Microsoft's Windows 8 and RT tablets have seemingly got off to a bit of a flyer, with number crunchers estimating Windows is now the OS on 7.4 per cent of all portable tabs. Not a bad beginning given the fashionable and cheap Apple and Android onslaught. Read More >>
Nintendo's latest set of financial figures underline exactly how much of a disaster its new Wii U console has been at retail, with the machine selling just 3.45m units since launch and an inconsequential 300,000 in the last quarter. It's dead already. Read More >>
If Google thinks any of its new Google Glass owners have been flogging them on eBay or loaning them their to friends it has the right to remotely deactivate the tech spectacles, according to the Ts & Cs in the contract this first wave of buyers have agreed to. Read More >>
Featured comment by EtherealKid:
"The Glass T&Cs state that you can't buy Glass (or receive it as a gift) without a Google Wallet account.
Chances are individual devices are r..." More »
HTC's new marketing boss Benjamin Ho has confirmed that camera component difficulties were behind the short delay in getting its new HTC One out to the world, with the bespoke "ultrapixel" unit leading to supply problems. Read More >>
Canadian Taylor More has put his house on the market, which is not a particularly newsworthy event even in this age of ongoing housing crises. What's unusual is the asking price, which is $405,000 -- or the equivalent in online currency Bitcoins. Read More >>
Featured comment by Pleasethink:
"Bitcoin is the only viable contender for a fair world currency. It is completely decentralised meaning that there is no need for a bank at all. It is ..." More »
Stats covering the global connected devices market for 2012 show that Samsung is definitely the new number one, with its mix of high-spec flagships and budget clunkers dominating the smart gadget world. Read More >>
Featured comment by christyroot:
"The top segment of the smart phone market got the best models from Samsung and Apple which has been doing well in the international markets. A lot has..." More »
Think about that for a moment. Three TVs every second of every day. I know Samsung makes a lot of TVs, from really great to, well, just plain not. But can you even imagine the mountain of screens that means the Koreans are churning out, and that's just the big stuff. That truly is a colossal number. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"Samsung screens are up there with Sony screens though, just less pricy. Maybe needs some proper calibration." More »
Rumour has it RIM might "pull an Apple" at tomorrow's big BB10 reveal, with sources suggesting it might put the new BlackBerry Z10 on sale right after the launch event. The news comes via a supposed internal communication from Vodafone UK, which suggests the Z10 will be available for order at 5.00pm tomorrow. Mind you, internal emails are easy to fake, and pre-order campaigns are very different from actual delivery dates... [The Verge] Read More >>
Featured comment by spudhed:
"its a dark day when even a blackberry doesnt have a hardware keyboard, im NEVER going to find a replacement for my desire Z. i love android, but you k..." More »
China, which banned dedicated video games machines in the year 2000 to protect the brains and minds of its little children, might be about to relent and lets its population play consoles again. The news led shares in Sony and Nintendo to explode upwards like a familiar old video game barrel. Read More >>
There won't be any administration misery on the horizon for the Dixons group of tech shops, thanks to the electronics giant reporting a "strong performance" over the critical Christmas cash grab, aided by huge sales of tablets across its Currys and PC World stores. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jammin500:
"Well yer, they took one of their best known brands and made it an online only business about 6 years ago.. only late last year did they fully merge th..." More »
Featured comment by shadowmatt:
"Im not buying something thats going to look like the girlfriends car bumper after a few weeks. Jonny Ive needs to learn a thing or 2 about design and ..." More »
We never thought we'd use the words "stock shortages" and "Windows Phone" in the same sentence, but that is indeed the situation currently hitting HTC, with high demand for its new 8S and 8X Windows Phone model causing it to run out of phones. Nokia, meanwhile, is said to be "happy" with sales of its newest Lumias, as public opinion (aided by Microsoft's £25m marketing spend) warms to WP. [Mobile Today via WMPoweruser] Read More >>
Featured comment by tolpin:
"That is one pretty phone. It's getting seriously hard to know where to go for my next phone, not that it's massively urgent; i've been rocking my iP4 ..." More »
Microsoft got off to a flyer this console generation, with a delayed PS3 launch and a joke machine from Nintendo handing it the serious home market for a few easy years. But PS3 has finally, inevitably, edged into the lead on a global basis. Read More >>
HMV's latest sale is apparently critical to its survival, with sources claiming its new Blue Cross Sale is designed as a last-gasp attempt to raise money to meet its banking commitments. Read More >>
Here's an interesting one. Spotify's had a music store in UK for ages now, first provided by 7Digital and then later its own, but now it's suddenly stopped letting people buy music from it. Is this permanent, and does anyone really care? Who actually buys stuff with a Spotify Premium account anyhow? Apparently Spotify's streamlining. [Spotify via Pocket-Lint] Read More >>
Featured comment by Wade:
"Almost everyone I know has a Spotify account, yet none of us have ever bought a song from there. Most likely just a case of nobody using that feature,..." More »
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