Xbox One now in full production with improved CPU performance
So far, so good for the Xbox One. — Xbox chief marketing officer Yusef Mehdi just spoke at the Citi Global Technology Conference and said Microsoft is now in full production for the Xbox One and pro...
Kim Dotcom Resigns as Mega Director to Focus on Music Venture
On January 20, a year after Megaupload was raided in 2012, Kim Dotcom launched his new file-storage service Mega. — In a matter of days the site's membership went from zero to more than a million an...
Google confirms it's working on an update to fix Google Authenticator for iOS data losses
Google Authenticator, an app that generates two-factor authentication codes for services that offer the additional security layer, is coming under fire from users who claim that the latest update …
Sony's QX Smart Lens attaches an entire camera to your smartphone
Gives a whole new meaning to the idea of interchangeable lenses — The rumor that once seemed too wild to be true has just become an official reality with Sony's announcement of the new QX Smart Lens...
A Bloody Ballmer and Stalled Discussions on the Long Road to a Nokia Deal
SEATTLE — “We are on different planets.” — That was the response of Risto Siilasmaa, the chairman of Nokia's board of directors to Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, after a team from M...
Topsy Makes Every Tweet Since The Beginning Of Time Searchable
Last month Topsy, a social search and analytics company, bolstered their service to allow for users to search all Tweets since July 2010. Today, Topsy has announced that they have indexed every Tweet...
HDMI 2.0 officially announced: 18Gbps bandwidth, 60fps 4K, 32 channel audio
Only just after it leaked out, the folks at HDMI Licensing are announcing HDMI 2.0 officially. Arriving just in time for the wide rollout of a new generation of Ultra HDTVs, it adds a few key capabil...
Mobile Security Firm Lookout Partners With Samsung, Plans to Attack Corporate Market Later This Year
After spending its first two years trying to keep consumer phones secure, Lookout is taking aim at the corporate market. — The San Francisco startup, which focuses on securing mobile devices …
Samsung Gear: A Smartwatch in Search of a Purpose
The Galaxy Gear is here. For those who haven't been following this very closely, let me break this down: It's a smartwatch from Samsung with a bright, clear touchscreen, built-in microphones, a speak...
Jonathon Fletcher: forgotten father of the search engine
Until researchers tracked him down a few years ago, Jonathon Fletcher was not aware he had built the first modern search engine — As Google celebrates its 15th birthday, the web giant has become a b...
SwiftKey raises £11.2m for expansion
UK-based developer adds Index Ventures as investor after ‘five-times revenue growth’ in last year — SwiftKey, a British developer of keyboard replacement apps, has raised $17.5m (£11.2m) in a fundin...
An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992
“This is our signature,” Apple's gauzy television ads proclaim, referring to the familiar words that the company stamps on the undersides of its products: designed by apple in California. The ads fal...
Microsoft awarded $14.5M in Motorola patent licensing suit
In second phase of landmark patent trial, jury finds the Google handset maker in breach of contract for failing to license standard essential patents at a reasonable rate. — Microsoft on Wednesday w...
Panasonic to retreat from consumer smartphones-president
(Reuters) - Panasonic Corp will pull out of the smartphone market in Japan and pare its smartphone operations to outsourced production in emerging markets like India, the company's president said on W...
Verizon Wireless Deal Comes With Biggest Breakup Fee Too
The Verizon Wireless mega-deal is full of records: Add biggest break-up fee to the list. — If the deal was to collapse because Verizon Communications is unable to complete its historic debt fundrais...
BlackBerry Pushes for Speedy Sale Process
The Board Aims to Wrap Up Auction by November — BlackBerry Ltd., the beleaguered smartphone maker that has put itself up for sale, is aiming to run a fast auction process that could be wrapped up by...
Qualcomm Announces its Smartwatch Platform - Qualcomm Toq (Update: Now With Specs)
We're at Qualcomm's Uplinq 2013 conference where Qualcomm's CEO Paul Jacobs has announced Qualcomm Toq, a smartwatch with a Mirasol color screen that can still be viewed outdoors in bright sunlight wi...
Sony Eyes Sensors in Wearable Computers to Gesture TVs
Sony Corp. (6758) is considering applying its image sensors to wearable computers and hand-gesture TVs for growth as it expects smartphone revenue to peak around 2015. — The company plans to seek gr...
Jitterbug Touch 2: Simple Touch at a Sluggish Speed
For some folks, jumping from a simple flip phone to a smartphone can be overwhelming. Not only do they have to figure out the icons, apps and settings, and learn to type on glass, but their service-p...
Sony Xperia Z1: 5-inch 1080p display, 21-megapixel snapper and Android 4.3
Sony has officially introduced the Xperia Z1, a 5-inch smartphone that will arrive running Android 4.3 and is made out of a solid one-piece aluminium frame. It can also survive being dropped in the s...
Sony's three new VAIOs find ways to make tablets out of anything, even 21-inch desktops
At IFA in Berlin, Sony's taken the stage to announce three new additions to its lineup of VAIO PCs. They're three radically different devices for radically different users, but from their 1080p touch...
Sony's SmartWatch 2 is better than the first one, but still far too expensive
First announced in June and now ready for its retail release, Sony's SmartWatch 2 continues an unfortunate trend in smartwatches: the materials and design are getting fancier, but the watches aren't b...
SwiftKey raises £11.2m for expansion
UK-based developer adds Index Ventures as investor after ‘five-times revenue growth’ in last year — SwiftKey, a British developer of keyboard replacement apps, has raised $17.5m (£11.2m) in a fundin...
VMware preps Fusion 6, Workstation 10 for Windows 8.1, Apple OS X Mavericks
Summary: VMware's desktop virtualization software is aiming to roll with Windows 8.1 and Apple's OS X Mavericks. Workstation follows suit. — VMware on Wednesday launched the latest version …
Surface Pro 2 Details Emerge
Surface Pro 2 will include an improved kickstand and internal changes — A Neowin post this morning details a few of the features in the next generation Surface Pro, which Microsoft will indeed call ...