Google has finally marched its Chrome browser on to Android. Don’t get too excited yet, as it’s Ice Cream Sandwich-only for now. It’s also a beta release. But if you’re lucky enough to have ICS, the Chrome app can be downloaded from the Android Market — which bodes well for keeping abreast of future updates. …
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February, 2012
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8 February
Motorola Droid 4 hands
If you’re aching to get your hands on Motorola’s new Droid 4, at least vicariously, you’re in luck. My official review sample has arrived and here’s what I think so far. Motorola Droid 4 (photos) +14 more See all photos At CES earlier this year, Motorola dropped a trio of new Verizon handsets offering welcome improvements over the company’s existing …
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8 February
Justice Department set to OK Google
Google could receive approval on its acquisition of Motorola Mobility from the U.S. Justice Department as early as next week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The approval would speed the way for Google to take advantage of Motorola’s stash of valuable technology patents, allowing it to better defend its partners against the legal onslaught of Apple. The European Union’s …
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8 February
Best 2D
Despite the industry’s best efforts, 3D in the home has brought about little more than a yawn and a shift in the seats for most of the buying public. The problem is very simply this: there’s no content. TV manufacturers will quickly tell you it doesn’t matter, that’s what 2D-to-3D conversion is for, but when major studios can screw up …
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8 February
Monoprice’s ultraslim 60
All HDMI cables may be the same in terms of image quality, but that doesn’t mean they’re physically the same. In the photo above, the thick cable on the right is Monoprice’s current 50-foot cable; the cable on the left is the upcoming Monoprice 60-foot ultraslim cable. The new cable is dramatically thinner than traditional long-run HDMI cables–every editor at …
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8 February
Borrow 3D games, gear for free from Sony Centres
From this week Sony Centres across Australia will be opening 3D libraries that will be lending out content and equipment for free for a loan period of three days. Each of the 12 Sony Centres around Australia will stock a 3D library containing Blu-ray movies and PlayStation 3 games. Also included in the library is gear that you can use …
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8 February
CNET’s TV testing lab: Behind the curtain (photos)
You’ve seen the video and you’ve read the entire How We Test document top to bottom. Now take the photo tour. As CNET’s two-man HDTV reviews team gears up to take on the panels of 2012, we thought we’d pause to give you a taste of the place where the magic of evaluation happens: our lab. We just vacuumed and …
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7 February
PlayBook 2.0 demo hints at what’s to come in BlackBerry 10
A major software update coming to BlackBerry’s PlayBook tablet later this month — PlayBook 2.0 OS — has been demoed, with whopping great hints at what’s to come later this year with BlackBerry 10. Freshly anointed president and CEO Thorsten Heins signalled the new world order for PlayBook and gave a glimpse of the direction the company will adopt with …
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7 February
Sony files for Xperia Sola trademark
With Mobile World Congress just three weeks away, rumors continue to fly about what we might see out of big players like Nokia, LG, Samsung, and HTC. Sony has been a notable exception up until now, but a recent filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may finally offer some clues as to what the company has in store. …
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7 February
How can I get a piece of the Facebook action?
When people hear that a graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for paintings he did at Facebook’s headquarters will soon be a millionaire after the company goes public later this year, it’s hard not to wonder if there is any way you might still be able to cash in on Facebook’s riches. Unfortunately, for most common folk, …
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