NASA has announced this week that a bright flash observed over the East Coast of the US Friday night was likely a meteor. According to USA Today, the American Meteor Society received more than 350 reports of a possible meteor last nig…
Luxury phone manufacturers get one thing right: their handsets are very expensive. It’s everything that makes a smartphone inherently valuable to its users that companies like Vertu seem too miss the mark on. But folks that spend $10,000 on a handmade cellphone aren’t all that interested in valuing things for their normal functionality. They’re too [...]
Vertu, once the high-end branch of the Nokia empire, has released a new super-expensive handset, the Ti. As usual for a Vertu, the materials list reads more like a luxury watch advertisement than a cellphone; the Ti is encased…
From April 2016, all dogs in England will be required to be microchipped for identification purposes. Owners that neglect to fit their dog with one of the chips could be fined up to £500 (roughly $780). “Chipping” pets i…
A Dutch court on Wednesday ruled that Samsung’s (005930) popular line of Galaxy tablets do not infringe Apple’s (AAPL) design patents. The ruling echoes a similar decision in England from last October, in which a court ruled that the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, and Galaxy Tab 7.7 don’t infringe on the iPad’s design. The Dutch court noted that while the tablets share a similar rectangular shape and rounded corners, the overall design and presentation of the devices are different. Samsung said in a statement to Reuters that the company continues to “believe that Apple was not the first to design a tablet with a rectangular shape and rounded corners,” adding that “the origins of Apple’s registered design features can be
Soon after it’s unveiling, the Intel-based RAZR i showed up in Clove’s listings with a SIM-free price of £342, and now it looks as if a few more outlets are pushing pricing details to the world. Expected to storm the UK in October, the phone sh…
Windows 8 slates are riding a wave of 40 Xbox titles into an October launch, and now Microsoft has laid the foundation to deliver more games with a brand new studio focused on tablet development. The currently unnamed, London-based outfit will be head…
Barnes & Noble has continued its quest to stock the shelves of United Kingdom bookstores with Nooks, by adding Argos, Blackwell’s and Foyles to the list of where you can get one. Those retailers will join John Lewis in carrying the Nook Simple To…
Well, our English friends, today is a good day. Your choice in e-readers is about to get that much better as Barnes & Noble has decided to make your homeland the first stop on its highly-anticipated international tour. The Nook and its associated…
The Nexus 7 machine is in full swing. According to Google, all pre-orders placed by Friday the 13th in the US and Australia have been filled as of today (though some may still be en route), and our friends in the UK and Canada should be receiving the…
