The Nexus One: Multitouch or no? James Martin/CNET There’s a bit of confusion around the Web over whether the version of the Nexus Oneheaded for Europe may include a feature not found in its U.S. counterpart. The German Web site Heise Online is reporting (via Google translate) that its Nexus One review unit has pinch …

Flippin’ ‘eck, as Winston Churchill once said. Here at CES, we’ve got our hands on the Motorola Backflip, an acrobatic, inside-out Android phone. But does it have us doing cartwheels or is it more bad flop than Backflip? The Backflip is a mutant version of the Motorola Dext, turned inside out and every which way. It packs a 528MHz Qualcomm …

The Federal Communications Commission may lose a critical battle in its fight to impose Net neutrality rules to keep the Internet open. Federal judges on Friday seemed unwilling to accept the FCC’s argument for censuring Comcast after it was discovered in 2008 to be throttling or slowing down file-sharing traffic on its Internet connections, according to a story published by …

Attention Verizon customers who own an HTC Ozone or an HTC Touch Pro2, a Windows Mobile 6.5 update is now available for your downloading pleasure. You can find the update for the Ozone here and the Touch Pro2 here.

It’s the same sad story: You’re cruising along the Interstate, hungry for lunch, so you pull off at the first exit that has food–and end up at Burger King. (The horror. The horror.) Then you get back on the freeway, only to discover there’s a Panera Bread at the very next exit. And a Chik-Fil-A! Oh, wretched fate. Allstays.com’s new …

Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. LAS VEGAS–The Obama administration and its allies at the Federal Communications Commission are retreating from a militant version of Net neutrality regulations first outlined by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in September. That’s my reading of a number of recent developments, underscored by comments made by government speakers on …

Sony has excellent reasons to try and enthuse us about 3D. It makes piracy harder, which keeps the people at Sony’s film division happy. It also requires a new TV and Blu-ray player, such as the ones announced today, which keeps the consumer electronics people in new shoes. Filmmakers and broadcasters all need new 3D cameras, which helps Sony’s professional …

Here at CES 2010, Samsung has announced it will be creating its own app store, but unlike its rivals, who offer applications on mobile phones, the Korean giant intends to supply apps that work across phones, computers, Blu-ray players, home-cinema systems and even TVs. The Samsung Apps feature — essentially an evolution of the company’s Internet@TV concept — will ship …

Consumer demand is what you’d see if Ford said it was working on building a car powered by sneezes. It’s not what we’re seeing for tablet computers. Let’s look back to 2006, when nobody was asking for £200 robot dinosaurs, but Ugobe said it had designed one anyway. People continued not to demand them into 2007, but in oblivious response, …

The Federal Communications Commission says it needs more time to come up with its National Broadband Plan, which was supposed to be submitted to Congress next month. The FCC said Wednesday that it is asking lawmakers to extend the February 17 deadline for its report by at least a month. The report, which the FCC has been working on since …