Redmond’s lawyers seem to have suddenly awakened from their long sleep with the sudden realization that the Google mobile operating system Android OS violates a boatload of software patents filed by Microsoft. How do you do when not identified, but Microsoft believes that the user interface elements and the underlying operating system are in violation of his rights. Very in tune with the crusade [...]

Now it’s official, HP is buying Palm! A clean and solid smartphone capable of beating Google and Apple in many areas could take early life. It is not the first time that Palm back from the dead. After the Palm PDA, Treo temporarily resurrected and WebOS arrived late, it seemed that nobody could get to save the situation. After a decline in business from Palm, and several weeks of speculation, [...]

At first look, Cignias Nao Symphony only looks like an iPod speaker. After all, it really is one. But the good thing (no, the best thing) about this system is that it can also play music from your Blackberries. This is actually the first time I have heard of an audio device made with Blackberries in mind. The Cignias Nao Symphony docks and plays your iPod and Blackberry music via the MusicNAO application [...]

ARTiGO A1100 by the new system is based on a VIA Pico-ITX motherboards, featuring low power consumption and small size (46 x 99 x 52 mm), ideal as a low-cost solution for playback of multimedia titles in high definition . Behind this system is a VIA Nano Processor operating frequency of 1.2 GHz VIA VX855 chipset, combined with the VIA Chrome9 HCM DX9 3D support for DirectX 9.0 graphics libraries, [...]

Normally, I am not a big fan of wood-painted, varnished plastic. I usually cough them up as classless and cheap. But this set of speakers though makes me think otherwise. After all, if I don’t want to pay too much for something that will go out of style, then the Block Speakers might just be something I should let myself indulge.