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Mobile Minecraft to debut on ... wait what? Xperia Play?

May 25, 3:10PM

Looks like the first mobile users to get a crack at Minecraft will be owners of Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play, exclusively. Considering the phone runs Android, we have to ask ourselves why.


Amazon magically bumps Kindle battery life from 1 month to 2 months

May 25, 2:52PM

The tech guys over at Amazon must have some pretty strong magic at their disposal because they've managed to bump up the battery life of every single Kindle out there from one month to two months...


Top 5 Android apps for productivity

May 25, 2:41PM

There are a lot of Android apps, many designed to help users be more productive, but finding them can often be a burden. Here are five apps that will help most folks get more things done.


Can IT still change the world?

May 25, 1:59PM

What surprised me most about the Thiel Foundation's 20 Under 20 list is that the information technology projects looked promising, but didn't inspire much in the way of world-changing items.


LG Revolution arrives at Verizon Wireless on May 26

May 25, 1:45PM

Verizon Wireless will be welcoming the LG Revolution into its smartphone fold on Thursday. The Android 2.2-based handheld will also likely be very appealing to Netflix subscribers.


Amazon trots out ad-supported Kindle 3G with $25 discount

May 25, 1:29PM

Not to let Barnes & Noble completely steal the e-reader show this week, Amazon has added another ad-supported Kindle to the mix.


CEO Ballmer (mis)speaks, Microsoft HQ clarifies

May 25, 12:49PM

There's something crazy about a CEO of a multibillion dollar corporation telling people one thing, and then the company having to clear up the misstatement later.


Sony promises PlayStation Store by end of month

May 25, 12:30PM

Sony said in a blog post that the PlayStation Store will be online by the end of the month. Are you looking forward to buying new downloadable games and content for your PS3?


Email is far from dead; 'no viable replacement' in sight

May 25, 12:26PM

Email is not dead, and will not die out any time soon. Most visitors of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! go straight to email, and even social networking cannot fully compete.


HTC softening its position on locked bootloaders, modders rejoice

May 25, 12:13PM

HTC cracked down on phone modding and several of its recent phone models have featured a locked bootloader. Owners have cried foul loud enough that the company is rethinking about locking down its...


Is the cloud still safe? How to survive a cloud computing disaster.

May 25, 12:00PM

The news isn't just limited to Sony and it's not just about hacking attacks. There have been cloud failures at Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and more.


John Malone's Liberty Media bid for Barnes & Noble was a smart move

May 25, 11:30AM

Liberty Media Corp. recently revealed its surprising bid for Barnes & Noble. Following the announcement of a new Nook on the way, it looks as though this move was the right one.


New health guidelines for porking it up on Memorial Day

May 25, 11:18AM

According yesterday's announcement by the US Department of Agriculture, you no longer have to cook pork to a miserable, drying 160 degrees Fahrenheit.


Server sales surge: IBM share jumps; HP top dog; Oracle's Sun perks up

May 25, 10:57AM

Server sales continued to surge amid a strong corporate upgrade cycle. Global server market revenue jumped 12.1 percent in the first quarter to $11.9 billion from a year ago, according to IDC data.


Dell officially launches XPS 15z -- world's thinnest 15-inch laptop, starting at $999.99

May 25, 10:53AM

It may not be as sexy as we were led to believe via various online teasers, but Dell's new XPS 15z is finally here, mixing style, performance, and value in a 15-inch laptop.Starting at...


Citrix: Seamless desktop virtualization

May 25, 10:01AM

If your organization wants to offer access to applications and data to users of smartphones, tablets, thin clients, laptops and desktop systems simply and easily, XenDesktop from Citrix has the...


Without Virtualization, Apple's OS Will Die

May 25, 10:00AM

The death of Apple's OS X wouldn't particularly hurt the company but there's a way to save it and it's pretty simple: Virtualization.


Comcast steering clear of usage based pricing, eyes SMB growth

May 25, 10:00AM

Comcast CFO Mike Angelakis said the broadband provider has no plans for usage based pricing even as some companies---especially in wireless---tinker with the concept.


Word Lens quick tour: Translation meets smartphone

May 25, 9:17AM

San Francisco software developer Octavio Good created Word Lens, an app that uses your smartphone's camera to translate language from English to Spanish and vice versa. SmartPlanet takes a trip...


Apple to issue update to 'automatically find and remove' Mac Defender malware

May 25, 7:59AM

Apple has released an advisory that describes how to both avoid and remove Mac Defender malware from affected systems.



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