Barnes & Noble recently released the 1.4 firmware update for their nook ebook reader, and that proved incentive suitable for a group of committed developers to work round the clock (or so it seems) to crack it open to the root level. Their success means you are able to take full advantage of th…

Sony Ericsson is now offering software updates for their Xperia X10 across selected markets, and whether you happen to own said smartphone with an update arriving by The Air (OTA), a report in the notification bar will seem, letting you choose to connect via 3G or Wi-Fi to get that update. For thos…

Woot, the online deal site, has just been picked up by Amazon. Very little else is known about that acquisition apart from the fact that it will end up as an independent subsidiary just like the other acquisitions, Zappos and Audible. According to various sources, Woot was picked up for somewhere i…

It isn’t even three months since the Microsoft Kin phones were announced, and now we have official confirmation that that line of cloud phones will be killed off - days after dropping its price. Woe to folks who picked up a Kin with the reduced price in the last few days, and chances are pretty goo…

Earlier that month, GM announced the OnStar and Google partnership that enables OnStar users to search destinations with Google Maps and send the directions to the Turn-by-Turn Navigation Service in their vehicle. The OnStar eNav with Google Maps feature is now available on all current Tu…

Yep, you heard it right. that 200 dollar case from Magellan includes battery and its own GPS receiver for your iPhone. that must be the first of its kind. that iPhone is not only high tech but plus very rugged and may give you a false sense of confidence that you can do anything just considering yo…

The rumored LG Sentio is now available in T-Mobile retail stores , choose dealers and online and will cost $9/month for 20 months with T-Mobile’s Even More Plus rate plan or $$69.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate with a two-year plan. More info on the product page.
Features include:

3-inch touc…

Android+Samsung lovers rejoice – for it’s now official that Samsung’s Vibrant is coming to T-Mobile. Do we even need to mention that smartphone is capable of GPS navigation? We will anyways. The specs say it comes with an A-GPS receiver; which is part of any 3G module these days. …

Android-owners should be quite happy to assemble out that Netflix is looking out for an Android developer to help them build a streaming client for Android devices, which basically means that an official Netflix app should be on its way, allowing subscribers to watch their movies directly on their …

LG’s newly announced Network Monitor solution unveiled at the 2010 worldly Society for Technology in Education Conference is pretty interesting, as it’s available in 11- and 31-monitor options, providing a hassle-free virtual desktop computing option. Thanks to that design, a computer’s resources c…