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Apple Beats Expectations Again, Sells 35M iPhones

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:08:20 CDT

Apple, the world's most valuable company, is trumping skeptics once again by reporting blow-out iPhone sales. Apple says it sold 35 million iPhones in the quarter, almost twice as many as it sold a year ago and above analyst expectations. Company shares were down before the report because investors believed...

iPhone 5 Casing: Terminator's 'Liquidmetal'?

Mark Russell — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:41:01 CDT

The new iPhone 5, coming this fall, may not go back in time to kill John Connor, but it could be made from Liquidmetal, at least according to the latest rumors. Unlike normal metals, which are crystalline, Liquidmetal is an alloy more like metallic glass, with the elasticity of plastics...

What Gadgets Not to Buy ... Yet

Matt Cantor — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:23:05 CDT

Good things come to those who wait, and technology is no exception. At the Wirecutter , Brian Lam lists a few hot items not to buy yet, or you'll be kicking yourself later. TVs and home theater equipment. The reviews for the latest TVs will be available around mid-year, and Samsung's...

5 Charged for Helping Teen Sell Kidney for iPad

John Johnson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:50:00 CDT

Two notable developments in the case of a Chinese teenager from an impoverished part of the country who sold his kidney to buy an iPhone and an iPad. First, five people have been charged, including the surgeon who did the operation last year and the person who arranged it, reports...

BlackBerry Surrenders on Consumer Market

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:57:38 CDT

Struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said today it will cede most consumer markets after failing to compete with flashier touch-screen phones such as Apple's iPhone and models that run Google's Android software. Instead, RIM said it will return to its roots and focus on business customers, many of whom...

Next iPhone's Screen to Be 31% Bigger

Kevin Spak — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:05:38 CDT

Apple has started placing orders for screens for its next iPhone, and this time it's going big, according to a South Korean newspaper report picked up by Reuters . The new displays will be 4.6-inch "retina" displays, and the updated phone will launch sometime around the second quarter this year,...

Russell Brand Arrested

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:01:07 CDT

Russell Brand is a wanted man no more: He turned himself into New Orleans police today to face charges that he grabbed a paparazzo's iPhone and threw it through a window, reports the Times-Picayune . The misdemeanor warrant for simple criminal damage to property was issued last night, TMZ reports. Brand...

Siri Sucks, Lawsuit Alleges

Kevin Spak — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:36:05 CDT

A disgruntled iPhone 4S user is suing Apple for its "misleading and deceptive" advertising of Siri. In real life, the plaintiff alleges, Siri will not help you learn to play guitar, find you a restaurant, or make an appointment with nearly the aplomb depicted in Apple's commercials. More often "Siri...

Apps Can Snatch iPhone Photos, Too

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:50:41 CST

It's not only contacts that can be snatched from your cellphone by apps—photos, too, can be yanked, thanks to an Apple loophole. Once a user allows an application on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to have access to location information—to launch a mapping function, for example— the...