It's no secret that Google and China aren't the best of friends. Google Maps has run into trouble with the Communist regime over licensing issues. The Chinese government has threatened Google with prosecution if it doesn't acquire and comply with requisite licensing to map the territories of the People's Republic ... Continue Reading

Google has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government.  It looks like they were excluded on a contract.  Reuters is reporting that the meat and potatoes of the complaint filed Friday is "...government abused its discretion and acted in a manner that was "arbitrary and capricious" by only considering sales proposals ... Continue Reading

Crazy, right? With the impossible-to-ignore iPad 3G starting at just $629 (and the iPad Wi-Fi at only $630 in Verizon's own stores when bundled with a MiFi), America's largest carrier is actually planning to hawk Samsung's Galaxy Tab for... $599.99. It's an almost unbelievable price point, and unlike the ... Continue Reading

Amateur historians and lovers of the Aramaic language, you are in for a treat: It looks like Google has hashed out a deal with the Israeli Antiquities Authority to scan the complete Dead Sea Scrolls using multi-spectral imaging technology developed by NASA, and place them online for ... Continue Reading

Archos swore that this one was set to ship in "mid-October," which means that the pre-order link at Amazon should switch over in a matter of nanoseconds, minutes or hours. For those in need of a refresher, the Archos 43 is an Android-based portable media player with ... Continue Reading

We know Google mentioned it would be a "good citizen" and allow Hulu to block its browser ID, but that doesn't mean you have to be one too. By default, accessing the website from a Google TV device yields a prompt hoping you'll wait for the two to work out ... Continue Reading

It seems like launching a battalion of new handsets over the past month wasn't enough for HTC, so today the company's rolling out yet another option for European mobile phone buyers. Americans will already be familiar with the Gratia from their experience with AT&T's Aria, which ... Continue Reading

In the playful world of Google, it looks like Ice Cream will come after Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Let me explain. One of the charms of Google’s Android mobile platform is that the company names each release after a dessert, in alphabetical order. The custom began in May 2009 with the ... Continue Reading

Based on breathless reports we're seeing on Twitter and in the XDA-Developers' forums, it would appear that Samsung has just pushed out the official Android 2.2 Froyo update for its Galaxy S as promised. Our Nordic friends are the first to report seeing the build I9000 JPM update ... Continue Reading

It is being reported that the Sprint version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is set to launch right around November 14. How about pricing? Well, we’ve also been told the 7-inch tablet will sell for $399 with a 2-year agreement and $599 full retail. That’s all ... Continue Reading