Nothing like a little gadget carnage to get your week started off right. This week, DirectFix takes you on an eight-and-a-half minute journey inside a Rogers-branded version of the new BlackBerry Bold 9900. The video is intended as an instructional …
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BlackBerry Bold 9900 torn down, put back together for your amusement (video)
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Apple’s worldwide court battles against Samsung: where they stand and what they mean
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Samsung has once again delayed the release of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia to evade an injunction against the device in that country. Samsung may be attempting to find workarounds to avoid violating Apple’s Australian patents, but for now it is del…
Must See HDTV (August 29th – September 4th)
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We’re still in a holding pattern waiting for the NFL regular season to start and fall TV shows to premiere but luckily college football is here to save the day. It’s not alone though, check out our highlighted picks of the week right here, followed …
WikiLeaks springs a leak: full database of diplomatic cables appears online
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For the second time in a year, WikiLeaks has lost control of its full, unredacted cache of a quarter-million US State Department cables—and this time the leaked files are apparently online.
The uncensored cables are contained in a 1.73GB password…
Olympus PEN E-PL3 Micro Four Thirds camera review
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Look, the Olympus PEN E-PL3 is cute. Adorable, even. In fact, those swayed by looks alone may be sold after whisking through our hands-on gallery below. But for those interested in more than a highly-capable fashion accessory, it’s worth taking a de…
Quickoffice update brings document editing to the TouchPad
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Well, we knew it was coming, and folks, it’s finally here — the promised update to Quickoffice HD that brings document editing to HP’s webOS slate. Available gratis for TouchPad owners, the overhaul enables text formatting in Word docs, in addition…
Nokia developer forum hacked and defaced in antisec attack
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Nokia has issued a statement confirming that the security of its developer forum website was compromised by an attacker who successfully obtained a database table with user account information. Nokia has taken down its developer community site while it…
Microsoft details Windows 8 Explorer tweaks, adds ribbon UI
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Lots of things are getting tweaked, if not completely overhauled, for Windows 8. That includes the ever-present Windows Explorer. Just like many other Microsoft apps, the file manager will be adopting the slightly more finger-friendly ribbon interfa…
LHCb detector causes trouble for supersymmetry theory
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Two of the general purpose detectors at the LHC, ATLAS and CMS, tend to keep a high profile, as they’re designed to be able to spot anything that comes out of the collisions—the Higgs, dark matter, or something even more exotic. LHCb is quite a…
