HTC Evo 4G available June 4 for $199.99

From CNET News.com: Sprint CEO Dan Hesse finally revealed the pricing and release date of the much anticipated HTC Evo 4G at a special event here Wednesday. The nation's first 4G smartphone will be available starting June 4 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail...

Adobe fights Apple with pro-Flash ad campaign

From CNET News.com: Adobe Systems may not have a chief executive with Steve Jobs' high profile, but it does have money. And on Thursday it began spending some of it on an effort to rebut the Apple CEO's crticisims of Adobe's Flash technology.

The campaign includes a Web site...

Android 2.2 to Get Native Tethering, Wi-Fi Hotspot Capabilities

From DailyTech: Things just keep getting better and better for Google's Android operating system. We found out earlier this week that Android surpassed Apple for second place in smartphone operating systems in the U.S. market.

Today, we learn courtesy of TechCrunch that the next OS...

Skype Won't be Coming to Windows Phone 7

From DailyTech: Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system is by equal measures compelling and frustrating. On the one hand the OS looks to offer the gaming acumen of the Xbox 360 and the slick music player design of the Zune coupled with a stylish phone OS to boot. On...

Microsoft Teams with LG Electronics for Stereo 3D Games on Xbox 360

From X-bit Labs: LG Electronics, a leading maker of consumer electronics, and Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest maker of software, have announced plans to jointly promote stereoscopic 3D content and video games using LG Infinia HDTV-sets and Microsoft Xbox 360 game consoles. The...

Microsoft Natal to Be Released in October

From X-bit Labs: A representative for Microsoft Corp. said that the world’s largest maker of software would release its Natal motion sensor for Xbox 360 game console in October, 2010. The launch that is scheduled to occur well ahead of the holiday season may indicate that the...

Firefox aims to make IE, Safari browsing more secure

From InfoWorld: Mozilla has expanded a service that checks if a browser's plugins are current to now scan Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, and Chrome in addition to its own Firefox.

Plugins are small bits of code that enable other applications to run within a Web browser, such as...

Microsoft, Verizon Defend Kin's Monthly Pricing

From PC World: Microsoft's new Kin phones are not truly smartphones, but Verizon Wireless is charging users a minimum monthly $70 service fee -- $30 alone for data -- anyway, over a two-year contract.

Microsoft and Verizon representatives defended the fee on Tuesday, partly because...

Verizon: We're making a tablet with Google

From CNET News.com: Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam confirmed plans Tuesday to release a tablet computer running software from Google at some point, but did not elaborate on timing.

The Wall Street Journal spoke to McAdam, who said "we're looking at all the things Google has in...

Search for new Mozilla CEO begins

From CNET News.com: The search has begun for a new Mozilla leader now that Chief Executive John Lilly has announced plans to step down later this year.

Mozilla Chairman Mitchell Baker announced the management change and search process in a blog post Tuesday. The announcement timing...

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