Apple has released a statement on its US public relations site, revealing that the white iPhone 4 is going to be delayed until mid-July.
“White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than expected”, it says. “And as a result they will not be available until the second [...]
Although it wasn’t announced at E3 as we thought it might be, it is still widely expected that video-on-demand service Hulu will be making its way onto the Xbox 360 dashboard in the near future.
But it’s not just Xbox fans who’ll be able to feast on all of Hulu’s goodness, for there are strong suggestions [...]
Apple has released the iPhone user guide for iOS 4 software. It’s a 17MB, 244 page PDF designed to walk you through everything from syncing to using the default apps. The 28 chapters cover the Phone, Mail, Safari, iPod, Messages (SMS/MMS), Calendar, Photos, Camera, YouTube, Stocks, Maps, Weather, Voice Memos, [...]
woke up this morning overcome with anticipation, just like the 599,999 other people who pre-ordered the iPhone 4. I pre-ordered my phone through Best Buy, and it proved to be a simple and easy process. Obvious “foreshadowing” alert.
Unlike Apple, Best Buy didn’t have any lines wrapping around their store, having staggered their iPhone pickups to [...]
UBM TechInsights has thoroughly torn down the long-awaited Apple iPhone 4 and identified all its key components, including a 3-axis digital gyroscope and accelerometer designed by ST Micro.
“[We disassembled] the device by using our specialized teardown practices and combining that with our reliable and expert lab analysis. We were [then] [...]
Kristen Stewart, or as millions of hardcore geeky fans know her, Bella Swan, wants the next and final installment in the Twilight movie series to be presented in 3D.
Stewart was promoting the current release of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in an interview with UK celeb site DailyStar, when she said that [...]
If Verizon gets its own version of the iPhone in early 2011, as Barclays PLC is now predicting, it could lead to 9 million new Verizon activations and a switch-over for as many as a million AT&T customers.
James Ratcliffe, analyst at powerful financial group Barclays, said in a statement today that [...]
Earlier today, Jason finally got to test the cloud-based gaming service OnLive from the comfort of his home (read: underpants). He liked it! Now there’s even more good news: a TV version will be ready before the year’s end.
So says OnLive head Steve Perlman, in an interview with Joystiq:
When we get to [...]
The saga continues. A reader forwarded us this note he got from AT&T, simply stating that his iPhone 4 preorder had been cancelled, for no apparent reason. And he’s not the only one. Updated: More cancellations, including some from Apple.
Even for AT&T, a company that’s proven itself adept at frustrating its [...]
Google is reported to be working on a one-click micropayment system allowing newspapers to charge for content accessed through Google Search.
According to La Repubblica, the system, called NewsPass, will allow users to pay for low cost items such as newspapers, video and images. Google is currently contacting Italian newspapers to [...]
Chemists at the University of York have discovered a way of recycling waste from LCD televisions to make a substance that combats hospital infections.
Researchers at the University’s Department of Chemistry have discovered a way of transforming the chemical compound polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) – a key element of LCD televisions – into [...]
Apple has updated its OS X malware shield to protect against a backdoor Trojan horse that could theoretically allow hackers to gain control over an iMac, MacBook, or Mac Mini.
The anti-malware update – which was part of Apple’s recently released 10.6.4 operating system build – was reportedly omitted from all upgrade [...]
Microsoft has redesigned its latest Xbox 360 motherboard by reportedly combining the CPU, GPU and eDRAM onto a single chip.
According to Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech, previous iterations of the 360 motherboard featured two discrete packages: the CPU and GPU+eDRAM.
“Bringing it all onto (presumably) a single die makes cooling much simpler [...]
Apple has introduced an app that allows users to track down their lost or stolen iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches.
Find My iPhone reportedly operates by locating Apple mobile devices via their GPS or wireless chipsets.
Although the app is free, it is linked to an $99 annual MobileMe subscription.
It should be noted that [...]
Kobo is now Android friendly! The free e-reader app – which is available on the Android Market – supports the popular ePUB standard, including rich text and images.
“Now the fastest-growing mobile platform, Android has many new devices that are great for eReading,” explained Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis.
“We’ve adapted the features our [...]
A software modder known as DarkDavy has successfully loaded Microsoft Windows 7 onto the Linux-based JooJoo web tablet.
The device – manufactured by Fusion Garage – features some fairly respectable hardware specs, including a 12.1 inch (1366 x 768 pixel) display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, Nvidia ION graphics, 1GB of RAM and [...]
Are Macs inherently more secure than Well, not according to cybersecurity analyst Hemanshu Nigam – who claims that OS X suffers from just “as many vulnerabilities” as Windows.
“Suggesting Apple doesn’t get viruses gives its users a completely false sense of security. It’s essentially taunting hackers. They’ll take it as [...]
