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By Imee, on May 7th, 2012 
Here’s nice kick for the gamer out there. A news spreading across the internet that Microsoft is going to sell their popular gaming console Xbox 360 for $99 – plus! subscription fee. But the Washington-based company did not confirm the rumors yet, but if so, it might dominate every spaces in the living room in every family in the U.S.
Video game consoles is a very expensive investment, and companies like Microsoft has been playing in the market for quite a while now with their unique Xbox 360. If users or gamers wants the latest gaming . . . → Read More: Xbox 360 for $99
By MariaJoyce, on May 5th, 2012 
According to the latest reports coming out regarding the upcoming iPhone 5, it will likely be thinner and slightly longer than the older models.
According to Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge editor, the latest iPhone will be released this fall and it will feature a 4-inch screen, slightly longer than the predecessors with 3.5 inches only, a liquidmetal backing case or metal panel, and a new – smaller – dock connector. It will also be much thinner, about 20% thinner than the latest iPhone 4s. About 10mm increase in height, reduced by 2mm in thickness, and 125mm x 58.5mm x . . . → Read More: iPhone 5 Design According to Jeremy Horwitz
By Jp, on May 5th, 2012 
NPD, a Market research firm, forecasts that the entire tablet market share of Apple will decrease to just 50% by 2017, that’s just above the line, while Windows RT and Android platform tablets will start climbing up and eat iPad’s domination after 2 years.
According to DisplaySearch’s (a subsidiary group of NPD), Tablet Quarterly report on Thursday, they estimated that the entire tablet market reached 81.6 million units in 2011 – which is dominated by Apple’s iPad – and 424.9 million units by 2017.
Also in the report, it denotes that the worldwide shipments of tabs will exceed . . . → Read More: iPad’s Market Share will Drop in 2017
By Jane, on May 5th, 2012 
A federal court in San Francisco reported it had came to a partial judgement in the lawsuit filed by Oracle accusing the internet giant, Google, of taking their technology without permission for the well-known Android smartphone. Still in the process of coming to a certain decision, the hearing will continue in the future for further investigations and the jury was sent home.
In the lawsuit, Oracle says Android operating system of Google replicated components of the Java programming language created by Sun Microsystems, a company acquired by Oracle in January 2010 for $7 billion. The lawsuit states infractions . . . → Read More: Oracle Against Google Lawsuit; Partial Verdict
By Jp, on May 2nd, 2012 
Google together with its Onix Networking as its partner was awarded with the $35 million contract to handle the new cloud-based email and collaboration system of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
In 2010, Microsoft was awarded with $59.3 million contract to handle the Department of the Interior’s email and collaboration system. With this award, Onix Networking – based in Ohio – and Google filed a lawsuit before long to prevent the contract. According to Google, the U.S. Department of the Interior was unfair in giving the favor to Microsoft as it never gave them a fair chance. . . . → Read More: Google Awarded with $35 Million Government Contract
By Jharma, on May 1st, 2012 
LG Electronics, one of the smartphone makers, has ceased its operation of producing Windows Phone Units for now and will focus more on phones running on Android, based on the reports.
Reported by Korea Herald on Monday, the South-Korea based company will back off from producing phones on Windows platform but still have plans to continue the studies and developments on the Microsoft OS, did not indicate though if this is because of the increasing demand on Android based phones or not.
Optimus 7, as well as other handsets are based on Windows Phone 7.
LG has mentioned that phones . . . → Read More: LG Halts Production of Windows Phone to Focus on Android Phones
By Jane, on May 1st, 2012 
Once again, Google is facing another lawsuit because of the Auto-complete feature.
Many French anti-discrimination agencies filed a lawsuit against the popular search engine for apparently proclaiming unpermitted and systematic associations involving celebrities along with their “Jewishness” by Google’s auto-complete feature, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
SOS Racisme, a French anti-racist NGO, as well as several anti-racism organizations are scheduled for a hearing on Wednesday for a lawsuit which claims that Google is “overseeing the creation of what is probably the biggest Jewish file in history” with auto-complete suggestion feature that connect well-known individuals, for instance Rupert . . . → Read More: Google Once Again Sued for Auto-complete Feature
By Jp, on May 1st, 2012 
A man from California sued BMW North America and the maker of the motorcycle seat stating that the four-hour round-trip drive on his 1993 BMW motorcycle which has a ridge-like seat caused him a serious case of persistent and lasting erection, a disease called “Priapism” – it held up for 20 months and counting.
Although there were several issues regarding the narrow “banana” motorcycle seats which causes diminished feeling in that particular area, for both men and women, this is the worst case so far that we have seen.
Henry Wolf together with his lawyer Vernon Bradley of Sausalito submitted . . . → Read More: BMW Sued for Priapism
By Dora, on April 30th, 2012 
As Apple’s iPad being at the top of the tablets, others who are trying to compete will likely be compared and will surely receive a handful of criticisms. It’s like iPad is setting the standards to all of the emerging competitors. But even with the tight competition, Acer is still getting in the line and as expected, a handful of negative thoughts.
The Iconia Tab A510 of Acer, running on Andriod OS, doesn’t give you enough with $499.99. As the tech market, tablets in particular, is getting incredibly competitive: Every competitor must deliver their tabs with . . . → Read More: Acer Iconia Tab A510
By Jharma, on April 30th, 2012 
As the tech market gets wider and wider, market shares also soars high but some company seems not happy with the results.
Smartphone shipments by Samsung increased over the same period in 2011, letting it simply take hold of the biggest share of the global market, while Nokia’s share dramatically plummeted as their smartphones are not clicking to the mass and only playing in the low end, according to a market analyst, while another market analyst rated the South-Korea-based company as the top or the no. 1 on the cellphone market.
In the first quarter of 2011, Samsung’s . . . → Read More: Samsung Gets the Highest Market Share in the First Quarter of 2012
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