Month: February 2011

Today only, DailySteals.com offers the Body Glove Premier Sleeve for Apple iPad in Black for $5.99. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find for a Body Glove iPad sleeve by $19. This padded sleeve can accommodate the Apple iPad or a netbook up to 10.1″. It’s available in vertical (pictured) or…

Does IBM supercomputer Watson’s have an unfair advantage in its ability to ring in first on Jeopardy, blocking human competitors from having a chance to answer many clues. Wired.com put the question to IBM Watson researcher Eric Brown in an interview ahead of the final showdown Wednesday. Read the original post by Sam Gustin

Some publisher are up in arms over Apple’s newly announced rules for subscription-based content in the App Store. But a closer look at the rules indicate that what Apple’s proposing for the App Store isn’t that out of line with what you see from similar services. Read the original post by David Chartier

Today only, Vann’s offers the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ35K 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera for $224.88. With free shipping, that’s $5 under our mention from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we could find by $9. Features include a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 27mm wide-angle 18x optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization, HD motion capture (720p),…

Apple held on to its huge lead in global mobile phone applications last year due to its simple billing system but will give up much of that ground by 2014, a market research firm claims. Read the original post by Ralph Jennings

Microsoft and Nokia’s partnership drew developers to the Windows Phone 7 platform even before it was officially announcement, according to analytics firm Flurry. – Microsoft could benefit from its Nokia partnership in ways beyond selling more Windows Phone 7 devices: according to new data from analytics firm Flurry, more developers are starting projects using Microsofts…

Typical of the battle being waged between Google and Apple, if Apple has something, Google will (eventually) have its own take on it. Thus, with Tuesday’s App Store changes, said to be for subscription services but apparently encompassing far more, we now see Google fire back, with a Feb. 16 announcement. Read the original post…

BIGVALUE via Amazon.com offers the Zeikos 58mm UV Camera Lens Filter, model no. ZE-UV58, for $1.40 plus $1.99 for shipping. That’s tied with our December mention of a similar lens filter and the lowest total price we could find for such a filter today by just under a buck. This multi-coated filter protects your lens…

One of the glaring sore spots for Google’s Android Market is its accessibility. Users have to get their Android applications from the Android Market client preinstalled on every Android device and tablet. Going forward, consumers will have another option. Taking a page out of Apple’s successful iTunes market, Google Feb. 2 opened its new Android…

HP formally unveiled its long-anticipated TouchPad tablet computer, the Pre 3 smartphone and the Veer mini smartphone Feb. 10. Of course, eWEEK covered the event live. But this slideshow takes a deeper dive into the product specifications available on HP’s Website. All the devices are powered by HP’s revamped webOS, which the computer maker acquired…

Online photo service Artscow.com offers Three Custom 20″ x 30″ Canvas Prints for $89.97. Apply coupon code “VDAYCNVS” to cut it to $20 and bag free shipping. That’s a savings of $102 and the lowest total price we could find for three canvas prints of this size. (We saw just one of these prints for…

Cult of Mac reports that it has received information from a source regarding Apple’s efforts to revamp its MobileMe service, suggesting that the company is going well beyond simple cloud-based media streaming to include social and location-ba… Read the original post by Star Tribune

(AHN) – An American court has ignored defense pleas for leniency and sentenced a Somali pirate, who was captured in an operation in 2009, to 34 years in prison. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks