December 21, 2010

For whatever reason, Amazon won’t come out and say just how many Kindles it has sold. Other companies, like Apple and Samsung, tend to crow about it every time they…

Just as geo mobile services are taking off, the U.S. Patent Office has awarded an extremely broad patent on “Location-based services” to Where. Patent No. 7,848,765 covers 31 claims ranging…

Is that man right there holding an iPad mini? He seems to think so. But seeing how this pic originated in the fertile gadget fields of China, it’s more likely…

Psst. Wanna know a secret? Most of the blurrycam pics and backroom shots are really planned leaks. They’re not taken by some reader loyal to specific blog that’s willing to…

Update: All gone! How much do I love you guys? Enough that when SNK Playmore sent along review codes for the big batch of NEO-GEO games coming to the PS3,…

Kindle 3 giving you problems? It just might be your cover. There’s been quite a few users reporting problems with Kindle crashes, and they all seem to have the same…

TechCrunch Disrupt finalist Voxy announces today that its just raised another $600k in addition to a $600K convertible debt round in February, bringing its total funding to $1.2 million. Founded…

If there’s anything that my cold, black heart loves, it’s slide-out phone keyboards (and fluffy bunny wabbits). So, despite its enormous name, and fact that I’ll never see it in…

Berlin-based startup SoundCloud, which is slowly moving from a music focused site to one where anyone can record and share audio, launched its iPhone app recently. It’s now dropped the…

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Content_63.5.jpg"The Kinect, hit-or-miss as it may be when it comes to actual gaming, has certainly inspired the community. Everything from multi-touch surfaces to feeling up a virtual lady has…

Verizon has a shiny new 4G network, but only have a USB modem that you can use with it. We’ve previously heard rumours of two HTC phones making their way…

One of the authors of the scientific paper that described an arsenic-using microbe has asked everyone to calm down for a moment, and said that everything will be cleared up…

We’ve already covered the FCC Net Neutrality vote earlier today, but something new has come to light. Something that’s very odd. Something that’s quite frankly a little terrifying. Engadget dug…

Well well, what have we here? An unreleased product from Netgear that lets you wirelessly push your computer’s display signal to an HDTV? Yes, I believe that’s it. This little…

Conceptual hacker Ben Schmidt has combined his interest in the recent spate of DDoS attacks surrounding the WikiLeaks dump as well as what he holds to be the public’s increasing…

Short version: It’s hard to beat the ShowWX on portability and convenience, but on brightness and image quality it falls short of the competition.

After a brief hiatus (MG was spreading the Apple gospel in Paris during Le Web), we’re back for the latest episode of OMG/JK. There’s been a lot of big news…

We’re still a hot 11+ years away from the 2022 Fifa World Cup, but the parade of moaning continues. The latest bit of gossip suggests that the tournament could be…

It was exactly three months ago yesterday that I first wrote about Instagram. At the time, a number of people wondered why I devoted 1,000 words to a simple photo-sharing…

Just a quick update for all of those following the Meizu M9 saga (tl;dr: Chinese manufacturer Meizu makes an iPhone clone, gets sued by Apple, goes legit with a built-from-the-ground-up…

Hello, PalmPad! Well, maybe. Clayton Morris over at FoxNews just posted images of what is labeled as the PalmPad that’s set to debut at CES 2011. But I’m not so…

6Wunderkinder, a Berlin-based startup, has raised 500,000 euros (or roughly $660,000 at current conversion rates) in its second round of funding. Germany’s High-Tech Gründerfonds made the investment and will also…

With smartphones serving as a primary source of entertainment, a catalog for encrypted passwords, and the sole form of communication for many a geek, few tech-related mishaps suck worse than…

With a 3 to 2 vote earlier today, the FCC has put its stamp of approval on Net Neutrality. The funny thing is that it seems both “sides” of the…

Yay Areaaaa! Jeez. After writing about Sprint 4G launching in so many other regions, it feels a bit strange to write about it going live in my own locale: the…

Back in April 2009 — before the incredible rise of Android had really picked up steam — Google’s mobile operating system faced a challenger that had almost nothing to do with cell…

SteelSeries’ second go at creating such a mouse, the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse (yes, it’s a mouthful) could make a fine gift this holiday season for the…

Yesterday morning, Foursquare pushed out a big update to their iPhone app that included the ability to add pictures to check-ins for the first time. This functionality matches the one…

Motorola is close to acquiring Zecter, the Y Combinator-backed developer of cloud storage and streaming applications ZumoDrive and ZumoCast, according to sources familiar with the matter. We hear that the…

If you are one of the lucky few with FiOS TV, you can now download an iPad app with will control your FiOS DVR from the comfort of your home…