January, 2012

• 23 January

  Did Apple blow $100 million in its legal fight against HTC?

  

  Apple may have spent $100 million in its legal assault against HTC over what it believes is ripped-off technology used in Android mobile devices. That’s according to Dan Lyons, who posted on his blog today about the rumored $100 million price tag for legal expenses for Apple’s first set of claims against the company. A …

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• 23 January

  Who is RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, anyway?

  

  After long years of troubled management for BlackBerry-maker RIM, the company’s two co-founder CEOs stepped aside to see what some fresh blood could do to revive the ailing smartphone brand. Yet for those outside the company, Thorsten Heins (pronounced TORE-sten) is a veritable man of mystery. That’s about to change, and rapidly, as the new executive gets pushed into the …

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• 23 January

  HTC may dish Ice Cream Sandwich to Flyer tablet

  

  Mere weeks after announcing that Android 3.2 is being deployed to the 7-inch Flyer tablet, HTC could be readying a 4.0 update. According to HTC-Hub, the hardware maker expects to roll out the Ice Cream Sandwich update during the first quarter of the year. If the rumor proves to be true, this may be one of the fastest back-to-back updates …

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• 23 January

  Harmony remote competitor going for bargain price

  

  If you’re looking for a remote control, most people will tell you to get a Logitech Harmony. But there are a number of high-quality alternatives. For the past two years, the Acoustic Research ARRX18G ($200) has been one of these. Unfortunately, it’s just been discontinued, but if you’re looking for a good remote at rock bottom prices–around $60–take a look …

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• 22 January

  RIM’s co

  

  Research In Motion’s co-chief executives have resigned their positions as part of a management shuffle, the company announced this evening. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who will also relinquish their positions as co-chairmen, are stepping aside to allow Thorsten Heins, currently one of the company’s chief operating officers, to become chief executive, effective immediately. “There comes a time in the …

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• 22 January

  RIM’s leadership shakeup too little, too late?

  

  commentary This may not have been the change people were looking for at Research In Motion. RIM announced late tonight that its two CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, are both out of the company. Taking over is Chief Operating Officer Thorsten Heins, a five-year RIM executive said to have been their heir apparent. My initial impression on Lazaridis and …

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• 22 January

  HBO shows coming to Quickflix streaming from late Feb

  

  Subscribers to Quickflix’s streaming services will soon gain access to content from American pay-TV network HBO. Subscribers to Quickflix’s internet movie and TV-streaming service can shortly enjoy the thrill of the network’s series, mini-series, documentaries, films, and stand-up comedy hurtling down the internet to their TVs, PS3s and PCs. Titles available from the outset include Entourage, Sex and the City, …

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• 20 January

  HP TouchPad tablet going on sale in June before webOS comes to PCs

  

  HP’s TouchPad tablet will be available to buy this June, according to the company’s CEO Leo Apotheker. He was speaking at an event to unveil HP’s wider strategy around tablets, webOS and cloud services in the US. “The TouchPad will come out in June and from that date onwards there will be wave after wave of technology coming out to …

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• 20 January

  £90 HP TouchPad gets one last batch

  

  Look alive, bargain-hunters: HP is to make one last batch of HP TouchPad tablets. The discontinued webOS tablet sparked a buying frenzy when the price was slashed by 70 per cent, so HP is launching one final production run. HP revealed the news in a blog post this week, although it has since clarified the extra units will only be …

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• 20 January

  Tablet buying guide

  

  Since Apple launched the iPad in 2010, the world has gone tablet crazy, swallowing 65 million of them in 2011 — and we’re set to double the dose in 2012. There’s something utterly irresistible about the combination of a great big colourful touchscreen, a powerful processor, easy connectivity and thousands upon thousands of bite-size apps. Computing no longer means booting …

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