Archive for March, 2011 - Page 4
HTC Pyramid Photos Get Leaked Ahead of Launch [New HTC Super Android Smartphone Gets Pictured, Not Official Yet]
The HTC Pyramid is an upcoming super Android smartphone that we’re expecting to become official in the near future. The handset is expected to be very similar to the HTC EVO 3D or the HTC Thunderbolt, although we’re looking at [...]
Sony Shows Off New Headphones, Earbuds [Sony's New Portable Gear the, NC-13 Earbuds and RF865 Headphones, Offers Noise Cancelation and Long-Range Wireless]
Seems that Sony’s been busy lately, and the results of all their industry has yielded a set of new audio devices for the portable market, specifically, the RF865 headphones and the NC-13 earbuds. But wait until you hear what these [...]
Windows Phone 7 to be #2 Smartphone OS by 2015? [IDC Says Windows Phone Will Beat iPhone Market Share in a Few Years; Does Microsoft-Nokia Really Stand a Chance?]
Nokia’s partnership with Microsoft was big news, and with WP7 currently being the underdog in the smartphone industry, it might be nice to root for them once in a while. But can WP7 beat iPhone’s market share in a few [...]
Japan Clocks Out Of Sync Due to Nuclear Crisis [Time Syncing Radios Near Fukushima Are Offline, So Watches In Japan Are Inaccurate]
The Japan disaster has resulted in various IT-related difficulties, but it’s not just causing dwindling supplies and components. Clocks in Japan are currently out of sync. Image
Tesla Sues Top Gear For Libel, BBC Quickly Counters [Tesla Enraged Over Top Gear Segment Where Car Is Pushed Into Garage]
Something of a donnybrook getting ready over in London, as three of our favorite things–cars, green tech, and high-def television–get ready to launch a smackdown of epic proportions. The folks out at Tesla have filed a libel suit against the [...]
Google Announces Gigabit Fiber Installation Winner [Kansas City Set To Get Google's Massive New Gigabit Fiber Network, Promises More To Come]
And somewhere, a thousand cities breathed a heartfelt, sorrowful sigh of ennui and turned back to their ten to twenty meg connections, just a little worse off than they were. The announcement has been made, and everybody but Kansas City [...]
NCR’s Blockbuster Kiosks Expand Availability of “Day-And-Date” Program [Netflix Competitor NCR Gets More New Movies In At Release Date, Charges Higher Price]
Now here’s a question the folks at NCR, one of Netflix‘s current leading competitors (since they took over the Blockbuster Express kiosks), are dying to know the answer to: Are you prepared to pay double, or even triple, the price [...]
iPad 2 Jailbreak Blocked in iOS 4.3.1 by Apple [Current iPad 2 Jailbreak Exploit Patched in New iOS 4.3.1 Firmware Update; Apple Hasn’t Won the Battle Yet]
Although we initially believed it will take a while until the hackers out there will be able to jailbreak the iPad 2, the tablet was cracked a day after the U.S. release. Soon after Apple launched a new iOS firmware [...]
Music Firms Universal and EMI Considering Offering Music As iPad Apps [iTunes LP Will Let Companies Pack More Into Their Offerings With Bigger--Pricier--Files]
File this one under the heading: good ideas with terrible execution. We’ve seen a lot of those over the years, haven’t we? And I never want to damp down the enthusiasm for innovation, but sometimes, you’ve just got to see [...]
Asus Offers Official Pricing For the Eee Pad Transformer & Eee Slate EP121 [Asus Eee Pad Transformer UK Pricing Begins At £379 & Eee Slate EP121 UK Pricing Begins At £999]
And just like that, Asus has offered up some official pricing for two devices — the Eee Pad Transformer and the Eee Slate EP121. Of course, we should point out that this pricing applies for those in the UK.

