RIM's troubles continue: BlackBerry Playbook costing company $485 million

RIM can’t catch a break. Not only is the company coping with dismal PlayBook tablet sales, it’s also taking a near half-billion-dollar hit for sitting inventory that must now be sold at rock-bottom prices. RIM announced on Friday that the company wouldn’t be meeting its financial targets for the year, primarily due to the...

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Acer: Ultrabooks will spark 'stalled' Windows platform

Acer Aspire S3 ultrabook.(Credit: Amazon)  Ultrabooks will become mainstream in the coming years, spurring the sputtering Windows platform, according to a Taipei-based report. Speaking at a conference in Taipei, Acer Chairman J.T. Wang said specifications that define the emerging category of ultrabooks will become the "mainstream...

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Google Tests Ice Cream Sandwich Update on Employees

Ready for a little Ice Cream Sandwich – that's Android 4.0 – for your smartphone? Keep waiting, although you can now complement your patience with a little bit of hope. New reports from company employees indicate that Google has started to roll out Ice Cream Sandwich internally,...

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Intel's Ivy Bridge Roadmap (and Benchmarks) Leak Out

Here comes the Ivy Bridge! For the uninformed, that's the codename of the latest iteration of Intel processors, a die-shrink of the company's current Sandy Bridge lineup...

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iPhone multitasking gesture concept leaves us wanting more

The release of iOS 5 saw Apple address two of the biggest shortcomings of the operating system: dependence on a computer and notifications. It also took tentative steps towards improving its multitasking capabilities by adding four-...

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Korean app Juspot brings the best of Twitter, Foursquare together

Since Foursquare made it big, an increasing number of location-based apps and services have been appearing on the scene. South Korea has its fair share of ‘clone’ apps and this concept can initially cause one to be skeptical of...

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Google Release Galaxy Nexus Factory Image, For Easy Stock Restore

Google has this week released a new factory image for Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone running, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The new image now allows anyone to reset and easily restore their locked/bricked Galaxy Nexus smartphone, back to its original stock factory settings. So if you have been tweaking and developing apps and mods...

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New Xbox update aims to put Microsoft at the heart of TV viewing

The new home screen for the Xbox 360 dashboard.(Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft will push out an update to Xbox consoles Tuesday, designed to get consumers to turn on the device every time they flip on their televisions, not just when they want to play games. Though most gamers will notice a dramatically different interface, and some...

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