iPhone owners bracing for possible power outages from the “storm of the century” can make sure a flashlight is handy by downloading a virtual one onto their devices. No matter how much I try to prepare for an impending storm and loss of power, I can never seem to find a flashlight when I need …

After months of teasing, Windows Phone 8 finally takes center stage. Whether Microsoft’s mobile efforts will have some staying power or be doomed to a short run still remains to be seen. Just days after the large, splashy launch of Windows 8 in Manhattan, Microsoft is holding a similar event for its Windows Phone 8 platform. Also on hand were …

We’ve already seen the manual for the Samsung Nexus 10, the yet-to-be-announced Android tablet. And now a Google executive has started posting his holiday snaps online using the device, Android Central reports. Vic Gundotra, Google’s senior VP of engineering, is staying near a very nice beach, judging from the photo on his Google Plus page. Scroll to the bottom of …

Windows Phone 8 is getting a big app boost, with the platform now featuring 46 out of the 50 most heavily used mobile apps. “That’s huge progress for us,” Joe Belfiore, manager of Microsoft’s Windows Phone program, said during a presentation today. The 411 on WP8 Will Windows 8 bring Windows Phone into focus? Microsoft dishes more Windows Phone 8 …

HTC One X owners, stand by your smart phones — reports suggest the much-anticipated Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is now arriving on devices in Europe. Android Central quotes HTC saying the update is “rolling out now” to Asia and Europe. I’ve contacted HTC for confirmation of this and I’ll update the story when I hear back, but for now …

Panasonic could stop making mobile phones for sale in Europe in the next six months, according to sources, Reuters reports. Why? The Japanese giant isn’t making any money from mobiles. Kazuhiro Tsuga, Panasonic’s boss, has pledged to cut parts of the business that aren’t profitable, with a restructuring plan expected by the end of March. Panasonic only launched mobiles in …

Controlling all of the mobile market’s profits doesn’t appear to be enough for Apple and Samsung anymore. Now they’re actually generating more than 100 percent of the industry’s earnings — 106 percent, to be precise — according to a report from Canaccord Genuity. That may seem impossible, but it’s largely because rivals — like Research In Motion, Nokia, and Motorola …

Four months after Microsoft previewed its new Windows Phone 8 operating system for mobile phones, the Redmond crew returned to San Francisco today to reveal even more details. Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, at today’s Windows Phone 8 event. Josh Miller/CNET Windows Phone 8, which is characterized by its newly expanded Start screen, maintains the distinctive design that first set it …

HDMI cables don’t have numbers! HDMI.org Even after two articles, and a tremendous number of page hits, there still seems to be lots of questions about HDMI cables. I credit this to the complexity of the topic and the mountain of misinformation out there, rather than any particular failing of the writing on my part. Judge as you see fit. …

Streaming video may be the epitome of instant gratification, but that’s only after you actually find the content you’re looking for. You may know you want to watch “True Grit,” but it’s not easy to remember whether it’s available on Netflix, Amazon Instant, or any of the other countless services available. That’s exactly the problem the newly announced Roku Search …

Apple will never let you watch Blu-ray movies on your Mac, because discs are “holding us back”. Apple has revealed the reasons the new MacBook Pro with retina display and the new super-slim iMac ditch disc drives altogether, and it’s bad news for Blu-ray. Apple marketing mouthpiece Phil Schiller told Time Blu-ray comes with “issues unrelated to the actual quality …

The new-look ITV Player is brimming with new shows and classic programmes and includes the option to watch ITV shows without the pesky adverts. The online catch-up and on-demand service has been relaunched today in beta. Free episodes of recently broadcast programmes are joined by archive shows for rent — and in the near future, new episodes will appear on ITV …

It looks like the 32GB version of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet has moved from rumor to reality, at least according to one blogger, who says his local Office Depot has one in stock for $250. The 32GB configuration of the tablet has been talked about for a while now, with, most recently, reports of price cuts to the 16GB model …

(Credit: BriefMobile) What do we have here? Someone has taken a photo of an old HP TouchPad … hold on, apparently this is the new Google Nexus 10! According to Brief Mobile, this is the new Samsung-made 10-inch Nexus tablet that Google will announce as soon as Hurricane Sandy diverts from its course toward New York, New York. The site …

LG has kicked off a promotion around its TV range, giving customers up to AU$1000 worth of cinema tickets and an opportunity to win a single prize of AU$100,000. (Credit: LG) All customer who purchase one of the selected models of TVs will receive either AU$500 or AU$1000 worth of cinema tickets. Customers will receive either a single or double …