HTC Desire, Desire HD, Desire Z, and Incredible S getting Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update in Q2

In a statement to blog SlashGear, HTC let it be known that it intends to bring four European handsets up to Gingerbread (Android 2.3) in Q2 of this year. Three Desire models — the Desire, Desire HD, and Desire Z — along with the recently announced Incredible S will be getting Google’s latest and greatest mobile code. It’s nice to see HTC pushing out updates to some new, and more importantly old, handsets. Here is the company’s official statement.“We are excited to announce that the Desire...

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Geohot receives donations from Microsoft to fight against Sony

Few days ago, PS3 jailbreaker George Hotz asked for donations to cover his legal fee and fight against Sony. Geohot closed the first round of donations but it looks like Microsoft may have paid Geohot a huge amount of money to fight against SonyThe informations comes from a source who told EverythingHQ that Microsoft has played a huge part in GeoHot getting the fees he needed to defend himself against Sony in court. We already knew that Microsoft invited Geohot to jailbreak...

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After Tahrir: Egypt 2.0

Editor’s note: Guest author Seth Goldstein, @seth, is a San Francisco based angel investor and start-up entrepreneur. Christopher M. Schroeder,@cmschroed, is a Washington, D.C.- and New York-based angel investor and CEO of the online health start-uphealthcentral.com.We were in Cairo the week before Tunisia fell, meeting with dozens of Egyptian technology start-ups on behalf of the US State Dept’s Global Entrepreneurship Program. The quality of their ideas thrilled us, as did their...

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Steve Jobs may Have Just 6 Weeks to Live

As you know that Steve Jobs took another medical leave of absence earlier this year without expected return date. National Enquirer has published some photos showing Steve Jobs while going to breakfast with his wife before going to the Stanford Cancer Center in California.It says that Steve Jobs now is in a terminal condition and that no more than 6 weeks of life. Anyway there is noting to do but hope that these news aren't tr...

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Redbox is planning a Netflix-like subscription streaming movie service, could partner with Amazon or Walmart

According to Company Town, Redbox prez Mitch Lowe informed analysts yesterday that its upcoming online movie service would be subscription-based like Netflix and Hulu Plus instead of charging per-movie like iTunes, Zune or Amazon VOD (we can guess why.) Users would pay the monthly fee to stream to various devices (perhaps to the new iPhone and Android apps) and access discs at the kiosks.Lowe mentioned Redbox would have a partner in the service and while previous rumors pointed to CinemaNow, the...

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iPhone 4 Wins “Best Mobile Device” Award at Mobile World Congress 2011

Even though Apple didn’t attend MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2011, but Apple’s iPhone 4 took the top honors among all the smartphones when it was awarded “Best Mobile Device” award at the Global Mobile Awards ceremony.The nominees for the “Best Mobile Device” award included: Apple iPhone 4, Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire, LG Optimus 7 (running Windows Phone 7) and BlackBerry Torch 9800.This is what the judges had to say about iPhone 4:Great screen, sharp design, fantastic materials, and phenomenal...

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Toyota to show off iQ EV prototype, put it into production next year

Toyota has been showing off an electric vehicle concept based on its iQ ultra-compact for a couple of years now, but it looks like it's finally worked up enough confidence to actually put it into production.The first step down that road will occur at the Geneva Motor Show next month, where Toyota will show off a "near-production" prototype of its iQ EV (not necessarily the actual name), which is apparently much like its FT-EV concept, but with an improved lithium-ion battery pack that promises a...

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