Home>>The Snake>>News>>Submitted

The Snake

Dug Submitted Commented On  

Google Chrome OS: A Simple FAQ

Everyone's all a-twitter over Google's newly announced operating system, Google Chrome OS . Some swear it'll be a hit ; others are convinced it's destined for failure . Love it or hate it, though, this puppy's one tough piece of software to ignore. So what's Chrome OS all about, and what could d... More...

Sony Raises Outlook on Better Than Expected Results

Despite losing money on the back of lower sales during its fiscal second quarter Sony said business was better than expected and has cut full-year loss forecasts as a result. Sales during the quarter, the period from July to September, were down 20 percent on the same period last year at ¥... More...

1984 All Over Again

Back in July, Amazon.com endured a bout of bad publicity and inspired debate about the ethics of copy protection when it remotely deleted copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from customer's Kindle e-readers after discovering they were pirated. CEO Jeff Bezos eventually apologized a... More...

Japanese Firm Pleads Guilty to LCD Price Fixing

Japanese electronics maker Epson Imaging Devices has agreed to plead guilty and pay a US$26 million fine for the company's role in a conspiracy to fix prices of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display panels sold to Motorola, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Epson, a subsidiary of Seiko Eps... More...

LG Watchphone launches August 27

LG Watchphone launches August 27 20 August 2009 World's first touch-screen watchphone for a mere £500 That's right, LG's much hyped phone-in-a-watch (and touch-screen, no less) hits the Bond Street station Orange Shop on Thursday, August 27.   Along with a 1.43-inch AMOLED... More...

Nokia Rolling out Micro Finance for Mobile Handsets in India

Nokia plans to roll out a micro financing program for mobile phones across 12 states in India. The company has completed a pilot of this program across 2,500 villages in the rural areas of the Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states of India. Nokia tied up for the pilot with a micro finance institution... More...

College Textbooks Hit iPhone, iPod Touch

College students could soon be able to ditch their backpacks and put their textbooks into their shirt pockets thanks to a new program that will let them read their books using iPhones or iPod Touch devices. CourseSmart of San Mateo, California, already makes more than 7000 college textbooks fro... More...

4 Secrets About BlackBerry Desktop for Mac

Research In Motion (RIM) recently announced that it will finally release Macintosh-compatible desktop management software for BlackBerry handhelds this fall. I was lucky enough to get a quick hands-on demonstration this morning from RIM Product Manager Andrey Feldman at an event in New York City, ... More...

iPhone gets GPS-enabled property search app

iPhone gets GPS-enabled property search app 04 August 2009 Rightmove application to alert users to nearby properties to buy or rent iPhone users on the lookout for a new place to live or rent can now download an application that will find properties near to their current location. Using the i... More...

Top 10 iPhone Annoyances (And How to Fix Them)

Even the greatest gadgets have flaws, and the iPhone is certainly no exception. Praise it all you want, but the " Jesus phone " has plenty of little annoyances or nuisances that get under a user's skin. Fortunately, technology is all about workarounds to common problems. So we've not onl... More...

Olive Releases Opus No. 4 Digital Stereo

Audio hardware maker Olive has released the Opus No. 4 , the latest in its line of Opus Hi-Fi Digital Stereo products. The Opus No. 4 is a stereo component that stores your CDs on up to 2TB of built-in, ultra-quiet storage in lossless FLAC format (it also supports WAV, MP3, and AAC files). You can... More...

Comic-Con: Gears of War COG Armor Coming to Avatars

New COG Armor for Avatars and possibly Locust armor as well. By Mike Nelson , 07/25/2009 Here are a few pictures from Comic-Con's panel about the "Gearsverse" where they announced that Epic plans on bringing COG Armor to Avatars in the Xbox 360 Marketplace. They took a crowd vote a... More...

Vandal Hearts Now Scheduled For "This Winter"

Title was originally slated for September, seemingly pushed back. By Kat Bailey , 06/30/2009 Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners looking forward to the next edition of Vandal Hearts will have to wait a little longer. Previously scheduled for September, the title appears to have been delayed... More...

Play Wimbledon from your BlackBerry

Play Wimbledon from your BlackBerry 26 June 2009 Take on the tennis world without so much as breaking a sweat with GameLoft's Wimbledon 2009 The Championships game It's that time of year again and the Pimms is on ice, and the strawberries and cream are being devoured. Yes it's Wimbledon. While... More...

IPhone 3G S Teardown Reveals Significant Speed Boost

iPhone 3G S Debuts Here's all you need to know about the iPhone 3G S, the newest incarnation of Apple's popular smartphone. Picked Apart: Dissecting the iPhone 3G S » iPhone 3G S Early Buyers Face Activation Delays » iPhone 3.0 Update: 10 Hidden Features &raq... More...

Sigma: price and availability for 10-20mm F3.5 DC

Sigma has announced the price of the 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM lens it announced in March 2009. The new lens, that will be sold in parallel to the older, variable aperture design, will cost £649.99. Sigma, Canon and Nikon versions will be available in July, with Pentax and Sony variants to fo... More...

Brutal Legend Fans Break Air Guitar World Record

440 gamers assemble for a massive make believe jam session. By Kris Pigna , 06/15/2009 Talk about legendary: Brutal Legend isn't even finished yet, and it's already in the record books. Well, sort of. At the UK Download Festival that took place in Donington Park over the weekend ( via Kot... More...

Apple Should Cut Price of iPod Touch Too

With Monday鈥檚 announcement that the iPhone 3G will now cost only $99, Apple should lower the price of the iPod touch , an excellent portable media player that suddenly seems ultra-pricey. The touch currently comes in three configurations: 8GB ($229); 16GB ($299); and 32GB ($399). Sure, it does... More...

Palm Pre Ripped Open, Costs $170

Image: Rapid Repair Most people who hunted down a Palm Pre on Saturday want to actually use the thing, but Rapid Repair and iFixit immediately took the new smartphone apart to find out what's inside. Image: Rapid Repair The first component iFixit dove into was the battery, which pops off... More...

E3 2009 Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony Booth Pics

We hit the show floor to check out the massive booths for Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. By 1UP Staff , 06/02/2009 We hit the West and South halls of the L.A. Convention Center to snap some pics of the Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo booths. Check out the full gallery here. More...
Home>>The Snake>>News>>Submitted