Monthly Archives: April 2011
iPhone Tracking Issue Not Apple’s First Congressional Run-In
Apple is facing some serious questions about how and why its mobile products collect users' location data. But it's not the first time the...
Google Offers Nips at Groupon’s Heels in Portland
Google April 23 confirmed it has rolled out its Google Offers Groupon clone service in Portland, Ore., offering people in that city local discount...
Amazon Samsung Android Tablet May Launch This Summer
Engadget and gdgt Co-founder Peter Rojas added another layer to the slowly peeling meme about an Amazon tablet when he said he's almost positive...
Advanced Cyber-Attack Claims Are Usually False, Overhyped
When RSA Security disclosed in February that a third party had breached its networks, the company claimed that it had been hit by an...
BlackBerry PlayBook Needs 5 Things to Succeed in Tablets
Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet hit store shelves April 19, failing to attract around-the-block lines but, at least according to one analyst, managing to...
Apple, Samsung Lawsuits Not Your Typical Patent Battle
Apple's iPhone and iPad compete fiercely with Samsung's Galaxy S smartphones and Galaxy Tab tablet for mobile market share. Yet the two are also...
Google Dinged for $5M in Bedrock Linux Patent Case
Google must pay $5 million in damages for infringing on a Linux patent owned by defunct company Bedrock Computer Technologies LLC, according to a...
Samsung Droid Charge 4G Smartphone Rivals HTC ThunderBolt
Verizon Wireless said it will begin selling the Samsung Droid Charge 4G smartphone April 28 for $299.99 with a two-year deal from its Website...
RIM, Not Google, May Benefit More from Nortel Patents
Research in Motion may not let Google just walk away with Nortel Network's 6,000 wireless patents for $900 million because the handset and tablet...
From Here to the Cloud
The latest addition to eWEEK Labs in San Francisco spun up yesterday, creating a home for our latest server hardware and setting the stage...