Archive for January 24th, 2008

CSM’s Ultimate Gaming rig is pretty potent, cheap… in the UK

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, GamingEvery so often, we get wind of a mysterious gaming rig that's so powerful, so mighty, that the entire world just has to see it. Unfortunately for most, this particular one will remain a pipe dream, primarily due to the UK's impeccably strong pound and America's woefully ...

American Airline’s WiFi will cost $10-$13, anti-missile system still free

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Filed under: Transportation, WirelessAs you know, American Airlines is prepping in-flight WiFi in addition to, uh, anti-missile systems. Good news on the former, pricing is set. Good if $10 WiFi for flights less than three-hours or $12.95 for longer flights excites your fiscal sweet-spot like it does American's. Rollout will ...

Gizmondo to rise again in 2008?

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/Gizmondo_to_rise_again_in_2008'; Oh cruel, cruel word... is it true? A teaser site for Gizmondo just appeared in the fetid bowels of the Internets boasting that the "legend is reborn." A cruel hoax or has Stefan Eriksson, freshly sprung from the clink, ...

Cell phone bill on the rise? Check your SMS charges

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Cell_phone_bill_on_the_rise_Check_your_SMS_charges'; If you've been paying attention to mobile carriers' SMS pricing lately (and something tells us you haven't) you'd be surprised to discover a fairly disturbing trend amongst providers: price hikes. Over the past year or so, nearly every major carrier in the US has ...

LTE approved by 80 of the industries biggest — 326Mbps downloads on track for 2010

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Filed under: WirelessLTE took another big step forward with an announced specification approval by the 3GPP. Who are they, exactly? Try China Mobile, DoCoMo, ETRI, Motorola, Nokia, Intel, LG, Qualcomm, RIM, Verizon, Vodafone, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile... round about 80 of the industries biggest movers. That puts the spec on deck ...

iPhone’s 1.1.3 update gets ready for native applications

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones The well known and respected iPhone hacker Nate True has discovered some very, very interesting information concerning Apple's latest update, 1.1.3. According to Mr. True, the boys and girls in Cupertino have all but prepped the device's OS for native applications, altering the functionality of SpringBoard to display ...

Poll: How did HTC mishandle the video driver controversy?

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Features, Portable Video digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Poll_How_did_HTC_mishandle_the_video_driver_controversy_2'; In case you haven't been following all the drama over at Engadget Mobile, Taiwanese smartphone kingpin HTC is seeing a rather unexpected customer backlash over sub-par video playback in recent devices employing Qualcomm's MSM7xxx chipsets -- apparently, handsets like the ...