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NEC to chop 10,000 workers from payroll Jan 30 2012 10:51:47	SlashGear
NEC to chop 10,000 workers from payroll The axe is set to fall over at NEC Corp in Japan with just about one in 10 of its workers to be cut. NEC has announced that is set to lay off 10,000 workers as it attempts to claw its way out of the red and back into the black. One reason cited for [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Spotify less useful than radio says U2 manager Jan 30 2012 10:48:04	SlashGear
Spotify less useful than radio says U2 manager Secretive licensing deals and “insufficient transparency” could scupper Spotify and other cloud-jukebox services, U2 manager Paul McGuinness has warned, suggesting that “we’re unlikely to give [debut records] to Spotify” as the streaming music platform is more promotional than a money-spinner. McGuinness sees “the Spotify model” as part of the future of music, Digital Music News reports, but [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Firefox flirting with half-baked Chrome launcher rival Jan 30 2012 10:28:09	SlashGear
Firefox flirting with half-baked Chrome launcher rival If you’re a fan of the Firefox Web browser, you know that things haven’t been going too well over Mozilla. The Firefox browser has been bleeding users to other browsers like Google Chrome to the point that it is actually dropped in rankings for users. The Firefox team over at Mozilla is intent on getting [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
DMARC: Facebook, Google, Microsoft & more team on anti-... Jan 30 2012 10:13:06	SlashGear
DMARC: Facebook, Google, Microsoft & more team on anti-phishing Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Facebook and other big names have announced a new anti-spam and phishing project, DMARC.org, creating a new system for email authentication that promises to learn from past attacks. “Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance” will use “a feedback loop between legitimate email senders and receivers to make impersonation more difficult” and, the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
New Nook Reader Tipped for Spring Jan 30 2012 10:01:31	SlashGear
New Nook Reader Tipped for Spring The New York Times tipped that a new eReader from Barnes & Noble is currently in the midst of getting its final touches. The new eReader from Barnes & Noble will be the fifth in its line of digital reading devices called the Nook. The details of the eReader are scant, but what we do [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
T-Mobile UK “Full Monty” plan offers true unlimited voi... Jan 30 2012 09:50:17	SlashGear
T-Mobile UK “Full Monty” plan offers true unlimited voice, calls, data, tethering T-Mobile UK has announced a new, truly-unlimited plan – The Full Monty – with no “fair-use” restrictions for heavy voice, text and data users. Set to accept new subscribers from February 1, the 24-month agreement also includes unlimited tethering, allowing you to use your phone as a way to get your tablet or laptop online [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sony Cyber-shot TX200V and WX70/WX50 eye your pocket Jan 30 2012 09:28:30	SlashGear
Sony Cyber-shot TX200V and WX70/WX50 eye your pocket Sonyhas outed a trio of new Cyber-shot digital cameras, including a slimline flagship, the DSC-TX200V, and a pair of affordable point-and-shoots, the DSC-WX70 and WX50. The TX200V measures in at a pocket-friendly 95.5 x 58.3 x 16 mm but still manages to fit in an 18.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor, 26mm 5x optical zoom and a [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Motorola takes on Google Nexus with RAZR Developer Edition Jan 30 2012 09:11:17	SlashGear
Motorola takes on Google Nexus with RAZR Developer Edition Motorola is taking on Google’s Galaxy Nexus at its own game, courting Android coders with a Developer Edition variant of its own RAZR smartphone. The RAZR XT910 Developer Edition is functionally identical to the existing GSM RAZR, but will come supplied with an unlocked bootloader so as to make installing unofficial firmware builds possible. However, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
MegaUpload data faces deletion from Thursday Jan 30 2012 08:54:24	SlashGear
MegaUpload data faces deletion from Thursday Data stored on seized file-sharing site MegaUpload could be deleted from as early as Thursday this week, Federal prosecutors in the US have confirmed, after the company’s frozen assets stopped paying for the site’s hosting. MegaUpload’s attorney, Ira Rothken, has warned that the site has no way of continuing to maintain the data of around 50m [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
I’m switching to iPhone 4S for a week Jan 30 2012 03:21:37	SlashGear
I’m switching to iPhone 4S for a week This week I will be embarking on a journey which includes me giving up the Android smartphones I’ve been using essentially exclusively over the past several years and picking up an iPhone 4S. Apple’s own smartphone hero is the most well-known smartphone hardware/software combination on Earth, and since it is my job to bring you, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SlashGear Week in Review – Week 4 2012 Jan 28 2012 21:56:02	SlashGear
SlashGear Week in Review – Week 4 2012 This week started with a total restructuring of the heads at RIM while they consider licensing BlackBerry 10 and Chris Davies assures us that RIM’s new CEO is a Placeholder, not a prophet. Of course other than that there’s just a brand new Year of the Dragon in China and a radiation storm hitting the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Why I’d Take An Xbox 360 Over An Apple TV Any Day Jan 28 2012 21:44:34	SlashGear
Why I’d Take An Xbox 360 Over An Apple TV Any Day I’m often asked by friends if they should buy an Apple TV. They usually head to the Apple Store to buy a new iPad or iPhone, and while there, they come across Apple’s little set-top box. For just $99, it seems like a bargain. And so, they ask me if they should plunk down the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sony’s MLB 12 The Show will have cloud support on PS3, ... Jan 28 2012 03:40:53	SlashGear
Sony’s MLB 12 The Show will have cloud support on PS3, Vita Whenever there’s a new MLB The Show game, PS3-toting baseball fans are excited. They can’t wait to get their hands on the latest roster, the always-improved graphics and control system, and the surprisingly fluid voice-over commentary. But this year, there’s another reason to be interested in the new entry, and it has to do with [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple iPhone robbery thwarted by tech-savvy cop Jan 28 2012 02:50:02	SlashGear
Apple iPhone robbery thwarted by tech-savvy cop How do you solve a crime in 30 minutes or less? All you need is a cop who knows his tech. Police Officer Robert Garland was able to successfully track down an iPhone thief and return the device to its rightful owner thanks to his quick thinking and his knowledge of the app “Find My [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Activision says PS3 Call of Duty Elite confusion is not... Jan 28 2012 02:29:09	SlashGear
Activision says PS3 Call of Duty Elite confusion is not its fault If you thought that signing up for the premium Call of Duty Elite service on your PS3 would get you access to DLC the same time as your Xbox 360 counterparts, well, Activision has no sympathy for you. The publisher says it never made any claims to that effect, and says anyone who thought that [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Urology journal finds robotic prostate surgery not meet... Jan 28 2012 02:16:25	SlashGear
Urology journal finds robotic prostate surgery not meeting expectations It was perhaps one of the biggest hopes in the advancement of robot-assisted medical surgery, but expectations have been too high, according to a new report from the research journal Urology. We’re talking about surgery for prostate removal, for those afflicted with prostate cancer. The study shows outcomes of the robotic procedure are not that [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Motorola Wi-Fi-only Droid Xyboard is now available Jan 28 2012 01:57:04	SlashGear
Motorola Wi-Fi-only Droid Xyboard is now available The cheaper, Wi-Fi-only version of Motorola’s latest and greatest Xyboard tablet has begun shipping. Pre-orders for the units are now being fulfilled, and the product pages on Verizon’s website now show them as being available to purchase. The new products, which were originally scheduled for a January 18 launch, are geared at consumers who want [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
LG’s Optimus 3D successor reported to be called the 3D Max Jan 28 2012 01:40:50	SlashGear
LG’s Optimus 3D successor reported to be called the 3D Max The Optimus 3D phone didn’t gain a huge amount of traction but it did set an important milestone as a flagship glasses-free 3D handset. And LG is poised to push that legacy forward with a phone we knew now only by its code-name, the CX2. Now, according to a new report, it looks like the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Asus Transformer Prime Ice Cream Sandwich problems will... Jan 28 2012 01:24:53	SlashGear
Asus Transformer Prime Ice Cream Sandwich problems will be fixed next month Despite its delicious name, Ice Cream Sandwich has left some users feeling sour. The latest example is Asus’s ambitious Transformer Prime tablet, which recently upgraded to the latest and greatest version of Android. The only problem is handfuls of users started complaining that after the update, the device started locking up and requiring a manual [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Netflix video game rental idea is axed Jan 28 2012 01:00:31	SlashGear
Netflix video game rental idea is axed If you were waiting for the day when you could watch Family Guy on your iPad, pop Indiana Jones into your DVD player, and wait for the latest Call of Duty game to appear in your mailbox, all while only logging into one online account, your dreams have been quashed. Specifically, the Call of Duty [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Yahoo mobile apps taken down, no one notices Jan 28 2012 00:48:10	SlashGear
Yahoo mobile apps taken down, no one notices Yahoo! Meme, Yahoo! Mim, Yahoo! AppSpot, Yahoo! Deals, Yahoo! Shopping, and Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search have all been removed from Apple’s App Store. And if you’re like most people, you never even looked at these apps in the first place. That’s exactly the point. It’s part of Yahoo’s strategy to rebuild its mobile presence from the ground [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Harvard wants the next Zuckerberg to stay at Harvard Jan 28 2012 00:37:21	SlashGear
Harvard wants the next Zuckerberg to stay at Harvard Harvard University has teamed up with an organization called the New Enterprise Associates to create an initiative that hopes to keep great innovators in college before they run out and make millions. This, of course, is exactly what happened with Mark Zuckerberg and fellow software architect Bill Gates. The problem is all the good schools [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012 Jan 28 2012 00:24:12	SlashGear
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012 As we wrap up the last full work week of January, we saw a big chunk of mobile news today. For example, watch your back if you have an Android device because the Android Market is having its largest malware infection ever. If the iPhone is more your style, but you’re stuck on T-Mobile, you [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung Galaxy S III appears on official support site, ... Jan 28 2012 00:06:08	SlashGear
Samsung Galaxy S III appears on official support site, details scant The Galaxy S III is a device that will be popping up some time inside 2012, and today’s information leads us to believe that it will be sooner than later: a clue at Samsung’s own Global Download Center support site, no less. Here we can see inside the Mobile Device and Smart Phone categories a [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
First official U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra steps down Jan 27 2012 23:38:21	SlashGear
First official U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra steps down The first official Chief Technology Officer of the United States, Aneesh Chopra, has resigned from his post to pursue other political ambitions. Chopra was appointed the position back in May of 2009 shortly after President Obama took office and wanted to integrate modern technology to improve government operations. Chopra’s appointment was part of Obama’s “Strategy [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Spectrum by LG Review Jan 27 2012 23:32:49	SlashGear
Spectrum by LG Review Welcome to Verizon’s most high-definition LTE device on the market right now, the Spectrum by LG, complete with a massive True HD IPS display at 4.5-inches and 720 x 1280 pixels. It’s certainly not a short device, made to fit in the palm of your adult-sized hand and weigh in at next to nothing (142g) [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
T-Mobile to boost unlocked iPhone support starting Janu... Jan 27 2012 22:57:07	SlashGear
T-Mobile to boost unlocked iPhone support starting January 30 T-Mobile is home to more than a million iPhone users despite still being denied an official iPhone deal with Apple. These unlocked iPhones only have access to T-Mobile’s slow 2G EDGE network and that isn’t about to change, but the carrier is planning to improve customer support for these users starting January 30. According to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Symantec: Android Market having its largest malware inf... Jan 27 2012 22:27:24	SlashGear
Symantec: Android Market having its largest malware infection ever Virus detection and security group Symantec has today reported that a bug by the name of Android.Counterclank has infected between 1 million and 5 million Android users as of this afternoon. This bit of software sits on a handful of easily downloadable applications available on the Android Market as of late today and each has [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nikon D800 to be unveiled February 7, new Coolpix camer... Jan 27 2012 22:13:35	SlashGear
Nikon D800 to be unveiled February 7, new Coolpix cameras on February 2 The much anticipated Nikon D800 DSLR will be unveiled on February 7, according to NikonRumors. Details on the D800 along with a picture of the camera have been leaked in previous months, revealing a whopping 36-megapixel full-frame DLSR that manages to be slightly smaller than Nikon’s D700 while still having three times the megapixels and [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sony Ericsson buyout approved by EU Jan 27 2012 21:44:46	SlashGear
Sony Ericsson buyout approved by EU This week the EU’s list of mergers and takeovers includes no less than an approval for Japan’s Sony to acquire sole control of the mobile phone company called Sony Ericsson. This company had thus far been co-owned by both Sony and Ericsson, and has been approved on the 26th of January to be owned only [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Mercedes-Benz mbrace2 in-vehicle technology and apps ha... Jan 27 2012 21:18:16	SlashGear
Mercedes-Benz mbrace2 in-vehicle technology and apps hands-on The folks at Mercedes-Benz have given us a demonstration and hands-on look at their second-generation in-car technology environment mbrace2, here with a set of built-in apps as well as a mobile application working on an iPhone connected directly with the vehicle. In the group’s brand new SL-Class we get to check out how a fabulous [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Facebook IPO filing as soon as next week Jan 27 2012 21:07:33	SlashGear
Facebook IPO filing as soon as next week According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook could file its initial public offering as early as next week. The social network is currently being valued between $75 billion to $100 billion with Morgan Stanley close to winning the lead against rival Goldman Sachs as underwriter for the IPO. Citing a source familiar with the situation, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Lumigon promises a whole new Android at Mobile World Co... Jan 27 2012 20:51:02	SlashGear
Lumigon promises a whole new Android at Mobile World Congress Not since their last brief appearance in early 2011 have the folks as Lumigon A/S come forth with any details on their first near-invisible Android device, the Lumigon T1. Now we’re seeing that they’re most definitely going to be making an appearance at no less than Mobile World Congress 2012. The countdown has begun on [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
PS Vita gets special launch day bundles Jan 27 2012 20:36:52	SlashGear
PS Vita gets special launch day bundles The PlayStation Vita portable is set for a US launch in less than a month and to ensure a good lineup on opening day, Sony has announced two limited edition bundles. These bundles are being called “extremely limited” and will be available only to those “who brave the cold to stand in line on February [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Researchers devising method for destroying “VIP Deals” ... Jan 27 2012 20:25:23	SlashGear
Researchers devising method for destroying “VIP Deals” incentives for ratings online Today there’s a story floating around about an online dealer of products in auction websites known as “VIP Deals” which has been knocked out of business after its owner was found to be giving products away in exchange for good product reviews. While this might seem like a fair deal to those who come into [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
NEOShield international asteroid threat-reduction group... Jan 27 2012 19:55:19	SlashGear
NEOShield international asteroid threat-reduction group forming now A group created by scientists and research institutes, universities and industrial partners in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, and the USA has been formed and called NEOShield, created for the express purpose of investigating and executing asteroid threat-reduction techniques to avoid the apocalypse. Not necessarily the end of the world, mind you, but [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Blue Spark Digital condenser microphone for iPad reveal... Jan 27 2012 19:27:11	SlashGear
Blue Spark Digital condenser microphone for iPad revealed and detailed There’s a brand new studio-grade condenser microphone in town for both USB and iPad, and it comes from Blue Microphones. This mic goes by the name Spark Digital and is able to produce darn-near completely excellent sounds with a the same amount of high-quality craftsmanship that went into the company’s other excellent comparable mic, the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Sean Kinkade Park Hawk Ornithopter reminds us that Da V... Jan 27 2012 19:06:27	SlashGear
Sean Kinkade Park Hawk Ornithopter reminds us that Da Vinci had it right There’s nothing quite like a lazy afternoon flying your remote-controlled airplane, helicopter, or in this case, ornithopter, around the back yard. The airwaves are aflutter today as everyone outside the RC circuit realizes that not only are ornithopters a reality now for at-home enthusiasts, they’ve been around for over a decade. The video you’re about [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Mercedes-Benz DICE interior concept hands-on Jan 27 2012 18:40:50	SlashGear
Mercedes-Benz DICE interior concept hands-on Attendees exploring CES 2012 earlier this month traveling through the automotive section of the convention would have had a difficult time not at least glimpsing the Mercedez-Benz DICE Interior Concept. In a giant mirrored box sat a completely cushiony set of seats with car dashboard and driving wheel as well as a front windshield, both [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
ZTE mystery tablet V66 revealed via FCC Jan 27 2012 18:27:00	SlashGear
ZTE mystery tablet V66 revealed via FCC The FCC has revealed a bit on ZTE’s upcoming strategy in the mobile department, notably with a 7-inch tablet that looks to be running Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Android is certainly running on this device tentatively titled ZTE V66, and it’s definitely got Bluetooth, and not one whole heck of a lot else has been dropped [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Steam mobile may capture a whole new audience for both ... Jan 27 2012 18:13:02	SlashGear
Steam mobile may capture a whole new audience for both ecosystems If you’ve ever used Steam to purchase games, converse with your friends, or get information and news on the developers you love, you know that it lends itself to a mobile environment without even asking about it. Thats why now that Steam is moving into the mobile environment with both iOS and Android, it seems [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012 Jan 27 2012 17:54:05	SlashGear
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012 We’re going to start this morning off with a look at what we did last night, in the form of a WAR between three iPad 2 accessories: stand, keyboard, and case. Next of course we’ve got to hit up the Samsung sales call and the fact that Twitter is now censoring while Steam goes mobile. [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Rage HD 2.0 update gives iOS a new ultra-cheap hero game Jan 27 2012 17:24:32	SlashGear
Rage HD 2.0 update gives iOS a new ultra-cheap hero game There’s an update to one of the most awesome high definition games ever to grace the iOS platform in Id Software’s Rage HD 2.0. This upgrade tosses the original 2010 game in the dust with such excellent features as HDMI output (via the same converter cable you use to get Netflix on your HDTV) and [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Canada reaches space with Lego Jan 27 2012 17:17:31	SlashGear
Canada reaches space with Lego Two students from Toronto have made a bit leap into the final frontier for Lego-kind, sending a Canadian-flag wielding Lego man into space with just a helium balloon and four cameras to record the whole event. Seventeen-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad simply attached a helium balloon to four cameras and a Lego strip connected [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Jon Rubinstein leaves HP after webOS cut loose Jan 27 2012 17:04:39	SlashGear
Jon Rubinstein leaves HP after webOS cut loose Jon Rubinstein, the ex Palm CEO who joined Hewlett Packard after the company acquired Palm back in April 2010, has left the company. No reason for the executive’s departure has been given, though according to AllThingsD Rubinstein leaves HP effective today; “Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well,” HP spokeswoman Mylene Mangalindan said of [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nokia CEO taps salesmen to assure Lumia push Jan 27 2012 16:54:33	SlashGear
Nokia CEO taps salesmen to assure Lumia push Over the last year when it came to Windows Phone, we saw a lovely looking user interface fall victim to less than stellar engagement and interest on the part of the public – Stephen Elop this week says that it’s the work of the salesmen, not the manufacturer, to make the final drop of the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Qualcomm AllJoyn proximity-based peer-to-peer technolog... Jan 27 2012 16:26:01	SlashGear
Qualcomm AllJoyn proximity-based peer-to-peer technology hands-on This month we got the opportunity to speak with Qualcomm on a technology of theirs by the name of AllJoyn, made to allow proximity-based device-to-device communication possible without the use of an intermediary server. We’ve got hands-on looks with smartphone games, tablet games, music and document applications, and some tablet-to-television action as well all lined [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung’s second 3G patent strike against Apple rejected Jan 27 2012 16:18:44	SlashGear
Samsung’s second 3G patent strike against Apple rejected Samsung‘s second 3G/UMTS patent strike against Apple has been thrown out of court, with a German judge apparently deciding the Korean firm had no leg to stand on in its claims that the iPhone and other devices infringed its patented technology. Judge Andreas Voss did not explain his reasoning for rejecting the suit, FOSSPatents reports, though the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Twitter censorship workaround fails to silence critics Jan 27 2012 15:53:37	SlashGear
Twitter censorship workaround fails to silence critics Twitter’s decision to allow censorship of some tweets in certain countries has met not only with indignation from users but a speedy workaround that promises to unmask redacted content. In fact, Twitter itself prompted the idea; TNW spotted that by changing the manual country selection setting to a different location, in Twitter’s own settings pages, social [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Windows 8 Kinect notebook prototypes spotted Jan 27 2012 15:16:22	SlashGear
Windows 8 Kinect notebook prototypes spotted Microsoft is testing prototypes of Kinect-enabled notebooks using motion-sensing as an interface for Windows 8, it’s been revealed, ahead of what are believed to be plans to license the technology to laptop vendors. Specially modified ASUS netbooks are being used to demonstrate the system, which builds on Microsoft’s freshly-announced Kinect for Windows hardware, The Daily reports; the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
RIM CEO blasts Android phones as “all the same” Jan 27 2012 15:01:22	SlashGear
RIM CEO blasts Android phones as “all the same” RIM CEO Thorsten Heins may only have been in the big chair since Monday, but the new chief exec is already coming out swinging, blasting Android devices as “all the same” and rejecting suggestions that the struggling Canadian company should be sold off. Asked about persistent recommendations that RIM should ditch its own BlackBerry 10 plans [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple takes Smartphone crown in Q4 2011 Jan 27 2012 14:40:19	SlashGear
Apple takes Smartphone crown in Q4 2011 Apple has edged past Samsung again in global smartphone shipments, according to new research, reclaiming the smartphone top-spot in Q4 2011 thanks to huge demand for the iPhone 4S. The Cupertino company shipped 37m devices in Q4, versus 36.5m for Samsung, Strategy Analytics reckons, giving Apple 0.4-percent more marketshare worldwide than its Korean rivals. However, when the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Star Trek Enterprise coffee table is the stuff of geek ... Jan 27 2012 13:53:37	SlashGear
Star Trek Enterprise coffee table is the stuff of geek dreams I would wager that there are a bunch of you out there that like Star Trek as much as I do. I’m not dressing up in pointy ears or anything, but I can appreciate some awesome Star Trek gear when I see it. Take this coffee table for instance. If there was ever a cooler [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Russian unmanned cargo ship on way to ISS Jan 27 2012 13:37:32	SlashGear
Russian unmanned cargo ship on way to ISS After all the drama with the Phobos-grunt failure for Russia, it has to be a bit nerve racking to the ISS astronauts that need food, water and parts when a Russian supply ship takes off. If the ship had failed, it would be longer before fresh supply is arrived. The good news is that the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nintendo considering a rename of Wii U tips insider Jan 27 2012 13:00:26	SlashGear
Nintendo considering a rename of Wii U tips insider Apparently, there have been come confused customers in the retail world when it comes to the 3DS and DS portable consoles from Nintendo. It seems that the “3″ ahead of the DS isn’t enough for some people to tell the difference between the normal DS consoles and the new 3D device. Nintendo is said to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Refurb 32GB HP TouchPad hits Woot for $219.99 Jan 27 2012 12:35:44	SlashGear
Refurb 32GB HP TouchPad hits Woot for $219.99 If you have wanted a new tablet and had your eye on the TouchPad in hopes it would come back around at a good price, the tablet is on Woot again. You can pick up the tablet for $219.99 with $5 for shipping. The catch is that this time out the tablets are refurb units. [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Multiple Google Calendar sync and more comes to WinPo 7.5 Jan 27 2012 12:22:06	SlashGear
Multiple Google Calendar sync and more comes to WinPo 7.5 If you are using a Windows Phone Mango smartphone Google has updated some of its offerings to work better on your device and with new features. The updates include improvements for calendar and email services on Mango. The mango smartphone user can now get up to 25 different calendars in the phones integrated calendar app. [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
HTC Sense 4.0 previewed: Streamlined UI, 50GB DropBox i... Jan 27 2012 12:03:55	SlashGear
HTC Sense 4.0 previewed: Streamlined UI, 50GB DropBox integration, more HTC has already said it plans to focus on quality not quantity with its 2012 range, but it seems the company has some significant software changes in the pipeline too with HTC Sense 4.0. The Android reskin initially offered a far more usable interface than the native OS, but Google’s successive iterations narrowed the gap and [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Kepler telescope finds 11 new planetary systems, one ha... Jan 27 2012 11:51:42	SlashGear
Kepler telescope finds 11 new planetary systems, one has five planets The NASA team that operates the Kepler space telescope has used their all-seeing eye to find 11 new planetary systems. The new discovery brings the total number of planets that have been discovered by the Kepler team to 60. In all, there are 729 confirmed extra-solar planets. As always, the team uses regular changes in [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google fires back at Privacy critics as Congress demand... Jan 27 2012 11:44:09	SlashGear
Google fires back at Privacy critics as Congress demands answers Google has struck back at outcry around its newly-combined privacy policy, insisting users “still have choice and control”, amid demands by the US Congress for answers on data use and collection. “You can use as much or as little of Google as you want” policy manager Betsy Masiello said on the search company’s Public Policy blog, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Warner Bros won’t let Netflix DVD renters add its flick... Jan 27 2012 11:23:13	SlashGear
Warner Bros won’t let Netflix DVD renters add its flicks to their rental queue for 28 days Warner Brothers and some of the other major movie studios are making it really hard on people that rent movies via Netflix and other services. The moviemakers are trying to force users to go back to the old days of movie rentals where you went into a store to rent or just bought the movie. [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google Earth 6.2 goes seamless Jan 27 2012 10:56:35	SlashGear
Google Earth 6.2 goes seamless Google has launched a major update for the cool Google Earth program. The update brings with it higher quality images that look much, much better than they used to. Google Earth now offers users a seamless experience. Rather than a patchwork of images like those that it used to offer, Google Earth now has one [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
LG OLED TV mass-production in July as Q4 panel losses n... Jan 27 2012 10:56:14	SlashGear
LG OLED TV mass-production in July as Q4 panel losses narrow LG Display will begin mass-production of its large-scale OLED panels, such as those used in the 55-inch OLED HDTV the company demonstrated at CES earlier this month, in July 2012. CFO Jeong Ho-young confirmed the production plans after LG Display revealed its Q4 2011 financial results, Korean site Asia Economies reports, with the line capable of up to 48,000 panels per [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Boise State University Greenspeed team aims for 215mph ... Jan 27 2012 10:29:36	SlashGear
Boise State University Greenspeed team aims for 215mph on vegetable oil diesel A team of students from Boise State University that participate in automotive projects announced this week that they intend to go for an existing land speed record for petroleum powered trucks of 215mph. The team is called Greenspeed and they are aiming at the 215mph record with a diesel truck using fuel derived from vegetable [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Poland’s politicians don Anonymous-style Guy Fawkes mas... Jan 27 2012 10:28:36	SlashGear
Poland’s politicians don Anonymous-style Guy Fawkes masks in anti-piracy protest Polish politicians donned Guy Fawkes masks in parliament this week, in protest of a SOPA-style anti-piracy agreement signed by the government. Members of the leftwing Palikot’s Movement produced apparently home-made masks – popularized by comic-turned-film V for Vendetta and now largely associated with hack-collective Anonymous - to show their disdain for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) the AP reports. ACTA was signed [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google Music manager gets update for downloading all yo... Jan 27 2012 10:06:55	SlashGear
Google Music manager gets update for downloading all your tunes If you are using Google Music Manager, you know that it is easy, even if time consuming, to upload all your tracks to the cloud. The thing was that once uploaded if you wanted to download those songs back to another device, like a new computer or mobile, you were only able to do that [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nintendo promises splashy launch for NFC-toting Wii U Jan 27 2012 09:56:50	SlashGear
Nintendo promises splashy launch for NFC-toting Wii U Nintendo’s Wii U will have NFC functionality and digital download support, president Iwata Satoru has confirmed, promising a better splash for the next-gen console having “learned a bitter lesson from the launch of the Nintendo 3DS.” Speaking to investors and analysts after revealing dire financial results for the last quarter, Satoru revealed that NFC short-range wireless had been added to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple CEO “outraged” at “offensive” factory claims Jan 27 2012 09:31:54	SlashGear
Apple CEO “outraged” at “offensive” factory claims Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded angrily to allegations that the company knowingly used manufacturing partners guilty of labor abuses, telling staff that “we care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain” and calling the accusations “offensive.” Cook blasted the NY Times report in an internal email to Apple employees, spilled to 9to5Mac; “Any suggestion [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Danger, Will Robinson! B9 Robot voice Dick Tufeld dies Jan 27 2012 09:10:28	SlashGear
Danger, Will Robinson! B9 Robot voice Dick Tufeld dies “Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!” Sad news this week as it’s confirmed that the second-half of the famous B9 Robot from classic sci-fi series Lost In Space, voice actor Dick Tufeld, died at the weekend. Known for providing the distinctive authoritative voice of the B9 as it helped the Robinson family – and the dastardly Dr. Zachary Smith – [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
First ‘Super Wi-Fi’ network has deployed in North Carolina Jan 27 2012 06:47:13	SlashGear
First ‘Super Wi-Fi’ network has deployed in North Carolina ‘Super Wi-Fi‘ has been in the works for years now, and the first in the nation has finally deployed in Wilmington, North Carolina. This new network is running on the currently bare “white space”. In 2010, the FCC had reported their approval for devices to run over this spectrum. At this same time, the FCC [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung outfits London Eye with Galaxy Tabs Jan 27 2012 03:51:40	SlashGear
Samsung outfits London Eye with Galaxy Tabs The London Eye is one of the most remarkable tourist attractions in the British capital city. It’s a uniquely shaped observation tower filled with “capsules” that allow visitors to see all the major sights that London has to offer. It is one of the newest and most interesting tourist attractions in the city with its [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Juniper Research says Ultrabooks to outpace tablets by ... Jan 27 2012 03:42:13	SlashGear
Juniper Research says Ultrabooks to outpace tablets by 2016 Enjoy your iPads and Android tablets while you can, because by 2016 they may be yesterday’s news. According to a new prediction from analyst group Juniper Research, tablets will fall out of favor and an emerging product line called ultrabooks will emerge. In the vein of Apple’s Macbook Air, ultrabooks are sub-$1,000 laptops that are [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung Wave Y LeFleur Edition revealed Jan 27 2012 03:24:01	SlashGear
Samsung Wave Y LeFleur Edition revealed If you thought the one thing missing from Samsung’s entry-level Wave Y S5380 phone was a pink floral design, you’re in luck. The manufacturer has launched a new version of the device, dubbed the LaFleur edition, with a bold pink-and-black motif. The inscription “LaFleur” appears on the front of the phone while the back, donned [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Gog.com brings Square Enix games to downloadable catalog Jan 27 2012 03:11:37	SlashGear
Gog.com brings Square Enix games to downloadable catalog Gog.com has struck a new deal with Square Enix to bring some of the most iconic games of a generation to its digital download platform. It is one of the biggest scores yet for the nascent online PC game store. Gog, whose slogan is “Good Old Games,” will begin with Deus Ex and Hitman, and [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
FBI accuses insider of stealing Federal Reserve compute... Jan 27 2012 02:56:13	SlashGear
FBI accuses insider of stealing Federal Reserve computer code Computer programmer Bo Zhang had access to data that only a privileged few have the authority to touch. He worked for the Federal Reserve and dealt with sensitive information on a regular basis. He scored security clearance levels that most foreign entities would die for. And what happens when you get to play with hyper [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Q Entertainment sheds light on Lumines game for PlaySta... Jan 27 2012 02:33:57	SlashGear
Q Entertainment sheds light on Lumines game for PlayStation Vita It may not be the most amazing game that’s been released in the 21st century. Heck, it doesn’t even really have any characters or storyline. Yet Lumines has been heralded as one of the most enjoyable games on the PSP, and it’s set to be one of the biggest entries on the impending PlayStation Vita. [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Microsoft’s so-called “avoid ghetto” GPS app draws cont... Jan 27 2012 02:17:09	SlashGear
Microsoft’s so-called “avoid ghetto” GPS app draws controversy A recently uncovered Microsoft patent is already generating a bit of controversy even though it could be years before any sort of product actually materializes from it. The patent is for an app that uses GPS technology to deter drivers from entering neighborhoods that are deemed unsafe. Of course, the conditions that are evaluated to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Valve brings Steam to Android in closed beta Jan 27 2012 01:57:57	SlashGear
Valve brings Steam to Android in closed beta Steam is pretty much the universally accepted standard in delivering digitally downloaded games to the PC crowd, and now it is seeking some of that mojo on Android. Valve is testing an official version of Steam on the Google platform, currently accessible only to users invited to the closed beta but hopefully due to make [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Twitter revolutionizes Tweet censorship process Jan 27 2012 01:40:28	SlashGear
Twitter revolutionizes Tweet censorship process Because it is illegal to post any sort of pro-Nazi message in France or Germany, Twitter bans all pro-Nazi messages on a global scale. Similar restrictions exist for different cultures and governments around the world, which ends up with an extensive amount of Twitter censorship. That may soon be a thing of the past, though, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Samsung’s surging smartphone business leads to strong f... Jan 27 2012 01:27:16	SlashGear
Samsung’s surging smartphone business leads to strong fourth quarter Samsung pulled off a mighty impressive quarter at the end of 2011, with 4 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in net income. That’s a sizable increase over the previous year’s 3.42 trillion won, but not everything in the consumer electronics firm is all peaches and cream. The company saw a woeful decline in its LCD panel [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
iPad 2 Cygnett Platform vs Logitech Fold-up Keyboard vs... Jan 27 2012 00:23:05	SlashGear
iPad 2 Cygnett Platform vs Logitech Fold-up Keyboard vs Speck HandyShell There’s a war going on out there no iPad is safe from, and its the manufacturers of cases, stands, and skins that are the weapons. Today we’ve got a three-way war going on between Cygnett, Logitech, and Speck, each of them with an option for you to keep your iPad 2 standing up and off [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Spotify reaches 3 million paying subscribers Jan 26 2012 23:27:41	SlashGear
Spotify reaches 3 million paying subscribers Spotify has reached a new milestone, hitting 3 million paying subscribers, up from 2 million in September and 2.5 million in November. The conversion ratio of paying subscribers has also increased, with the new figure representing 20 percent of Spotify’s active user base, whereas that ratio was 15 percent last March. The new numbers are [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Xbox 360 controller Hot Pocket Dispenser revealed Jan 26 2012 23:13:54	SlashGear
Xbox 360 controller Hot Pocket Dispenser revealed A true inventor of great objects can be found in Ben Heck, a man whose modding career spans a bit over a decade and whose latest masterpiece is an Xbox 360 controller-mounted Hot Pocket dispenser. As I’m sure you’ll agree, the top comment on the how-to video for this object rings very, very true: “Wow, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
V-MODA Limited Edition Crossfade LP2 headphones review Jan 26 2012 22:54:34	SlashGear
V-MODA Limited Edition Crossfade LP2 headphones review There’s nothing quite a pair of limited edition headphones with interchangeable metal plates on the outsides to get your engine revved up for DJing, gaming, and listening to some death metal on a Sunday afternoon – and V-MODA knows it. What we’ve got here is a the V-MODA Limited Edition Crossfade LP2 model set of [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
What the Apple TV Needs to No Longer Be A Hobby Jan 26 2012 22:44:55	SlashGear
What the Apple TV Needs to No Longer Be A Hobby I’m a little confused. Remember back when Apple first introduced the Apple TV, and the company said that it was designed to be a hobby device? Well, in 2010, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, after unveiling a new version of the device, said it was no longer a hobby. Now, though, it appears it is again, [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Motorola reports $80 million net loss in Q4 Jan 26 2012 22:39:01	SlashGear
Motorola reports $80 million net loss in Q4 Motorola Mobility released its Q4 2011 earnings today along with its full-year financial results, reporting a revenue of $3.4 billion but a net loss of $80 million in contrast to the $110 million profit in the same quarter the year before. Motorola had warned earlier this month that earnings would miss Wall Street expectations as [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
FBI seeks to track Social Media en masse Jan 26 2012 22:19:47	SlashGear
FBI seeks to track Social Media en masse There’s a brand new job alert out there this week, engineers and developers, and you should hop right on it if you want to help the FBI work on a tool which will provide them with an “Open Source and social media alert, mapping, and analysis application solution.” What I want to do right now [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Netflix on over 800 devices, usage on Smart TVs up Jan 26 2012 22:03:13	SlashGear
Netflix on over 800 devices, usage on Smart TVs up During Netflix’s Q4 earnings call yesterday, CEO Reed Hastings emphasized the importance of mobile devices for the company, namely tablets, Apple TV and other connected Smart TVs. Although he didn’t get into numbers, a recent Netflix job posting revealed that the service has been shipping on more than 800 different devices, a bit boost from [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Logitech runs out of Revue Google TV units, plans Harmo... Jan 26 2012 21:19:07	SlashGear
Logitech runs out of Revue Google TV units, plans Harmony remote update Logitech reported its fiscal Q3 2012 earnings today and revealed that it has officially sold out of the discontinued Logitech Revue box, closing its doors on Google TV. The company may return in the future, but is certainly calling it quits for now, taking a massive $90 million loss on the failed Google TV initiative. [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Grand Theft Auto III released for Transformer Prime Jan 26 2012 20:46:19	SlashGear
Grand Theft Auto III released for Transformer Prime While it may have seemed as though you were playing Grand Theft Auto III on your Transformer Prime before, it’s only today that the update made specifically optimized for the Transformer Prime and the Tegra 3 chipset officially breaks. In this update you’ll find yourself in a whole new world of smooth crashing into walls [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
The Witcher 2 for Xbox 360 packing new content with upd... Jan 26 2012 20:40:08	SlashGear
The Witcher 2 for Xbox 360 packing new content with updates to follow Since The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings game launched for PCs, publisher CD Projekt Red has been offering a steady stream of new content and DLCs for free. Now, the company is gearing up for the Xbox 360 version with plans to include all of the previous new content and continue pushing out extras post [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX hands-on and unboxing Jan 26 2012 20:08:48	SlashGear
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX hands-on and unboxing Motorola is back with another Android smartphone for Verizon’s 4G LTE network. Adding another DROID to their ever-growing list of phones. Some might say they’ve released too many too fast lately on big red but the new RAZR MAXX is a bit special — and available today. This phone features a standard, built-in 3,300 mAh [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo drive revealed, Mac compatible Jan 26 2012 19:46:22	SlashGear
WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo drive revealed, Mac compatible This week we may well be paying more attention to hard drives more than any other sort of Apple-related product announced during MacWorld, and Western Digital is never one to disappoint. The WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo is first up, it working with the Thunderbolt port on your newest MacBook devices. This external harddrive utilizes [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Google+ speaks on teens, privacy additions, digs on Fac... Jan 26 2012 19:30:23	SlashGear
Google+ speaks on teens, privacy additions, digs on Facebook There can be no denying that Google+ has one main competitor in Facebook, so it should come as no small surprise when they mention one another in day to day updates. What we’re seeing today is an update to both the age range of Google+ users and the privacy which they all can enjoy on [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
HTC to return to Hero Device strategy for 2012 Jan 26 2012 19:06:10	SlashGear
HTC to return to Hero Device strategy for 2012 In a move that should have Android device and Windows Phone device lovers jumping for joy, HTC has turned vocal on their plans for 2012 to release a limited amount of smartphones and tablets, each of them perfected to “hero” status. While the main bulk of the mobile market’s strategy still seems to be to [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Macworld 2012 adds “iWorld” to title, markets self as “... Jan 26 2012 18:45:23	SlashGear
Macworld 2012 adds “iWorld” to title, markets self as “lifestyle event” to stay relevant There’s not a whole lot of big-time press that follows MacWorld these days, or at least in the past few years since Apple stopped attending the event themselves – but they’re still there, and they’ve still got something to say! Macworld 2012 is now called Macworld | iWorld and as event general manager Paul Kent [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Lenovo ThinkPad X130e goes on sale for students everywhere Jan 26 2012 18:22:45	SlashGear
Lenovo ThinkPad X130e goes on sale for students everywhere There’s a brand new ThinkPad in town, and this Lenovo model X130e is no joke when it comes to dishing out the middle-range for students across the earth. For that’s who Lenovo is aiming at here with the X130e, students in grades K-12 – though we’re not sure what a Kindergartener is going to do [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Distimo shows Android apps featured in market gain heav... Jan 26 2012 17:47:26	SlashGear
Distimo shows Android apps featured in market gain heavily over iPhone There’s a brand new study out right this moment by Distimo which shows that apps featured in the Android Market gain massive appeal while apps featured in the iTunes market, either for iPhone or for iPad, saw similar but not nearly as impressive bumps. What you’ll see here is two things: when featured in the [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Nokia Bought Time, But That Clock Is Ticking Jan 26 2012 17:38:26	SlashGear
Nokia Bought Time, But That Clock Is Ticking $1.25 billion in losses would normally be a pretty dire way to end a quarter, but Nokia managed to muster just enough sugar for lemonade with more than a million sales of its first two Windows Phone handsets. After months of “we’ll launch by the end of the year” promises, Elop & Co. came through [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »
Consumer Reports dices Dyson Hot space heater in tests Jan 26 2012 17:07:48	SlashGear
Consumer Reports dices Dyson Hot space heater in tests There’s a little bit of good and a whole lot of bad coming out of the tests that Consumer Reports have released on the 2011/2012 winter season’s most expensive and famous heater: the Dyson Hot. We’ve only spoken about this fan/heater one other time here on SlashGear because, quite simply, it costs WAY too much [...] Read the full article on SlashGear »

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