Now that we have clarity with regard to a Windows Phone 7 update on the HD2 ( sorry, folks ), let’s move on to the next contentious platform: Nokia’s N900 and MeeGo. As Nokia’s only Cortex-A8 handset, there’s plenty of hope that Nokia sees fit to upgrade the N900 to MeeGo once the unified Maemo … Read More

WiFi-controlled sentry robots have been our playthings for a few years now, but sure as Sunday morning, they don’t help us get much work done. Why would you, when you can discreetly spy on your house, kids and neighbors from the convenience of a web browser? That’s what we thought. But now, there’s a robot … Read More

Image Credit: Daniel Adel, New York Times Nothing sells papers (or ads) like turning a little corporate competition into something personal. Case in point, a New York Times piece from the weekend titled “Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal,” that opened with this rather ominous, one-sentence paragraph: “It looked like the beginning of a … Read More

Despite Twitter being blocked in China—and the whole country being up in arms over censorship thanks to Google’s recent stance —the Twitter founders are apparently working on a fix that’ll allow Chinese people to register and use the site. More

After wrapping up a panel with a gamut of pro- and anti-VC types at SXSW , I’m left wondering why there aren’t more services-oriented startup firms. Let me explain: Most of the time, when a startup goes after venture capital, they’re still in the process of building a product and bringing it to market. They … Read More

In case you hadn’t noticed, there was some trouble brewing in the NVIDIA camp. After ages of reigning atop the land of stereoscopic 3D playback on the PC, NVIDIA is finally being confronted with a real, bona fide standard for 3D, with zero GPUs capable of meeting it. The current NVIDIA 3D Vision -compatible cards … Read More

Researchers at Stanford University have just made a major breakthrough that may impact the technology industry for years to come: they’ve built a better battery. The project, an attempt to use lithium-sulfur in place of the lithium-ion technology that is used in batteries today, has been in development since 2007. Recently, the scientists’ efforts were … Read More

Let’s get this out of the way right up front: the estimated number of iPads sold in the first 72 hours is nowhere near official. And if the numbers hadn’t been scraped together by a well known amateur Apple analyst who regularly trumps the pros then we’d be skipping the fruits of his black magic … Read More

Filed under: Software , Odds and ends , iPhone , iPod touch We told you it was coming, and now it has arrived. The popular US$59.95 TomTom app is ready to hit the road with real time traffic available as an additional in-app purchase. Included with the 1.3 update at no additional charge is Google … Read More

More and more companies are picking up on the scannable barcodes now offered on mobile devices after American Airlines and others began using it to expedite services. Fandango is now offering entry into movie theaters with the same feature after purchasing tickets online. All you need to keep your phone in hand and display it … Read More

You can’t go more than a few days without MSI dropping another new laptop, and today’s is the GE700. It’s not only 100 more than the GE600 from a few weeks ago, but a little bit bigger, sporting a 17.3-inch LCD with an unspecified resolution, up to a nine cell battery, and room for dual … Read More

Well here’s some fresh cell phone news for you. LG has released two new devices to follow their predecessor, the LG Cookie, which sold over 13 million units worldwide. The Cookie series is now expanding with the LG Cookie Plus (LG GS500) and the LG Cookie Fresh (LGGS290). LG is attempting to offer a visually … Read More

Those of you that have wanted a QWERTY keyboard, but haven’t found it necessary to buy a smartphone with all the bells and whistles. AT&T has your solution, earlier today they announced four new quick messaging QWERTY-equipped devices for those on a modest budget. They also come with some relatively new features and are among … Read More

A reporter from BGR is releasing cell phone in regards to HTC. HTC has been in the spot light recently with all the new phones they seem to be producing and bring to the market. This particular phone will be known as the Touch Pro3. This is the third edition from the touch Pro series … Read More

The BlackBerry Slider 9930 is a pretty much a mistery as of now. Still, we have now seen some images of the device that prove its existence. The handset combines a touchscreen and a portrait-sliding QWERTY keyboard and is similar in size to the BlackBerry Curve 8900 (when closed). Information about its specifications is still … Read More