Speculation

Entertainment

SageTV Acquisition Could Aid Fledgling Google TV With Potential DVR-Style Devices

3:00AM June 20, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Google’s not saying much about it, but one can’t help but think the company’s late-week acquisition of open-source home theatre and DVR software developer SageTV is related to its struggling Google TV offering. More »


Entertainment

Rumour Has Microsoft Announcing TV Service At E3

9:00AM June 6, 2011 | Owen Good

I love the weekends before E3. I’ve worked four. You get everything in the tips jar—yesterday we got one that said Half-Life 2: Episode 3 would be a Wii 2 launch title. It was too earnest to be a troll. More »


Mobile

Leaked: iPhone 5 Case Shows Edge-to-Edge Screen, Displaced Camera Flash

4:40AM May 15, 2011 | Jack Loftus

A site that’s made a name for itself as a leaker of legitimate Apple prototypes and near-complete devices has done it again, leaking an iPhone 5 case that shows a bigger screen and a different flash location. More »


Entertainment

Will Zune Be Reborn As A Handheld Xbox?

7:15AM February 16, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Microsoft’s Zune media player never really caught fire, or generated much heat at all. And while Microsoft appears committed to Zune’s services and features, ZDNet speculates that Zune as we know it isn’t long for this world. More »


Computing

Rumour: HTC Flyer Tablet Launching March?

10:20PM January 20, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

According to the always-rumourmongering, often-incorrect Taiwanese publication Digitimes, HTC’s got three tablets for the first half of 2011, with the first launching in the US in March. More »


Computing

Bevy Of Ambiguous iPad Placeholders Appear At Best Buy

2:00AM January 17, 2011 | Jack Loftus

So there’s a new iPad coming soon. Apparently. The speculation surrounding this mystery pad, with its new slots and slimmer profile, is pretty noisy, but Best Buy—bless their little blue and yellow hearts—just made it a little louder. More »


Software

Rumour: Mac App Store Launching Tomorrow

7:59AM January 6, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Loop is reporting that Apple’s Mac App Store will launch at noon EST (4am AEDT) tomorrow. The January 6 launch date has more or less been confirmed by multiple reports, but Jim Dalrymple has sources telling him that Apple will flip the switch when they begin their work day on the West Coast. The Mac App Store will give OS X users a similar sandbox environment to find and download apps for the operating system. [The Loop]


Computing

What’s Microsoft Really Doing With ARM-Based Tablets?

8:46AM December 22, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Bloomberg reported today that Microsoft is busy porting Windows to the ARM-based chips that dominate the smartphone and tablet market. If true, that would likely mean no possibility of future WP7 tablets. Which sounds unlikely! Here’s a better bet. Updated. More »


Mobile

Will iPhone 5 Include Free Navigation For Everyone?

8:09AM December 18, 2010 | Brian Barrett

One of the major things Android can hold over the iPhone’s head? Access to awesome, free navigation. Although according to a recent job listing, Apple may be ready to give iPhone buyers free navigation of their own. Let’s speculate! More »


Apple May Have Bought Out The Designers Of iMuffs

3:32PM November 9, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Rumour is that Apple bought out a small Bluetooth wireless headphone designer about two months ago. The company went by the name Wi-Gear, made a product called iMuffs and is now mysteriously out of business. More »