More T-Mobile USA Subscribers Flee
According to the 4th Quarter numbers, T-Mobile remained in the 4th place position, behind AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint. While the top 3 carriers gained customers, T-Mobile lost 318,000 contract-based subscribers. The losses have not been well received at Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Mobile's parent company. T-Mobile said the decline was due to competition and to revised credit standards for customers. Comments
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Other World Computing Ships Monster 12TB Desktop Drive
If you are one of those professionals who just can't ever have enough storage, I think Other World Computing may have just solved your storage problems for the foreseeable future. OWC has introduced the QX2 series, featuring a 12TB desktop hot-swappable RAID drive available in four interfaces. The QX2, which retails for $2,200, is comprised of four 3TB HDDs, all situated in hot-swappable drive bays, so replacing a bum disk is quite easy. Comments
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Tiny Wings the Next Big iPhone Game
A new challenger to Angry Birds was launched quietly last week and is topping out the download list this week. Tiny Wings is the creation of developer Andreas Illiger and has managed to knock Angry Birds off its number one perch by word of mouth advertising only. Comments
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Motorola Sued Over Use of Xoom Name
The Xoom Corporation is suing Motorola for trademark infringement along with a host of other charges over the newly released Xoom tablet. The California based company is requesting a restraining order for Motorola using the Xoom name pending a trial and is seeking damages. Motorola has "created a false association" between the Xoom tablet and Xoom Corp., an association that does not exist, the filing said. Comments
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Bloomberg Launching Daily Live Tech TV
Beginning Monday, Bloomberg West debuts on the air to 250 million people around the world. The daily news show will focus on technology, innovation and business topics. The live hour long broadcast will run at 3pm and 8pm Pacific time and be hosted by Emily Chang and Cory Johnson. Comments
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Firefox 4 Beta 12 Build Released
Get it while it's hot. The 12th version of beta has been released and confirmed to be the last beta prior to the introduction of the release candidate. Now I seem to remember hearing the same rhetoric about the last beta release, but the bug count is now down to four that haven't been patched. You better hurry and download the Beta quickly, the RC is right on its heels. After this, we're in RC mode, constantly watching the nomination queues for incoming bugs from this last beta. Comments
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Nintendo 3-D Handheld Goes on Sale in Japan
Today was the first day of sales for the new Nintendo 3DS, a glasses-free 3D gaming system. Nintendo is confident the new system will be the first mass marketed 3D device, indicating the prospect for large scale sales. The company also predicts the sale of 4 million units through the end of March, a pretty hefty claim considering the time frame availability in the US and Europe. The Nintendo 3DS, which costs 25,000 yen ($300) in Japan, goes on sale in Europe on March 25 for 250 euros, and arrives in the U.S. on March 27 for $250. Comments
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Firefly: Gaining Momentum for Resurrection?
This is definitely not tech news other that the fact it deals with science fiction, but techies, geeks and nerds are the backbone of this possible revival. If you have been under living under a rock, Firefly was a 12 episode phenomenon that just will not go away. The show was briefly brought back into mainstream consciousness as the movie Serenity in 2005. "If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to Firefly, make it on my own, and distribute it on the internet," he said when asked if he would join the cast again if given the chance. Comments
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Epic Makes Unreal Engine Available for Free
Epic Games has made the Unreal Development Kit available to small developers for free. The kit previously has been available for $99 with a cap of $5K in revenues. The new offer raises that to figure to $50K, making it affordable for developers of 'casual' games to get more creative without the usual financial constraints. Under the new rules, developers are not required to pay royalties on revenue earned from the use of the kit until revenue exceeds $50,000, according to Epic Vice President Mark Rein. Comments
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Avast 6 Leaves Beta, Adds New Features
One of the leading free antivirus programs has been upgraded from Beta status. Avast 6 promises faster operation while adding new features that include AutoSandBox, WebRep, Site Blocking and several more improvements on existing applications. Avast 6 free edition is now available for download Version 6.0 also introduces genuine 64-bit support for Windows 7 and Vista (but not XP, which remains 32-bit only). Comments
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24 Geeky Wisconsin Protest Signs
Politics aside, not only have the hardcore protesters shown up at the state capital, it has also attracted the usual fringe element of geeks and nerds wishing to express their opinions in their usual warped ways. Some of these guys have come up with some really great outlets for getting their messages across. Comments
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First Robot Marathon Kicks off in Osaka
If you have nothing to do for the next couple of days and are easily entertained, the robot marathon might just be your thing. The marathon began two days ago and is expected to finish up tomorrow, so there are many thrills and spills left for all of you robot obsessed individuals. Obviously the Japanese are very easily entertained. Comments
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Anonymous Takes Down Westboro
Westboro Baptist Church isn't well known for making good decisions and that was proven this week when they decided to tweak the nose of Anonymous, the invisible hacktivist group. It seems the whole affair was staged by WBC as a publicity stunt that went very, very wrong for them. Westboro Baptist Church started a smear campaign against Anonymous and insisted that their message could not be silenced. In the words of WBC: "Bring it." Comments
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Apple No Longer Thinks Differently?
Mark Gibbs over at NetworkWorld is having a problem with Apple's business paradigm of late and is not afraid to express his views. Gone are the days when Apple was the underdog and the friend of their nonconformist customers, only to be replaced by profit driven bottom lines. Say it ain't so, Mark. Say it ain't so. Face it Mark, Apple has become an adult in the computer world. Prior to 2003, the year Apple launched iTunes, the company was ... well, hardly humble ... but they were rather more modest. They believed in themselves, sure, maybe with what you might call "a passion," but their arrogance was centered on the idea that they made better products and served their customers better than the competition. Comments
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IT Graduates Not 'Well-Trained'
A recent survey of employers finds IT graduates lacking in needed skill sets to run IT departments. The survey indicates the problem doesn't necessarily lie with the graduates themselves, rather with the learning institution and their curriculums. The study found nearly 4 out of 10 respondents report that their IT hires are not sufficiently prepared to perform jobs within their companies. Comments
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AMD Radeon HD 6990 "Antilles" Sneek Peek
It is here in our hands and it screams. "Performance!" The wait is nearly over as AMD's next generation "Antilles" video card sporting two high performance GPUs on a single printed circuit board is in our hands. We comment on our gameplay experiences in Dragon Age II in Triple-Display Eyefinity.
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There have been rumors for a while now that the iPhone 5 would feature a 4-inch display in order to compete with the various larger Android and Windows phones already available. Now, there's a leaked image that shows what the front of such a device might end up looking like. 
