Archive for February, 2011 - Page 3

AT&T has officially announced the upcoming availability of the 3G equipped Kindle within their company owned retail stores. Though, the bigger portion of the story may not be in that AT&T is offering the Kindle, but in what it will do for potential customers.

This is probably a rare scenario, but with the big userbase, even a small hiccup in Google’s Gmail and Google Mail service is bound to make it to the news.

The news that there is a Grand Theft Auto sequel in the works shouldn’t come as a massive surprise to anybody. But, for those who were unassuming, there are some signs out there that point towards the devs at Rockstar at least getting closer towards releasing the latest Grand Theft [...]

Another week and another tech related trade show. This latest is CeBit which starts this week and takes place in Hanover Germany. And coming quickly is another look at the Asus Eee Pad Memo, a device that was officially announced during CES.

Touchscreens sure bring about big changes in how we manipulate our devices. It used to be that PIN entry was the easiest way to unlock a phone, but it seems patterns and gestures are better.

The next Apple media event is just a few days away and while the invitation made it rather clear that we were going to see something iPad related, now seems to be the time when the last minute rumors begin heating up. Coming this morning we have what looks like [...]

News Corp earlier hinted that it might be planning to put MySpace on the auction block. It has recently started the formal sale process for the buy-out, spin-off or acquisition of the ailing social networking site.

Intel’s Light Peak technology will enter the market soon, with Apple’s latest Macbook Pros featuring its Thunderbolt interface, among others. While not many devices or peripherals currently support the technology, Nikon might be among the first, with Thunderbolt support in its upcoming D4 digital SLR.

Skype is a great tool that folks use to save money when making calls. Some also use it for online collaboration. But VoIP requires both an Internet connection and an application (either a computer, smartphone or tablet app). With Skype to Go, you just need your phone.

The iPhone Dev Team, the Chronic Dev Team and Geohot, not necessarily in that order, have already jailbroken iOS 4.2.1 so all Apple devices running that iOS version, including the iPhone 4, can now be jailbroken by anyone interested in such procedures.