Archive for March, 2011 - Page 4
HTC Pyramid Photos Get Leaked Ahead of Launch
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 a different kind of device here made by HTC.
Sony Shows Off New Headphones, Earbuds
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 bring to the table.
Windows Phone 7 to be #2 Smartphone OS by 2015?
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 years?
Japan Clocks Out Of Sync Due to Nuclear Crisis
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
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 BBC, producers of the legendary car show Top Gear.
Google Announces Gigabit Fiber Installation Winner
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 (Kansas City, Kansas–not Kansas City, Missouri) is feeling a little [...]
NCR's Blockbuster Kiosks Expand Availability of "Day-And-Date" Program
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 to get the DVD you want on its release date? [...]
iPad 2 Jailbreak Blocked in iOS 4.3.1 by Apple
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 version, iOS 4.3.1, which was said, among other things, to [...]
Music Firms Universal and EMI Considering Offering Music As iPad Apps
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 the handwriting on the wall. And that’s kind of what [...]
Asus Offers Official Pricing For the Eee Pad Transformer & Eee Slate EP121
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.

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