Mint.com , the financial service we first mentioned at TechCrunch40 in 2007 (wow, that seems like a long time ago), announced that they have launched a new native app specifically for 9 and 10 inch Android tablets running Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich. This new app, available in the Android Market, will join the previously available versions for iPhone, iPad and Android mobile phones. [......]
A tank like this one from Rusbal's Rusdecoy line sat on the front lawn of Dotcom Mansion Flight risks, firearms charges and an inflatable tank are just some of the latest wrinkles in the bizzare case of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom . After his arrest, Dotcom's mansion received delivery of a full-size inflatable replica of a Russian T-72 tank , which is now parked in front of the "Dotcom Mansion" and is busy infuriating the upscale neighbors. The T-72 "Threat Decoy" is similar to those used by the military for field training and intelligence deception, manufactured by companies such as Inflatable Images in the US and Russia's Rusbal ; each sells for thousands of dollars[......]
CD Projekt Red has called off its witch hunt for…. pirates , and in an open letter to the community is asking for forgiveness[......]
It’s clear that the BlackBerry PlayBook is a tough sell (unless you don’t have to pay for them ), but that hasn’t stopped RIM and their retail partners from going nuts with PlayBook promotions. To wit: Best Buy , Staples , and Office Depot have dropped the prices of RIM’s tablet yet again, starting at $199 for the 16GB model[......]
Fujitsu used CEATEC 2011 to show off one of the more intriguing future technologies that we have seen. Called a Hybrid Power Generation Device and using 'energy harvest technology', the idea is that you wear a chip on your skin that gets energy from both the sun and your own body heat – in turn it will use these readings to monitor the body's health and send data back to a monitoring system. [......]
Apple filed a legal brief on Monday insisting it has every right to intervene in Lodsys' attempts to sue iOS developers for using in-app purchasing. The filing is a formal response to the patent firm's claims that Apple has no legal standing to intervene Lodsys' patent infringement suit against various independent iOS developers. [......]
It took them a while, but Sony today announced [JP] that they will fully restore all PlayStation Network services plus streaming media-on-demand service Qriocity in Japan this Wednesday. Sony’s home market is the last country in which the company is done picking up the pieces after that massive data breach from last April. The hacking attacks affected more than 100 million PlayStation customers worldwide, with Sony expecting the (financial) damages to amount to $170 million this financial year. [......]
Electronics retail giant Dixons Retail has issued a profit warning, admitting that sales were down a whopping 11 per cent year on year. [......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews We're pretty confident you know what Xoom is by now. Stories we've run about the upcoming Android 3.0 tablet from Motorola Mobility have been some of the most popular items of the last three months. Yesterday, just before all the advance reviews were published, law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius filed a trademark suit with the US District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of San Francisco-based money transfer company Xoom Corporation [......]
Western Digital on Tuesday reported revenue of $2.475 billion for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2010. That's down slightly from one year ago, in which WD posted $2.619 billion, but the hard drive maker isn't complaining[......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Mountain View software company Intuit has launched a new version of its Quicken personal finance software that offers a slick new interface that comes from the Mint.com product engineering team the company acquired one year ago. For the 20th anniversary of Quicken, Intuit has taken big steps to make the software more approachable for new users, more in tune with online financial services, and better at automatically categorizing transaction data it receives[......]
Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President of Nokia, recently announced plans to leave the company within six months, but don't expect him to do it quietly. Speaking to the Financial Times, Vanjoki revealed why Nokia won't switch from Symbian to Android. Doing so, he said, is no different than the Finnish boys who " pee in their pants " to stay warm during the cold winter months[......]
Google has been quietly dabbling in streaming movie rentals since the beginning of this year. YouTube's repertoire of rentable movies continues to grow at a steady pace, but the service commands little attention[......]
