Archive for July, 2011 - Page 6

There’s been a big loss for the file-sharing community. Yesterday, the UK High Court ordered BT (British Telecom), a major internet service provider in that country, to block customers’ access to NewzBin2, a Usenet index. This is the second time that the content providers (The MPA – Motion Picture Association) [...]

If you are looking for a cloud based operating system and not in the mood to purchase a shiny new Chromebook, you may want to consider the alternative — Joli OS. Which for those not as familiar, this operating system was originally built to run on netbooks and later made [...]

Well, that was fast, wasn’t it? Our own Robert Nelson brought you tales of Spotify’s United States launch just over two weeks ago, but now we’ve got new news regarding the music service: they’re getting hit with a patent infringement suit.

The Pre 3 release date remains a mystery at this point, though we have heard several rumors suggesting a release will happen in the month of July. Of course, the official word is that the Pre 3 is coming this summer. And while I am sure many do not need [...]

Here’s one for the books – an email service marketing itself as “The World’s Most Exclusive E-Mail Address” would set you back a whopping $7,500 just to sign up. But it doesn’t end there – you’d also have to pay a monthly membership fee of $750. Yes, you’d have to [...]

New reports have emerged suggesting that, if you bought a MacBook Air with its recent refresh, the Thunderbolt port you were looking forward to using for ultra-fast transfer of data may not be as fast as you thought it would be when you bought it.

When the Motorola Atrix was showcased for the first time it really made some waves. It was not only the most powerful smartphone at the time but it sported some cool addons such as a dummy laptop dock. Nothing’s set in stone here because all we have are some photos [...]

Regardless on your operating system of choice, it seems as if a cloud based storage and streaming service is available. Apple has, well had MobileMe and will soon have the iCloud, Microsoft has the Windows Live SkyDrive and for those who prefer Linux — there is Ubuntu One.

Recently it had been reported that those suffering with malfunctioning Samsung Fascinates could bring their phones to a local Verizon store, have the issues verified by a representative, jump through a few hoops, and get a trade up. Many customers would be happy to receive an upgrade to a Droid [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S II has been a hot topic as of late, and truthfully, its a rather nice phone. Needless to say, Samsung recently told us how they sold more than 85 million Galaxy S II phones in just 85 days. And well, what is a sure fire way [...]