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Entries for April, 2011

Mexico starts probes of TV, telecoms competition

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission said on Friday it has started separate investigations into alleged monopolistic practices in the sale of television advertising and telecommunications interconnection services. Original post by timothy

IDC: mobile phone market grew 20% in Q1 fueled by smartphones

The mobile phone market grew almost 20% year-over-year during the first quarter of 2011, IDC has stated. The reason? Smartphones, smartphones, and more smartphones. The firm reports that worldwide smartphone growth was particularly fast in the Asia/Pacific region, as well as in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. As far as hard numbers, it’s [...]

Deal of the Day – Lenovo IdeaPad S205 11.6” Laptop with 1.6GHz Dual-Core AMD Fusion CPU, 4GB RAM, and 500GB Hard Drive

Today’s LogicBUY deal is the newly released 11.6” Lenovo IdeaPad S205, loaded with features, for $429.  Features include: dual-core AMD Fusion CPU, Radeon HD 6310 graphics, up to 4GB memory, 11.6” LED-backlit anti-glare LCD screen, 1.3MP webcam, HDMI, 500GB hard drive, 6-cell battery. Flagship S205 (model 103829U): $629 – $50 off – $150 stackable coupon [...]

ZTE sues Huawei in China for patent infringement

HONG KONG (Reuters) – ZTE Corp, China’s No.2 telecommunications equipment maker, has filed a lawsuit against larger Chinese rival Huawei Technologies Co Ltd in China, it said on Friday, a day after it was sued by the latter in Europe. Original post by timothy

HTC Kingdom and Rider Android phones spotted

Here are a couple of leaks to kick off your Friday morning: the HTC Kingdom (left) and the HTC Rider (right) were both spotted and photographed recently by 911Sniper. Specs for the Rider and the Kingdom are slim, so we can only report on what’s apparent in the images. Both phones clearly run Android and [...]

RIM shares slide as product delays hurt outlook

(Reuters) – Shares of Research In Motion Ltd fell 12 percent in pre-market trade on Friday, a day after the Blackberry maker slashed its first-quarter outlook as product delays hurt sales in the United States and Latin America. Original post by timothy

Archerfish Solo Outdoor/Indoor Video Surveillance and Recording System

Most video surveillance systems don’t have the smarts to distinguish between a burglar jimmying the lock and the azalea bush blowing in the wind, and this results in a lot of false alarms and wasted recording space.  Archerfish say they have “Intelligent Surveillance Technology that’s more advanced than motion detection” that understands what it sees.  [...]

Android 2.3.4 available to Nexus S owners via manual download

Did you really think the kiddies over at XDA were going to wait “a few weeks” to get their mitts on Android 2.3.4? Of course not. A sleuthy forum member has uncovered the manual download link for Google’s latest iteration of Gingerbread. The file will update a stock Nexus S, running Android 2.3.3, to the most [...]

Toyota invests in WiTricity for wireless car charging

These days when we think of wireless charging we think about using an accessory for our cell phones. Not long from now we may be using the same tech to power our electric vehicles. According to CNET, Toyota has invested in a company called WiTricity that, until now, has developed wireless charging solutions specifically for [...]

‘Optimus 2X’ On Guinness Book – ‘World’s First Dual Core Smart Phone’

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — ‘Optimus 2X (LG-SU660- Korea/LG-P990 – Global market)’, a strategic smart phone by LG Electronics (www.lge.co.kr), is on the list of Guinness Book. Ultimately approved as a smart phone with ‘Tegra 2 Dual Core Processor’ of NVIDIA by Guinness World Records, Optimus 2X is officially on World Guinness Book as ‘The first [...]