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Article | 14/11/2009 Is Dell's Android smartphone doomed?

Dell confirmed it is releasing an Android-based smartphone, called the Mini 3, in China and Brazil, but the company's lack of details about the handse...

Article | 13/11/2009 Bing and Wolfram Alpha together: clever move

Wolfram Alpha is a smart, computational take on the search engine, but its new partnership with Microsoft and its Bing search engine is even smarter.

Article | 12/11/2009 Nokia N900: Hot and not

Nokia's N900, the next tablet/smartphone/whatever to bat against Apple's iPhone, ships today. It's a big occasion for Nokia, as the N900 is its most p...

Article | 11/11/2009 Droid sales are fine, but seem familiar

Sales of Verizon Wireless and Motorola's Droid on opening weekend came nowhere near the iPhone's debut numbers, but thanks to some recent history, we ...

Article | 6/11/2009 A tale of two Droids: HTC Eris vs. Motorola's Droid

Ever since Verizon Wireless used Motorola's Droid to diss the iPhone, it's been nothing short of Droid hysteria in the tech world, and it's only getti...

Article | 5/11/2009 iPhone App Store hits 100k apps: A look back

Apple passed another impressive milestone Wednesday, announcing that 100,000 apps are now available for download for iPhone and iPod Touch owners. Not...

Article | 4/11/2009 Chinese supplier: We’ve got iPhone 4G parts, pictures

A Chinese company whose parts appear in the iPhone 3GS is supposedly selling midboards for a next-generation iPhone, and claims to have pictures of th...

Article | 30/10/2009 Happy 40th birthday, Internet!

On October 29, 1969, the Internet came in not with a bang, but with a "lo."

Article | 7/10/2009 BlackBerry music store: Too good to be true?

Blackberry users are getting a new digital music store that's often cheaper than iTunes, Amazon, and basically every other competitor in the U.S. How ...

Article | 26/09/2009 New iMacs and the cheapening of Apple

The Laptop Hunters be darned, Apple is not just a brand for the rich and trendy.

Article | 19/09/2009 HTC Imagio: Verizon's must-have phone?

Verizon Wireless isn't known for great smartphones, but the carrier will get at least one nice-looking phone in a few weeks, with the HTC Imagio set t...

Article | 13/09/2009 Superfast Wi-Fi standard 'n' official: consumer FAQs

A new standard for Wi-Fi communication, 802.11n, is now official paving the way for faster, more reliable, and more efficient wireless networks. That ...

Article | 9/09/2009 iPhone App Store reviews: Here's the problem

It's not new to hear gripes that the iPhone's App Store review system is broken, but two recent incidents illustrate just how troublesome the user-pow...

Article | 8/09/2009 Windows Live Movie Maker

Microsoft is stressing quick and simple with Windows Live Movie Maker: the free program that allows you easily create movies from digital images and v...

Article | 28/08/2009 iPhone, Android users: Not all that different

Apple's iPhone hasn't totally cornered the app obsession market, as Android users also lust for new finds in the Android Market, a survey by advertisi...