Monthly Archives: August 2012

Sony on Wednesday launched the Xperia Tablet S at the IFA consumer electronics show in Germany. It’s the second generation of the Tablet S, and it continues its predecessor’s positioning as both a tablet and a universal remote control. However, … Continue reading →

We've been all over the Samsung Galaxy Camera so far at IFA here in Berlin, but we're still not done! Here's a recap so far: A new look at the red and orange Samsung Galaxy Camera The Samsung Galaxy Camera … Continue reading →

We took a good look at the AcerCloud service early this year and its companion Android handset, the award-winning CloudMobile phone. Now, Acer has launched a beta service in Europe, so buyers of the company’s new laptops and desktop machines … Continue reading →

Samsung’s faring a lot better in east Asian courts than it has in the US. A Japanese judge has ruled that the Korean company’s phones and tablets did not violate Apple’s patents, and has ordered Apple to pay all of … Continue reading →

Color, the $41-million-in-funding location-oriented photo sharing startup, is susceptible to simple GPS spoofing. With nothing more than a jailbroken iPad or iPhone, you can use FakeLocation to trick Color into thinking you’re somewhere else. Within seconds you can be browsing … Continue reading →

Ah, the next-gen iPhone. What more can we say? Almost sadly, we already know the screen will be bigger, the connecting port is smaller, and the design will be drastically different, with a two-tone metal casing. And yet, we still … Continue reading →

When Spotlight offered to send me a few samples of their flashlights, I was really happy to recieve 3 of their different models.  It wasn’t till I was doing a quick search for information on the Spotlight Turbo that I … Continue reading →

It’s still a bit odd seeing Microsoft deliver apps for Apple’s mobile platform. And it’s even stranger still to see one as sexy as the new Bing app for iPad, which brings a slick, immersive search experience to Apple’s tablet. … Continue reading →

You may recall that inventions like the microwave and Play-Doh were mere happy accidents. And of course you’ve heard of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin jackpot. But there are so many more scientific breakthroughs that came about through sheer dumb luck that … Continue reading →

This one’s for the sysadmins in the audience: Altaro, makers of our favorite “time machine for Windows” back solution, OopsBackup, have just announced a new product entering beta called Hyper-V Backup. It’s a backup solution for virtual machines running on … Continue reading →