PlayStation 3 owners have been less than happy with Sony since their decision to remove the Other OS option from the PS3 that lets users run Linux on the console. After all, this was one of the features that Sony supported and also advertised when the PS3 was released. Some retailers like Amazon … [Read more...] about Sony Faces Lawsuit Over Other OS Removal From The PS3
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Apple To Charge $1 Million To Appear On Its iAd Mobile Platform?
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple will be charging a serious amount of cash for companies to advertise on their new iAd platform, which will deliver advertisements to the iPhone and iPod Touch through applications. Advertising executives have said that they would normally pay between … [Read more...] about Apple To Charge $1 Million To Appear On Its iAd Mobile Platform?
Amazon Adds Twitter And Facebook To Kindle 2.5 Update
Amazon has just announced the latest update to its Kindle software, version 2.5, which adds a range of new features to the Kindle and Kindle DX. The update is out now for the Kindle, and according to Amazon, the Kindle DX update will be coming very soon. So what is new in Kindle 2.5? Amazon has … [Read more...] about Amazon Adds Twitter And Facebook To Kindle 2.5 Update
Nokia X2 Mobile Phone Announced
Nokia has added another mobile phone to its lineup with the launch of the Nokia X2. The Nokia X2 is a candy bar style mobile phone that features a 2.2-inch QVGA display. Measuring just 13mm thick and weighing in at a mere 81g, this device is designed to be both compact and lightweight, making it … [Read more...] about Nokia X2 Mobile Phone Announced
Google Upgrades Its Mobile Image Search For iPhone And Android
Google has upgraded its mobile image search feature for iPhone OS 3.0+ and for Google Android 2.1 devices. The new image search is designed to bring you faster image results and make it a lot easier to use. Some of the new features in the upgrade include more thumbnails shown on the screen and the … [Read more...] about Google Upgrades Its Mobile Image Search For iPhone And Android
Fastest Graphics Card On The Planet
Sapphire has just released its latest graphics card, the Radeon 5970 4G TOXIC Edition, which is equipped with a massive 4GB of on-board GDDR5 memory. This is twice the amount of memory found on their standard HD 5970 cards, which should give it a significant performance boost. The increased memory … [Read more...] about Fastest Graphics Card On The Planet
Lexar Unveils New 32GB Compact Flash
Targeted at the professional photographer, Lexar has just launched their Lexar Professional 600x and 300x 32GB compact flash cards. These new cards are designed to meet the high demands of professional photographers who require fast and reliable storage solutions. Together with the ExpressCard … [Read more...] about Lexar Unveils New 32GB Compact Flash
Avatar Sets New Blu-ray Records: Most Illegal Downloads & Most Disks Sold
Avatar has notched up another couple of records. After smashing Box Office records and becoming the highest-grossing film in history, Avatar, now released on Blu-ray, has sold approximately 1.5 million disks on the first day of release in the US, beating the previous Blu-ray number one, The Dark … [Read more...] about Avatar Sets New Blu-ray Records: Most Illegal Downloads & Most Disks Sold
HP To Buy Palm For $1.2 Billion
Palm has been looking for a buyer for the last couple of weeks, there we rumors that HTC would buy Palm and then it was Lenovo, now it seems Palm has found itself a buyer Hewlett Packard. HP confirmed yesterday that it will purchase Palm for $1.2 billion or $5.70 a share which is about 23 percent … [Read more...] about HP To Buy Palm For $1.2 Billion
Microsoft Claims Google’s Android Infringes On its Patents
Yesterday we told you that HTC and Microsoft [MSFT] had signed a licensing deal regarding HTC's smartphones that run Google's free Android OS. We were a little confused when the deal was announced with regards to exactly what the patents related to, whether it was Google's Android OS or something … [Read more...] about Microsoft Claims Google’s Android Infringes On its Patents
Apple Buys Voice Search iPhone App Developer Siri
Apple [AAPL] seems to be spending some of its huge cash reserves this week, as more details have been released on another acquisition. Yesterday we heard that Apple had purchased mobile chip maker Intrinsity for around $120 million. Apple has now added another company to its acquisition list with … [Read more...] about Apple Buys Voice Search iPhone App Developer Siri
HTC Wildfire Android Smartphone Shows Up At The FCC
Our friends over at TFTS have spotted details of a new HTC Android smartphone that has appeared on the FCC's website. The new HTC Android smartphone is reported to be called the 'Wildfire'. Any whilst we don't have any details on this new HTC handset, we can tell from the photo that it features a … [Read more...] about HTC Wildfire Android Smartphone Shows Up At The FCC
