Archive for February, 2008
RIM patents a QWERTY slider, HTC lawyers perk up their ears
Filed under: Cellphones
Nice going RIM, you’ve successfully filed for a patent on a device that companies like HTC have been making since 2005. That’s right folks, your friends at Research In Motion have just thrown an application in the direction of the US Patent Office which should look painfully …
Red Octane lets loose separate Wii Guitar Hero III controller
Filed under: Gaming
It looks like Wii users wanting to expand their Guitar Hero arsenal (or replace an axe after they got a little too into things) won’t have to wait much longer, as Red Octane is now set to let loose a separate wireless Les Paul controller for the system. It doesn’t precisely come …
Helio continues to bleed money, now $560 million in the red
Filed under: Cellphones
We’ll be honest with you — it’s a bit disheartening to watch the (seemingly) inevitable happen to Helio. After all, it’s managed to soldier on despite hordes of other MVNOs hanging it up here in the US of A. Nevertheless, input gleaned from EarthLink’s most recent annual re…
Alcatel-Lucent sends goods 1600 miles at 16.4Tbps
Filed under: NetworkingSure, the researchers at Alcatel-Lucent have already sent input 50 miles at 25.6Tbps, but it looks like now they’re going for distance rather than speed: the company announced yesterday that it’s now pumped bits by a 1584-mile lengthy link at 16.4Tbps. certain, that’s slightly…
Mint green PSP now available, in Japan
Filed under: Gaming
We already knew it was coming, but whether for some reason you’ve been holding out on buying a PSP until you could get a minty green model, you can now finally get your fix — in Japan, at least. As DCEmu points out, however, you can additionally go the importing route courtesy o…
Mvix intros MX-780HD wireless HD media streamer
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
possibly it’s just us, but here recently it feels as whether there’s been quite the outpouring of HD media streamers. Next up is Mvix’s MX-780HD, which doesn’t innovate much in the design division, but does include space for your own HDD along with support for …
Task Force Will Seek Tools to Protect Children Online
A new World Wide Web Safety Technical Task Force will be led by the Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Net & Society. The task force includes Net businesses, identity-authentication experts, nonprofit organizations, academics and technology companies. Among the members are AOL, AT&T, Co…
