The Samsung Galaxy S3 is losing its ability to search from the main search box through contacts, calendars and apps and other stuff on your phone. Is Apple to blame? The new software update removes local search from the Google Search box built into the phone. That’s local as in searching the stuff on the …

A blog post by the president of DisplayMate has heavily criticised the screen of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet, describing images taken from the tablet as looking like “over-exposed photographs with missing highlights, reduced image contrast and weak colours”. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Dr Raymond Soneira said that he knew “something was seriously wrong” when he looked at test images produced from …

Would you spend £6,000 on an iPod dock? No? What if it was made from the back end of a Formula One car? That’s what gives the iXoost its grunt, making each custom-made dock a “pleasure machine, coupling fine mechanical workmanship with the high-tuned nerves of a throbbing Formula One tailpipe”. This “orchestra of sound and metal” comes in three …

Fancy some free Wi-Fi while you’re out and about during the Olympics? Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus and Exhibition Road are amongst the seven squares and shopping streets to benefit from free O2 Wi-fi during London 2012. O2 has worked in collaboration with Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to blanket the posh bits of London with …

LG still hasn’t figured out its mobile business yet. The Korean technology conglomerate posted a net profit of 159 billion Korean won, or $138 million, compared with a year-earlier profit of 109 billion Korean won, or $94 million. Revenue, however, fell 10.6 percent to 12.86 trillion Korean won, or $11.18 billion. The biggest culprit was a 28.6 percent decline in …

Apple The iTunes U app update includes several new key features sure to enhance any student’s or teacher’s experience. Most notably, version 1.2 supports the ability to take notes while listening to, or watching, lectures and then search those notes later. Users are also now able to search posts, assignments, and other materials in any of their subscribed courses. And, …

Mountain Lion roars on to Apple computers today, as Apple reveals it’s made another mountain of cash — and there are “amazing new products” to look forward to. Could that be the first teaser for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini? OS X Mountain Lion, Apple’s new software for iMac, MacBook and MacBook Pro, is on sale today, for £14. …

If you think NFC (Near Field Communication) is only good for Google Wallet or MasterCard PayPass, think again. With the growing number of NFC-equipped phones, NFC tags are becoming an increasingly popular way to take advantage of this sprouting technology. Thing is, Android users aren’t quite sure what to do with them. Once you have a stack of NFC tags …

The Transformer Pad Infinity, the latest in Asus’ tip-top line of tablets with click-on keyboards, will be out in the UK at the end of August for £600. With a gorgeous spun-metal finish and highfalutin componentry like a Tegra 3 quad-core processor and a mighty 1,920×1,200-pixel 10-inch screen, the Infinity is the apex predator of the Android ecosystem. The only …

The number of U.S. mobile phone subscribers switching from feature phones to smartphones is almost at the halfway mark, according to a new report from ComScore. Roughly 110 million Americans owned a smartphone device as of April 2012, an increase of 44 percent from the previous year. Specifically, 47.5 percent of feature phone owners switched to a smartphone when buying …

What do 3G hot spots and firearms have in common? They’re both banned from the London 2012 Olympic games. Personal wireless access points and 3G hot spots are among the list of restricted items for the games, which start Friday. Visitors are allowed to bring smartphones and tablets, but are not able to use them as a hot spot to …

Samsung is rolling out an update for its international Galaxy S3 smartphone that disables on-device search functionality. According to Android Central, the over-the-air upgrade currently rolling out is described as a “stability” update and, although it brings system improvements, it also strips out the local search functionality from the device’s built-in Google Search app. Consequently, when S3 owners conduct a …

Apple’s Mountain Lion operating system is packed with improvements, but home theater enthusiasts have been patiently waiting for one feature in particular: AirPlay mirroring. That’s because AirPlay mirroring solves the question I’m most often asked: how do I stream any Web video from a laptop directly to your TV, wirelessly? With an Apple TV and a Mac running Mountain Lion …

Screenshot by Geoffrey Morrison/CNET CNET Reader R. Savoy asks: I recently purchased a 60-inch plasma and used your recommended picture settings. Question: I have my picture settings set to Screen Fit instead of 16:9 and on some stations when they go from hi-def to 4:3 I get a white flickering line right above the top of the picture. This problem …

AT&T posted a modest increase in its second-quarter profit even as it sold 3.7 million iPhones in the period. AT&T The Dallas telecommunications giant posted a profit of $3.9 billion, or 66 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $3.6 billion, or 60 cents a share. Year-earlier results were helped by the its advertising unit, which no longer …