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Google has always been the type of company to release a product in beta and let their audience help them fine tune it. This practice worked great when the products were all free. After all, how could you complain about something that’s free? When the products started to cost money, and not insignificant amounts of […]

Owners of the new iPhone 4S may not have long to wait for a jailbreak. Though it’s still far from a public release, developer MuscleNerd has shown off the first images of a jailbroken 4S. MuscleNerd tweeted the following early this morning, assuring followers that the jailbreak is making progress: If you’re new to all […]

Android fans from around the world rejoiced in unison as Google and Samsung took the stage in Hong Kong recently to introduce the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. With its superior screen, impressive design, and overhauled version of Android, it’s clearly the Android flavor of the month. One of the larger points of contention surrounding this device so far […]

Even with the Qwikster debacle and significant price rise, we all know that Netflix remains a very popular service, and one that is quickly becoming a major drain on network bandwidth as more people stream content. Just how much of a drain the service is has been revealed in Sandvine’s The Global Internet Phenomena Report: […]

If you thought Amazon was the tablet marketplace’s best hope for a true Apple competitor, it looks like you were right. Pre-orders of the Kindle Fire continue to be brisk, and it’s already well on the way to becoming the best-selling Android tablet of all time. Two weeks ago, more than a quarter million had […]

Japan’s Ministry of Defense has created one of the most versatile flying robots I have ever seen, and what is thought to be the world’s first spherical flying robot to boot. The robot manages to combine the best of both a helicopter and a winged plane and can hover as well as travel very fast […]

We knew the Viewsonic ViewPad 7e would hit retail shelves somewhere under the $250 mark, and now we know exactly where. The 7-inch Android 2.3-powered slate has been added to the Viewsonic website listed as costing $200. For those two Benjamins, what do you get? As is the case with most Android tablets in this […]

Battlefield 3 is out today, and it’s a pretty big deal. The squad-based first person shooter is the prime competition for the juggernaut that is Call of Duty and, while always an excellent PC game, is a shining example of just want can be done with today’s consoles. And while the new FrostBite 2 engine […]

Car manufacturer Jaguar has had to recall nearly 18,000 of its X-Type cars after a serious software bug has been identified in the on-board system of the vehicle. The bug potentially stops a driver from turning off the cruise control system, which is more than a little dangerous. The good news is there have been […]

Once again, Microsoft has padded its revenue stream with an Android patent license deal. This time around, it’s Compal Electronics — another name you might not be familiar with, but it’s a very significant win for the crew in Redmond. Like Wistron and Quanta, Compal produces devices for other companies — and they’re actually one […]