Galaxy S III Serves Up Big Dollop of Ice Cream Sandwich
'We believe the Galaxy S III is the most anticipated product in the 20-year history of Samsung Mobile,' Blythe Makenzie, Samsung Mobile's representative, told TechNewsWorld. 'We will continue to share information as it becomes available.'
The Galaxy S III's Specs
The Galaxy S III has an 4.8-inch Super AMOLED 1,280 by 720 pixel
UK hacking inquiry summons ex-editors Brooks, Coulson
Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson have been summoned to testify next week before a judge-led inquiry probing phone hacking and news media ethics. Coulson, who has been asked to appear May 10, worked as Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman, but stepped down when
News Corp. board backs Rupert Murdoch
Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch received a strong endorsement from the board of directors of his News Corp. on Wednesday, a day after British lawmakers investigating a phone hacking scandal said Murdoch was 'not a fit person' to run a major international company. After meeting Wednesday, the
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - release date, robots and branching stories
Call of Duty - it's always the same. That's the familiar lament on games forums whenever a new instalment is revealed, though it may have to be tempered somewhat if news coming from Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch is to be believed. Activision has now officially announced the title as well as its global launch date: 13 November. But its
How Microsofts cash will bolster Barnes & Noble e-readers
News that Microsoft has sunk $300 million into a venture with Barnes & Noble sends a clear signal that the computing giant and the bookseller aim to shake up the e-book market with new ammo in their fight against Amazon and Apple. But whatever impact the move has on sales of B&N's Nook e-readers
Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes & Nobles Nook ebook business
Microsoft is challenging Amazon's dominance of the ebook industry with a $300m (£185m) investment in Barnes & Noble's Nook reader and college textbook businesses. News of the deal sent shares in Barnes & Noble up 76% from $13.68 to $24.09 in US morning trading on Monday, boosting the bookseller's value by almost $900m, from $823m on
Apps Rush: The Word Magazine, Lego Star Wars Funzone, The Browser, Burgerapp and more
UK-based music and culture magazine The Word has launched its official iPad app, charging £2.99 an issue through Apple's Newsstand. The content has been neatly redesigned for the tablet screen.iPadThere's a healthy community of people building with Lego Star Wars toys out there, and this new Funzone app helps you browse photos and videos
27 hurt in Ukraine blasts; terror probe starts
Four explosions that rocked an eastern Ukrainian city on Friday have prompted a terror probe, the Ukrainian News agency reported. A regional prosecutor's office has started a 'terrorist case' into the blasts in Dnepropetrovsk. The explosions went off in the course of 70 minutes and injured at
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James Murdoch blames underlings in phone-hacking inquiry
James Murdoch insisted Tuesday that he knew little about the scale of phone hacking by people working for the News of the World, as he continued his fight to limit the damage the scandal does to him and his family's media empire. Underlings did not tell him how pervasive it was when he took over
Playtech down as it eyes deal with top shareholder
Playtech, the world's biggest provider of online gaming software, plans a string of acquisitions as it branches out into the social gaming market but news that it will be buying the businesses from its main shareholder unnerved investors. The Estonia-based firm said on Tuesday that it planned to spend 95 million euros ($124.1 million)
Will Apple lawsuit mean cheaper e-books?
For consumers, the news that the Department of Justice is suing Apple and several publishers, accusing them of price-fixing, boils down to one kitchen-table question: Will this mean my e-books will get cheaper?The short answer? More than likely, yes. But the long-term ramifications of the move
Washington Post Launches Its First Real-Time Ad Campaign
Thanks in large part to its personalized news aggregation technology Trove, The Washington Post has recently launched new reading experiences like Social Reader and Personal Post. Now it's starting to use Trove on the advertising side too, creating ads that pull real-time content from social networks. Specifically, it's using this
Instagram and Facebook: the next tech bubble?
A company with no revenues and barely any staff gets acquired for a billion dollars? It has to be a bubble, doesn't it? So has gone the reaction of many to the news that Facebook - the giant among social networks, with more than 850 million users worldwide - is buying the mobile photo-sharing service Instagram, which is just 551 days old,
Sony reported to be cutting 10,000 jobs
Japan's Sony is to cut 10,000 jobs, about 6% of its workforce, the Nikkei newspaper has reported, as new chief executive Kazuo Hirai looks to steer the electronics and entertainment company back to profit after four years in the red. The job cuts would be the latest downsizing in Japan where companies from mobile phone maker NEC to
Sony to axe 10,000 jobs in turnaround bid: Nikkei
Japan's Sony Corp is cutting 10,000 jobs, about 6 percent of its global workforce, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday, as new CEO Kazuo Hirai looks to steer the electronics and entertainment giant back to profit after four years in the red. The job cuts would be the latest downsizing in Japan Inc where companies from cellphone maker
Veteran CBS journalist Mike Wallace dead at 93: network
Mike Wallace, the grand inquisitor of CBS's '60 Minutes' news show who once declared there was 'no such thing as an indiscreet question,' has died at the age of 93, the network said on Sunday. Wallace died on Saturday evening with his family by his side at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he spent the past few years,
Arianna Huffington No Longer Runs The Aol Tech Sites
You know every once in a while you come across news about your company and it turns out your boss is no longer your boss anymore. If you're me this probably happens to you every three months. Anyways this morning I read in the media that Arianna Huffington (who I think used to be my boss) gained more control within Aol and then
