Why Android is better than Apple

Will Android-based smartphones such as the HTC Incredible crush Apple's next-gen iPhone (4G) in the perpetual battle for mobile dominance?

Android-powered iPad clone spotted in the wild

A Chinese-based company has introduced an Android-powered iPad clone that can be purchased for as little as $130-$198.

ThoughtCrime protects users from Big Brother Google

Thoughtcrime Labs and The Institute For Disruptive Studies have launched an anonymizing proxy service to protect users from the Lidless Eye of Big Brother Google.

Samsung touts 20nm NAND for smartphones

Sasmsung has kicked off production of its 20 nanometer (nm) class 32GB NAND chips.

Report: iPhone 4G to use indigenous Apple processor

Apple is reportedly planning to use an internally designed application processor (AP) in its next-gen 4G iPhone.

Adobe readies public beta for Flash and AIR for Android

Adobe is calling for testers to sign up for the beta for Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR 2.0 for Android.

Sensor wraps itself round the brain

Scientists have developed a brain implant that melts into place, fitting to the brain's surface like shrink-wrap.

Accusations fly in school webcam monitoring row

The scandal over the Pennsylvania school accused of taking unauthorized pictures of students via their laptops shows no sign of abating.

Travelers Twitter their way back home

Travelers stranded by the effects of the Icelandic volcano are turning to social media to get themselves home.

Ether Publishing turns iPhone into e-reader

A new publishing start-up is offering short stories, essays and poetry on cellphones, in the hope that users will decide they just don't need an e-reader after all.

Moon's polar craters may be electrified

Lunar explorers may have another hazard to contend with - new calculations by NASA's Lunar Science Institute team indicate that the moon's polar craters may be charged to hundreds of volts.

Norway and Iceland conspire to end world

Icelandic volcano ends air travel. Norway being run with an iPad out of Madrid airport. Steve Jobs to shift more continental plates.

This week: Twitter garbled Chirp

Someday we will all speak gibberashi in Tweetspurts while jindangling oodalicious pots of moolah at Twitteronia's roolerz.

Toshiba: 3D "Regza" TVs to arrive in June

Toshiba has announced a summer launch date for its "3D Regza" LCD TV lineup.

Naked Dell tablet pics Streak across the Web

Pictures of Dell's upcoming Streak tablet lineup were outed and hit the 'Net early this Friday afternoon.

Apple's iPad closes in on Blackberry and Android

Apple's iPad is rapidly gaining online usage share and has almost drawn even with Blackberry and Android during its first 10 days on the market.  

Flash...Coming soon to an Android near you!

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has confirmed that Flash 10.1 will be available on a number of mobile operating systems - including Google's Android - by the second half of 2010.

Report: Apple eyes AMD processors for future Mac lineup

Move over Intel! Yes, Apple is reportedly negotiating with AMD over the adoption of alternative processors for future Mac products.

Hackers jailbreak iPhone OS 4 for underground devs

A talented team of veteran hackers has managed to successfully jailbreak Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 1.

Buy an Xbox 360 game, get a bag of pot for free

Smoke 'em if you got 'em! And who has them? Well, not us, obviously. But a child of four in Britain does.