Posts by Julius Manialong

Sony announces a slimmer, thinner PS3

Sony announces a slimmer, thinner PS3

Japanese electronics giant Sony has confirmed rumors of a slimmer PlayStation 3 with the announcement of a new model at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The new PlayStation 3 model is now 20 percent lighter …

Samsung to sue Apple for iPhone 5’s LTE capabilities

Samsung to sue Apple for iPhone 5’s LTE capabilities

Just days away from the unveiling of Apple’s brand new iPhone, Korean competitor Samsung has announced that they will be suing the Cupertino-based company over the LTE technology. A report from a Korean source notes …

iPhone made $150 billion in revenue, says analyst

iPhone made $150 billion in revenue, says analyst

It has been almost five years since the world was shocked with the unveiling of the iPhone, and according to an analyst, the world’s first ever “smart” phone has generated a very impressive $150 billion …

HTC shuts down operations in Brazil

HTC shuts down operations in Brazil

Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC announced on Friday that it will be pulling out its operations in Brazil due to poor performance that resulted in a decline in shares in the smartphone market. The company said …

Nokia-exclusive The Dark Knight Rises trailer launched

Nokia-exclusive The Dark Knight Rises trailer launched

In an effort to build anticipation for one of the most highly-awaited blockbusters of the year and to somehow promote its new Lumia 900 smartphone, Nokia has released an exclusive trailer for the movie The …

Xbox 720 to come with Kinect 2 and AR glasses

Xbox 720 to come with Kinect 2 and AR glasses

Details about Microsoft’s next-generation video game console has been seen in an internal document that has been leaked and are now circulating online. According to the 56-page document, which was dated in 2010, the next-gen …

Microsoft unveils new Xbox Music and SmartGlass

Microsoft unveils new Xbox Music and SmartGlass

Microsoft Corp. has unveiled the new SmartGlass streaming app and the new Xbox Music service at the company’s press conference in this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). In the company’s goal to make the Xbox …

Google pays tribute to Moog creator Bob Moog

Google pays tribute to Moog creator Bob Moog

Internet search giant Google Inc. celebrates the 78th birth anniversary of Robert ‘Bob’ Moog, an American electrical engineer, with an interactive Google Doodle. Bob Moog is the father of the modern electronic synthesizer and in …

Microsoft quietly opens new social network

Microsoft quietly opens new social network

Software giant Microsoft has quietly launched the new So.cl, a social networking site that is specifically designed for students. Although a social network service, the company clarified that the website is not meant to compete …

Chrome takes over IE as the number 1 browser

Chrome takes over IE as the number 1 browser

For the first time, Google Chrome has become the most popular Web browser in the world, edging out Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, according to the latest data from StatCounter. After years of climbing up the browser …