Just weeks before WWDC, Apple's yearly developer conference begins, we've been hearing more rumors than ever about what could possibly be unveiled. According to sources, we'll see iOS 5, with a complete rework of the existing iOS notification system, as well as widgets.
Every so often a story comes along that just seems a bit odd. Then after reading past the first paragraph or two it some how manages to get even more odd, and eventually it closes with nothing but complete amazement. This is one of those stories, and it'll blow your mind.
What, another story about Sony? Yes, but this time it's good news: after a month of downtime, the company is bringing some PlayStation Network services back in some parts of Asia. While there's still no word on when US services are returning, some progress is still better than no word at all.
BlueStacks, the Android runtime development environment could be turned into a viable business after the company received $7.6m in Series A funding and has now signed a partnership with Citrix.
Despite Android being an open source mobile operating system, many device makers have prevented their device from receiving too many software changes, locking users down to the operating system and apps provided by the maker. Thankfully, HTC has finally realized that's not fair.
Chainfire3D, more commonly known as CF3D, is an intermediary OpenGL driver that lets you play Tegra Zone Games on non-Tegra2 CPU devices. This app actually manipulates the system by acting as a bridge between the apps on your phone / device and graphic drivers.
Last week, the Mac community was dead scared when the first widespread Mac OS X malware threat, Mac Defender, sometimes also under other names such as Mac Protector or Mac Security, made its way onto the internet. The malware is distributed through ill-designed webpages that claim that the user's Mac has been infected.
All the Android buzz these days is about Samsung's latest wonder-phone, the Galaxy S II, but according to reports the South Korean's original Galaxy S is stealing the show in Japan.
One of the factors that points to an imminent release of a product is when ads for it are being made. An alleged post on Craigslist regarding a cast call for an "iPhone 5" ad was posted and pulled within two hours, but thankfully still indexed by a few search engines and screen captured by some users. Is a new iPhone imminent?
This past Novemeber, when we saw a 17-year-old selling white iPhone parts months before the white iPhone was available to the general public, we thought "Uh oh, Apple's lawyers are probably on to this.". After 7 inexplicably long months, they're filing a lawsuit against the kid and his parents, along with an offer to drop the lawsuit if no further infractions occur. Why is Apple so generous?
