If we said to you, “Here’s a cake. Eat as much as you want, but don’t exceed our fair-eating policy,” what would you say? It’s most likely you’d reply, “Sweet! But how much am I allowed to eat under the ‘fair eating’ policy?” A reasonable question indeed, because how can you eat within the limit …

At a Japanese trade show on Thursday, an LG executive predicted that OLED panels will be cheaper than LCD ones by 2016. Won Kim, LG’s vice president of OLED sales and marketing, also indicated that the company plans to release OLED TVs of 20 inches and above in 2010, 30 inches and above in 2011, and 40 inches and above …

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iPhone OS hacker GeoHot has announced the successful creation of an iPhone unlock for the iPhone OS 3.1.2 baseband. The new app called, Blacksn0w, will allow iPhone users to use their phone on non-Apple sanctioned carriers. You’ll have to wait a bit though, since the application will not be released by GeoHot until November 4th, 2009. GeoHot, “To clarify, I …

Google’s Android chief has put the kibosh on rumours that the search giant is creating its own handset. A report last week claimed that Google was working with a smart-phone manufacturer to bring its own Android phone to market in the US this year, available through retailers and bypassing carriers. As reported by our intrepid US colleague Tom Krazit, however, …

The cell phone sales slump may soon be over. The global cell phone industry captured mild gains in the third quarter, with total shipments reaching 287.1 million units, according to a report released Friday from IDC. That number marked a 6 percent decline from the same quarter in 2008 but a 5.6 percent jump over 2009’s second quarter. With the …

Boost your photography skills with Nikon’s free iPhone app. I’ve owned a dSLR camera for years, but it spends most of its time on Auto mode. That’s because I can’t wrap my brain around things like aperture priority, ISO, and f-stops. Unsurprisingly, most of my shots bite. I’ve tried reading enlightening books like How to Do Everything with Your Digital …

Could Motorola’s new smartphone, the Droid, be the company’s next Razr a la 2010? Judging from the hype surrounding the new smartphone, which is the first device to use the Google Android 2.0 operating system, there is a good chance the Droid could be the breakthrough device that helps Motorola rise from the ashes. But it will likely take more …

Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. I’ve managed to slog through the 107-page “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” (PDF) issued late last week by the Federal Communications Commission. Let me save you the trouble of reading the 185 numbered paragraphs, 310 footnotes, and three appendices, including separate statements from each of the five commissioners: there’s …

Apple released iTunes 9.0.2 today an update that included additional improvements to app sorting for the iPhone and iPod Touch. In early September, we offered a bug fix for arranging apps on iTunes after the release of iTunes 9.0 and later that same month Apple released iTunes 9.0.1. Progress was made in squashing some of the bugs we found, but …