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Google Digs Up Old Direct-Sales Nexus Strategy May 16, 2012 
Two years after its initial attempt to sell Nexus smartphones directly to consumers flopped, Google is apparently trying to revive the strategy. This time, though, it's added a few new touches. It's going to work with up to five device manufacturers at a time to create a portfolio of Nexus-line devices that include smartphones and tablets.
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The BBC's Olympian Streaming Ambitions May 16, 2012 
Today in international tech news: The BBC unveils plans to stream all 2,500 hours of the Summer Olympics. Elsewhere, Apple has reportedly engaged in talks with China Mobile, the world's biggest phone company, about teaming up to offer the iPhone; a criminal gets busted in Columbia for failing to log out of Facebook; and a report suggests most computer users in the world have acquired pirated wares.
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iTV: Not If but What May 11, 2012 
Terry Gou, chief of Foxconn, has confirmed that Apple has an iTV in the works. The news, which instantly sent the consumer electronics industry into a tizzy, came in an article focused on the company's plans to expand into e-commerce and distribution. Yes, an iTV is coming, according to Gou, who dropped a few details about the product, even though neither development nor manufacturing has begun.
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Dish Offers New Ad-Vanishing DVR Service May 11, 2012 
Dish Network began offering a new service Thursday that lets users skip all commercials for shows broadcast on major networks when watched the day after the programming first aired. Dubbed "Auto Hop," the feature on Dish Network's digital video recorders allows users to bypass commercials on recorded HD prime-time programs from ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC.
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Dutch Officials Do Battle With Pirate Hordes May 11, 2012 
Today in international tech news: The Netherlands takes its blockade of The Pirate Bay a step further, ordering links and access tips be removed from the Net. Elsewhere, streaming service Ustream is attacked in an apparent attempt to cripple feeds coming out of Russia, data roaming charges in the EU get set to plunge, and China's Internet censors try to mute 70 million people.
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Rumored Merger Could Give T-Mobile a Shot in the Arm May 10, 2012 
Deutsche Telekom is rumored to be pursuing a merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS Communications. How the merger may be executed appears to be a moving target at the moment. It could take the form of a stock-swap, giving Deutsche Telekom control of the combined entity, or it could be an initial public offering. Deutsche Telekom reportedly is considering an outright sale of T-Mobile as well.
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Sprint's New Tri-Fi Hotspot Finds a Signal Any Which Way It Can May 10, 2012 
Sprint is launching a new type of mobile hotspot -- the Sierra Wireless 4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot, the first device that will convert LTE, WiMAX and 3G networks into a WiFi signal. Via the portable device, users can access three networks -- Sprint's CDMA 3G network, its WiMax 4G network and its upcoming LTE 4G network.
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Will Apple or Google Buy Sprint to Break Into the Wireless Network Biz? May 10, 2012 
Recently, I gave a speech at a company and one of the executives raised an interesting question: Will Apple or Google -- or both -- enter the wireless networking fray, just as both have become competitors in the smartphone side of the business? I believe the answer is yes. How is the question.
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Genachowski Promises Spectrum Solutions May 08, 2012 
Returning to New Orleans for the first time since the Big Easy was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the International CTIA Wireless 2012 trade show kicked off with a unified call for more spectrum. "Like New Orleans, we are moving forward," said Steve Largent, president and CEO of CTIA-The Wireless Association, in Tuesday's opening keynote addresses.
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Big Red Picks Color for New Video Venture May 07, 2012 
Verizon Wireless has reportedly entered a multi-year partnership with Color, the mobile social network company launched last year by serial entrepreneur Bill Nguyen of Lala fame. Color offers an app for the iPhone and Android that lets users broadcast live video clips 30 seconds long to their Facebook friends.
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Angry Birds, Mad Money May 07, 2012 
Today in international tech news: The makers of "Angry Birds" report crazy numbers. Meanwhile, Evernote seeks approval from Beijing to open up a data center in China, a step that could help the data-storage giant tap into the world's largest market but also -- if history is any indication -- subject it to government intervention.
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Who's Afraid of a Big Bad Hacking Story? May 07, 2012 
It's been a cheerily good spring for FOSS fans here in the Linux blogosphere, so we may perhaps be forgiven for our utter shock and disbelief at the affront recently committed against us by a certain brick-and-mortar purveyor of books and magazines. Barnes & Noble yanked the very excellent Linux Format magazine from its U.S. shelves -- apparently because of a cover story on the topic of "hacking."
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Nvidia Levels Up With New Gaming Graphics Card May 04, 2012 
A new video card from Nvidia or competitor AMD isn't usually all that newsworthy, but when the latest card arrives with eight Graphics Processing Clusters, and a total of 4 GB of GDDR5 video memory that runs at 6.008 GHz over two 256-bit memory, that is enough for hard-core enthusiasts to take pause. For everyone else, the release of a video card that carries a price point just under $1,000 will certainly draw attention.
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Shazam Encore Pretty Much Nails 'Name That Tune' May 04, 2012 
I think I may have asked Shazam Encore to do the impossible. I had downloaded the app just before a planned lunch that included a sojourn to my neighborhood car wash -- which conveniently features a simple Mexican eatery. Sitting on the bench in the shade after the nosh, I detected the faint yet unmistakable tinkling sound of elevator music above the roar of the blowing drier. "Aha," I thought, wits about me, "Shazam reckons it can identify songs instantly?"
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Waiting for Apple to Charge the Gates of TV Land May 04, 2012 
Speculation about Apple producing a television set that will revolutionize how we watch entertainment at home has been percolating for months, as has the arrival time for the super set. Initially, it was predicted to arrive in time for the 2011 holiday season; then it was going to share the stage with the new iPad in 2012; and when that didn't happen, it was pushed to sometime in 2012 or the first half of 2013.
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RIM's Loyal Following May Have Doomed It May 04, 2012 
Research In Motion's investors did not seem pleased with the company's latest endeavor, BlackBerry 10, which CEO Thorsten Heins unveiled at its BlackBerry World 2012 conference in Orlando, Fla., earlier this week. As the new operating system made its debut, the device maker's stock dropped on the Toronto Stock Exchange approximately 15 percent -- a decline the company could ill afford, as its share value has been steadily falling for the last year.
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Microsoft Pins $99 Price Tag on Xbox Bundle May 03, 2012 
Microsoft is reportedly planning to release its Xbox 360 bundle beginning next week for $99. If rumors are to be believed, it could rival a TV infomercial's promise -- "but wait, there's more" -- by including the Kinect motion control sensor with a 4 GB version of the game console. However, as with the infomercials, there is fine print, which in this case details a monthly subscription fee of $15.
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The Shape of Wireless Things to Come May 03, 2012 
Congratulations to Samsung on earning the No. 1 position in the wireless smartphone sector. On the other hand, what is the problem at Nokia and RIM? What is happening? What other earthshaking changes can we expect in the wireless space next? Plenty. We are just getting started. So who and what will lead going forward? Things change quickly -- and this is just the beginning.
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