Silly Amazon, “App Store” isn’t a generic term, and besides, you’re no App Store—so said Apple in a filing yesterday to a California federal court. Apple’s squaring off with Amazon over the latter’s use of the phrase “Appstore” (one word, no spaces) on its Android apps page.
In fact Cupertino sued the mega e-tailer …
I noticed this story late last night, basically another ‘iPhone 5’ tease that’s even bigger news from where I sit than whatever newfangled whatsits Apple’s tucked under the hood: global Verizon iPhone support.
The tipster: my wife. She wants a phone she can take on business trips abroad (like the U.K., or more recently, the Middle …
If you’re an AT&T iPad or iPhone user, you’ll want to double-check your statement, because AT&T may be charging too much for monthly mobile data usage. In fact a new class action lawsuit ostensibly backed by extensive research alleges that’s exactly what AT&T’s been up to.
Ask AT&T and they’ll tell you the charges are …
We’re kind of creepy, but not that creepy—the gist of Google guru Eric Schmidt’s public scorn-pouring on technology that’d allow a company to recognize and identify your face, or my face, or anyone’s face.
How? By storing pictures of said faces in a massive photographically encyclopedic database.
That Google would create …
Sony’s weighed in on the question of whether its PlayStation Network online login was “hacked” yesterday.
Its verdict: not a hack, just an “exploit.”
“We temporarily took down the PSN and Qriocity password reset page,” said Sony spokesperson Patrick Seybold on the PlayStation blog, adding “Contrary to some reports, …
Ready, set, Sandy Bridge! It looks like Apple’s MacBook Air may finally get the processor and chipset update it’s long deserved in the coming mid-summer months.
Digitimes cites a Taiwan-based supplier as reporting Apple will begin shipping new 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch MacBook Air models packing Sandy Bridge (faster, cooler, lower …
It looks like new Xbox 360 DVDs designed to hold an extra gigabyte of data may not work with older consoles. The issue came to light after a user with a 2009 60GB Xbox 360 Pro received an unexpected email from Microsoft warning him his system wouldn’t be capable of playing upcoming retail discs.
“Following a recent update to our …
Ready for digital billboards that notice you need new sneakers as you wander by? That comment on your waistline and discreetly recommend gym time?
Ready or not, they’re coming, and Viennese company uma just scored $1.1 million in funding from multiple investors to make it so.
Uma recently demonstrated technology dubbed “SKIN” …
You may not like someone on Facebook. You may practically despise someone on Facebook. Just don’t fall for a new scam that claims to offer you a chance to vent by giving someone a very public thumbs-down.
If you see a message offering to enable a “Dislike” button, beware: security firm Sophos claims the “fast-spreading scam …
Imagine peewee satellites the size of pennies tumbling through space like interstellar insects, collecting data and transmitting it home.
Stop imagining, because three stamp-sized prototypes designed by Cornell scientists went up with space shuttle Endeavour as it flew into orbit Monday morning. Their destination: the International …
Say what you will about its tired low-res graphics, often imprecise motion controls, and Himalayan mountain range of shovel-ware software, the Wii’s already won the most important lap in the current console wars: it’s in over 86 million households worldwide—tens of millions more than either Microsoft or Sony. And as of yesterday, May …
As you can see from that shot up top, the PlayStation Network, Qriocity, and Sony Online Entertainment are back, 50 fussy red and blue states are now united in scintillating neon green, and all’s right with the world.
Well, almost. The network’s back for some of you, but not all, and Sony’s restoration of service, which began on …
