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A few days ago, after being away for about two weeks, I was greeted by a peculiar message on my DirecTV HD DVR receiver. And if you have a HD receiver with DirecTV, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about– a message introducing me into the next generation of TV: 3D. And included in my [...]

Yesterday, Microsoft announced the Kin series of phones, formerly known as ‘Project Pink.’  The Kin One and Kin Two are the brainchildren of Microsoft’s acquisition of Danger a few years back.  These two new phones aim to “socially connect people”, specifically teenagers.  They’re based off of Windows Mobile 7, but have a special UI (much like what [...]

Apple just announced they are holding an event on April 8th to preview iPhone OS 4.0.  Cool! But, just a few short hours later, Microsoft pulled an ‘Apple’ and announced its own event planned for the 12th.
The event’s invitation asserted: “It’s time to share.”  Deep stuff, people, deep stuff. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to [...]

The iPad is here!
I’d tell you to go and get one, but at this point it’s too late to pick one up at any Apple Store–your best bet is your local Best Buy.
As for us?  We reserved one at our local Apple store and Editor-in-Chief Matthew Gibstein will be picking it up very soon, so you can [...]

Well, after months of speculation, it’s finally official: WebOS has found a home on AT&T.  Palm’s two devices, the Pre and Pixi Plus, will be available for $149 and $49 respectively.  The phones will be on sale in “the coming months.”
This seems to be Palm’s style:  make an announcement and then leave most of the [...]

There’s not much information to report, but while Steve Balmer was at the University of Washington, he was was asked about how Microsoft planned on tackling large-screen TVs.  He replied:

For that big screen device … there’s no diversity. You get exactly the Xboxes that we build for you. We may have more form factors in [...]

Bloom Box:  a clean energy fuel cell device that will make the worker’s of the power grid quake in their boots. After appearing on 60 Minutes and jumping on the eBay bandwagon, the Bloom Box seems to be the next big breakthrough. But how does it work, and how can we start saving the [...]

Windows Phone 7 Series is now said to have three different chassis.
The first one is the pocky box that seems to be going for the ultra-simple user interface that everybody saw at launch day, and is being toted around as a better iPhone.  It supports a massive capacitive multi-touchscreen.  Its packing a minimum of a [...]

The fact that many technology users have been hesitant to upgrade their PCS to Windows 7 hasn’t hampered the Windows 8 rumor mill– it’s running strong as ever!
Today, we heard rumors that Windows 8, or Windows.next as the devs are calling it, is supposed to be like nothing Microsoft has ever made before… If [...]

Everyone loves the Wii…  that is, everyone except gamers, but who cares about us anyways?
In today’s news, it appears that Wii’s hit its saturation point because Shigeru Myamoto, the founder of Nintendo, announced that a new hardware was coming.  He indicated that this clandestine new hardware will be based around the MotionPlus peripheral.
Maybe now we [...]

I have studied to become certified as an ethical hacker.  Through my studies, I have stumbled upon the conclusion that many other security analysts have also come across.  WiFi is a major security issue.  Any person can get on a network through Wi-Fi and steal info, even if it is encrypted.  However, due to the easy [...]