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AT&T’s new monthly stealth fee has some crying foul

SlashGear — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:36:49 +0200

AT&T has imposed a new “stealth fee” that, starting with this month, will tack an extra 61 cents on their monthly bills. While the amount is small, the principle behind it has many – both customers and non-customers alike – crying foul. The carrier says the new fee is a monthly administrative charge, and says Read The Full Story

Microsoft says Xbox One backwards compatibility would be 'really backwards' - what are Microsoft smoking?!

TweakTown — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:36:01 +0200

We've already had an idiotic statement by EA saying that the PS4 and Xbox One are generation ahead of the fastest gaming PC's, but now we have Microsoft saying that backwards compatibility on consoles is... backwards.

Microsoft Interactive Entertainment president, Don Mattrick, talked to the Wall Street Journal stating that there are no plans for any form of backwards compatibility on the Xbox One, where he says "if you're backwards compatible, you're really backwards". Mattrick has...

Google Offers Conversational Search Via Chrome 27

TechTree.com News Feed — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:33:20 +0200

After offering voice-based search options on the mobile platform, Google has now extended the feature to its web-based search site as well, but for now it works only with the Chrome browser. Dubbed as conversational search, you can use the feature by visiting Google.com (or Google.co.in) from the latest version of Chrome browser, and click the microphone icon near the search bar. Make sure you have a mic connected to your PC, and just "tell" the browser what to search for.While it requires a rat...

Australian Police Move To Make 3D Printed Guns Illegal

Slashdot — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:00 +0200

lukehopewell1 writes "'Untraceable, undetectable, cheap and freely available.' That's how Australian police have described the 3D-printable gun known as The Liberator today as they announce that they will be seeking to make the download, construction and possession of these weapons illegal. In their tests, Police printed the 15 parts required to assemble The Liberator in 27 hours and assembled it within 60 seconds with a firing pin fashioned out of a steel nail. The two guns were test fired into...

Nokia Adds New Suits In Patent Spat With HTC

AllThingsD » News — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:23:24 +0200

The new actions include a second complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission and a federal suit in Southern California. Those come on top of other legal actions that date back to last year.

SoftBank gives Washington veto over Sprint board job

The Register — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:18:16 +0200

The things you do to stop spooks worrying about Huawei
Japanese company SoftBank, currently wrapping a deal to buy 70 per cent of US mobile carrier Sprint, has taken the unusual step of giving the US government veto power over one member to be elected to the board of its acquisition target.…

Sony aims to raise $1.5 billion from bond sale to pay off debt and invest in technology

The Next Web — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:16:10 +0200

Sony posted its first positive financial results since 2008 this month, and next stage of its financial rebuilding sees it seek to raise 150 billion yen (around $1.5 billion) in order... Keep reading →

Chrome 28 beta for Android brings translation bar, fullscreen on tablets

Engadget — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:10:00 +0200

Internationally savvy Chrome desktop users are well acquainted with the translation bar's ability to quickly make sense of sites using foreign languages. Courtesy of the new Chrome 28 beta for Android, they can take that linguistic power on the road: the translation bar now shows up on mobile when visiting pages in non-native text. The test release also gives tablets the same fullscreen mode that phones have in the stable build, and everyone can see graphs illustrating the data usage savings the...

Telecom NZ and Vodafone go their separate ways on 4G

Resources | ZDNet — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:02:28 +0200

One telco is focusing on business users, while the other is chasing the consumer. Hopefully, it all leads to something better than trout-fishing advertisements.

Reality Absorption Field: iPod's trail of tears, part 1

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:02:11 +0200

The recent celebration of iTunes tenth anniversary provided an opportunity to remember that it debuted before the iPod and was initially positioned as a way to get Macs to play well with the CD burners that had come to the iMac as well as to early MP3 players from rivals. Before and (mostly) after the iPod, it's surprising to see not only how many different companies sought success in the portable media player category, but the diversity and depth of their approaches. While some achieved a degre...

Recent rulings show tide may be turning against patent trolls

Boy Genius Report — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:01:47 +0200

Patent trolls’ days of effortlessly rolling into court and collecting licensing fees for products they don’t produce may be coming to an end. The Washington Post reports that courts have been increasingly citing the landmark 1978 Supreme Court case Parker v. Flook, which is the strongest ruling that the court has ever made against patents for abstract ideas such as algorithms. Given that courts are applying the Parker v. Flook precedent more often in software patent cases, it seems t...

Mythlogic Callisto 1512 (Clevo W550EU) Ultrabook Review

AnandTech — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:01:00 +0200

Major OEMs are producing ultrabooks at a breakneck pace, but vendors like Clevo are making sure boutiques can get in on the market, too. Mythlogic sent us their Callisto 1512 based on the Clevo W550EU for testing.

Telstra unveils CAT4 4G wi-fi dongle combo

Resources | ZDNet — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:54:26 +0200

Telstra has launched a new 4G dongle that doubles up as a wi-fi hotspot.

STROKE this mouse to make apps POP, says Microsoft

The Register — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:49:00 +0200

Windows 8 Start button comes to Redmond's rodents
Microsoft has unveiled two mice that for the first time pack a button that sends users straight to the Windows 8 Start screen, the unloved abode of The interface Formerly Known As Metro (TIFKAM).…

iPhone 5 repairs aren't cheap -- it's the replacement parts

CNET News.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:48 +0200

Fixing a busted iPhone screen can cost a pretty penny. And, it appears that repairs for each iteration of the device are just getting more expensive. [Read more]

TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million

Digitimes — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:38:55 +0200

TPV Technology, a China-based LCD monitor and TV maker for ODM clients and own-brand sale, on May 23 released its financial report for the first quarter of 2013, posting a net loss of US$10.449 million, of which US$4.834 million was attributable to shareholders, according to the company.

Apple's keynote speech at WWDC is penciled in for June 10

TweakTown — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:31:01 +0200

Open your calendar, and find June 10, put a huge cross in it because Apple are planning their keynote speech at their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) for June 10. The keynote will take place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Apple haven't announced that they are going to stream the event live or not, but we should expect that, as they did so last October when they introduced the iPad mini and new iMacs to the world. We should expect iOS 7 to be shown off, as well as the...

Hisense Launches $149 Nexus 7 Clone Tablet

News Tom's Hardware US — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:30:00 +0200

Hisense entered the tablet market with the Sero 7 series, exclusively at Walmart.

Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year

Digitimes — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:26:19 +0200

Revenues for South Korea-based LED firms have been rising due to the introduction of affordable LED direct-type TVs and lighting products since 2012. Digitimes Research expects strong performance from Korea LED firms in 2013.

Xbox One game retail case design revealed with 'Forza Motorsport 5'

Neowin — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:26:09 +0200

Microsoft has revealed what the basic retail case design will look like for its Xbox One game titles with an image of the box for the racing sim Forza Motorsport 5. Read more...