Is it just me, or does the planet seem really angry these days? Earthquakes galore, tsunamis, and now this ash-spewing volcano! We’re doomed, I tell ya. Doomed! Anyway, pity the poor traveler who’s stuck in Europe until flights can resume. As we reported Tuesday, to help make those folks’ lives a tiny bit easier, travel-guide …

We definitely can’t escape the big story this week–that of a next-generation iPhone somehow landing in Gizmodo’s hands–so we discuss it and let you know what we think of the whole affair. We also go over plenty of Android news, new Samsung phones, and Bonnie’s latest love affair with a certain HTC Incredible. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 123: …

The Federal Communications Commission started the ball rolling on some items in its National Broadband Plan on Wednesday, but regulators made no mention of whether they are considering reclassifying broadband traffic. One of the first items the FCC addressed on Wednesday was beginning the process to reform the Universal Service Fund.The commissioners voted unanimously to shift the fund’s goal from …

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has completed its promising specification for Bluetooth 4.0, though we’ll have to wait until the end of the year to buy devices that use the new technology. Announcing the completion of Bluetooth 4.0 at its all-hands meeting in Seattle on Tuesday, the Bluetooth SIG is touting the spec for its ability to work with …

A glut of very capable Freeview HD receivers is hitting the market at the moment. All of them will provide you with high-definition telly for free, over the air. The 3view set-top box, however, offers you access to much more than just Freeview, and it’s the sort of device that everybody may one day have sitting underneath — or even inside …

This iPad contest from tech-blog Erictric ends tomorrow, so get your entry in fast! Erictric If you’re anything like me, you’d really, really like to have an iPad–but you don’t have an extra $500 lying around. (Or $600. Or $700. You get the idea.) Resorting to crime is not an option, so that leaves just one other possibility: contests. With …

Android versions of Adobe Flash and AIR are a step closer. Adobe has revealed Flash Player 10.1 is being tested, and will join Adobe AIR 2.0 in beta release for testing by developers for Google’s open mobile platform. Flash is a platform usually used in Web pages to run video, animation and interactivity. Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is a platform …

The Android-based Garminfone will be available from T-Mobile this spring. T-Mobile On Tuesday night, T-Mobile revealed the identity of its newest Google Android device and it’s not exactly the device we were expecting to see. Instead of the rumored T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide, the carrier introduced the Garminfone, a rebranded version of the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone A50, which was first announced …

If you follow smartphone pricing you’ll notice that the RRPs of some of the hottest new products is creeping down, but by that we mean from an average of about AU$1000 to somewhere around the AU$800 mark. How would you like to half that for your next Google Phone? The Millennius Google Phone is coming. (Credit: Millennius) Australian distributor Millennius …

The board game Blokus has long been a family favorite in the Broida household, but there’s just one problem with it: to really enjoy the game as it’s meant to be played, you need four players. Consequently, either everyone plays, or no one does. Blokus for iPhone adds AI to the mix, meaning you can finally go it alone if …