Trying doing a search for "browser" using Google. Notice anything odd? Yep, Google's Chrome browser is suspiciously missing from the front page search results, which is exactly where you would expect it to be. [......]
Isn't it swell to be heard? Sometimes all it takes is a collective effort to help raise your voice loud enough for the recipient to get the message, and if you need a case in point, look no further than Asus. We reported earlier today that Asus was telling the modding community to chillax while it works up an official statement regarding the Transformer Prime's locked bootloader, and we (correctly) guessed the news would be good...mostly[......]
Here’s one for today’s "Yeah, I probably should’ve thought of that" pile. If you’ve got anything even remotely private on your phone (and who doesn’t[......]
Upstart digital cinema company RED , which has been the bane of many established camera companies for several years now, has filed suit against Arri, a leading camera manufacturer. They allege that Arri employed one Michael Bravin, a former employee of camera kit maker Band Pro, who hacked the email account of his former employee and stole confidential information relating to RED — and astroturfed for Arri on the official forums to boot. [......]
iOS devices are generally very accessible for most people. But for felines[......]
M-Edge, a small Maryland-based company responsible for many popular Kindle cases, last week filed suit against Amazon. [......]
Tech-savvy fashionistas finally have a reason to rejoice with the official release of LG’s Prada 3.0 handset . Namely, it’s the first time a in a long while that the company’s fashion phones aren’t completely outclassed by the competition. [......]
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not an ultrabook was whirring, not a touchpad nor mouse . The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, With hopes they were stuffed with Thunderbolt MacBook Airs [......]
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Mind control would be my answer (I hope to be an evil genius when I grow up)[......]
Japan, one of the most advanced mobile nations in the world, doesn’t want to be a " cell phone Galapagos " anymore, at least when it comes to payments over NFC. Paying with cell phones is already ubiquitous in Japan, but now the country’s top three telcos ( NTT Docomo , KDDI au , and SoftBank Mobile ) are trying to switch from the Nippon-only Osaifu Keitai system to the Type A and Type B NFC standards used globally. The problem for the carriers is that Osaifu Keitai ("Portable Wallet"), which is based on Sony’s FeliCa RFID smart card technology, isn’t compatible to the Type A and B NFC standards. [......]
Call me naive, but I just assumed that when Asus showed off a device called the Transformer Prime , they had some sort of deal to license or at least provide some kind of royalty to the Transformers franchise. Apparently not, as Hasbro has just filed a lawsuit alleging that Asus is infringing on the Transformers trademark. Now, if the device were just called the Transformer, I think I would come down on Asus’ side here[......]
This year will be Microsoft’s last year at CES where the company usually runs the keynote and takes up a huge portion of the show floor. "In looking at all the ways that Microsoft is now reaching its’ customers today (its’ owned events, marketing campaigns, retail stores, etc.) this felt like a natural time to make this transition," wrote an MS PR rep. [......]
A group of researchers at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo has developed a car seat [JP, PDF] that can identify drivers when sitting down. The trick is that the system measures the pressure people apply on the seat through a set of 360 sensors. [......]
Myriad Group is probably best known for creating a solution that brings Android apps to some decidedly non-Android devices , and it looks like the Zurich-based company has set their sights on app-ifying yet another screen in your life: your television. Sorry tweakers, this isn’t the sort of thing you’ll spend a weekend hacking together. Rather, Myriad’s new Alien Vue software (powered by the now familiar Alien Dalvik ) is meant for television service providers looking for a bit of an edge against the robust media experiences that Google and Apple can deliver. [......]
10 gadget letdowns of 2011 You know all about the best gadgets of 2011 . You probably own quite a few of them, and you'll still be paying for them well into 2013. [......]
