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Transferring files from your digital video camera to your computer will happen in an instant as USB enters a new generation.
The head of the USB Implementers Forum, Jeffery Ravencraft, said last month that USB had become the standard for connecting devices to computers. He said the formation of the USB 3.0 Promoter Group would help [...]

Google Inc said on Monday it would offer a software system to make the Internet work as smoothly on mobile phones as it does on computers, seeking to spur change in a tightly controlled industry.
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In its long-rumored entry into the mobile phone market, the [...]

In an apparent about-face, Apple Inc. will allow third-party applications to work directly on the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a posting on the company’s Web site Wednesday.

Apple infuriated developers and some iPhone users when it issued a software update Sept. 27 that disabled unofficial programs installed on the handsets.
Until Wednesday, Apple had [...]

Japan’s largest electronics show, Ceatec, was certainly no let down this month. It provided visitors a chance to catch some world-first technology, like a 3-millimeter thick TV, a laptop with super-charged graphics processing and new high-def video recorders.
The show has grown greatly over the last few years and this year hit a milestone: attendance of [...]

Did you think Apple’s new $600 iPhone was expensive? You’re not even close. The world’s most expensive cell phones can cost as much as a luxurious apartment in the center of Paris. Here are some of them:
10. Gresso Black Aura Collection - approximately $13.000

Gresso phones are made out of 200 year-old black African wood. The [...]

Sony Corp. said it will launch an ultra-thin flat TV in December, the world’s first television based on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology into an $82 billion market dominated by LCD and plasma models.
OLED panels are energy efficient, make thin and light displays. They offer crisp pictures and have strength in showing fast-moving images, suitable [...]

Users are reporting that a new update to Apple Inc.’s iPhone is making previously unlocked iPhones unusable.
The iPhone 1.1.1 update, released Thursday, breaks phones that have been hacked so that they work with providers other than AT&T Inc., the only U.S. provider Apple has allowed to carry its mobile phones.
In recent months, a number of [...]

Last month the rumor got around that Sony was prepping another attempt at regaining some market share in the mp3 player market. According to the early leaks the device would use physical movement as its interface and would be shaped like an egg.
A couple of days ago Sony gave the world the first clear look [...]

Sony unveiled at this year’s E3 the second iteration of its PlayStation Portable handheld gaming system. Today, Sony announced the North American availability of the new PSP hardware that is slimmer and lighter than the previous system.
While there have been three different packages of the new PSP, all of which wear the model number of [...]

Apple updated its iMac computers with a slimmer design, faster chips and glossy screens, hoping to further propel sales that already outpace the rest of the PC industry.
The desktop computers now have aluminum casings, replacing the white plastic facade that has defined the computer lineup for years. The new iMacs will come in only 20-inch [...]