Motorola and Verizon Wireless have begun to roll out a minor update to the 10.1-inch Xoom tablet this week, preparing the Honeycomb device for Flash 10.2. Released as a staged over-the-air update, Android 3.0.1 also addresses (PDF) a bug in the Xoom affecting daylight saving time and calendar appointments. It’s expected that the update will …

The iPad 2 goes on sale in the US tomorrow, although us Brits will have to wait a couple of weeks to get our hands on the device. Still, we can ooze livid green jealousy from across the ocean, as the big guns of American tech journalism publish their reviews of Apple’s updated tablet. So what do the people who’ve …

The iPad 2 is going to be a monster device for gaming, thanks to its A5 processor which, according to Apple, is twice as fast for CPU performance and nine times more powerful for graphics. Games developers are already taking advantage, with Infinity Blade and Real Racing 2 HD muscling up for today’s US iPad 2 launch. Epic Games’ Chair …

Foursquare Foursquare has upgraded its Android and iPhone apps to version 3.0 to kick off some new and enhanced features. Officially debuting yesterday in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market, the free Foursquare 3.0 app has added a new Explore tab that can zero in on the places you want to go. Tap a certain category, such as food, …

A stylish camera and fun photo editor, PictureShow, now updated to version 3.0, offers users a vast array of effects, adjustments, and camera styles to choose from when snapping and editing their photos. PictureShow has been my go-to photo editor to get that popular low-fi look that seems to be spreading around the Web. New additions to the camera function …

Hackers unlock Google Music Sync service and the Motorola Atrix 4G’s webtop interface. Motorola announces that it’ll upgrade your hacked Xoom. Meanwhile, the Android Market’s trojan app fiasco gets much more complex with the announcement of a malicious version of Google’s own Android Security Tool. All of that and more on this week’s edition of Android Atlas Weekly with Justin …

Using Wi-Fi over a wired connection at home could bring your speeds down about 30 percent, suggests a new study out today by broadband research firm Epitiro. Tracking the broadband connections of sample users in the U.S., U.K., Italy, and Spain, Epitiro found that on average people lost around 30 percent of their download speed using Wi-Fi over wired. Further, …

Clearwire, which is building a nationwide WiMax network in the U.S., announced today that John Stanton will serve as interim CEO, replacing William Morrow, who resigned from the position and the company’s board of directors. Stanton is currently Clearwire’s chairman of the board. Stanton is well-known in the wireless world having served as CEO of Western Wireless, which was acquired …

Samsung is taking the Nexus S north of the border this spring and releasing the handset on all major Canadian carriers. Much like it did with the Galaxy S series of smartphones, Samsung should use a blanket approach for the handset. So instead of releasing exclusive devices or handsets tailored specifically to the various wireless providers, Sammy will keep the …

Certification testing of Honeywell Phase 3 Display Units on Boeing 737NG aircraft revealed the potential for interference from Wi-Fi for those specific displays. Honeywell emphasizes that there have been “no blanking incidents of in-service aircraft with the Wi-Fi system installed,” according to the publication Flight Global. Boeing There’s nothing the world likes more than a good radiation scare. Mobile phone …

St. Patrick’s Day traditions: wearing green-colored clothes, drinking green beer, celebrating the Irish, and, now, flinging birds at pigs. (Kinda fits, don’t you think?) That’s right: Rovio just rolled out a St. Patrick’s Day-themed update to Angry Birds Seasons, with 15 new levels, two Golden Eggs, a “St. Paddy’s Day surprise,” and St. Patrick’s Day greeting cards you can send …

Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave rivals a verbal bashing at the iPad 2 launch earlier this month, but now they’re starting to hit back. Toshiba has put its head above the parapet, with one of its Australian execs promising that its upcoming Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet will be superior to the new iPad. Here’s the exact quote from Toshiba’s Rob …

For the third consecutive Congressional session, a bipartisan bill is aiming to limit new taxes on your cell phone bill. Introduced today in the House of Representatives by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and in the Senate by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Olympia Snow (R-Maine), the Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 would prohibit state and …

Could the iPad 2 trigger an oversupply of competing tablets? James Martin/CNET Demand for the iPad 2, which goes on sale tomorrow, could hurt rival tablet makers by sticking them with an oversupply of products they may not be able to sell. That’s the outlook of J.P. Morgan Research analyst Mark Moskowitz, who yesterday voiced his opinions in an investors …

The battleground between Google and Apple is about to get explosive, as reports revealed that Google is in talks over creating its own music download store. Reuters reports Google is in talks with music labels about creating a download store, as well as a cloud-based music service that would allow mobile users to play songs they don’t own wherever they …