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Rivals Jostle for Spotlight Before Apple Announces New iPhone

Monday, September 3, 2012

Several major tech companies are cramming product announcements into this holiday-shortened workweek. Nokia and Motorola Mobility, former leaders in the mobile race who are now also-rans, have scheduled events for Wednesday at which they are likely to unveil new smartphones. And the next day, Amazon is expected to introduce new Kindle devices. Sony and Samsung, [...]

Boot up: Windows 8, Tech City’s retort, Han gets bought, iPad’s cool factor and more

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Plus HTC's woes, Orange's French outage, why Thunderbird is a zombie and more

Telcos back Firefox phone platform to rival Android

Monday, July 2, 2012

(Reuters) – Major telecom companies, including Deutsche Telekom and Sprint, will support a new Firefox smartphone platform to turn up the heat on Google and Apple in the mobile software market from next year. Mozilla Foundation, creator of Firefox Internet browser, said phone makers ZTE and TCL Communication Technology will roll out the first [...]

Microsoft tackles iPad with Surface tablet

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp introduced its own line of tablet computers on Monday at a much-hyped press event in Los Angeles, marking a major strategic shift for the software giant as it struggles to compete with Apple Inc and re-invent its aging Windows franchise. The new tablet line, named Surface, includes a [...]

E3 2012: next-gen games break cover

Friday, June 15, 2012

They weren't presented as such, but LucasArts' Star Wars 1313 and Ubisoft's Watch Dogs will clearly debut on the next generation of consoles. Between them, they gave a glimpse of what we can look forward to

E3 2012: Forza Horizon – preview

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Forza Motorsport expands its horizons with a new open world racing game for the Xbox 360

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes first look

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Lego Batman returns – and this time he's got Lego Superman, Lego Wonder Woman and more to back him up in his battle against evil

SmartGlass, Xbox 360 and the battle for the connected living room

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Announced at the E3 conference on Monday, SmartGlass is a new smartphone app that Microsoft sees as its entry point to our digital entertainment future