Delkin Fat Gecko Review

In the past, I always wondered how TV and movie producers pulled off those fast action, heart thumping camera angles from a car right at bumper level, footage sourced from underneath an airplane while it is landing, views from the side of a speedboat riding the waves at incredible velocities, and whatnot. The funny thing is, despite this interest, it actually never extended beyond just thoughts crossing my mind that should have...

Apple Settles Backdating Lawsuit for $20.5 Million

From Tom's Hardware: Apple has finally settled a four-year-old class-action lawsuit filed by the New York City Employees' Retirement System relating to backdating stock options
. The company has been ordered to pay $14 million to shareholders, $2.5 million to fund corporate...

Firefox for Android beta: A good first effort

From CNET News.com: The first beta of Firefox 4 for Android arrived Thursday, offering users of Google's mobile operating system a browser interface with both smart new features and some weaknesses.

Mozilla is trying to reach the fast-growing and increasingly important mobile world...

Report: iPhone's glass back giving Apple headaches

From CNET News.com: Apple likes glass. A lot. You can tell that much from its many retail stores, and in its products where glass is used in displays, notebook trackpads, and both the front and back of the iPhone 4.

That last place, though is what might be causing the company some...

Facebook Debuts Groups Feature

From DailyTech: Whenever an online company is as popular as Facebook, it will draw complaints and criticisms. Much of the issues that users and privacy advocates have with Facebook center on the privacy policy of the social network and how it allows users to control who sees the...

Report: Verizon iPhone a Done Deal, New Form-Factor Incoming

From DailyTech: Since the launch of the iPhone one critical factor has remained constant. In the smartphone's biggest market -- the United States -- the iPhone was sold exclusively on AT&T. But that's about to change.

The Wall Street Journal claims that multiple sources brief by...

Acer Plans to Install Two Operating System on Its Netbooks

From X-bit Labs: Acer, the largest producer of netbooks in the world, plans to install two operating system onto future netbooks that feature dual-core microprocessors. According to the sources close to the company, installation of both Google Android and Microsoft Windows brings a...

SandForce SSD controllers offer better security, speed

From InfoWorld: Solid-state processor maker SandForce today announced a new line of controllers for enterprise-class drives that promise to double I/Os per second (IOPS) for those products.

SandForce's new SF-2000 family of solid-state drive (SSD) processors use 6Gbps SATA II...

Google TV Gets Hulu Snub: Revue Can't Deliver Full Web

From PC World: During the launch event for Logitech's Revue Google TV box, Google confirmed suspicions that Hulu is blocked from the device.

A video at NewTeeVee provides the heartbreaking evidence. Everything's running fine on Hulu.com until the last few seconds of the video, when...

Report: Panasonic working on gaming handheld

From CNET News.com: After failing in the gaming business in the mid-1990s with its 3DO console, Panasonic may be making its way back to the industry, reports claim.

According to CrunchGear, which first reported the story this week, Panasonic is building a portable gaming device...

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