That was quick. In response to Barnes & Noble dropping the price of its 3G-enabled Nook to $199 and announcing a Wi-Fi version at $149, Amazon dropped the price of its 3G-enabled Kindle e-book reader to $189.
As stated in the Nook post from earlier today, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Amazon put out a Wi-Fi version of the Kindle …
It’s unclear when the white iPhone 4s will start shipping but iClarified supposedly has projected inventory numbers for a number of Best Buy stores across the country. For whatever reason, the stores in Florida will receive the bulk of the first shipments of the iPhone 4 from Apple.
And now you know.
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Every year, the Electronics Entertainment Expo becomes the epicenter for all things video game. With new services, new consoles and new games announced by the boatload, E3 holds tons of dizzying highs for gaming enthusiasts. In fact, we wrote about a few. What sometimes gets lost in all the buzz, though, is all the worrisome evidence …
Of all the things I could have done this weekend besides recovering from E3, I went out and picked up Timothy Zahn’s “Heir to the Empire” and the rest of the Thrawn trilogy. Many thanks to those of you who commented on my initial JIT post. Being at E3 actually spurred me on to start this sooner rather than later. Previews of The …
We’re hearing scattered reports of Apple’s newly updated mobile operating system iOS 4 being rolled out through iTunes. You’ll need to update to iTunes 9.2 for it to take effect. I haven’t gotten the software kicked to my phone yet—wait, something’s happening. Whoomp, there it is. Just went live.
The update is free for iPhone 3G …
Superman has been running, under one title or another, since 1939. This week, it reaches its gala 700th issue; here’s a little history of its previous anniversary issues.
July 1948: In Superman #53, the “tenth anniversary issue” (ten years and a month since Superman had first appeared in Action Comics #1, at any rate), writer Bill …
It’s hard to get a read on Toshiba’s Libretto W100. It’s being pitched by the company as “a next-gen ultra-mobile concept PC” in honor of Toshiba hitting the 25-year laptop production milestone, yet despite the “concept” tag we’re being treated to a full list of specs and news that the product will actually be sold later this summer as a …
When it comes to Think Geek and April Fool’s Day, the National Pork Board still isn’t laughing.
Today, the product makers of all things nerd posted of a recent cease and desist letter they received from the NPB for its canned unicorn meat – an April Fool’s Day parody product. (Think: Spam, with glitter.) The board, who owns rights …
We know the Xbox 360 S is incapable of red ringing (RROD) but it wasn’t clear what would happen to the whisper quiet 360s once they started to overheat. Thanks to a NeoGAF member, we now know what happens. Say hello to the Red Dot of Death (RDOD).
Microsoft’s latest 360 will shut itself off automatically when temperatures …
Happy? Monday? Here are some hand picked tech deals to help you ease your way into the work week. The aforementioned Nook Wi-Fi is a downright steal at $149, you can upgrade to Windows 7 Professional for $30 if you’re a student (or have a working .edu e-mail address–wink, wink), and Amazon is selling 90 phones for a penny with a …
