Whatever the reason, “Metro” is out, and Microsoft is temporarily referring to the colorful, tiled interface of the impending flagship operating system as “Windows 8 Style UI”. That lacks flare, though, and isn’t exactly a name that captures the imagination. Microsoft needs something catchy to brand the unique interface and I’m…

Jul 31, 2012; London, United Kingdom; USA gymnast Jordyn Weiber (right) hugs Alexandra Raisman (left) following her routine on the floor exercise in the women’s gymnastics team final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports As the Olympic excitement continued in London last night,…

TORONTO (Reuters) – Research in Motion(RIM.TO) refuted on Wednesday a new round of Indian media reports, which claim that the BlackBerry maker has granted the government the encryption keys to its secure corporate email and messaging services. India is one of the Canadian smartphone maker’s few growing markets,…

A team of Japanese researchers developed a robot that may one day help answer the question on the minds of aspiring Olympic swimmers: How can I be the next Michael Phelps? Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have built what they say is the first humanoid robot that can…

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug 3 (Reuters) – Apple Inc marketing chief Phil Schiller told a jam-packed courtroom onFriday that Apple’s strategy in maintaining its market momentumis to “make the product the biggest and clearest thing inadvertising.” Schiller was the latest Apple executive to take the stand ina high-stakes U.S. patent trial…

Logitech is bringing Skype to HDTVs with its first standalone home theater Webcam, the TV Cam HD. The device is a self-contained Webcam and Skype client that sits on top of your HDTV and wirelessly accesses Skype through Wi-Fi or a wired Ethernet connection. An included remote controls the camera…

Research In Motion will release its first BlackBerry 10 smartphones in January, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins told The Telegraph, according to an interview published Aug. 2. Until now, the long-awaited platform and world-class new smartphones have been relegated to a vaguer future in “the first quarter of calendar 2013,” as Heins first The…

Technology giants Sony, LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sharp have been given slapped wrists by an antitrust watchdog in the lands down under. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the competition regulator’s fury has resulted in a marketing closure for specific televisions and Blu-ray players. The term “WiFi Ready” was used…

Madfinger Games last week announced the relaunch of its game Dead Trigger, a zombie FPS for smartphones, as a free Android app. The company blamed “unbelievably high” and “soooo giant” piracy rates on Google’s mobile platform. On Monday, the company did the same for the iOS version of its game….

It is important to note that the KDE netbook desktop is included in every KDE 4 installation but it is not the default, so you have to activate it if you want it. It works brilliantly on every netbook I have tested, with complete support out of the box for Although…