Archive for September, 2010 - Page 10
Apple vs Nokia: Apple Sues Nokia on British Soil, Because It Can [Apple vs Nokia Quarrel Taken to Europe, UK Courts to Rule on New Apple vs Nokia Lawsuit]
In case you forgot that Apple and Nokia have sued each other in the USA for various alleged patent infringements, Apple decided to remind you about this open battle by suing Nokia, again, this time on British soil. The fight [...]
EPFL Develops Flying Robot Swarm [Linux Based Flying Vehicles Can Create Communications Network In Disaster Areas]
Few things in life freak me out quite so earnestly as the phrase “swarm of flying robots”. But that’s exactly what the folks out at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) have pulled off now.
PlayBook QNX OS Will Eventually Replace BlackBerry OS [RIM VP Confirms That New Tablet OS Will Eventually Replace BB OS On Smartphones]
Yesterday, RIM introduced their PlayBook tablet, to much positive response from the tech blog community. Rather than shoehorning the BlackBerry OS onto a touch-screen interface like they did with the Storm series, it’s running an all new PlayBook QNX operating [...]
Nielsen: Digital Music Sales Flat [Sales of Digital Music Have Been Receding For Last Three Years]
Portrait of a disaster: digital music sales in the United States went up 28 percent in the period between 2007 and 2008, up 13 percent in 2008 to 2009, but saw no growth from 2009 to 2010. The boom times [...]
Kno Brings Out “First Ever” Single-Screen Tablet Textbook [A Tablet Geared Toward the Student Market Emerges From Kno]
Blackberry’s coattails…now boarding! The folks out at Kno put out their own announcement of a single-screen tablet following the announcement of RIM’s PlayBook, but Kno is taking a slightly different tack with theirs: they’re calling it the “world’s first single [...]
Panasonic Let’snote J9 Netbook-Sized Notebook Unveiled & Heading For Japan [Panasonic Let'snote J9 Notebook To Feature 10.1" Display, 2.53GHz Core i5 CPU, 2GB RAM & 128GB SSD]
Panasonic has recently unveiled their latest in terms of portable computers. And while it has the display size of a netbook, it has other features that are more similar to that of a regular sized notebook. The model is the [...]
Kobo Announce Plans To Bring A Social-Reading Experience To The BlackBerry [Kobo To Create Social Reading App For BlackBerry Smartphones Using The BBM Social Platform]
We saw the official announcement for the BlackBerry PlayBook yesterday during DEVCON 2010 and while the announcement of the PlayBook was exciting, there were also some other details worth mentioning — one of which comes by way of Kobo.
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11 Ultra-Portable Notebook Now Official [Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11 To Feature 11.6" Display, AMD Vision Pro Athlon CPU, Windows 7 & Starting Price Tag Of $449]
The latest in ultra-portable notebooks from Lenovo has recently been announced. The model is the ThinkPad Edge 11 and it comes sporting a variety of exterior lid colors as well as an 11.6 inch display and AMD processor. Not to [...]
HTC Aria Android Smartphone Announced For Optus [Australian Carrier Optus Announces Upcoming HTC Aria Availability, Expected To Arrive In Mid-October & Free On A 24-Month Agreement]
Australian wireless carrier Optus has officially announced the upcoming availability of the HTC Aria. The handset is expected to arrive sometime in mid-October, though a specific date has not yet been released. This news also comes as a nice little [...]
Podcaster App, aka RssPlayer For iPhone Gets Updated To Version 3.5, Brings New Features & Bug Fixes [Podcaster App For iPhone Updated, Now With Proper Resume After Interruption]
The developer behind the Podcaster app for the iPhone and iPod touch has just rolled out another welcomed update. This update brings the app up to version 3.5 and includes some new features and the always nice to see bug [...]

