Good news if you’ve got a recent Sony Bravia telly squatting in your living room, as Sony’s TVs get a firmware update that lets them play YouTube videos in HD. The update brings other features designed to turn your tellybox into an adept social networking machine, including full-screen Facebook photos and video. There’s also something …

Chipmakers may fair better in the tablet game then continuing to place their bets on the PC market. Apple Did you know that Apple ships more iPads than Dell ships PCs? Chipmakers that have bet their business on the global demand for DRAM chips know this and it’s freaking them out. iPads use 75 percent fewer dynamic-random access memory chips …

Not everyone is looking for the newest, shiniest, most powerful smart phone available. Some people are much happier with a decent-performing handset, a few useful features and a low price tag. When you’re shopping round, it’s easy to be distracted by phones such as the iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy Nexus or the HTC Sensation XL. They tend to hog all …

Clearwire made good on a $237 million interest payment due today and announced it has finalized a funding and resale agreement with Sprint Nextel worth up to $1.6 billion to keep the company afloat. For months, Clearwire’s future has been anything but clear as the company scrambled to line up cash to fund daily operations and finish a nationwide 4G …

Sony Ericcson Xperia and LG phones and tablets are to get free access to a whopping 50GB of online storage, courtesy of Box.net. That’s an awful lot of movies and music to have at your fingertips when you’re out and about. The offer includes the LG Optimus 7, LG Optimus Black and LG Optimus Pad tablet, and will eventually include …

This year has been the year of the superphone, but LG seems to have missed the memo the first time around, offering some solid Android handsets, but very little to cut into Samsung, HTC, and Motorola’s Android dominance. With the premium LG Nitro HD phone for AT&T, the handset-maker hopes to close out the year with a bang. The Nitro …

Now playing: Watch this: Android Beam for Ice Cream Sandwich 2:43 At first blush, Android Beam sounded like it could go the route of face unlocking–one of those fun, breezy gimmicks in the new Ice Cream Sandwich operating system that would last for a party trick or two, but ultimately die down. With only one review unit in-house, there was …

Apple is looking to get into the business of unique device identification, Patently Apple reports, filing a patent that details plans for a “digital handshake” using next-generation cameras capable of reading specially coated, invisible ink. The technology would be used for enterprise, social networking, and gaming applications. While technology already exists that can transfer information between two devices quickly and …

Does adding a “2” to one of the most popular titles in the App Store make it better? Much like the iPad 2 itself, Infinity Blade II is a refinement and an improvement on its predecessor. As a result, it’s better. Does that make Infinity Blade II a must-have game? Most definitely, especially for its $6.99 price. Is it revolutionary? …

AT&T didn’t hold much back in a withering response to the Federal Communications Commission report that slammed its proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA. The Dallas telecommunications giant, struggling to save its $39 billion deal, called the FCC report “one-sided” and suggested that the regulators went into the process looking to sink the merger. “The document is so obviously one-sided that …

Verizon Wireless will launch two more tablets, both carrying the premium Droid brand, before the end of the year, CNET has learned. The wireless carrier plans to sell the Motorola Mobility Droid Xyboard in two sizes: a larger 10-inch design and a smaller 8-inch brother. Verizon didn’t provide details on the specifications, pricing, or launch date, although it will come …

Amazon is mostly an equal-opportunity seller, but when it comes to selling the iPad 2, it’s a slightly different story. Just trying keying in “iPad” or “iPad 2” into the Amazon search bar and you’ll see what I mean. The first “sponsored” search result is a link to “Compare iPad 2 vs. Kindle Fire” that encourages you to a view …

The No. 2 and No. 4 wireless carriers announce a $39 billion merger deal that would create a company with nearly 130 million subscribers, easily leapfrogging Verizon Wireless for the No. 1 spot. AT&T to FCC: You’re totally ‘one-sided’ on T-Mobile deal Carrier accuses federal regulators of “cherry-picking” some facts, and ignoring others, to push its view that the merger …

Foxtel has made a change to its channel assignments to make it easier for high-definition (HD) subscribers to access those AU$10 per month high-def stations. From 1 December, Foxtel HD subscribers should note that HD channels have moved from their previous number range of 200 to 250 across to where the corresponding standard-definition (SD) channels used to live. Meanwhile, the …

Tesco is giving you a free digital copy of any movie you drop in your real-life trolley. Buy a DVD or Blu-ray in a Tesco store, and a digital copy automatically appears in your online Clubcard account. Starting with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, your movie blockbusters can now reside in your online locker as well as …