Research In Motion saw its profit in the second quarter fall by more than half as Apple and Google continue to eat its lunch. No one was particularly bullish about how well the PlayBook was going to do in the second quarter, but it did even worse than expected. RIM The BlackBerry smartphone manufacturer reported …

Well, that didn’t take very long. One month after acquiring a majority stake in Beats Electronics, HTC revealed today its first smartphone to integrate Beats audio technology, the HTC Sensation XE. As first reported by CNET, the Sensation XE is a souped-up version of the HTC Sensation 4G that utilizes Beats Audio to enhance to the sound experience of the …

Microsoft is encouraging application developers to get apps for its latest version of the Windows Phone operating system into its Marketplace ASAP. Microsoft’s latest version of its Windows Phone operating system known as Mango is set to launch this fall. It’s the biggest revamp to the software since it was announced last year. CNET Matt Bencke, general manager at Microsoft, …

The next big battle in mobile could be over who will dominate the untapped local search and advertising markets. Google, the Internet giant of giants, has been adding local marketing to its core suite of services for the last few years. It’s launched a local daily-deal effort with Google Offers. And it’s been pushing its local search and location-based services …

This post has been updated since its original publish date of March 14, 2010, with new picks. Earlier this week we highlighted some of your favorite smartphones and as promised then, we now have your least favorite. These handsets (presented in no particular order) had a lower average user rating (2.5 stars or lower, with at least 10 user reviews) …

Hyperoptic, a new ISP from the founders of Be Broadband, has launched with an offer of one-gigabit-per-second fiber-to-premises connectivity for some properties in London. No other ISP offers residential customers 1Gbps connectivity, and the fastest available speed currently is Virgin Media’s up-to-100Mbps cable service. However, at the moment individuals cannot sign up for Hyperoptic’s service. Only communal installations in multi-dwelling …

Walls — what are they good for? Absolutely nothing, as a great man once said. Actually, walls are good for one thing: holding up cool posters, and have we got a cool poster for you. It’s the History of the iPhone from the big brains at ZDNet UK! Find out how a 1940s Hollywood star and Captain Kirk shaped the …

Clearwire enlisted some big help in its effort to switch to another flavor of 4G technology. The upstart high-speed wireless provider said today that it had formed a partnership with China Mobile to work together to develop products and equipment using a standard of 4G technology called TD-LTE, which is incompatible with what the other major U.S. carriers are using. …

When Logitech announced its Joystick for iPad last month, I was skeptical. Based on the photos alone, the suction-cup-based controller looked to be identical to Ten One Design’s Fling Joystick for iPad. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but why reinvent the wheel? No, no, a Logitech rep assured me. Its joystick features “a unique dual spring design crafted …

Wireless broadband startup LightSquared says it has found a solution to its critics’ claims that the company’s network will interfere with high-precision GPS devices. Jeff Carlisle, the company’s executive vice president of regulatory affairs and public policy, told reporters on a conference call on Wednesday that the company has partnered with a leading GPS manufacturer to develop a prototype device …