Sony TV head sees profitability by end of fiscal year

From CNET: Sony's television division, which will be spun off Tuesday into a new subsidiary known as Sony Visual Products, will finally turn a profit this fiscal year, its chief executive believes.

Although he stopped short of saying just how much of a profit the Sony television business would...

Security Focused Blackphone Android Smartphone Ships, Priced at $629

From DailyTech: We first brought you word of the Android-based Blackphone back in mid-January, and this week the smartphone is finally shipping to consumers. The Blackphone is the brainchild of SGP Technologies — a joint venture between Silent Circle and Geeksphone — and uses a customized version of...

Kanto YU2 Review (Page 1 of 4)

For someone who is in engineering, I have heard quite a number of jokes regarding our profession; some shining the spotlight on our common inner pride, while others throw a tongue-in-cheek outlook at our personalities. One particular story came to my mind when I began to compose this review. It talks about a mathematician and an engineer sitting at a table drinking at the bar when a very beautiful woman walks in and sits down across the room. The...

Microsoft botched all aspects of Exchange outage response

From InfoWorld: Microsoft blew it Tuesday when its Exchange Online hosted email service went dark for much of the business day, an expert said. But he wasn't referring to Exchange's technical failure.

"Three hundred and sixty-four days of excellent service can be undone on the 365th if a company...

The Nexus line isn't being killed, says Android's engineering head

From GreenBot: Google's Nexus line is not dead yet, according to Google's Android engineering chief. "People have been commenting about Nexus because there is something else and they think that means the end of Nexus. That is the totally wrong conclusion to make," Google's Dave Burke told ReadWrite...

With faster Chrome browser, Google offers an Android alternative

From CNET: Android hogged the spotlight at Google I/O, but performance improvements in Google's Chrome browser show that the company hasn't given up on trying to advance its other programming foundation -- the Web.

The mobile version of Chrome has become much more responsive since 2013, said Paul...

Nikon Announces the D800's Successor, the D810 HD-SLR

From DailyTech: Nikon announced the D810 HD-SLR today, which aims to replace the D800 for professional photographers and cinematographers.

The D810 sports a new 36.3-megapixel, full-frame FX-format sensor without an optical low pass filter for increased resolution and dynamic range (the base ISO...

How Samsung's Gear Live shrinks Android for the wrist

From InfoWorld: Google has unveiled the first three smartwatches that will run Android Wear, a cut-down version of Android for wearable devices, and we got our hands on one of them: the Samsung Gear Live.

The watch, which is available now in Google's Play Store, retails for $199 and will compete...

HTC vows to bring Android L to One M8, M7 soon

From CNET: Handset maker HTC said Wednesday that it plans to bring Google's newest Android operating system to its flagship phones as soon as it's able, though it couldn't yet provide a timeline.

The move is part of the company's campaign to retain customers amid years of flagging sales. Despite...

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