If you’ve recently realized that your guilty television pleasures run to shows such as Supernatural, Nikita and The Vampire Diaries, then congratulations: You’re a fan of the CW network. And thanks to a new deal announced yesterday, it’s going to be easier than ever to catch up with your favorite shows starting later this month, when …
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Apple-Samsung Patent Battle: Apple’s Totally Winning
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Samsung’s not getting much love from the courts as it tries to defend against Apple’s patent infringement claims.
In the United States, District Judge Lucy Koh repeatedly mentioned the visual similarities …
The iPhone 4S Cracked Open, Innards Analyzed
You’d be crazy to crack open your iPhone 4S on day one, but iFixit.com has done just that so we can take a gander at what’s under the hood.
As you’re well aware, the iPhone 4S shares the same outward appearance as the iPhone 4, and while many of the internal parts haven’t changed either, here are some of the ones that …
Greetings from iLine 2011
Once again, Apple is releasing a new iPhone. Once again, I’m in line at the crack of dawn at the Stonestown Galleria in San Francisco. This time I’m here with my wife Marie, who’s excited about upgrading from an iPhone 3GS to a 4S. We’ve been here for an hour; there were around 40 folks here when we arrived, along with a few …
The Digital Media Revolution: Analog Strikes Back
If you consider the move towards predominantly digital media to be a slow but inevitable one, recent events in the worlds of movies and comic books might make you want to reconsider that last part.
In the past week, protests by movie theater owners have pushed Universal to scrap plans to test a premium video-on-demand release for the …
Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Games
Whether you’ve just purchased your first iPhone or you’ve owned every version since 2007, make sure there’s an icon for each one of these games on your Home screen.
Don’t Be Blue: ‘Avatar’ Named Most Pirated Movie of All Time
Jake Sully may have saved Pandora from destruction, but it doesn’t look like he was able to do the same for the American movie industry. Just two years after being released, James Cameron’s Avatar has been named the most pirated movie of all time in a new study by TorrentFreak.
At an estimated 21 million downloads, Cameron’s …
iPhone 4S Sold Out Online
Hoping to casually wander down to your local store tomorrow and pick up a new iPhone 4S without any hassle? That’s not likely to happen—nor is it looking like it’ll happen anytime soon, either. According to the websites of AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, the new iPhone has sold out for immediate shipment. It’ll be interesting …
Whoops, Apple’s iCloud Mail Service Goes Kaboom
I’m pretty sure iCloud mail was working when I logged in early this morning, but at some point over the past couple hours, it went belly up. As I’m writing this, I have the jagged lightning bolt symbol eyeballing me next to the “Inbox” view in my Apple Mail client. If I click it, I’m prompted for my iCloud account password, which was …
No iCloud Movies Yet, but Apple’s Working On It
Don’t blame Apple for the iCloud’s inability to stream and re-download iTunes movies. The issue here is a Hollywood system full of complications and competing interests.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple’s in talks with Hollywood studios for the rights to include movies in iCloud. At present, you can use iCloud to re-download …
RIM: BlackBerry Service ‘Has Been Fully Restored’
Research in Motion co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie held a phone-in press conference this morning to announce that BlackBerry services have been "fully restored" around the world.
"On Monday we had a hardware failure," began Lazaridis, who went on to explain that one of the company’s data switches failed in Europe, at which
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Stolen iPhone 4 Prototype Saga Ends as Suspects Plead No Contest
Oh, the iPhone 4 fiasco. Who could forget when gadget blog Gizmodo managed to get their hands on Apple’s iPhone 4 prototype when an unsuspecting engineer lost it at a German beer garden?
The two men, Brian Hogan and Sage Wallower, pleaded no contest to “theft of lost property” after shopping the phone around to media outlets. As a …