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| Feb 8 2012 11:32pm | Study: 'App Economy' has created 500,000 jobs since 2007 |
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| It's no secret that the rise of smartphones, tablets and social networking has fostered an entirely new market for app developers, but a freshly released study has now attempted to quantify this impact, in terms of real jobs. According to TechNet, ... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 11:04pm | Microsoft's OneNote Mobile takes up roost in the Android Market |
| Hot of the heels of its OneNote app for the iPhone, Microsoft has gone ahead and given the Android Market a similar nod of acceptance with the release of OneNote Mobile. Like the iOS version, the app is free to try -- which allows tire kickers to cr... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 10:15pm | Sprint announces Q4 2011 results: the iPhone brings in new customers |
| Following its bittersweet Q3, the latest financial report from Sprint this quarter offers up another mixed bag of news. Net operating losses totalled $438 million, more than the $139 million posted in the same quarter last year. It suffered a stagg... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 10:03pm | Alienware X51 gaming PC: We go hands-on at the London launch event |
| Alienware's latest PC is an attempt to fire a salvo right across the bows of Sony and Microsoft's gaming flagships. It looks like the (slightly overweight) lovechild of the pair; like an alternate universe console. The X51 borrows liberally from th... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 9:32pm | Virgin Media's Q4 2011 report: Brits love TiVo, Fast Broadband, Vampire Diaries |
| Virgin Media's school report for both last year and last quarter has been pretty positive for the Branson-Branded service. It pulled down £4 billion ($6.3 billion) in revenue for the year and made its first ever profit with a tidy £76 mi... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 8:42pm | Maingear's Titan 17 has a change of heart, keyboard |
| Maingear has been tickling us with its gaming PCs for a while, and now it's adding some extra muscle to its catalog. The company's Titan 17 notebook is hitting the operating table for a processor transplant, the previous Intel i7-990X being swapped ... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 7:58pm | DARPA's crowdsourced UAV competition heats up, takes off (video) |
| Late last year, DARPA launched UAVForge -- a competition that invites contestants to create their very own unmanned aerial vehicles, and submit them for voter-based evaluation. The project is far from over, but competing teams have already started ... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 7:00pm | Logitech Touch Mouse M600 mouse lets you swipe and scroll sans buttons for $69 |
| Is your current wireless mouse not up to snuff? If that's the case, you may want to take a gander at the Logitech Touch Mouse M600 that lets you do your navigating via a touch surface instead of those ol' clicky buttons. The peripheral is outfitted... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 6:11pm | No discounted UMD transfers to Vita for US, angel loses its wings |
| Hey, America ... no soup for you! Vita apparently means no discounted downloads of your beloved disc-based PSP games as Kotaku reports Sony won't be offering its "UMD Passport" service in the US. Since December, Sony has let existing Japanese PSP o... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:26pm | Android 4.0.4 ROM leaks for Verizon's Galaxy Nexus |
| A little gem known as Android 4.0.4 wriggled its way onto the interweb last week, and while it was geared specifically for Sprint's Nexus S 4G, a similar version has just cropped up for the CDMA / LTE Galaxy Nexus from Verizon. While it's only avail... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 4:51pm | Barnes & Noble confirms Nook Simple Touch upgrade WiFi issues, fix coming |
| Been having WiFi troubles ever since you gave your Nook Simple Touch the old 1.1 upgrade? You are not alone. Barnes & Noble confirmed what e-reader forum frequenters have known since last year -- the firmware upgrade has done a number on some u... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 3:37pm | LG teases Optimus Vu Android smartphone with 5-inch screen, 4:3 aspect ratio (video) |
| If you're into high strangeness in the mobile realm, you'd be wise to check out the video of the Optimus Vu that LG just posted -- just follow the break. While our Korean translation skills aren't quite up to par, we've been able to decipher that th... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 2:51pm | StatCounter: Mobile web usage doubling every year, Nokia leads the way |
| We already knew that Nokia sits atop the world's market when it comes to shipments and market share. As it turns out, though, the Finnish manufacturer leads the way in terms of mobile web browsing, too. That's according to the latest report from Sta... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 1:54pm | Engadget HD Podcast 285 - 02.07.2012 |
| It's been a busy week in HD, with surprising new streaming offerings on the way from the likes of Sky and Verizon / Redbox, while Apple and Google each also pushed more minor updates to their TV boxes. Vizio is nearly ready to release a new format o... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 1:28pm | Lumia 800 bundle coming to Microsoft retail stores on Valentine's Day, $899 is the new price of love |
| Well, you knew the Lumia 800 would be coming to Microsoft's chain of retail stores this month, but we bet you weren't counting on an $899 price tag. That's the word from our compadres at The Verge, who suggest that Nokia's handset will initially be ... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 12:46pm | LightSquared gets desperate, seeks regulatory changes to satisfy GPS debacle |
| If we were the betting type -- and hell, some of us really are -- we'd wager a crisp ten spot that LightSquared isn't going to assuage the FCC's concerns over those pesky GPS interference issues in the next few weeks. After previously stating that t... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 12:00pm | Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds camera preview (video) |
| Olympus has embraced the camera designs of yesteryear for several generations, from its first Micro Four Thirds models to last year's E-P3. But now the Japanese camera maker is stepping up its retro game, announcing a brand new line of Micro Four Th... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 12:00pm | Olympus updates its Tough lineup, intros TG-820 ruggedized shooter |
| Olympus isn't planning on staying far behind its competition in the ruggedized camera department. That's why it's taking the wraps off its TG-820. The newest addition to the Tough lineup brings along predictable traits for a shooter of its kind, su... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 12:00pm | Olympus unveils SZ-31MR camera: 16 megapixels, 24x optical zoom |
| Japanese camera manufacturer Olympus has just introduced the successor to its SZ-30MR compact shooter. The new snapper not only sees a minimal increment on its stage name, SZ-31MR, but it also keeps the same 16-megapixel backlit sensor as its prede... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 11:24am | Desktop apps may run on Win8 for ARM after all... maybe |
| The issue of whether or not the ARM edition of Windows 8 will support both desktop and Metro-style apps has been pretty hazy. Some have claimed it would, others that it wont and, even when they've issued denials of the nay-sayers, Microsoft has stop... more |


