Monthly Archives: April 2011

Android Outranks Apple in Desirability

Either I’m an extraordinary psychic, or smartphone market share studies are starting to get pretty damn predictable. You know what I’m talking about, right? Every few weeks, a fresh analysis comes out with striking new details about how Android, iOS, and the other smartphone platforms are stacking up. Only every time, the results are basically the same: Android makes some … Continue reading

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Hacker Raids Sony Videogame Network

A hacker stole the names, birth dates and possibly credit-card numbers for 77 million people who play online videogames through Sony Corp.’s PlayStation console, in what could rank among the biggest data breaches in history. Sony, whose gaming network has been offline for six days, disclosed Tuesday that an “illegal and unauthorized intrusion” between April 17 and April 19 resulted … Continue reading

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Some Internal Specs Revealed for Nintendo’s Wii 2, Including High-Def Support

Time to start your wrist exercises: IGN has gotten its hands on new details about Nintendo’s upcoming Wii 2 console, codenamed “Project Café,” and the system’s specs look pretty beefy on paper. But we should preface this all by saying that Wii 2 is just a nickname for Nintendo’s Wii successor. According to IGN, Nintendo is floating around alternate names … Continue reading

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Google fined $5 million in Linux patent case

A $5 million patent infringement reward might set a precedent that could impeded adoption of LInux…and impact related operating systems like Android. In a move that could have wide repercussions in the technology industry, A Texas jury has fined technology giant Google $5 million for infringing on a patent held by Bedrock Computer.

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iPhone 5 Production to begin this July

According to a report by Reuters the iPhone 5 is scheduled to begin production this July for a September release date to the public. Previously it was thought that the iPhone 5 may not be released until 2012. It is believed that the iPhone 5 will remain essentially the same as the current model except for a few upgrades such … Continue reading

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