Apple still leading but slowly losing in tablet market
Although the iOS-powered iPad tablet continues to draw the majority of prospective buyers at retail, the momentum of platforms carrying Google’s Android software is quickly gathering pace behind Apple’s device. ...more
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HTC scaling back smartphone creation in 2012
27. Jan 2012, 10:05
Given the gushing flood of smartphones that washed across us during 2011, it’s somehow refreshing to note, while toweling ourselves down, that at least one major industry player intends to shift focus from quantity to quality in 2012. ... more
Twitter announcement causes 'censorship' outrage
27. Jan 2012, 09:28
There are rumbles of user discontent building at Twitter today after the micro-blogging service announced its intent to prevent the posting of messages if and when a host country takes exception to specific content. ... more
Samsung Galaxy Tabs installed on The London Eye
27. Jan 2012, 08:51
In a move likely to boost the tourism value of The London Eye, management organization EDF Energy has announced it will be installing Galaxy Tab devices within all of the giant wheel’s viewing pods. ... more
Apple still leading but slowly losing in tablet market
27. Jan 2012, 08:30
Although the iOS-powered iPad tablet continues to draw the majority of prospective buyers at retail, the momentum of platforms carrying Google’s Android software is quickly gathering pace behind Apple’s device. ... more
ZTE intros its cheap but capable Light Tab 2 tablet
27. Jan 2012, 07:16
Shifting its stance as a budget-friendly maker of mobile phones, China-based ZTE has followed the recent unveiling of its (really quite promising) Tania smartphone with this, the new ZTE Light Tab 2 (V9A) tablet. ... more
I Am Alive confirmed as Mar. 7 House Party download
26. Jan 2012, 09:25
Microsoft has this week announced the selection of downloadable videogame titles chosen to make up 2012’s Xbox Live Arcade House Party; they are Warp, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, Nexuiz, and I Am Alive. ... more
Foldable fantasy: MIT Media Lab unveils Hiriko electric bubble car
26. Jan 2012, 08:41
The product of a collaboration between the Spanish government and MIT Media Lab, the diminutive two-seat Hiriko (‘of the city’) bubble car is capable of going from really rather small to positively tiny thanks to its innovative folding rear capsule, which slides away beneath the bulk of the chassis. Weird. ... more
$99 USD: Nokia's impressive Lumia 900 targets high-end rivals
26. Jan 2012, 07:27
That’s according to CNET and BGR reports, which cite sources with knowledge of the phone’s upcoming launch in claiming that the Nokia Lumia 900 will arrive on March 18 attached to price of just $99.99 USD (alongside a two-year AT&T service contract). ... more
Foxconn leak: iPhone 5 set for June launch
26. Jan 2012, 06:37
With the hotly anticipated iPad3 tablet expected to take the world by storm in March, a fresh Apple-flavored industry leak has revealed that the iPhone 5 handset looks likely to follow in June. ... more
Apple dismisses iPad rivals after bumper Q4 sales
25. Jan 2012, 09:38
With the much talked about launch of the iPad3 moving ever closer (March), tech titan Apple Inc. has taken to the industry rooftops in order to let rival gadget makers know just how well it’s doing. ... more
Verizon announces support for Motorola RAZR Maxx
25. Jan 2012, 09:03
Although both handsets look the same, the RAZR Maxx offers up significantly better battery life than the RAZR, thanks to the addition of an impressive 3300mAh cell capable of providing 21 hours of single-charge operation. ... more
Anonymous rubbishes video clip announcing Facebook attack
25. Jan 2012, 08:15
Speaking through an AnonOps Twitter account that has a reliable and long-standing association with Anonymous, the group has rubbished the clip’s content and insisted it has no plans to sink Zuckerberg’s battleship. ... more
Card fraud drops as defense costs rise - criminals walk with $3.1 billion
25. Jan 2012, 08:01
According to a subsidiary of Visa, CyberSource, the amount of fraudulent orders online dropped to a 13-year low in 2011, but the cost of combating it is still on the rise. On top of this, successful criminals are taking more per-transaction, to the tune of $3.1 billion dollars. ... more
Twitter acquires another security firm
25. Jan 2012, 08:00
Twitter is adding another layer of security to its engineering department. After purchasing Whisper Systems last November, the micro-blogging company announced on Monday that it's acquired Dasient, a firm that specializes on protecting end-users from malicious advertisements, and harmful content. ... more
Space Shuttles heading to major U.S. museums
25. Jan 2012, 07:36
Case in point, the famed Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is currently preparing to beef up its tourist appeal by adding the space shuttle Discovery to its vast display of iconic vehicles. ... more
Study finds Facebook 'friends' are no friends at all
24. Jan 2012, 10:26
More pointedly, a new study carried out by the Macmillan Cancer Support group has found that, although the average young Facebook user has around 237 friends, a meager few of them can be relied upon for genuine friendship and support. ... more
Nokia has already shifted 1.3 million Lumia handsets
24. Jan 2012, 09:58
According to the sales averages collated from 22 different industry analysts and offered up a Bloomberg report, Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has sold 1.3 million units of its Lumia smartphone, which only launched in November of 2011. ... more
Sony debuts next-gen stacked CMOS for smartphones
24. Jan 2012, 09:26
Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony has this week unveiled a new line of “stacked CMOS” sensors that it believes are capable of pushing the boundaries of modern digital camera technology. ... more
YouTube churning 60 hours of content every minute
24. Jan 2012, 08:55
Evidently our obsession with the viewing of other people’s humiliation, clever viral marketing, music videos, and rights-violating clips from film and TV continues to fuel YouTube’s momentum. ... more
Giant solar flare threatens global communications
24. Jan 2012, 07:01
Global communications could experience suffer severe disruptions this week after an enormous solar flare eruption on the surface of the sun sent a huge plume of radiation racing towards Earth. ... more
Business
- HTC scaling back smartphone creation in 2012
- Apple still leading but slowly losing in tablet market
- $99 USD: Nokia's impressive Lumia 900 targets high-end rivals
- Apple dismisses iPad rivals after bumper Q4 sales
- Card fraud drops as defense costs rise - criminals walk with $3.1 billion
Software
- iPhone users get Time Warner Cable TV app
- IHS: Windows Phone will overtake iOS by 2015
- Google hailed as best place to work in U.S.
- Max Payne 3 hit by annoying fiscal launch delay
- What!? Intel and Windows tablets to cost $899 USD
Internet
- Twitter announcement causes 'censorship' outrage
- Anonymous rubbishes video clip announcing Facebook attack
- Study finds Facebook 'friends' are no friends at all
- YouTube churning 60 hours of content every minute
- Yang quits Yahoo after 17 years of service
Gadgets
- HTC scaling back smartphone creation in 2012
- Samsung Galaxy Tabs installed on The London Eye
- Apple still leading but slowly losing in tablet market
- ZTE intros its cheap but capable Light Tab 2 tablet
- $99 USD: Nokia's impressive Lumia 900 targets high-end rivals
Science
Hardware
- Apple dismisses iPad rivals after bumper Q4 sales
- Sony debuts next-gen stacked CMOS for smartphones
- Motorola Xoom 2 gets wider launch
- ASUS confirms arrival of TF700 Transformer Prime
- Little Alienware X51 has big hardware punch
Security
- Anonymous rubbishes video clip announcing Facebook attack
- Card fraud drops as defense costs rise - criminals walk with $3.1 billion
- Twitter acquires another security firm
- Streamlined data protection laws in the EU raise concerns
- Anonymous forces DOJ and several others to protest SOPA / PIPA
Networking
- Twitter announcement causes 'censorship' outrage
- Study finds Facebook 'friends' are no friends at all
- Shame: Rupert Murdoch's flirty wife is a Twitter fake
- Facebook blamed for breaking up marriages
- Huh? Rupert Murdoch opens Twitter account
