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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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06/02/12 Slate: Facebook smartphone? Dumb idea Source: McAlester News-Capital - McAlester OK There are two ways to make money in the smartphone business.
06/02/12 How Do Top Android Developers QA Test Their Apps? Source: Original Signal A couple weeks ago I ran this post showing how one Hong Kong developer, Animoca, tests its Android games.
06/02/12 The Instagram Effect? Mobile Photo Sharing App PicPlz... Source: Original Signal PicPlz , the mobile photo sharing app that is perhaps known best for being an early and direct competitor with Instagram , will shut down permanently on July 3.
06/02/12 Smarter gadgets, smarter life Source: Cebu Daily News - Philippines Can you imagine a future when your TV can recognize your voice and your mobile phone can tell who your friends are based on their photos?
06/02/12 Android market share stalls; version 4.0 sees a 7... Source: Ars Technica Google's Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich, operating system pushed its share of the user base to over 7 percent in May, even as Android experienced a tiny sliver of a market share decline in April, according to data from ComScore.