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Apple protesters to hold rally in New York Thursday

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:20:17 +0000

Protesters plan to hold a rally against Apple on Thursday at Apple's Grand Central Station store in New York City to protest alleged poor working conditions at factories that make Apple products. Read more...

LG offers teaser of upcoming five inch smartphone

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:50:17 +0000

LG has launched a new teaser video for an upcoming smartphone, the Optimus Vu, that will have a five inch touch screen with an unusual 4:3 aspect ratio Read more...

Logitech announces its own Touch Mouse

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:39:27 +0000

Logitech has announced plans to release the Touch Mouse M600 later this month, a PC mouse that's clearly designed to compete with Microsoft's own line of touch mouse products. Read more...

Rumor: Windows 8 Consumer Preview app list revealed?

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:27 +0000

A new rumor claims to have a list of all of the pre-installed apps that will be a part of the "Consumer Preview" version of Windows 8 when Microsoft releases it to the public late in February. Read more...

Windows 8 Consumer Preview launches Feb. 29

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:39:27 +0000

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview version will officially launch to the public on February 29 as part of Microsoft's activities at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Read more...

New Vonage mobile app takes on Skype [Update]

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:22 +0000

The broadband-based phone company Vonage has just released its first mobile app for iOS and Android devices, claiming that its international phone rates are 30 percent less than Skype. Read more...

Latest Windows 8 Consumer Preview build number: 8225?

Denis Wong — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:22 +0000

Some unclarity surrounding the inclusion of Windows Media Center in the upcoming Windows 8 Consumer Preview prompted Microsoft to do two things: reveal Media Center itself, and a build number: 8225. Read more...

Nokia to lay off 4,000 more employees by end of 2012

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:22 +0000

Nokia has announced it will lay off about 4,000 more of its employees by the end of 2012 as it makes changes to its mobile phone factories in Hungary, Mexico and Finland. Read more...

SOL: Exodus Review

Tyler Holman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:22 +0000

SOL, a space combat game in the tradition of Wing Commander and X-Wing, has some big shoes to fill. Seamless Entertainment's new game tries hard to revive the genre, but does it succeed? Read more...

Microsoft US employees raised $100 million for charity in 2011

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:46:22 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its US-based employees raised a total of just over $100 million for over 18,000 charitable organizations in 2011, setting a new record for the company. Read more...