Apple Store down globally, let the speculation begin

Sometimes it’s nothing, but often, especially when it’s a Tuesday and we’re sitting on a stack of overdue rumors, an Apple Store outage is a tell that new products are due. Especially when the store goes down on a global basis as it has just now. So take a moment to reflect on the latest rumors and chime in with your predictions in the comments. Our guess? Refreshed MacBook Pros… or iPonies, either or. Then Read More...

German firm claims huge boost in Android app performance, battery life with new virtual machine

At the core of Anrdoid lies a little bundle of code known as the Dalvik virtual machine, a runtime environment for Java apps that’s specifically optimized for hardware with limited memory and processor power — you know, the kind of situation you find in your average smartphone. The relative success of the Android Market suggests that Dalvik’s getting the job done on some level (as long as you’re not looking for a texture-intense FPS), but Read More...

Cube’s 6-inch capacitive touchscreen e-reader is a Windows Mobile 6.5 fantasyland

If you’re a sucker for immaculate specs at a discount price then the Cube e-book reader might be the device for you. The Chinese outfit is said to be working on a 6-inch, E Ink reader built around the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system with baked-in WiFi (sorry, no mention of 3G data) for “remote server synchronization.” And as declared in the image above, the Cube e-reader features a capacitive touchscreen just “like the iPhone.” Read More...

Netgear partners with Ericsson for a 3G-receiving, WiFi-emanating router

Had enough of dealing with oligopolistic wired broadband suppliers? Well, with Netgear’s brand spanking new MBRN3300E you can just ride off into the 3G sunset and say goodbye to those pesky wires. Like the majority of wireless routers today, it comes with 802.11n WiFi and a built-in firewall, but what sets it apart is the integrated 3G modem provided by Ericsson. With it, you can suckle down broadband straight from the ether and transport it Read More...

AMD Fusion sampling soon, arriving in 2011 with Llano APU

To say that we’ve been waiting for AMD’s Fusion CPU / GPU combo for a long time would be an understatement. In fact, while AMD was busy talking about it, Intel swept in with its own Arrandale and Clarkdale chips that pack graphical and computing processing into the same chip. Lest we were discouraged, then, AMD is making a return to form with news that its first Fusion APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) is about to Read More...

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