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If you are using Skype on Android, you may want to fire up the Android Market on your device and download the latest update. Yup, the fine folks over at Skype have rolled out the latest update, which brings the version number up to 2.0.0.45 and with the new number [...]

iFixIt has a penchance for tearing down just about any electronic gadgetry the team can get its hands on. To satisfy our curiosity for why the Apple Thunderbolt cable costs so much, iFixIt took the cable under knife and revealed a few surprises.

Acer is reportedly reducing shipments of new notebook and netbook models, in the light of slow product movement. It seems the company wants to move its products faster by pricing them competitively.

Mobile networks are starting to roll out their 4G capabilities. But what do you do with all that speed if your device cannot efficiently store large amounts of data? Samsung’s latest microSD cards promise to support performance requirements of 4G smartphones.

Ubuntu Mobile is a tool that lets you run Ubuntu Linux on Android smartphones and handsets. While the tool used to involve some complicated steps for installation, a new Android app will make installation easier through an automated process.

The Barnes & Noble Nook Color is considered a capable Android tablet whether or not you root it. In an effort to attract people to their brick-and-mortar stores, Barnes & Noble is offering free in-game content to visitors.

And so, that’s it. Kind of. The end of an era. Maybe. Or not. But the reports have emerged nonetheless saying that the sale of MySpace is but a few crossed t’s and dotted i’s away from being complete, and News Corp has reportedly sold out to Specific Media.

I’m gradually coming around to the idea of the SD memory card, in all its various forms, because they’re starting to get pretty serious in terms of storage space and write speeds. They’re even starting to make some entire solid state drives look sick, as is the case with the [...]

The plain old regular MacBook is sort of a middle child between the more powerful MacBook Pro and the ultra-portable MacBook Air. Most Apple folks I know opt for one of the other, leaving the MacBook sort of left out. Regardless, Apple could be refreshing the original MacBook soon, possibly [...]

MSI’s got a new laptop coming our way in the not too distant future, folks, though you may want to bring your checkbook ahead of this one’s release as one of the most important details of all is as yet unclear. It’s the CX480, and it looks good and packs [...]