Microsoft’s ‘buy a PC, get a free Xbox 360′ deal returns for students on May 20th
Microsoft is announcing the return of its buy a PC and get a free Xbox 360 deal for students this week. Students in the US who purchase a qualifying PC worth $699 or more at certain retailers will get a 4GB Xbox 360...
Microsoft PSA: upgrade to Windows Phone 7.5 if you want to keep using Marketplace
Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on its work to require Windows Phone 7.5 to buy, download, or update apps from the Marketplace. The company previously warned in April that users would need to upgrade to Windows Phone 7....
O2 rolling out 42Mbps 3G to ‘major’ British cities
UK mobile network operator O2 has confirmed it is currently rolling out a variant of DC-HSPA which will support connections of up to 42Mbps. Although the dual-cell HSPA technology can support impressive speeds, the technology will...
Best Buy founder and chairman Richard Schulze resigns following internal investigation
Best Buy founder and chairman Richard Schulze will resign from the company next month following an internal probe. The latest high profile departure from Best Buy follows a resignation from former CEO Brian Dunn in April, related ...
Samsung announces Omnia M Windows Phone handset, arriving in Europe initially
Samsung has announced its latest Windows Phone handset today, the Omnia M. Featuring a 1GHz processor, 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 4GB of storage, and just 384MB of RAM — the Omnia M appears to be Samsung's latest low-end...
Nokia Reading for Windows Phone rolling out this week to UK, France, Germany, and others
Nokia's Reading for Windows Phone app is rolling out to select markets this week, exclusively on the company's range of Lumia handsets. France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and the UK will receive the app first, with other count...
Adobe Creative Cloud now available for $49.99 per month, includes access to Creative Suite 6 and Adobe Muse
Adobe's Creative Cloud service launches today, providing an end-to-end service that grants access to all of Adobe's professional tools for a $49.99 monthly fee. Creative Cloud includes the latest CS6 releases of Photoshop, Indesig...
Sony reports net loss of $3.2 billion for Q4 2011, annual loss of $5.7 billion
Sony announced its consolidated financial results for its fiscal year today, reporting a record annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5.7 billion). The company's final quarter of the year saw it report a loss of 255 billion yen ($3.2 b...
Microsoft addresses 23 flaws and additional Duqu attack vectors in May Patch Tuesday
Microsoft originally addressed a vulnerability, that allowed the Duqu malware to operate, around five months ago, but the company says it has patched additional attack vectors during this month's Patch Tuesday. There's seven bulle...
Nokia announces exclusive Lumia Windows Phone apps: PGA Tour, ESPN, Groupon, and more
Nokia kicked off its CTIA 2012 announcements with a range of new app partnerships today. The Finnish smartphone maker has partnered with PGA Tour to bring the popular game to its range of Lumia Windows Phone devices from June 2012...
Exclusive: Kinect Play Fit to offer universal exercise tracking with ‘Joule’ heart rate monitor
Microsoft is preparing to update its Xbox 360 dashboard software to include a cross-application exercise tracking system, according to our sources. Kinect Play Fit will allow Xbox gamers to track their exercise across most Kinect ...
SkyDrive for Windows Phone updated to version 2.0, includes multi-select and permissions options
Microsoft has updated its Windows Phone SkyDrive application to reflect some of the recent changes in the web version of the company's free online cloud storage service. Version 2.0 of SkyDrive for Windows Phone now includes a mul...
