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Nokia Surge: a smartphone at a smart price (terms and conditions apply)

Nokia has unveiled a smartphone with some handy web features at a pretty low headline price. However, the deal comes with some pricey terms and conditions. The Surge, available on the AT&T Network, launches on July 19 [...]

No WiFi for Chinese iPhone?

It is beginning to look like the Chinese government is more powerful than Apple, and that when the iPhone makes its debut in China it will do so without the WiFi that we all love. Apple has been in protracted negotiations with the [...]

Google’s Schmidt may give up Apple board seat

There has been some response from the primary players in the ongoing saga of shared members on the Apple and Google boards, with Eric Schmidt saying he may give up his seat on the Apple board. The Federal Trade Commission [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 free to use online

Microsoft has confirmed that the next edition of its Office Suite will be available in a free online edition. Members of the free Live service will be able to use a slimmed-down version of the package through the web in [...]

PsyStar copyright judge pencils in January 2010 trial date

Whether the Mac clone maker’s recent bankruptcy was a necessity or just the mother-of-all delaying tactics, we’ll probably never know. Whatever the case, the copyright infringement case against Miami, Florida-based company won’t proceed to trial until at least the beginning next year. MacObserver reports that Judge Alsup, the jurist hearing Apple’s copyright [...]

Mac touch ‘confirmed’ for October at $800

Confirmation of the real deal from Taiwan’s notoriously leaking component suppliers and product assemblers? When the mere rumor of a deal with Apple can see your company’s stock price double almost overnight, there are big incentives for people to get the news out, regardless of its veracity, though the source and story all [...]

Free streaming music slashes illegal file sharing

A new report shows that access to free streaming music in the past few years has dramatically curbed illegal file sharing. Is it time for the ad supported model [...]

Wii remote could be used for CPR training

Students at an Alabama university are working on a project to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques using the controller from a Nintendo Wii. The project has already attracted $50,000 in funding from the American Heart Association. Four biomedical engineering undergraduates from [...]

Web site recreates Apollo 11 mission in real time

Ever wondered what it would be like if email and Twitter had been around in July 1969 for the Apollo 11 mission? Well, a just launched web site is about to answer that question by recreating [...]

Windows 7 RTM finalized - RC users upgrade option

Windows 7 edges closer to release every day. And each new day brings new details on the release or facts surrounding it. The Windows 7 [...]

Most businesses planning on skipping Windows 7

Windows Vista has become a sore topic for Microsoft as many consumers and businesses have opted to skip over the version of Windows. Many have indicated plans of skipping over Vista for the next [...]

Tomb Raider reboot on way - open-world origin story

The Tomb Raider franchise has gone off the boil of late. OK, so Underworld isn’t too bad but the series is generally feeling stale and has done probably since [...]

Texting teen plans to sue after falling down New York manhole

Doing two things at once can be a tricky business. As is evidenced by the story of a New York teenager who fell down a [...]

Top 40 best free Mac software apps

If you have ever wondered which were the best free mac apps, wonder no more. Below, we have listed (in alphabetical order) the top 40 best free mac software packages. These 40 best free applications include utilities, text editors, photo editors, [...]

Google professes its love for Twitter

Know the old saying of, “if you can’t beat them, join them”? Well, it appears Google has taken that one to heart when it comes to Twitter. In 2006, Jaiku, a competitor to popular micro blogging service Twitter, launched, only [...]

AP wants publisher tags on all news stories

The Associated Press is suggesting technical publishing guidelines for all new stories, asking that descriptive tags be attached to all news stories in order to generate more revenue for large media [...]

Shuttle mission delayed yet another day

NASA’s space shuttle program, and its provisioning and repair of the International Space Station, continue to fall farther behind schedule as the latest mission is delayed by lightning strikes on the pad. The next space shuttle [...]

Mesh Computers pays its customers to upgrade to Windows 7

It’s pretty much universally known that consumers hate Windows Vista. Or at least a high proportion of them do. Maybe it’s an unfair hatred, borne out of [...]