Tech companies have been flexing their design muscles at the IFA trade show in Berlin this week, trying to prove that Apple’s not the only one that can make ultra-thin, ultra-light laptops and tablets. Turns out that these PC makers can out-slim the iPad and the MacBook Air after all. They just needed Apple to start the fire. Here’s a …
Call of Duty XP 2011: Watch the ‘Modern Warfare 3’ Multiplayer Trailer
Multiplayer. It’s the reason that the vast majority of players show up for a Call of Duty game. And when that vast majority numbers in the millions, you better believe that it’s a big deal. That’s why Activision’s held all details about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3‘s multiplayer as closely guarded secrets until this weekend, when their …
Paycheck Friday! Purchasing Suggestions for Your Perusal
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
10% ($0 to $8,500)
Inflatable Beard: $4
Your …
Presley Estate Sues for Hunka-Hunka Burnin’ Ringtone Royalties
He may have been one of the most successful recording artists in history, but that hasn’t stopped the corporate group responsible for managing Elvis Presley’s assets from filing a new lawsuit claiming that the singer was “unjustly exploited during his lifetime by his record company,” and all because no-one saw things like ringtones or …
British Airways Flight Attendants to Be Outfitted with iPads
The future of flight attendant luggage may end up being even smaller than those tiny carry-on bags you often see them wheeling around as they roam airports in flight attendant packs; British Airways is testing to see whether iPads will make cabin crews helpful and more productive during loading and flights.
100 cabin crew members will …
Two More LulzSec, Anonymous Suspects Picked Up in U.K.
The noose appears to be tightening around hacktivist groups LulzSec and Anonymous: Two men, aged 24 and 20, were just picked up for reported connections to online attacks by the groups in recent months.
The two apparently shared the hacker identity “Kayla,” a name associated with Anonymous and attacks on California-based Internet …
Guess How Big Android’s Lead Over Apple Is Now
New data from Nielsen paints a revealing, if not all that unexpected, picture of the current smartphone market here in the U.S.
While earlier this year we saw Android’s lead over both RIM and Apple’s iOS continue to grow, many (including us) expected that extraordinary growth to curb.
Well that didn’t happen.
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Will Windows 8 Mark the End of the Post-PC Era?
My Technologizer column over at TIME.com this week was inspired by recent talk of the death—or at least the decline—of the PC, most recently inspired by HP’s decision to consider spinning off or selling its PC division. My take: The PC is actually in great shape, because smartphones and tablets have every right to be called PCs.
I …
HTC ‘Radar’ and ‘Titan’ Windows Phones, for Hands Large and Small
HTC wanted no middle ground for its first Windows Phone “Mango” handsets, launching one phone with a 3.8-inch display, and another with a massive 4.7-inch display.
The HTC Radar is the smaller of the two, and packs a 1 GHz processor, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, a VGA front-facing camera, 8 GB of storage and 512 MB of RAM.
The …
How the White House’s New Online Petition System Can Be Kept Accountable
The White House yesterday unveiled plans for a new online petition system called “We the People.” Using the new service at whitehouse.gov, citizens will be able to create petitions and use email and social media to gather support. If a petition gathers enough support, it will be reviewed and answered by White House policy staff (see …
Is Netflix’s Loss of Starz the End of the World as We Know It?
Say goodbye to about 1,000 movies, Netflix, because Starz is throwing up its hands and taking a long, scowling walk in the opposite direction. The American cable and satellite TV service said late yesterday afternoon that it was ending negotiations with Netflix and pretty much hitting the road.
“Starz Entertainment has ended contract …
Five Awesome Games from PAX Prime 2011
While the cosplay memories of the 2011 Penny Arcade Expo may fade, the glimpses of great games to come will keep gamers warm for many nights. Coming right at the cusp of the end-of-year holiday rush, PAX Prime seems to be serving as a last peek into the crazy months of September and December, as well as planting seeds of awareness for …