The invitation for a joint Sprint/Moto press event in New York just popped into my inbox, and all we know for sure is that the CEOs of Sprint and Motorola Mobility (Dan Hesse and Sanjay Jha) will be on-hand to show off the “latest collaborations” of the...
Barnes & Noble managed to make the Kindle look old hat Tuesday morning with its new, drool-worthy touchscreen Nook e-reader. By Tuesday night, however, Amazon had an answer: an ad-supported “with Special Offers” version of its 3G-enabled Kindle for...
Attention, Mac users: Have you recently installed an anti-virus app called Mac Defender—or alternately, Mac Protector, or Mac Security? If so, you’ll want to scrub it off your system, pronto. Apple warned Tuesday that the program is a so-called “Trojan...
Windows Phone users will gain the ability to quickly switch between running apps, chat with a group of friends simultaneously, and surf the web at “blazingly fast” speeds once a “major” update for Microsoft’s revamped smartphone platform...
Calling it the “simple touch reader,” Barnes & Noble showed off the latest version of its Nook e-reader in New York on Monday—a smaller, lighter, and touchscreen-packing competitor to Amazon’s ever-popular Kindle. Slated to ship next month for...
That’s an unofficial number, mind you (Apple is only saying “over 350,000” for now), but still—impressive. Nipping at the Apple’s heels: Google’s Android Market, which in March had an estimated 250,000 apps and (rapidly) climbing. Source:...
The Livescribe Echo is one of those products that you have to see—and use—to believe. With the help of a built-in voice recorder and an infrared beam in its tip, the Echo not only records every nearby word, it also keeps track of what’s being said as you write,...
What better way for Amazon to promote its new “Cloud Player” than to offer Lady Gaga’s latest album, “Born This Way”—the entire album, mind you, complete with a digital booklet—for a mere 99 cents? Sounds like a pretty good deal, except...
Looks like it’s open season on Sony as far as hackers are concerned. Digital security firm Sophos reports that a database chock full of personal information from registered users of Sony BMG Greece has been posted online. The database includes names, user IDs,...
Thinking about getting a tablet like the iPad, but not sure when—or where—you’d ever use it? Personally, I love to fiddle with my iPad while I’m lounging in front of the tube or right before I turn off my bedside lamp, but that’s just me. For some...
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