(Reuters) - Call it phablet, phonelet, tweener or super smartphone, but the clunky mobile phone - closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple of years back - is here to st...
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Riches in niches: U.S. cops, in-flight movies may be model for Panasonic survival
(Reuters) - Panasonic Corp's answer to the brutal onslaught on its TV sales may be in a product the Japanese firm launched 17 years ago and which is a must-have for U.S. police car...
Google pact with FTC could affect other patent disputes
(Reuters) - While the focus of last week's agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and Google Inc was search, the deal's restrictions on how Google uses its patents could have a broader impact on the technology industr...
Weekend tech reading: A glimpse at what it takes to build CES
Organized chaos: here's what it takes to build CES For those who've never helped run a booth at a trade show, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the temporary city -- an endless sea of lights,...
Saturday, January 5, 2013
SAP CEO says China to become as important as U.S.: paper
(Reuters) - German business software maker SAP sees potential for one million new customers in China, five times the number it currently has world-wide, German weekly paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung sai...
Cars, homes smarten up at Vegas tech extravaganza
(Reuters) - At the world's largest technology conference that kicks off on Monday, the most intriguing innovations showcased may be gadgets and technology that turn everyday items into connected, smarter machine...
Asus, Acer kill off netbooks as Chromebook tops popularity chart on Amazon
Once the rising stars of the personal computing industry, netbooks have fallen out of grace in the last few years, replaced in consumer's hearts by tablets...
Corning to demonstrate tougher Gorilla Glass 3 at CES 2013
Corning has announced plans to introduce the next generation of its high durability glass for mobile devices and other products at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. Dubbed Gorilla Glass 3, the new gadget glass has been...
Google developer shares original Android mascot artwork
We’ve seen Google’s Android mascot dressed in a number of different outfits over the years to commemorate each new operating system release. Visions of delicious jelly beans, an ice cream sandwich and gingerbread...
Leaked roadmap shows Intel 530 SSDs with SandForce controllers
VR-Zone has once again shared (Chinese) a possible leaked Intel roadmap, this time showing an Intel "530 series" SSD on the horizon. According to the leaked slide, 80GB and 180GB 530 models could appear as soon as Q1...
Friday, January 4, 2013
Clearwire investor seeks to block sale to Sprint
(Reuters) - A large Clearwire Corp shareholder on Friday stepped up its campaign against the planned sale of the wireless service provider to its majority owner, Sprint Nextel Corp, saying it plans to ask the U.S. telecoms...
EU says its Google case not affected by U.S. ruling
(Reuters) - A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether Google Inc hurt rivals by manipulating internet searches will not affect the European Union's examination of the compan...
"Cam" movie pirate issued record 5-year prison sentence
Four members of prolific illegal file sharing group iMAGiNE have been ordered to serve prison terms after pleading...
Additional Intel Bay Trail details surface courtesy of leaked slides
Additional details concerning Intel’s next generation Atom processor platform have surfaced online more than a year ahead of its scheduled arrival. Codenamed Bay Trail, the new platform will be a true single chip...
Sony applies for RFID DRM patent that would block used games
Sony has applied for a patent on a hardware-based DRM technology that would let the company block second-hand games....
Jelly Bean is now on 10 percent of Android devices
Google has updated its Android Developer Dashboard site with data about the percentage of active devices running a...
Apple may release an iPhone mini priced under $250 this summer
The latest Apple rumor to surface suggests the company is planning to release a budget version of the popular iPhone...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Microsoft acquires start-up id8: source
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp bought start-up id8 Group R2 Studios Inc as it looks to expand further in technology focused on the home and entertainment, a person familiar with the situation said on Wedn...
Judge rejects part of Apple App Store suit vs Amazon
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected part of Apple Inc's lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc's use of the term App Store, ruling Apple cannot bring a false advertising claim against the online retaile...
Intel is planning to unveil a set-top box and TV service at CES
Intel is reportedly set to unveil a set-top box as well as a cloud-based television service at the Consumer Electronics Show later this month in Las Vegas. The initial...
Install pirated iOS apps without jailbreaking your device
If you wanted to install pirated apps on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch up to this point, you’d first need to jailbreak your device – a process that many users simply didn’t want to fool with for a number of reasons. But that’s...
Armed robbers hit Paris Apple store, steal $1.3M in merchandise
Armed gunmen with a taste for Apple-branded merchandise burglarized an Apple store in Paris, France. The purportedly well-planned heist, which occurred...
LG beats Samsung to the punch with their 55-inch OLED TV
LG was able to beat Samsung to the punch with regards to launching a 55-inch OLED TV. The technology isn’t new by any stretch of the imagination but thus far it has proven difficult to mass produce large OLED displays. But even with...
Some iPhones to refuse to ring due to New Year's DND bug
A number of iPhone users may be questioning their popularity this year thanks to a New Year's-induced bug...
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