Archive for June, 2010
HTC: expect Desire, Legend and Wildfire to get Froyo ‘beginning in Q3′
It’s summer. It’s hot. Naturally, everyone wants to lick some frozen dessert in one form or another. Shortly after the Nexus One got its absolutely official Android 2.2 update,
Report: Final PT Cruiser to roll off Chrysler assembly line on July 9
2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser – Click above for high-res image gallery
Chrysler’s long-lived PT Cruiser will finally roll off into the sunset next month after a decade in production. According to the Detroit Free Press, when the 2010 model year winds down at Chrysler’s Toluca, Mexico plant on July 9, the final Cruisers will be produced.
Consumer Reports gives top marks to Nissan Altima and Hyundai Sonata among family sedans
2010 Nissan Altima and 2011 Hyundai Sonata – Click either image above for high-res image gallery
The minds at Consumer Reports have just wrapped up testing on a handful of family sedans. The publication lined up the Chevrolet Impala, Hyundai Sonata, Nissan Altima and Suzuki Kizashi for a four-door throw down, and by the time the […]
Red Dead Redemption will be profitable, Take-Two CEO says
Take-Two Interactive CEO Ben Feder recently told VentureBeat that runaway stagecoach hit Red Dead Redemption, which supposedly ended up having one bucking bronco of a budget after six years of development, will be profitable for the company. Take-Two announced last month that the western had shipped over 5 million units, putting it en route to […]
Microsoft hints at touchless Surface combining camera and transparent OLED (video)
We’ve always wondered whether Microsoft’s multitouch table would actually ever arrive, dreaming of Minority Report hijinx all the while, but after seeing what the company’s
3D displays and haptic interfaces come together in HIRO III
The Kawasaki and Mouri Laboratory at Gifu University in Japan are researching and developing a touch interface which, combined with 3D displays, could offer a new way
Stamp.y Digital Camera concept doesn’t look particularly pocket-friendly
We’re sometimes a little sad that the joy of gathering with family and friends ’round the photo album has been reduced to the shallow act of pasting a link into a text field,
Viliv’s N5 UMPC finally reviewed, deemed worth the wait
We wouldn’t say that Viliv is always tardy with its product releases, but neither would we say that we’re particularly surprised the N5 UMPC is only now making its way
Report: Mulally’s compensation more than that of top three Japanese execs combined
It’s certainly tough to argue with the results of Alan Mulally’s tenure as chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company. The product and financial resurgence that Mulally has led allowed Ford to be the only Detroit-based automaker to avoid going through bankruptcy. That success is reflected in the Ford CEO’s paycheck as well.
HTC EVO 4G gets an OTA software update
We don’t know exactly what’s included, but Sprint’s sending out that rumored over-the-air Android software update to HTC EVO 4G devices this morning. It’s labeled as version 1.47.651.1,
