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Arrested Develoment resurrected by Netflix

Arrested Development is coming back! Great news for fans of the cult US comedy — and for online telly-watching, as the new episodes are financed by on-demand service Netflix. And there’s even more good news for us Brits, as Netflix will have launched over here by then. The popular US online movie and TV service …

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Could Samsung Australia sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1N?

Samsung has launched an amended Galaxy Tab 10.1 design in Germany in the wake of Apple being granted an injunction by a German Regional Court, leaving Aussies to wonder whether Samsung has something similar up its sleeve for Australia after the tablet was also blocked down under. The German Galaxy Tab 10.1N (Credit: Samsung) The Galaxy Tab 10.1N is the …

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Thicker iPad 3 coming March, 4

Well look at this. A source has dropped some Apple-flavoured rumours regarding the iPad 3, iPhone 5, and next-gen MacBook Pro. They’re all due next year, and they all sound awesome. The iPad 3 will actually be thicker than the second generation, reports iLounge, though only by 0.7mm. This is to make space for a dual light bar system, apparently, …

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Nokia Lumia 900 leaks in a promo video

We know, we know. The Lumia 800 has only just hit the shelves (and mighty fine it is, too), and already there’s a successor waiting in the wings to empty your wallet. That’s life. The Lumia 900 stars in this promo video intended for developers but that was accidentally leaked, as discovered by the Dutch website All About Phones, reports BGR. …

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Biographer: Steve Jobs reinventing TV, cameras and textbooks

Walter Isaacson, writer of the recently released biography of Steve Jobs, has revealed that the late Apple supremo was working on ‘reinventing’ three key areas of technology: television, photography and textbooks. And despite the famed secrecy surrounding the development of Apple products, it seems Jobs may have been uncharacteristically candid with Isaacson — although we shouldn’t expect the writer to …

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Amazon takes a slight loss on each Kindle Fire, study says

Amazon.com takes a hit with the sale of each Kindle Fire, but the loss isn’t as bad as initially thought. A look at the build of materials and manufacturing costs concluded that Amazon spends $201.70 on each Kindle Fire, only slightly above its $199 retail price, according to research firm IHS iSuppli. The cost is lower than the nearly $210 …

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AT&T raises iPhone 3GS price…to 99 cents

Better raid the piggy bank, because AT&T just raised the price of its low-end iPhone 3GS to 99 cents. The iPhone 3GS was free with a two-year contract, but MacRumors spotted the modest price increase today. It’s a curious move by AT&T, which gets little payoff for the price increase, yet loses the ability to tout offering a free iPhone. …

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Samsung Galaxy Note comes to O2

It may have been a bit overlooked, with some recent announcements, but Samsung’s phone-cum-tablet is a pretty decent device. And now it’s come to O2, less than a week after the network announced it would, reports Engadget. Well you can’t accuse it of not putting its money where its mouth is. Previously the 5.3-incher was available on Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile, …

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BlackBerry 7 sales sputter after strong start

Research In Motion is stuck between an Apple and an Ice Cream Sandwich. After some initial excitement for the new line of BlackBerry 7 smartphones and a strong launch–both unusual for RIM for the past year–sales are starting to sputter. That’s according to Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley, who said his checks indicate a slowing trend for BlackBerrys. It’s …

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