Google has finally marched its Chrome browser on to Android. Don’t get too excited yet, as it’s Ice Cream Sandwich-only for now. It’s also a beta release. But if you’re lucky enough to have ICS, the Chrome app can be downloaded from the Android Market — which bodes well for keeping abreast of future updates. …

If you’re aching to get your hands on Motorola’s new Droid 4, at least vicariously, you’re in luck. My official review sample has arrived and here’s what I think so far. Motorola Droid 4 (photos) +14 more See all photos At CES earlier this year, Motorola dropped a trio of new Verizon handsets offering welcome improvements over the company’s existing …

Google could receive approval on its acquisition of Motorola Mobility from the U.S. Justice Department as early as next week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The approval would speed the way for Google to take advantage of Motorola’s stash of valuable technology patents, allowing it to better defend its partners against the legal onslaught of Apple. The European Union’s …

Despite the industry’s best efforts, 3D in the home has brought about little more than a yawn and a shift in the seats for most of the buying public. The problem is very simply this: there’s no content. TV manufacturers will quickly tell you it doesn’t matter, that’s what 2D-to-3D conversion is for, but when major studios can screw up …

All HDMI cables may be the same in terms of image quality, but that doesn’t mean they’re physically the same. In the photo above, the thick cable on the right is Monoprice’s current 50-foot cable; the cable on the left is the upcoming Monoprice 60-foot ultraslim cable. The new cable is dramatically thinner than traditional long-run HDMI cables–every editor at …

From this week Sony Centres across Australia will be opening 3D libraries that will be lending out content and equipment for free for a loan period of three days. Each of the 12 Sony Centres around Australia will stock a 3D library containing Blu-ray movies and PlayStation 3 games. Also included in the library is gear that you can use …

You’ve seen the video and you’ve read the entire How We Test document top to bottom. Now take the photo tour. As CNET’s two-man HDTV reviews team gears up to take on the panels of 2012, we thought we’d pause to give you a taste of the place where the magic of evaluation happens: our lab. We just vacuumed and …

A major software update coming to BlackBerry’s PlayBook tablet later this month — PlayBook 2.0 OS — has been demoed, with whopping great hints at what’s to come later this year with BlackBerry 10. Freshly anointed president and CEO Thorsten Heins signalled the new world order for PlayBook and gave a glimpse of the direction the company will adopt with …

With Mobile World Congress just three weeks away, rumors continue to fly about what we might see out of big players like Nokia, LG, Samsung, and HTC. Sony has been a notable exception up until now, but a recent filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may finally offer some clues as to what the company has in store. …

When people hear that a graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for paintings he did at Facebook’s headquarters will soon be a millionaire after the company goes public later this year, it’s hard not to wonder if there is any way you might still be able to cash in on Facebook’s riches. Unfortunately, for most common folk, …

Photos of a new Windows Phone, dubbed the LG Miracle, have been revealed by Pocketnow, and boy does it look…underwhelming. Don’t get me wrong, I have no qualms with either LG or Microsoft, and I’m always excited to hear about what new phones will be sporting the Windows Phone platform. But seriously, if it weren’t for that fake lens flare …

Details are still sketchy on Nokia’s Mobile World Congress plans, but there are a few more hints than when the company first made its intention to launch something known. Nokia intends to introduce a minimum of one new high-end phone, according to Forbes, who cited an anonymous industry source. Don’t hold your breath that the handset in question is the …

After such a thrilling end to the Super Bowl, it’s no surprise that a record number of sports fans e-mailed, text messaged, and called each other during the big game. And the carriers weathered the surge in traffic despite a jump in usage. The wireless carriers may not always have the best record at big confabs–many fared poorly at the …

Contrary to popular opinion, BlackBerry users have actually avidly embraced smartphone apps. RIM’s head of developer relations, Alec Saunders Research In Motion That was the key message during today’s DevCon Europe event hosted by Research In Motion. Alec Saunders, head of RIM’s developer relations, has been the key evangelist in the cause of drumming up interest in BlackBerry’s platform at …

According to a report by the New York Times, nearly 25 percent of the traffic handled by search engine Wolfram Alpha comes from Siri, Apple’s voice-controlled personal assistant software. Apple Apple announced a partnership with Wolfram Alpha in October when it released the iPhone 4S and introduced Siri. Wolfram Alpha differs from other search engines in that its results are …