Samsung’s UN46D800, a 46-inch 3D LED HDTV, earned 4.5 out of 5 stars in our review last year for its top-notch image quality, outstanding features, and good color in 3D scenes. As much as our reviewer liked it, however, she took issue with its $2700 list price at the time. For hot…

A worker shows a smartphone on March 2 in Toulouse at the Intel’s smartphones’ research center. STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe first smartphone powered by Intel-designed microprocessors is on saleThe Xolo X900 is available in India from today for around $423Intel is launching a new family of Core microprocessors, called Ivy BridgeIvy Bridge can…

Amped Wireless has released two WiFi-boosting USB adapters, the UA1000 and the UA2000. The two models are high-power WiFi directional adapters that can handle high-speed access and extend the range of your wireless network by up to three times the distance of standard wireless adapters. Amped Wireless claims that its…

Now that you’ve got an HDTV, you may want to start saving up for a super-high definition one. Television manufacturers, ever eager to shore up their business with new technology, are gearing up to roll out sets with so-called 4K screen resolutions. These TVs, which should start to hit store…

NEW YORK/TORONTO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has hired law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy to work out a restructuring plan that could include selling assets, seeking joint ventures or licensing patents, people briefed on the matter said. As part of the struggling Canadian smartphone maker’s strategic…

Computerworld – The PC is definitely not dead for Microsoft (and it won’t be for a long, long time), but Windows 8 might hasten its decline. On a tablet that properly supports Windows 8, the beta version of the operating system shows the careful thought that Microsoft put into its design. But…

Independent mobile ad network InMobi released its Q1 2012 Ad Data report for North America this morning, covering the mobile ad landscape for the first part of the year. Not surprisingly, the report found the top two mobile operating systems were, again, iOS and Android, each with a sizeable chunk InMobi’s…

SHANGHAI A Chinese court is mediating between Apple Inc. and the Chinese company challenging its right to use the iPad trademark, seeking to get the companies to settle an awkward standoff over the issue. The Guangdong High Court in southern China, is seeking to arrange a settlement, said Ma Dongxiao,…

For those, who have been waiting for an unlocking solution that supports iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S (CDMA+GSM) on any firmware above iOS 5.0 and also on any baseband, here’s some real good news. iPhone Dev Team’s MuscleNerd has confirmed that a Chinese researcher named Loktar_Sun has discovered a…

Foursquare hopes to launch paid search during the next two months. Merchants will be able to promote check-in deals on the platform when users search for local specials, employing the same algorithms currently used on the app’s “Explore” tab. ClickZ has confirmed the news, first reported by Advertising Age, with…