Triumphant mobile processor developer Qualcomm let slip a little Android secret in its latest financial update, telling investors it expects to see Google release its next big version of Android in Q2 of 2013. Read More >>
Featured comment by JoeyG410:
"Oh shit, I read that as doubtful for some reason. haha.
But my initial comment was on the back of above saying that I would regret buying a N4?" More »
Scientists working for forthcoming Channel 4 TV show How to Build a Bionic Man assembled the most cutting-edge prosthetic limbs available today, creating an incredibly versatile robot person for around $1m. Read More >>
It looks like Motorola's finally about to prove its worth to Google, with the existence of the previously rumoured Android "X-Phone" confirmed by a job listing. Motorola's hiring someone to manage this "Next Generation Smartphone Platform." Read More >>
Horse meat-gate very nearly hit one of the big burger chains, with high street meat shop Burger King admitting to finding horse DNA in burgers at one of its suppliers. It has apologised, saying none of the dodgy meat actually made it into customers' gobs. Read More >>
Featured comment by ispy:
"well, my point was that you can't leave morality out of eating meat as proposed by the OP. some animals are sacred in some religions, whatever, their ..." More »
As with the rest of the known world, Valve boss Gabe Newell is waiting for Apple to make its move into the home gaming realm, and he sees this as more of a threat to his forthcoming Steam Box dream than Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo's home hardware. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jammin500:
"Apple.. really? The thing about the PS3 and Xbox is not only the Games, it has a massive game culture already in place and building around it all the ..." More »
Well, that was the idea. Plymouth man Roger Moore was caught speeding in a hire car, but decided that faking CCTV pics of his own car sitting on his drive would prove he'd already collected his car and driven home, and therefore was not the man hammering the hire car. Read More >>
Featured comment by strongp:
"I can sympathise with him.
In my (extensive) experience parking enforcement and moving traffic offences are used by local authorities to raise rev..." More »
Don't dismiss this as a sacrilegious attack on a global design classic. Spend a few minutes acclimatising yourself to this fantastic circular reinvention of London's iconic tube map and it... makes sense. Read More >>
RimBerry's happy statement that the new BB10 phones are launching with 70,000 bespoke apps was a bit of a white lie, with one of the company's own men admitting that up to 40 per cent of these are frantic Android port jobs. Read More >>
Featured comment by crezo:
"I'd actually say that if around 30,000 Android apps have made it to BB10 before release that's a GOOD thing!
When I had the Playbook (for about 3 m..." More »
Sky is finally ready to push ahead with its plan to offer non-subscribers instant access to its hallowed sports channels, with the satellite broadcaster offering casual sport fans the chance to buy 24 hours of access for £9.99 from this spring. Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"Well, I suppose they were never going to price it any way that might make it a viable alternative to the subscription package." More »
There's a stonking nerd battle going on in the editor comments section of Star Trek: Into Darkness Wikipedia listing, where furious fans have so far penned 45,000 words on the subject of whether the "into" part of "Into Darkness" should be capitalised or not. Read More >>
Stats released by UK network Vodafone show that the length of time we spend talking on our mobiles has fallen by half over the last five years, as we now mumble a short excuse and save the chatting for other communications channels and apps. Read More >>
Some slightly garbled, automatically translated words from Acer's Chinese president seem to confirm it's about to launch an assault on the cheap Android segment, with quad-core 8" and 10" models both on the way. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jynto:
"Instead of an 8" and 10" Android Tablet Attack, I would much rather see an 8' and 10' Android Attack Tablet. Because I almost misread the headline as ..." More »
A massive analysis of some 2.3 million online speed tests carried out over the last six months has fingered 4.00am as the time you're most likely to see your internet approach its advertised speed, as that's when your neighbour's kids aren't YouTube-ing the hell out of your local exchange. Read More >>
Featured comment by Longfellow:
"Shame, I liked their stuff. And Philips earphones are the only ones that don't make my ears sore, hopefully the new buyer will keep producing them th..." More »
Researchers working in the rather niche field of turbulence dynamics have set a new multi-core computing record, using a custom app to harness one million simultaneous processor cores to model supersonic jet sounds. Read More >>
Featured comment by Trolly:
"Sick, I'm doing my third year project on grid computing for tasks like CFD or FEM. Except I'ma use about 20 cores to test, not a million XD." More »
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