Archive for July, 2009

Motorola posts $26m Q2 profit, promises cheap Android thrills, does a little dance

See that image there on the right? Yeah, it’s a pretty drastic departure from the Sad Motoâ„¢ face that had become all too common when talking about the company’s financials. Just a quarter after posting a dreadful $291 million loss, the outfit responsible for creating the RAZR and then doing nothing for half a decade […]


Samsung YP-R0 outed, not exactly groundbreaking

In the vein of the previous yawnfest, the YP-R1, Samsung’s apparently got this baby — the YP-R0 — on the decks as well.


In San Francisco, hackers park for free

In High School civics class we learned that besides voting, feeding the meter is one of the most important things we Americans can do.


M&Soft launches 7-inch Mappy AP1 PND in South Korea

M&Soft’s Mappy navigation software seems well established in Korea, and now the company has decided to offer its own hardware for it in the shape of a 7-inch SiRF-based touchscreen device.


Dell fined $30,000 by Taiwan government over pricing mishaps

Let this be a lesson for all you kids thinking about opening some online shop with a funky database: pricing errors can cost ya,


eBay Find of the Day: 1967 Nissan Prince Skyline 2000GT

1967 Nissan Prince Skyline 2000GT - Click above for high-res image gallery
Long before Michael Jackson named two of his sons Prince, there was a Japanese manufacturer that went by that name.


How to make money as an indie dev

Every self-respecting indie developer we know treasures their poverty, wearing it as a badge of honor not unlike those bohemian kids in Rent. But for you monsters that are just interested in a payday,


PlayOn media server now serving Wii customers (in beta, anyway)

We knew good and well that the fine folks over at MediaMall were toiling away in an attempt to bring internet TV content from YouTube,


Shane Kim iffy regarding on-demand Xbox 360 games releasing day-and-date with retail

Shane Kim, Microsoft’s VP of strategy and business development for Xbox, admits that the company is “not anywhere close to that world today” of offering day-and-date releases of on-demand Xbox 360 games alongside retail launches. In an interview with Fast Company,


JVC issues Everio GZ-HM400 Full HD camcorder in Japan

Lookie here — time for yet another HD camcorder in the quickly expanding Everio family. Launched today in the Land of the Rising Sun,