HP announces the ElitePad 900, a business-friendly Windows 8 tablet arriving in January
Remember those hazy days of summer when HP ran an ad during the Olympics, slipped in a a shot of an unannounced tablet and thought we wouldn't notice? (P'shaw!) Well, you can finally lay your specul...
FreedomPop's pay-as-you-go data service launches in beta, offering 500MB of free WiMAX per month
It was almost a year ago that we first heard about FreedomPop, a startup built on the manifesto that every American (yes, you) should have access to free wireless broadband.
Mapgate Is Over. Apple Won. Customers Won. Google, Not So Much.
In a single succinct, sincere, and brilliant note, Tim Cook has put Apple's Maps fiasco to bed. It was a beautiful thing. He offered a clear assessment of the problem ("we fell short"), and took ful...
Adobe's Acrobat XI Boasts New PDF Editor And Touch-Friendly Interface — Upgrades Start At $139
Upgrades Start At $139 — Adobe is ready to share the details behind Acrobat XI, the latest version of its product suite for creating, editing, and viewing PDFs. — The company demonstrated the produ...
Widespread iTunes and App Store Terms and Conditions Bug Preventing New Purchases and Downloads [Update: Resolved]
Users are reporting that a widespread issue with Apple's App Store is preventing new purchases from being made. When users attempt to make a purchase or redownload a previous purchased …
Apple warranty ads should be examined, says EU justice chief
Summary: Apple's warranty flap continues to stir in Europe, as the bloc's justice chief warns that the limited protection offered to Apple customers should be investigated. — Zack Whittaker
Five Big Changes In The iOS 6 App Store (And What Developers Should Do)
Some developers are complaining that since the introduction of the Chomp-inspired App Store redesign in iOS 6, sales have noticeably dropped. Others say the changes are good for indie developers.
Samsung gets Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban lifted, files infringement contentions against iPhone 5
At close of business on Monday, Judge Lucy Koh granted Samsung's request to dissolve the preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1, following a limited remand by the Court of Appeals for the ...
Poor pre-launch showing plagues Windows 8
Now five times less likely to be on a PC than early-adoption benchmark set by Windows 7 — With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8, users are five times less likely to be running the ne...
3-D Printer Company Seizes Machine From Desktop Gunsmith
Cody Wilson planned in the coming weeks to make and test a 3-D printed pistol. Now those plans have been put on hold as desktop-manufacturing company Stratasys pulled the lease on a printer rented ou...
Judge decries “excessive” copyright and software patent protections
Richard Posner, the federal judge who threw out the entire Apple v. Motorola patent battle in June, has penned a new blog post complaining about the proliferation of patents. “I am concerned that bot...
Seattle Police Department Uses Twitter to Report Crime
SEATTLE — The business of policing, as cops have known since at least the first bobbies on the beat, is partly about being seen on the job, having a local presence, even if it is just twirling a baton...
Motorola reneges on Ice Cream Sandwich software update
Motorola regrets to inform you that your ICS request has been denied. — Motorola Atrix 4G owners will not get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update the company promised them, according to a newl...
Ultrabooks are dead? Then why are they outselling Apple's entire laptop line?
Note: Yes, there is a real difference between shipped and sold. I was trying to make a much larger point, but I'll add a short note to clarify some notes that I've received.
Apple Removes Chomp Website and App, Shuts Down Existing App Installs
Following the introduction of the new Chomp-styled App Store layout in iOS 6, built upon Apple's acquisition of the app search and discovery platform earlier this year, Apple over the weekend shut dow...
Apple and Virgin Mobile USA Planning to Launch iPhone 5, But Timeframe Unknown
While the three major U.S iPhone carriers launched the iPhone 5 on September 21 and prepaid carrier Cricket and a number of regional carriers followed suit on September 28, one U.S. brand has been cur...
WikiLeaks' And Pirate Bay's Web Host PRQ Raided By Swedish Police
PRQ owner Mikael Viborg in front of the Stockholm-based Web host's entrance. — The Stockholm-based web host PeRiQuito AB, or PRQ, has long attracted some of the most controversial sites on the Inter...
Google Rivals in Kansas City Want the Same Incentives
To entice Google Inc. to build its ultra-high-speed fiber network there, Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., offered the Internet company sweeteners including several free or discounted city serv...