Archive for August, 2011 - Page 21

In a very lengthy blog post on MSDN by Windows 8 chief Steven Sinofsky, he confirmed that Windows 8 will feature robust support for the USB 3.0. As the new USB standard has a theoretical speed of 5GB/s, expect lightning fast transfers and back-ups.

We love the data from surveys and studies don’t we? This time Nielsen brings us some numbers that could show that men and women are different from each other after all. Those who own tablets are predominately men and those who own e-readers are more women than men. In fact 61% of [...]

While everybody hankered for the $99 firesale HP Touchpads over the weekend, Apple quietly offered refurbished iPads on the Apple Store in the United States during the beginning of this week. And the store sold iPads for the low, low price of $299. The $299 iPad, which is the lowest-priced [...]

The next-gen iPhone is coming in the following weeks and at this point we’re not only interested to see what features it will have to offer, or how many models Apple has in store for us, but also who’s going to properly introduce it considering that Steve Jobs has tendered [...]

Quora is known for its social intelligence, in that users ask questions and others pitch in. But with many of its topics bearing a geographic dimension, Quora has found it high time to add location tagging.

HTC is rumored to announce two new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango handsets in just a few days from now, on September 1 during a media event in London. The devices in question are named the Omega and the Eternity and today we have the a leaked press image showing the [...]

There’s something brewing in South Korea – something that could very well be big in the smartphone market in the coming years. According to sources, South Korea is working on its very own open source smartphone operating system for its local phone manufacturers. And yes, including Samsung; a brand known [...]

The tech industry has had several iconic individuals leaving their posts lately. While not as Earth-shaking as Steve Jobs resigning — or was it “reigning?” — as Apple CEO, Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda’s resignation from Slashdot signals both the end of an era and that the world will still will go [...]

Back when Valve was gearing up for the release of Portal 2, Gabe Newell made the announcement that the PS3 version would ship with a console version of Steam, which would not only grant PS3 players a free copy of the PC version of Portal 2, but allow Valve to [...]