Irony: Hacked FBI Agent The Posterboy For Hacker Collaboration
The FBI agent whose hacked laptop gave up a 12m-strong database of Apple device user details was the star of a promo encouraging hackers to…
Read MoreVerizon Samsung Galaxy Stellar Brings 4G LTE On A Budget
Verizon has revealed a new budget Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Stellar, delivering Ice Cream Sandwich and 4G LTE for free on contract. Packing a…
Read MoreVerizon Intuition By LG Brings 4G Phablet Fun On September 6
Verizon has officially unveiled the Intuition by LG, the carrier's LTE version of the 5-inch Optimus Vu phablet, with sales kicking off September 6. Priced…
Read MoreNokia Graphene Camera Tech Tips True PureView Without The Bulk
Nokia is experimenting with graphene-based camera sensors, potentially smaller and cheaper than existing CCD and CMOS systems, that could allow future high-res PureView models to…
Read MoreElon Musk Is Planning A Supersonic Electric-Powered Hovering Jet
Making an electric car isn't exactly easy, but the realm of things it's not as difficult as space flight. Musk and his company has also…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Nano SIMs Reportedly Hit Retailers For "Near Future" Launch
Supplies of the Nano SIM cards Apple is expected to switch to for the iPhone 5 have reportedly begun arriving at carrier stores, a week in advance of…
Read MoreNokia Music Hits US For Free Streaming Audio
Nokia has launched Nokia Music in the US, giving Lumia owners there the option to listen to unlimited streaming playlists that have been specially curated…
Read MoreNuclear Powered LEDs May Be Key To Exploring The Universe
The cost of putting a pound of material of any sort in orbit is extraordinarily high. In fact, the cost is so high that simply…
Read MoreStripped Bolt Stymies Astronauts On ISS Spacewalk
I can tell you from firsthand experience that accidentally stripping a bolt by rounding it off or cross threading it can be a massive pain…
Read MoreMicrosoft Tries To Teach Kids To Code With Kodu Mars Game
Both Microsoft and Apple have a long history of targeting children with products while they are still in school. By selling products cheaply to schools…
Read MoreAliens: Colonial Marines Will Have Female Characters According To Gearbox
Back in July, reports indicated that the video game based on the classic Aliens franchise surfaced claiming that the game would have no female characters.…
Read MoreBruce Willis Isn't Suing Apple According To His Wife
Yesterday we mentioned that rumors were going around that actor Bruce Willis was going to sue Apple over rules governing what happens to the iTunes…
Read MoreBBC iPlayer Now Allows Mobile Downloads
Some really good news has turned up for fans of BBC's iPlayer. BBC announced today that its iPlayer has been updated with a new feature…
Read MoreMobile Push Leads Lenovo To Eye Purchases To Expand
Lenovo has been doing very well for itself lately. The company is the world's second-largest maker of personal computers and does very well in its…
Read MoreSharp Expected To Sell Shares To Foxconn For Less Amid Decline In Value
It's hard to believe that amid such huge demand for smartphones and tablets, Sharp Corp. is seeing its stock prices declined. The main market categories…
Read More12m iPhone And iPad ID Database Hacked From FBI Claims AntiSec
Hack collective AntiSec claims to have broken into an FBI agent's laptop and extracted what turned out to be a 12m long list of personal…
Read MoreAndroid Sales Charge Led By Large-Screen Devices
You don't have to be a mobile market analyst to realize that larger screen devices are beginning to take over. When it comes to smartphones,…
Read MoreFreesat+ "Free Time" Blurs On-Demand And Free Satellite TV
The next-generation of free-to-air digital satellite service Freesat has been revealed, <free time>, complete with a new listings system, catch-up TV from BBC iPlayer and…
Read MorePebble Smartwatch Adds Color Option As Backers Asked For Ship Details
Shipments of the Pebble smart watch are close at hand, with the $10m Kickstarter project inviting backers to pick their watch color - with a new option…
Read MoreNokia Teaser Tips City Lens Augmented Reality For WP8
Nokia's Windows Phone 8 secrets may have been spilled - in part - already, but the company is still teasing ahead of its big NYC…
Read MoreBlackBerry 10 L-Series Smartphone Leaks In Video And Photo Form
If you're waiting for the next generation of RIM's software-toting smartphone, you'll be glad to see the BlackBerry 10 L-Series appearing tonight in a single…
Read MoreBorderlands 2 Mechromancer DLC Release Date Outed By Gearbox
The release of the highly-anticipated Borderlands 2 is just two short weeks away, and it won't be long after that September 18 release that the…
Read MoreFirefox OS Marketplace Appears In Leaked Images
Those of you hankering for another look at the incoming Firefox OS will be happy with this next piece of news. Engadget is playing host…
Read MoreValve Looking To Enter PC Hardware Business
Well, this is pretty interesting: a new Valve job ad pegs the Half-Life developer with an interest in jumping into the PC hardware business. The…
Read MoreNokia Windows Phone 8 Lumia Event: What We Know Already
An event is coming up this week that'll be hosted by Microsoft and Nokia in New York, it containing a whole lot of Windows Phone…
Read MoreGalaxy Note II Gets Full iLuv Accessories Line
The folks at iLuv have revealed their full Galaxy Note II collection of accessories for the new Samsung hero devices. This collection wraps the device,…
Read MoreMotorola DROID RAZR HD International Edition Shows Up At FCC
A global edition of the oft-leaked Motorola DROID RAZR HD (XT925) has just been granted FCC approval, likely surprising nobody at all. Motorola is widely…
Read MoreResident Evil 6 Stolen Copies Sold In Poland, Capcom Confirms
It isn't a good day for Capcom, as the publisher has confirmed that a small number of stolen copies of Resident Evil 6 have been…
Read MoreApple Asks Judge Koh To Bump Up Samsung Injunction Hearing
At the moment, Samsung and Apple are set to go before Judge Lucy Koh at the beginning of December for a preliminary injunction hearing. Apple…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S III Adding Support For Orange And Barclaycard Mobile Payments
European carrier Orange and Bayclaycard have announced a new team up today that will soon let Samsung Galaxy S III owners make Quick Tap NFC…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Headphones Redesign Prepare Apple For Inevitable iTunes Event
This month there's been so many tips about an event for the new iPhone 5 (or whatever you want to call it) that it seems…
Read MoreHTC One Note Device Appears To Battle Samsung Galaxy
A new device slightly larger than a smartphone has appeared with HTC branding on it this month that looks to be a competitor for the…
Read MoreMotorola Edge-To-Edge Screen Tipped For Imminent Release
We've supposedly got a lot of big reveals coming up this month, and at least one of those is coming from Motorola. At a Verizon…
Read MoreSamsung's Galaxy Camera Stars In... Galaxy Camera Sample Shots
Prepare to get that meta feeling: when we caught up with Samsung for some post-unveil Galaxy Camera play, we thought what better to make the subject…
Read MorePAX Gaming Convention Goes International In 2013
As the Penny Arcade Expo continues to grow exponentially each time it takes place in a collection of hot arenas throughout the USA, PAX Australia…
Read MoreSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: September 3rd, 2012
This morning we've got more Nokia than you'd be able to fit in a bomb shelter - most of it leaked, and most of it…
Read MoreNokia Lumia Wireless Charging Pad Leaks
An image of Nokia's wireless charging pad for the upcoming Lumia Windows Phone 8 refreshed range has leaked, seemingly confirming that not only the flagship…
Read MoreSamsung Finds Excess Overtime But No Underage Workers At Chinese Plant
Samsung has revealed the preliminary results of a contractor labor conditions investigation, finding no signs of child workers at HEG Electronics plants but evidence of…
Read MoreBlack Mesa Due September 14: Half Life Reloaded
An eight-year project to revive Half Life will culminate in the first release of Black Mesa on September 14, the team behind it have revealed, a free…
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920 Tipped For Wireless Charging But Just 8MP PureView
Nokia's Lumia 920 PureView Windows Phone 8 handset, expected to be unveiled officially in New York on Wednesday, will feature wireless charging and an 8-megapixel…
Read MoreSamsung Spills Windows 8 Concepts
"No form-factor left untested" may well be Samsung's unofficial motto for Windows 8, with the company bringing a raft of prototype notebooks and tablets to…
Read MoreNokia Purity Pro Wireless Headphones Arrive Ahead Of WP8 Lumias
Nokia may be ramping up for its Windows Phone 8 launch later this week, but the company has taken out a few minutes to reveal a…
Read MoreNexus 7 3G Reportedly Fast Incoming
Google is readying a Nexus 7 3G version, adding cellular connectivity to the 7-inch ASUS-made tablet, according to insider whispers. The new model will be…
Read MoreGenetic Therapy Used To Restore A Sense Of Smell In Mice
Sometimes I fear science is creating genetically superior mice who will one day take over the world. Not too long ago, I talked about a…
Read MoreFive Major Obstacles To Putting Humans On Mars
NASA was successful in putting the largest rover ever on to the surface of the red planet when Curiosity touched down last month. So far,…
Read MoreO2 Axes Sony Xperia Ray, Arc And Neo Ice Cream Sandwich Plans
UK carrier O2 faces the prospect of hugely disappointed Android users, with the news that the carrier will not be pushing official Ice Cream Sandwich…
Read MoreIDT And Intel Move Ahead On Wireless Power Partnership
It might sound like a small thing, but having to mess around with power cords is a pain for a lot of us. This is…
Read MoreSamsung AllShare Cast Dongle Hits Retailers
Samsung's AllShare Cast Dongle has finally gone up for sale, a compact box that hooks up to your TV and streams video wirelessly from your Galaxy…
Read MoreFacebook Updates Integrity System To Detect Fake Likes
Facebook has announced that it has updated a component of its social network to help detect and delete fake activity. The update made is to…
Read MoreSamsung Dual-Display Notebook Concept Hands-On
Samsung's Windows 8 line-up at IFA wasn't limited to just the ATIV range; the company also had some interesting concepts to show, of which the most usable…
Read MorePossible Civil War Era Ship Discovered After Hurricane Isaac
Hurricanes can be some of the most devastating natural disasters to hit the United States. The hurricane that hit New Orleans a few years ago…
Read MoreBaidu Mobile Browser Launches
In China, the biggest search engine on the block isn't Google; it's Baidu. Baidu has announced the launch of a mobile browser to compete with…
Read MoreIFA 2012: Note II, 4K TV, Windows Wobbles And More
4K TV, Windows tableteering, segment straddling smartphones, and cross-company sniping: another year, another IFA. We've seen the show coalesce around a few key themes before,…
Read MoreQueen Frontman Turns Freddie Birdcury For Hit App Promo
Queen is certainly one of the best-selling and most famous rock bands of all time. Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is making the jump to a…
Read MoreFreesat And Netflix Partnership Puts Pressure On BSkyB
Freesat has been around in the UK for a long time and offers free access to satellite TV programming to users who purchase set-top boxes…
Read MoreWahoo Fitness Unveils New iPhone Powered Stationary Bike Trainer
If you're serious bicyclist rather than riding some generic exercise bike, you might prefer to ride your own bike even if you can't get outside…
Read MoreWithings Wireless Scale WS-30 Chews The Fat With Your Facebook
Withings has pushed out a new version of its wirelessly-connected scales that tell the internet that you're obese, streamlining the weighing and sharing process as…
Read MoreBruce Willis Reportedly Livid Over iTunes Death Rules
Bruce Willis may not be the most likely candidate for a war on Apple and digital media licensing, but the Die Hard star has apparently engaged the…
Read MorePirate Bay Co-Founder Arrested For Jail Sentence No-Show
The war on filesharing has stepped up a notch, with Cambodian police arresting a co-founder of notorious site The Pirate Bay on the instruction of…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Gets Revamped Earphones In New Video
When Apple unveils the iPhone 5 at that rumored September 12 event, it will apparently be doing so with a new set of earphones. A…
Read MoreLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Announced By Square Enix
Square Enix isn't quite finished with the Final Fantasy XIII series yet, as the publisher has announced another yet another installment. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Note II Accessories Get Colorful Showing At IFA
If you thought the fabulous accessory lineup that came with the Samsung Galaxy S III was about to stop with the smartphone, you were wrong.…
Read MoreiPhone 5 Launch Date Imminent As 4S Included In "Recycling" Program
Apple has launched a program on their own website called Reuse and Recycling in which they're more than willing to take your iPhone 4S for…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S III At IFA Offers Jelly Bean And Hands-On
This week we got a quick hands-on with the Vodafone Samsung Galaxy S III LTE at IFA 2012 running the next generation of Google software:…
Read MoreGalaxy S III And Note Devices Added To Apple Case Vs Samsung
The USA legal case between Apple and Samsung has been amended to add several devices including the original Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, and…
Read MoreThe Great Windows Tablet Keyboard Crapshoot
If each tech show has an unofficial theme, then IFA 2012's must be Windows 8 tablets. Microsoft's new OS - in both full 8 and…
Read MoreSamsung Series 9 WQHD: Hands-On With Sammy's Retina Retort
Samsung normally isn't shy about showing off its manufacturing prowess, so imagine our surprise to find the company had snuck a super-high-resolution ultrabook onto the…
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