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Is Sony Too Late with PlayStation Phone?

(Oct. 27) -- Sony's latest innovation may be just in time for Christmas, but a bit too late for relevance. Photographs of the heavily rumored PlayStation phone leaked by Engadget have the tech blogs buzzing over whether the prototype is real or fake, and whether a PlayStation phone is even viable in today's mobile gaming...

Health Apps Not a Popular Prescription for iPhone Users

(Oct. 22) -- Heaps of health-related apps, many of them from trusted sources and institutions, are available for iPhone users with little more than a few taps and a 99-cent payment. But few people seem interested in getting medical input, fitness advice or diet tips from their smart phones, according to a new national...

New Software May Help Military Spot Terrorists

(Oct. 12) -- The U.S. military's drones flying over Afghanistan every day vacuum up reams of data, much of it in the form of full-motion video. But trying to make sense of that video, let alone pick out possible insurgent or terrorist activity, is a challenge of epic proportions. Now, a software firm working under...

Does Panasonic Jungle Hand-Held Game Console Really Stand a Chance?

(Oct. 5) -- Game time. Late Monday night on MTV's "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory," Panasonic shocked and confused the gaming world by announcing a return to the video game console world after a 17-year hiatus following 1993's disastrous 3DO. The Jungle is a small(ish), Linux-based computer being marketed to online game...

Pentagon May Send Robotic 'Mule' to War

(Sept. 3) -- In the 1980s, the CIA sent mules to Afghanistan to help ferry weapons to anti-Soviet fighters. Now, the U.S. military is looking to send robotic pack mules that can carry supplies around the battlefield and lighten the load of overburdened soldiers. Yuri Cortez, AFP / Getty Images The Pentagon thinks...

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Samsung S3 Delays Blamed On 'Newly Invented Shade Of Blue'

Samsung has come up with a neat explanation for the delays affecting some versions of its Galaxy S3 smartphone: they invented a difficult shade of blue.

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Douglas Crets: Time: The One Pain Point You Have to Solve in Mobile

It doesn't take a trend report to tell us that mobile is increasingly how people think and drive action in their daily lives.

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Galaxy S III Hits Shelves -- But Not In U.S.

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone went on sale Tuesday in 28 European and Middle Eastern countries, hoping to cement its lead over Apple's iPhone.

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A Bit Too Much Klout: User Says He Can Sign In To Someone Else's Account

It's not clear if this is a one-off glitch, a signal of a bigger issue â or a way of pumping up/sabotaging Klout scores for those who care.

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iPhone, iPad optics add night vision for covert missions

The Apple iPhone, iPad, and military-grade optics can now be seamlessly and simultaneously integrated to deliver mobile data-recording, navigation, and instant situation-analysis in a comprehensive solution to debut at this week's SOFIC, according to its developers.

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05/30/12 Little likes for Facebook shares Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia Shares in the company are now down more than 20 per cent from where they debuted less than two weeks ago, having slid following a messy IPO process and because of concerns about the company's growth potential.
05/30/12 The kids are all right... with mobile banking Source: Computer Business Review New research suggests that students are the demographic most excited about using their smartphones for banking or other financial services.
05/30/12 Sharp releases its first phone with radiation... Source: Akihabara News Behold Sharp latest smartphone the Pantone 5 107SH, the world first Android 4.0 smartphone with radiation detection!
05/30/12 Blackberry-maker on the brink, laying off workers Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia RIM issued a dire warning about its business Tuesday, saying it is losing money for the second-consecutive quarter and will lay off a "significant" number of employees.
05/30/12 Blackberry-maker on the brink, laying off workers Source: The Courier-Mail RIM issued a dire warning about its business Tuesday, saying it is losing money for the second-consecutive quarter and will lay off a "significant" number of employees.