$25 Raspberry Pi Computer Is As Small As A Credit Card, Will Launch Next Month
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is preparing to launch a new ultra-affordable Linux-powered computer next month that is the size of a credit card. It's so…
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Looking Back At 2011: RIM On The Ropes
2011 was a huge year for the wireless industry. Global mobile connections surpassed 6 billion as the world's total population hit 7 billion people, and…
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Apple's Siri-Powered HDTV Could Offer Customized Channel Subscriptions
Apple's much rumored Siri-powered HDTV may offer a feature many TV viewers have been wanting for quite some time: customized channel lineups. According to Sterne Agee…
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Kindle Accessory Maker Sues Amazon For Extortion
M-Edge Accessories has filed a lawsuit against Amazon with a federal court in Maryland that accuses the online retailer of bullying it into coughing up…
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Intel May Unveil New 22nm Ivy Bridge Processors On April 8th
Intel could be preparing to unveil most of its next-generation 22nm Ivy Bridge processors "on or around" April 8th according to a recent rumor. The company is…
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Looking Back At 2011: AT&T's Bid To Acquire T-Mobile Is Defeated
AT&T made headlines in March of this year when it announced plans to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. Here we are…
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Android And iOS Activations Jump 353% On Christmas Day To Set New Record
Did you give or receive a smartphone for Christmas this year? If so, you contributed to the largest day ever for Android and iOS activations.…
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NTT DoCoMo, Samsung And Four Others Create Joint Venture For LTE Development
NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Semiconductor, NEC and Panasonic announced plans on Tuesday to establish a joint venture in which the firms hope to work…
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Looking Back At 2011: 4G LTE Takes Off
LTE quickly became one of the most talked about wireless topics this year, but before 2011 it was a term most consumers probably had never…
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Looking Back At 2011: 'The Year Of The Tablet' Falls Flat
Apple rocked the consumer electronics industry when it launched the "magical and revolutionary iPad" in April 2010. It wasn't the first media tablet aimed at…
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Republic Wireless Ditches Limits On Its $19 Unlimited Plan
Republic Wireless, a Sprint MVNO that launched in November, announced late last week that it is ditching its "fair use threshold" and is now offering…
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Google's Rumored Nexus Tablet Could Cannibalize Sales Of Partner Tablets
Google's chairman Eric Schmidt made comments during a press conference in mid-December that suggested his company was working on building its own Android 4.0 Ice…
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Samsung To Buy Sony's Share Of S-LCD Joint Venture For $940 Million
Samsung will purchase Sony's 50% share of S-LCD, a joint venture created by both companies in 2004, for $939.6 million. Both companies will continue to…
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SIMPLE Mobile Introduces $10 International Calling Plans
SIMPLE Mobile recently introduced two new international calling plans. Customers can now opt to sign up for a $10 unlimited international long distance plan or…
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2012 May Be A Flat Year For PC Shipments, Analyst Says
Despite the launch of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system and the introduction of ultra-thin Intel-powered ultrabooks, Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes thinks the PC industry…
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Every 60 Seconds: Apple Sells 925 iPhones, 2 Million People Watch Online Porn, More
Apple sold 925 iPhone 4S handsets each minute during the device's debut weekend, and it sells 81 iPads every 60 seconds on average. Research In Motion sells…
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Apple May Be Rushing To Launch The iPad 3 On Jobs's Birthday
Is Apple planning to launch the iPad 3 on Steve Jobs's birthday next year? The idea might sound more like a conspiracy theory than a…
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Violent Games Don't Compel Gamers To Commit Violent Acts, Researchers Say
A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology by three Florida State University psychologists suggests that playing video games won't make people smarter. The study also…
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Asus Expects To Ship 3-6 Million Tablets Next Year, Including Windows 8 Transformer Models
Asus CEO Jonney Shih said he expects his company to ship between 3 million and 6 million tablets next year, a big leap from the…
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Samsung: Galaxy S And Galaxy Tab Will Not Receive Ice Cream Sandwich
We hate to be the bearer of bad news during the holidays, but Samsung has announced that it will not update the Galaxy Tab or…
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Hynix, Micron Turn To Taiwan Following Apple's Anobit Buy
News broke earlier this week that Apple has acquired Israel-based fabless flash memory firm Anobit for as much as $400 million according to TheMarker, adding…
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AT&T Spectrum Buy Granted FCC Approval
Now that its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion has been put to bed by strong opposition, AT&T has to look elsewhere in an…
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Sony Details PlayStation Vita Launch Games
Sony recently published a list of the games that will be available when its brand new PlayStation Vita portable gaming console finally makes its debut…
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RIM Responds To Claim Of BlackBerry 10 Software Problems
RIM has responded to an exclusive BGR report published on Thursday in which our source claimed BlackBerry 10 was delayed not because the vendor was waiting for…
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Rhapsody President Shaves Head As Service Tops 1 Million Paid U.S. Subscribers
Rhapsody announced on Thursday that it now has more than 1 million paying subscribers in the United States. The company claims it is now the…
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iPad Satisfaction Rate At 84% According To New Survey
While electronics vendors struggle to gain traction in the emerging media tablet market, Apple has managed to maintain a significant lead in the space despite…
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Transportation Board Won't Back NTSB Recommendation For Hands-Free Ban
U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood said he will not issue a nationwide ban on using cell phones and hand-free devices while driving, as proposed recently…
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