Technology
Xbox 360 with Kinect shows off new tricks at E3
Studios joined Microsoft on the eve of a premier Electronics Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles to unveil blockbusters such as “Mass Effect 3″ that let players use body motion or voice to execute tactics once the exclusive duty of toggles or buttons in controllers. “Kinect is a natural way to converse with characters,” said BioWare [...]
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet could launch on April 10
While today may be filled with speculation about Apple’s upcoming iPad 2 announcement, there’s some news coming out of RIM today, too. According to multiple sources who spoke to BGR, RIM may launch its BlackBerry PlayBook in retail locations on April 10. The final QNX software is expected to hit gold master on March 31, [...]
Apple expected to ship 6.5M iPads in first quarter, 40M in 2011
Shipments of the iPad, including the second-generation model to be announced by Apple today, are expected to be between 6 million and 6.5 million in the first quarter of 2011, on their way to 40 million for the calendar year. The numbers from DigiTimes on Wednesday show that Apple expects to significantly ramp up production [...]
Verizon to switch to tiered data, scrub unlimited plan
Verizon will reportedly get rid of its unlimited data plan for mobile customers, switching its model to a tiered structure in which users have to decide how much data they want to use each month. Speaking at a conference today, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said the idea of an unlimited data plan “was never a [...]
New Apple MacBook Pro 2011: Review roundup
The new Apple MacBook Pro is out, and the reviews are in. Surprisingly, not every Apple fanboi is on-message: there’s grumbling about SSDs, graphics performance, price-gouging, and more. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers tease out the unexpected. Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention Space Shuttle Discovery launch seen from [...]
Global CIO: iPad Versus Motorola Xoom: Apps Give Apple Huge Advantage
Last week, I wrote about how the massive gravitational attraction of Apple’s iPad tablet is sucking in huge numbers of enterprise applications that are giving Apple in aggregate an enormous advantage over future competitors from Android or RIM. Yes, those competitors are certainly working feverishly to persuade the makers of mainstream business apps to provide [...]
Apple iPhone designer ‘wants to return to Britain’ after £18m windfall
The British designer responsible for the influential looks of Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod is on the verge of an £18m windfall. Jonathan Ive is however said to be “at loggerheads” with the firm’s board, over his wish to spend more time away from Silicon Valley at his £2.5m Somerset manor house. The shaven-headed 44-year-old, [...]
Verizon iPhone Has Death Grip According to Consumer Reports
When the Verizon iPhone was released, Apple said that it doesn’t suffer from Death Grip problem, which is found in AT&T’s version. But according to lab tests conducted by the Consumer Reports, the Verizon iPhone 4 still has the Death Grip problem. If the user hold the Verizon iPhone 4 in a specific manner, it [...]
Windows 7 SP1 now available
Microsoft has begun offering Windows 7 Service Pack 1 via Windows Update today, as promised earlier in the month. The 32-bit version of SP1 is around 755MB and the 64-bit edition comes in at around 1GB. If you prefer to have a disc, you can get one sent to you for $6 from Microsoft, including [...]
App Genome Project Finds Android Apps Outpacing iOS
In the battle between mobile platforms, one of the most critical factors is the success of the respective app library. The Apple App Store dominates all rivals in terms of sheer volume of apps, but Lookout Mobile Security’s App Genome Project illustrates that by many measures Android apps are beating iOS apps as Android continues [...]
