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1. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... with content protection powered by Flash Access 2.0," Adobe explained in a statement. "Additionally, Flash Player 10.1 now leverages hardware decoding of H.264 video on Windows PCs, netbooks and mobile ...

2. Analyst offers Apple tablet sneak peek

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... admitted that he found it hard to "comprehend" how the tablet would replace all other mobile tech products. "But then again, what I can't imagine, Steve Jobs often can. The tablet will be awesome, and ...

3. Qualcomm debuts "Flo" mobile television device

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... a 3.5-inch QVGA touch-screen display. "FLO is setting the standard for high-quality mobile TV thanks to our award-winning network and technology," explained FLO president Bill Stone. "It provides [access ...

4. Audi gives up designing cars

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... they were targeting. "With its nearly 400,000 fans, the Audi Facebook audience is composed of passionate brand enthusiasts who have a mutual affinity for automobiles. They yielded feedback for the design ...

5. YouTube goes hi-res

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   But most content comes from mobiles YouTube is to start support 1080p high-definition videos from next week. Google-owned YouTube says it will support video playback in the full 1080p HD format, upgrading ...

6. Zune shifts into high gear with 6 HD games

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... iPhone app Microsoft's Zune tunes in to HD Radio Microsoft ditches 'classic' Zune models Microsoft: Mobile Xbox device inevitable  ...

7. Apple update fixes critical Snow Leopard bugs

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   ... improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, MobileMe and iDisk. Fonts Font spacing. Missing fonts. Duplicated fonts. Malfunctioning PostScript Type 1 fonts. Graphics Issues connecting ...

8. Mozilla looks ahead as Firefox celebrates fifth anniversary

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   ... choices to support a standards-based, royalty-free approach. [And] expect to see changes in the expectations around the licensing of codecs." Blizzard also predicted that the mobile sector will play an ...

9. Apple sued over camera patent by litigant with a past

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

   ... Verizon, Vodafone and Cellco alleging infringement of these patents.It then took action against LG, Motorola, Palm, Sanyo, Concord Camera, Vivitar, Polaroid, HTC, Deutsche Telecom, and T-Mobile. LG, Motorola ...

10. Disney launches Click2Life iPhone app

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... reckons it is the world's number one mobile entertainment site.  ...

11. YouTube offers chance to quiz Nobel winners

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    YouTube viewers worldwide have the unique opportunity to ask a Nobel laureate a question on the official Nobel Prize channel. NASA's John Mather, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for measuring ...

12. Apple takes on Microsoft's Zune with FM Radio iPhone app

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... "in the background" and is likely to offer the "same functionality" as the Nano FM radio. However, Apple has apparently experienced difficultly with integrating the Mobile iTunes Store purchases into ...

13. DivX CEO: We've still a lot of streaming to do

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... to get into mobile phones and digital TVs."He claimed that his company is "well positioned" to work through the entire value chain including the chip companies, the Taiwanese oEMs, in Japan and in Europe. ...

14. Khronos introduces OpenMax AL multimedia specification for MIDs

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... "high-performance" MID multimedia applications. "Khronos is very excited to be launching OpenMAX AL, which delivers cross-platform multimedia to any mobile phone or device - we are making it possible ...

15. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... of current costs.     This would change the computing landscape and coupled with the coming WAN technologies of WiMax and LTE, could change the face of mobile and desktop computing as we ...

16. I speaka da Ingrish. I learn it from a vook

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... Atria Books as part of a partnership between Simon & Schuster, Inc., and Vook, who jointly announced today's news. The inaugural vook titles are available in two formats: standalone mobile applications ...

17. Windows xpPhone thinks its a PC

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... Mobile chip and comes with up to 1GB of RAM. The camera's pretty feeble at just one megapixel, but should be good enough for video calls, which the company is touting as one of the phone's big pluses. ...

18. Dell unveils five Alienware gaming rigs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... boasts a mobile Core i7 processor, along with a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M GPU and up to 8GB DDR3 1333MHz memory. Prices start at $1,500.  ...

19. Intel debuts Nehalem mobile chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    Intel has introduced two Nehalem-based processors for the mobile market. According to Dadi Perlmutter, the chips - formerly codenamed "Clarksfield" - provide the "best" laptop experience for high-end ...

20. Hey teacher, leave that kid alone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    A teacher in Thailand has been caught on mobile phone giving a smart alec kid a serious beating. A teacher in Thailand has been caught on mobile phone giving a smart alec kid a serious beating. The ...

21. HTC sticks up two fingers at Iphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... Mobile 6.5 Pro on a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 320MB of RAM. The video shows a user zooming in and out of images using their index finger and thumb.  The user can zoom in and out while ...

22. Sprint offers unlimited mobile-to-mobile plan

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    A service that offers unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling will be introduced by Sprint today at a cost of $69.99.A service that offers unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling will be introduced by Sprint today ...

23. AMD launches Tigris and Congo notebook platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... 1080p HD playback and offers up to 25 percent longer battery life (55+ minutes) than previous AMD mobile platforms. San Francisco, Calif. AMD has introduced a "mainstream" notebook platform designed to ...

24. iPhone China launch coming real soon now

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... mobile market, with some 687 million subscribers - roughly three times the size of the US market - and analysts predict that Apple could be on-course to shift almost three million of the gadgets in China ...

25. Nokia to offer ARM-based smartbook

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... with Nokia's Ovi Maps gadget for global positioning. The Booklet should be capable of 12 hours of battery life and feature an internal mobile broadband card with a SIM slot, says Nokia. According ...

26. Viewers still want analog mobile TV

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 24 August 2009

    Despite moves towards digital television, the use of free-to-air analog mobile TV is set to increase by a massive six times in the next four years, according to a report.Sunnyvale, CA – Despite moves towards ...

27. TSMC's 28nm process on track

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 23 August 2009

    ... Q1 of 2010, followed closely by the 28HP process at the end of Q2 and the 28HPL in Q3. The 28nm LP process is designed as a low cost technology for cellular and mobile applications, while the 28nm HP ...

28. Dell enters China with Mini3i smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    Hardware vendor Dell will introduce the Dell Mini3i smartphone and has forged a deal with China Mobile to sell the product.Hardware vendor Dell will introduce the Dell Mini3i smartphone and has forged ...

29. Car texting video too shocking for YouTube

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... COW - The film that will stop you texting and driving, it's all about Cassie COWan - a 'nice girl from a nice Gwent valleys family' - who kills four people on the road because she used her mobile and lost ...

30. EyeSpy's little eye lets you guard your property cheaply

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    ... 24/7 offers a security system including instant email and SMS motion detection alerts to be pinged to your Crackberry or your other mobile device.  You can also access images and video from the web ...

31. RIM: BlackBerry Curve 8520 to arrive on August 5

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 27 July 2009

    RIM has announced that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone will arrive in T-Mobile stores on August 5. The Wi-Fi enabled device is expected to provide easy access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) ...

32. Samsung debuts 1GHz "iPhone" processor

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 27 July 2009

    ... but we believe it has the lowest leakage and dynamic power consumption of any high-end mobile processor core out there," claimed Intrinsity CEO Bob Russo. "Mobile device end-users want smoother video, ...

33. Disney movies to appear on SD cards

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 23 July 2009

    ... movies will be viewable on car navigation systems and mobile phones. Panasonic already ships flat panel TVs and video cameras with SD card readers built in. Micro SD cards are already in use in a similar ...

34. UMPC, take 2: Samsung touts first WiMax MID

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

     Samsung today announced the first commercially available mobile Internet device (MID) with WiMax connectivity in the U.S. Conceivably, this is much closer to the type of device we would have imagined Microsoft ...

35. Sony Ericsson debuts "Walkman" mobile phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 15 July 2009

    Sony Ericsson has debuted a new mobile phone named after the ubiquitous Walkman of 1980's fame. Like other Walkman phones, the W518a features "advanced" shake control technology that allows users to ...

36. Intel sees "one billion" connected mobile devices by 2015

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    A senior Intel VP has predicted that there will be "one billion" connected mobile devices by 2015. According to Anand Chandrasekher, the Internet has experienced "staggering growth" and is continuing ...

37. Nokia targets social networking addicts with Symbian Surge

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    ... zoom. AT&T Navigator - Provides audible turn-by-turn directions, monitors traffic and alerts users when there is a slowdown or incident. Mobile Music - Lets users listen to music and download tracks ...

38. Office 2010 now available as Technical Preview

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    ... said. “Office 2010 is the premier productivity solution across PCs, mobile phones* and browsers,” said Chris Capossela, senior vice president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft. “From broadcast ...

39. How my Blackberry isn't crackberrying me up

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

      My mobile phone tariff allows for a free upgrade every 18 months or so and this time I traded in my dodgy Sony-Ericcson brick for a Blackberry Curve 8900. My mobile phone tariff allows for a free ...

40. Rumormill: iPods to get cameras

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 06 July 2009

    ... camera in a mobile device (Kyocera’s Visual Phone VP-210 camera phone), it seems that Apple may be listening to its users and build cameras into its portable media players. Conceivably, a digital camera ...

41. NTT DoCoMo buys into PacketVideo

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 05 July 2009

    ... with PacketVideo's Core multimedia player, pvPlayer, installed in more than 90 DoCoMo handset models. The new deal is intended to guarantee a steady stream of new mobile applications for DoCoMo in the ...

42. HTC confirms native Flash support for Android Hero

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 24 June 2009

    ... complete Flash based Web browsing experience today and presents an important step towards full Web browsing with Flash Player 10 on mobile phones in the future." John Wang of HTC explained that the Hero ...

43. HP 5101 netbook thinks it's a notebook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 23 June 2009

    ... of art, a sophisticated companion PC crafted for the trend-savvy mobile professional who needs functionally, durability and style.” said Ted Clark, senior vice president and general manager of HP's Notebook ...

44. Gateway introduces high-definition netbook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 23 June 2009

    ... "At the same time, it delivers reliable mobile communications. Customers get the larger-sized 11.6-inch display along with enhanced netbook performance, so they can do even more while on the go." According ...

45. Dead discs: Blu-ray’s failure to launch signals end of spinning media

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    ... living room, they’re even worse in the computer market. Blu-ray capability remains relatively scarce in desktop and laptop offerings from vendors at a time when increasingly mobile consumers are tossing ...

46. T-Mobile announces another Android phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    You wait ages for a new smartphone, and then half a dozen come all at once. Now, T-Mobile is announcing its next Google Android device, to be known as the myTouch. Bellevue, Washington – You wait ages ...

47. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... with the dad and grad in mind.  Presented in no particular order are the prizes which you’ll be eligible to win:   Health and Beauty Computer Peripherals Mobile Phones and Peripherals ...

48. Blackberry Tour gets 3G, but no Wi-Fi

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 16 June 2009

    ...    SLIDESHOW: Blackberry Tour (6 pictures) At first sight, the Tour looks virtually identical to the Curve 8900, which has been offered for several months by T-Mobile and ...

49. Nvidia targets mobile market with Windows 7 optimized GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    Nvidia has introduced five GPUs for the mobile market. The processors are based on a new 40-nm manufacturing process and include 512MB to 1GB of on-board memory. In addition, the Windows 7 optimized ...

50. Review: LG enV Touch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... as well as mobile media. The enV Touch is available for $149.99 with a $70 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement. The phone measures 4.52 inches long by 2.16 inches wide and is .66 inch thick. ...