Netflix had a rough 2011. Between its ill-conceived price hike and its even more ill-conceived DVD spin-off company, Qwikster, the movie rental company couldn’t win. And now external factors (read: the studios) are making things even worse—not only for them, but also Blockbuster and Redbox—by delaying new releases. More » Gizmodo
We suppose it’s good news / bad news for Blockbuster. The good news is that after going through bankruptcy and being sold, Warner Bros. has decided it’s healthy enough to take on the competition on even ground. The bad news, is that Warner has decided to give Blockbuster the same month long delay the studio [...]
The Wacom Inkling was a magical, near-unbelievable device that we drooled all over in late August (Jesus especially). It was supposed to be out by late September. Now it’s late October. Luckily, we may finally have a release date. More » Gizmodo
It’s hard being the Jan to Japan’s Marsha, always sitting quietly on the sidelines and watching as the “prettier” sister gets lavished with the latest goods. Well, envy doth strike again as Sony’s partnered with NTT DoCoMo to add a dash of cellular connectivity to its line of slates. While the country’s already seen the [...]
Samsung has put out a distinctly unafraid-looking statement declaring that a “Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the Australian market will be released in the near future,” despite Apple’s attempt to halt sales through the Aussie Federal Court. It explains that Apple’s underlying patent complaints only relate to the US variant of the tablet, which Samsung had [...]
According to an Apple press release, anybody who buys a new Mac between Junes 6th and whenever Lion hits the market will be eligible for an “Up-To-Date upgrade.” In the past, Apple’s UTD upgrade has offered the next iOS for about but Lion seems to be bucking the trend and will be available gratis. The [...]
Anything Bjork ever does is noteworthy, musically speaking, and now that she’s decided to release her next album Biophilia, as a multimedia project comprised of 10 iPad apps, she’s also become noteworthy in a technological sense. More » Gizmodo
As has been discussed before, Windows Phone 7 is set to release a major update later this year, but it appears that the boys in Redmond may finally be ready to send out an OS refresh that will substantially improve the existing WP7 user experience. First and foremost, copy and paste is included, which given [...]
The whole world and his neighbor’s dog may already know when Windows Phone 7 will be announced, but when are the actual phones going to hit actual shelves? If you’re in the US, that time still looks to be a month away, but the UK release window has just been narrowed down from late October [...]
Just like its older sibling the GTX 460, NVIDIA’s GeForce GTS 450 is hitting online stores, even though we’ve yet to hear a word from NVIDIA itself about the new Fermi-based graphics card. While we can’t confirm rumors that the GTS 450′s got a new GF106 chip under that plastic shroud, it seems evident we’re [...]