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New iPhone Risks Same Old Same Old
Can the iPhone bring sexy back? With more than 128 million iPhones sold since 2007, the device’s ubiquity has created a marketing and design challenge for Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL – News): how to wow consumers in a maturing smartphone market where many alternatives now look and feel like Apple’s gadget. That’s a challenge Apple [...]
The Best Laptop Computers
We looked at laptops for every type of user: the student who needs a superlight classroom companion, the multimedia multitasker who wants a powerful desktop replacement, and plenty in between. The following five aced our tests. Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Starting at $700 ($999 model tested) Pros: This tiny, 3-pound 12.5-incher was the darling of consumer [...]
Apple Rumored To Be Testing New, Ultra-Thin MacBook Pro
Apple rumors on the Web seem to be never-ending and the latest speculation kicks around the idea that a MacBook Pro laptop that’s as thin as a MacBook Air is being tested in Cupertino, Calif. MacRumors.com got this string started Tuesday with a report that it “has learned” from unnamed sources that Apple was working [...]
Apple Raises The Stakes In Patent Battle With Samsung
Apple has amended its existing complaint against Samsung over intellectual property-rights violations, removing a few infringement claims but adding many more. FOSS Patents’ Florian Mueller thinks the action is in response to Samsung’s requests to see samples of the upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3 ahead not only of their release but also of official [...]
iCloud sues Apple over name
iCloud Communications, a Phoenix-based voice over IP provider, alleges that the name of Apple’s recently announced online storage service copies its name and causes confusion over competing products:
Sony Announces New Portable Device At E3 Conference
At the E3 conference in Los Angeles, Sony unveiled its next generation portable game device called PlayStation Vita. Vita features GPS location tracking, touch interface and motion sensing capabilities to enhance the gaming experience. Vita will be available in stores before the holiday buying season. Company executives are calling the device Sony’s biggest product launch [...]
With no new iPhone, Apple rocks music industry with iCloud
For the first time since 2006, Apple did not show off a new iPhone to open the company’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference. Instead, Steve Jobs today officially unveiled Apple’s iCloud music and media storage service as well as new operating software for Macs and mobile devices. “We’re going to move the digital hub, the center [...]
Mystery Luna Robot Isn’t Made By Apple Or Google
Per CNET: Rumor had it that Apple or Google was going to release this vaguely humanoid robot, and of course rumor was wrong. Turns out it’s a California telepresence company called RoboDynamics. The robot is named Luna and is intended to be a programmable, open-source household companion. SchultzeWorks, also in California, did the design.
Amazon’s iPad killer in stores by Christmas 2011?
Not to be outdone by all the buzz for the newly released Blackberry Playbook or iPad 2, it seems Amazon is also joining the color tablet PC fray. Quanta Computer, the Taiwanese tablet PC manufacturer of the Playbook and Sony S1 & S2, along with E Ink Holdings, have received orders from Amazon to develop [...]