Archive for July, 2011 - Page 5

Samsung Galaxy S II Not Sporting a QWERTY Keyboard for AT&T After All?

AT&T’s Galaxy Attain Not to be a Slider; Samsung SGH-I927 an Entirely New Android Smartphone]
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

A few days ago we heard that AT&T’s future Galaxy S II version, also rumored to be called the Galaxy Attain, will come with a full QWERTY slide-out keyboard. Now we hear that the handset in question isn’t the Galaxy S II, but instead we’re looking at a brand new [...]

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Satoru Iwata Takes Paycut Over Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo's 3D Gaming Handheld Not Selling Well, Nintendo's Top Boss & Others Start Getting Their Paychecks Sacked
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

More bad news at Nintendo. The company recently announced a huge price cut for the Nintendo 3DS, and they also slashed their financial earnings estimates for the financial markets. Now, it’s being reported that the executives who are in charge of the gaming giant all be taking substantial paycuts. All [...]

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iPhone 5 & iPad 3 to Further Up the Ante But For Now Apple Can Go All In Against the U.S. Government

Thanks to Record Quarter After Quarter Apple Now Has More Cash Than the USA]
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

It’s that time of the month when we focus on the financial results of the main tech providers of our time. One of them, is Apple, and the Cupertino-based corporation has had another record quarter that brought plenty of gold in its coffers. With $7.31 billion in net profit Apple [...]

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New WRAN Wi-Fi Signal Offers 60 Mile Range

802.22 Wireless Regional Area Network Standard Gives Wi-Fi Signals Incredible Reach, Opens New Possibilities
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

I’m sure most of us have been somewhere with our laptops, tablets, smartphones or some MP3 players in tow to take advantage of the free wireless internet a place may offer with purchase of coffee, lunch or what have you. And while wi-fi is a great thing that has allowed [...]

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New Google Search Available for iPad, Xoom, Galaxy Tab 10.1… Well, Almost Any Tablet

Google Reinvents Its Search for Tablet Environments & Says It Did It All For Us
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

Google has decided that its Google Search experience on tablets its not exactly a piece of cake for users. Either that or it could bring in even more cash for the company, and hence a redesign was needed.

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Facebook Launches Program: Find A Bug, Make Some Cash

If You Can Hack Facebook, They'll Pay You To Show Them How
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

Interesting news comes out of Facebook today, especially if you’re the type to go hunting for bugs. They’re offering a fat wad of cash to anyone who can bring them proof of security holes in their systems, and the value of digging up a flaw in their security is surprisingly [...]

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Windows Phone 7 Mango Now Streaming Music Stored In Your SkyDrive Account

Microsoft Now Allows You To Stream Music Files From SkyDrive Using The Latest (7712) Windows Phone Mango Build
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

Microsoft has been giving a rather nice look at what to expect when Windows Phone 7 Mango rolls-out up until this point. And it seems more than likely that they will continue to do so in the lead up to the release, however this latest feature that we are being [...]

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Panasonic Shows Off New Projector

Home Theater Buffs Wanting A Do-It-All Projector Will Want To Take Note Of The PT-AE7000U Projector
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

Okay, home theater buffs, we’ve got a great little treat here that just sort of snuck in on a Friday. It’s a new projector from the folks out at Panasonic, and what’s great about this one is its sheer Swiss Army knife-style functionality. We’re talking about the Panasonic PT-AE7000U, and [...]

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Lenovo IdeaPad Android Tablet Gets Priced By Canadian Retailer Future Shop

Future Shop Lists The Android Running Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet, Shows It Priced At $499.99 With 32GB Internal Storage
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

It looks like the Lenovo IdeaPad tablet is going to soon be available in Canada. Or, more accurately, the IdeaPad tablet is going to be coming to Canada. This latest bit comes by way of a recently discovered product listing on the Future Shop website, who have put up a [...]

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Redbox Quietly Clears 1.5 Billion Disc Rentals

Redbox Heads Toward Two Billion Discs Rented, Plans To Offer Up Huge Expansion In Coming Days
Filed by on Friday, 29. July 2011

With all the controversy swirling around Netflix these days, it’s easy to forget about the other guys in the mix. And one of the biggest competitors to Netflix is Redbox, the quiet little kiosk (the last time we heard anything about them was back in June with their gaming announcement) [...]

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