Month: January 2011

Japanese telecommunications company Nakayo is preparing an IP home phone that will feature an integrated 7-inch Android-powered tablet. Read the original post by Ubergizmo

(AHN) – Railroads are reporting record increases in the shipments they carry in a sign the United States economic recovery is picking up steam. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Sanofi-Aventis has entered into a non-disclosure agreement with Genzyme Corp., the latest in the pharmaceutical giant’s efforts to buy the Massachusetts biotech company. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Jonathan Gulsby, manager of the U-Spy Store, shows off a parabolic microphone, on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Read the original post by OrlandoSentinel.com – Home

Toshiba Corp. said Monday it returned to the black in the October-December quarter thanks to robust global demand for the flash memory chips used in digital cameras and smartphones. Read the original post by PhillyBurbs.com

Japan’s Toshiba Corp said third quarter operating profit more than doubled on buoyant sales of NAND flash memory and liquid-crystal displays used in tablets and smartphones including Apple’s iPad and iPhone. Read the original post by CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

The global chairman and CEO of home networking giant Netgear has launched into a scathing attack on Apple and its founder Steve Jobs, criticising Jobs’s “ego” and Apple’s closed up products. Read the original post by The Sydney Morning Herald

(AHN) – Illinois is poised to enact legislation providing same-sex couples in the state the rights and benefits given to married heterosexual couples. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Today only, Amazon.com offers the Vizio 42″ 240Hz 1080p Widescreen LCD HD Television, model no. SV421XVT, for $599.99 with free shipping. That’s $350 below list, $65 under our mention of a refurbished unit last April, and the lowest total price we could find. Features include a 1920×1080 (1080p) resolution, 240Hz refresh rate, 50,000:1 dynamic contrast…

(AHN) – A female prison guard was strangled to death late Saturday night in the chapel of a Washington state prison. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

There’s a powder-blue USB 3.0 port on the side of your shiny new computer, whispering your name, but you simply can’t afford to replace your perfectly good eSATA external hard drive for the sake of compatibility. Read the original post by Engadget

OfficeMax offers the Acer G205HL 20″ Widescreen LED-backlit LCD Monitor, model no. S201HLBD, for $99.99 with free shipping. That’s $20 under our mention from three weeks ago and the lowest total price we could find by $25. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include a 1600×900 resolution, 5ms response time, 250 cd/m² brightness, 1,000:1…

Below are downloads of several applications which have dropped in price and are available for a limited time from Apple’s App Store. These apps are created for the iPhone and iPod touch; they’re also compatible with the iPad but will run at a significantly lower resolution. (Check the individual apps for further information.) Each is…