How many e-book readers do you think are out there right now for you to choose from? If you did a little digging, I bet you’d find 50 or so. Maybe 10 really worth checking out. But right now is a bit of a weird period in e-reader history. The Kindle cemented e-readers in the … Read More
A recent study by the company Strategy Analytics suggests that owners of the Apple iPhone rank highly in terms of likeliness to return to Apple for repeat business when looking for their next mobile device. The report,”iPhone Owners Most Satisfied and Likely to Repeat Purchase,” added that mobile users of QWERTY based phones were significantly … Read More
Some technology such as wireless charging for cellphones has been around for quite some time, but has yet to be refined or as near to perfection as the Case-mate’s Hug. The Hug has become a quick favorite among iPhone users as it is one of the best charging pad’s on the market over the past … Read More
Filed under: iPod Family , iPhone , iPad Ever since the iPad ’s introduction a month and a half ago, the internet has been awash in criticism of the as-yet-unreleased device. “It’s just a big iPod touch,” many have said. “No Flash, no multitasking, no sale,” others bemoaned. And a few have gone so far … Read More
Even if your favorite gadget isn’t flaunting them , rare earth metals are vital to all sorts of high-tech gizmos, from your flat-panel TV and computer hard drive to the hefty batteries that power the Toyota Prius . But over 95% of the world’s rare earth comes from China; and late last year, China told … Read More
It’s confirmed: Space is bubbling with the potential for life. The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared—on board the Herschel Space Observatory —has sent a high resolution analysis of the Orion Nebula ’s chemistry. It has scientists very excited. It is astonishing to see how well HIFI works.
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Apple’s lawsuit against HTC made one thing clear: Steve. Jobs. Will. Cut You. And with all the patents they’ve got? Nobody’s safe
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I’m a big fan of maxims and technology. It should be no surprise, then, that Melvin Kranzbergs six laws of technology really speak to me. Perhaps my favorite is, “Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.” There have always been - and will always be - winners and losers. Lately I have … Read More
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. In the 10 billionth song that Apple sold through iTunes, Johnny Cash’s “Guess Things Happen That Way”, a man other than Steve Jobs famous for black attire bemoans the happenstance of his romantic misfortune. But nothing could be further from the story … Read More
In the litigation, filed with the office of United States International Trade Commission and the United States Region Court in Delaware, Apple said HTC handsets running Android dishonored 20 of its copyrights, comprising those involving to the iPhone’s ability to identify the touch of multiple fingers on its screen at once. Since last drop, Google … Read More
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Filed under: Apple Corporate , Multimedia , Rumors , iPad Rupert Murdoch has confirmed , in a Q & A following his announcement of a New York ‘metro’ section for the Wall Street Journal, that an app for the iPad is under development (WSJ story here , behind the paywall). There’s an iPhone app available … Read More
Remember when Western Digital picked up SiliconSystems for a song during the height of last decade’s Great Recession? Here we are a year later looking at the first fruit of that relationship, as WD has just introduced its first consumer-oriented solid state drive in the SiliconEdge Blue and its enterprise-ready SiliconDrive N1x. Both 2.5-inch families … Read More
LG makes its way into the cell phone news spot light as they start to create a Android OS mobile device of their own. With Android growing in popularity, and the competition becoming more fierce, LG to stand their ground needs and will continue to release up to date phones featuring all the goodies found … Read More
Apple litigating handset creator HTC over iPhone copyrights CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple is litigating Taiwan’s HTC, saying the phone creator has desecrated copyrights connected to the iPhone. HTC Corp. was the first company to manufacture cell phone based on Google Inc.’s Android operating system, which as emerged as a momentous competitor for the iPhone. It is also making the Nexus … Read More