With the Verizon iPhone looming, AT&T and T-Mobile both have some impressive 4G-compatible Android phones rolling out this month. And T-Mobile’s got a 3D-capable Android tablet rolling out sometime after that.
AT&T’s HTC Inspire 4G (above, left) has a big 4.3-inch screen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor and is priced extremely …
Computerworld is reporting that the London Stock Exchange may have been hacked in August of last year as it prepared to switch its systems from Microsoft’s .Net platform to a Linux-based platform. It’s once again preparing to attempt the same switchover this month.
According to the article:
“There were major problems on the exchange
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If you’re experiencing the horrible Snowmageddon that is about to dump its freezing wrath on your city (or already has), I commiserate with you. Chances are you’re stuck inside an office building like me, constantly checking your dashboard widget, phone or tablet to see if the snow has taken over the world outside blocking you from …
Guess which two classic blasts from the past are about to get resurrected as Facebook games? Don’t look up there at the title! Okay, go ahead. Too late.
The Oregon Trail and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? are set to make their return to the edutainment world as Facebook games. The Oregon Trail will be available tomorrow, …
One of the longstanding promises of the Internet–of the last century’s worth of technology, really–is that the cultural heritage of the world will be accessible to everyone in their homes. Today, the global museum has taken another step forward with Google Art Project. An ingenious application of Google’s Street View and Picasa tools, …
Are iTunes’ days of digital music dominance finally about to come to an end? New reports are suggesting that Google is closing in on a launch date for its much-rumored music service at the same time as Spotify is said to be making progress with its potential second US signing.
Google Music has been the subject of much speculation …
The past month has brought a bunch of new features and improvements to Google Docs, and yesterday, the Internet giant rolled out yet another when it announced that it is giving a “refresh” to its documents list.
The “refresh” aims to make the Docs page easier to organize and navigate, and this is accomplished in a few different ways. …
Apple wants to have control over what content you are selling within your app. Among the recently declined was Sony’s iPhone application, which would have sold e-books and materials from the Sony Reader Store as an in-app purchase. Sony digital reading division president Steve Haber said that Apple told them that all in-app …
Microsoft founder and former CEO Bill Gates has been spending his retirement—and the billions of dollars he’s amassed over the years—to try to improve the education system here in the U.S. and wipe out polio worldwide.
During an appearance on The Daily Show last night, Gates talked about the challenges of administering polio …
Tech research firm, Canalys, has crowned Android the new king of smartphones, with fourth quarter shipments estimated at 33.3 million handsets—a whopping 615% increase over Q4 of 2009. Smartphone shipments, in general, grew 80% in 2010 versus 2009.
In the fourth quarter, Nokia’s Symbian platform fell to second place with 31 million …
Dell’s 7-inch “Streak 7” Android tablet is due this week from T-Mobile at $200 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract starting at $25 per month. That’s $50 cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy Tab offered through T-Mobile, which is now priced at $250 after being discounted from $400.
It’s nice to see these 7-inch tablets …
The little white/silver liquid contact indicator (LCI) turning red or stripped is often the death knell for your electronic product’s warranty. Even though the item never touched water, users know that even a little moisture can set that extremely sensitive sensor off, denying you hundreds of dollars in coverage that you should have …
