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Twitter introduces Suggestions For You

31 July 2010, 7:31 am by: Matthew Humphries
No one can deny that Twitter is huge, over a hundred million users means there’s going to be someone for everyone to follow and chat with. The problem is, because Twitter is so big it’s hard to identify all the people you may want to foll...

Private airplane suite includes bed, armchair and gadgets

31 July 2010, 6:30 am by: Brian Osborne
Talk about travelling in style. Singapore Airlines is known for its luxurious first class travel which includes 35-inch wide, upholstered leather-trimmed seats that recline into a fully flat-bed. Now the airline is kicking up first class travel anoth...

Seagate GoFlex TV video hands-on

31 July 2010, 5:15 am by: Sal Cangeloso
Geek.com’s review of the GoFlex TV–Seagate’s HD media player that turns your boring flat panel into a smart, internet-connected TV–went live earlier this month, but in case you were looking for some video of the GoFlex, here i...

Defcon hackers release Android rootkit, total control of smartphone possible

30 July 2010, 4:25 pm by: Matthew Humphries
The annual Defcon conference usually brings with it a handful of suprises and cool hacks/devices. We’ve already seen the best conference badge design, but now we’re seeing a rather worrying release for anyone owning an Android smartphone....

Steve Ballmer envies iPad, says tablets are “job one urgency”

30 July 2010, 4:09 pm by: Christian Zibreg
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a room full of Wall Street analysts that Apple has done a swell job with iPad and stressed his company is hard at work to make Windows 7 tablet computing a reality. According to a transcript by CNET, Microsoft sees th...

8 future Gmail features/changes revealed with a single image

30 July 2010, 3:31 pm by: Matthew Humphries
An image uploaded to the Chromium OS bug tracker shows a pre-release version of Gmail sporting a number of new features and changes to the layout. In total, we’ve spotted 8 differences compared to the Gmail we all use today. Here’s the...

Apple’s own location database went live in April

30 July 2010, 2:31 pm by: Christian Zibreg
Important evidence emerged proving Apple has been using its own database for location-based services in iOS since April, indicating its rumored mapping service, presumably to be called iGuide, might be much closer to completion than we thought. TechC...

Google Earth gets real time weather

30 July 2010, 1:55 pm by: Andy Carvell
Google Earth can now display real-time weather – including rainstorms and blizzards – for some regions around the world. Version 5.2 of the popular global mapping product delivers the real-time effects, allowing users to keep tabs on the...

StarCraft 2 BSoD – sadly, computer problems exist in the 26th century

30 July 2010, 1:11 pm by: Sal Cangeloso
Just because you are defending a planet from the Zerg onslaught doesn’t mean your computers are going to be perfectly stable. Yes, Blizzard went there–they built a BSoD into StarCraft 2’s Xel’Naga Temple, which isn’t exa...

New iMacs expected to boost all-in-one PC sales

30 July 2010, 12:44 pm by: Christian Zibreg
Apple’s iMac has stood as a prime example of all-in-one desktop design since its inception. When the current iMac design, which hides the entire computer behind the display, debuted rivals ridiculed Apple. Today, all major PC vendors keep all-i...

Sprint sees subscriber growth and improved customer services

30 July 2010, 12:17 pm by: Brian Osborne
Things are looking up for Sprint Nextel. In the face of crushing competition from Verizon Wireless and AT&T, the wireless company has had one of its best quarters in more than five years for year-over-year quarterly growth for postpaid gross subs...

Verizon Wireless launches Samsung Intensity II

30 July 2010, 11:50 am by: Brian Osborne
Verizon Wireless announced this week that it has launched the sequel to the Samsung Intensity, a handset simply known as the Samsung Intensity II. Some highlights of the phone include a horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 1.2 megapixel infrared c...

Tactics Ogre screenshots and trailer appear

30 July 2010, 11:36 am by: Matthew Humphries
Last week we learned that Square Enix was in the midst of updating the SNES game Tactics Ogre for a re-release on the PSP. Now screenshots and a first trailer have appeared. The trailer is a bit of a let down due to the fact it contains no gameplay f...

Facebook IPO may not happen until 2012

30 July 2010, 11:10 am by: Brian Osborne
Bloomberg is reporting that Facebook’s expected IPO won’t be happening in 2011 as previously expected. The report states that three people “familiar with the matter” stated that the IPO will put off until 2012. The extension is to allow time...

Motorola’s Q2 handset sales drop, but Droid X pushes smartphone numbers up

30 July 2010, 10:53 am by: Christian Zibreg
Motorola on Wednesday posted its earnings for the second quarter ending June 30. The company raked in $5.4 billion in total sales, representing a 1.5 percent decline from $5.5 billion a year ago. The GAAP earnings topped $162 million, or seven cents...

Stealth launches paperback novel-size mini PC

30 July 2010, 10:22 am by: Matthew Humphries
Stealth.com has this month introduced its smallest, and what must be one of the tiniest PCs you can currently buy. It’s called the LPC-100 and measures just 102 x 155 x 37mm. Here’s the spec breakdown: Up to Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 @ 2.5G...

Happy sysadmin appreciation day!

30 July 2010, 9:55 am by: Sal Cangeloso
The last Friday in July is a very special day, and one of the most under-celebrated days of the years: Sysadmin day! Yes, today marks the 11th annual celebration of systems administrators everywhere. It’s a day when you should stop and apprecia...

HTC EVO 4G to get Android 2.2 update next week

30 July 2010, 9:20 am by: Brian Osborne
If you’re the proud owner of Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G we’ve got some good news for you. Your smartphone will soon be getting Froyo, Android 2.2. Sprint seems to be pretty big about being first to the gate so naturally it wanted to be the first carri...

Taito’s new Darius arcade shmup has super-widescreen display

30 July 2010, 8:35 am by: Matthew Humphries
Shmups in arcades remain popular if you happen to still have a local arcade, or live in Japan. Depending on the age of the game they either use an old 4:3 screen or a new widescreen LCD display with the gameplay setup to suit either format. But with...

Richard Garriott wins NCSoft lawsuit and $28 million

30 July 2010, 7:54 am by: Matthew Humphries
MMO Tabula Rasa promised so much, but ended up being a failure that was shutdown pretty swiftly. With Richard Garriott at the helm, and NCSoft handling running the game, it looked like a perfect match. The fallout from that relationship has been quit...