If you take a look at the Commerce Department’s National Broadband Service map, you’ll see that a lot of America still doesn’t have a broadband Internet connection. It might look like sparsely populated areas, but in reality 28 percent of Americans don’t use the Internet, according to the NY Times. A lot of times, as the article …
Lenovo’s 10-inch Tablet Due in June, May Cost Under $500
We got a look at Lenovo’s “LePad” tablet at CES back in January when it was demoed as part of the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid system consisting of a detachable tablet that snaps into a notebook shell.
Next month, the tablet and shell will be available in China separately or as part of a package, but details on U.S. availability have been scant …
iPlayer Expands Beyond BBC In The UK, Prepares For Global Invasion
It’s taken nine months, but the BBC’s iPlayer has finally fulfilled its promise to become a VoD aggregator for British television. Content from competing networks ITV, Channel Four, Channel Five, S4C and SeeSaw has started appearing on the BBC service (along with content from MSN Video Player, oddly enough), which is the most popular VoD …
Emanata: “Morning Glories,” Types and Archetypes
Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma’s series Morning Glories is one of the very few American comic books in its category right now: an ongoing, creator-owned series, in the conventional color-pamplet format, with sizeable buzz and sales figures, that doesn’t quite belong to any established comics genre. It’s about a group of six promising …
Google, Sony, Tivo Form Crusading Supergroup For Smart Televisions
It’s like the Justice League of Technology: Google, Sony, TiVo, Mitsubishi, Best Buy and two lesser-known companies (NagraVision and SageTV – Think of them as the Martian Manhunter and Aquaman of the team) have joined together to support the Federal Communication Commission’s AllVid proposal, calling themselves the AllVid Tech Company …
Chrome 10 Beta Promises “Speed, Sync and Settings”
In honor of the Year of the Rabbit, Google Chrome announced its newest beta release today, which features a new version of the V8 JavaScript engine that’s proven to be 66 percent faster than the version in Chrome 9.
In addition to JavaScript that’s as fast as a bunny rabbit and GPU-accelerated video, Chrome 10 also simplifies a user’s …
Spotify Signs With EMI. Is It Closer to a U.S. Launch?
Spotify has taken a large step towards its US launch, if rumors are to be believed, by finalizing a US distribution deal with EMI Music. All Things Digital is reporting multiple sources as saying that the deal is done, although EMI and Spotify are officially refusing comment.
This means that the streaming music service now has US …
What Went Viral This Week
February 18, 2011 –
Real Life Mario Kart
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Sucks for him: He always got the bananas. It’s all about the star.
House Pays Tribute To Colbert
Legend has it that if you look closely at Colbert’s background on the Colbert Report you’ll see a picture of Dr. House. The show …
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.
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ToastIt Drink Coasters: $10
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Sony: Exclusive Games Out, Exclusive Content In
It’s all about the exclusives when it comes to video games, Sony’s senior brand manager for MLB 11: The Show Scott McCarthy argued. However, it’s not games that Sony wants to acquire in order to gain a larger audience. Now, it’s all about the exclusive content.
“When you make a title exclusive, you limit its promotional power; we …
Skype Wants to Upgrade Video Calling Across Carriers?
Editor’s Note: Skype contacted Techland after the publication of this story saying the facts stated by the PC Mag article were untrue. Story has been updated from the original version in light of their response.
Is Skype trying to make deals the big four cell phone service providers to become the number one go to company for mobile …
Latest iPhone Nano Scuttlebutt: Cheaper? Yes. Smaller? No.
Who’s ready for some more iPhone rumors? Here’s what we have so far:
Bloomberg started things off with rumors of a smaller, cheaper iPhone and an iPhone that could work on any network in the world—it may be two different phones or the smaller phone may be the world phone.
The Wall Street Journal then chimed in and bolstered …