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If you are a mobile phone fan like me, so far CTIA has been a bit disappointing.  Two phones that I have been looking forward to fondling are reportedly major duds and have each earned a “don’t touch with a 10 foot pole” warning.  It is up to Google and… Continue Reading »

AT&T has announced two new Windows 6.5 phones that they are adding to their mobile lineup: the Pure and the Tilt 2, both produced by HTC.  The phones have all of the features that have been announced earlier for the new Windows Mobile OS.  This includes My Phone backup, IE… Continue Reading »

With the economy still on a downturn, tech retailers are preparing for the upcoming holiday season by offering a variety of cheap gadgets.  With no hot new must have gadget this year and consumers not as willing to snap up pricey gadgets, retailers are hoping that cheap gadgets will have… Continue Reading »

New rumored details emerged today about tablets from two competitors: Apple and Microsoft.  iLounge says they have 10 new pieces of info on Apple’s tablet while Gizmodo seems to have received yet another exclusive video detailing what Microsoft is thinking.  The two are at opposite ends of the tablet spectrum… Continue Reading »

There have been quite a few security issues in the news this past week.  Let’s take a look at some of the top stories:  Hackers wasted no time in exploiting the release of the much anticipated MMS functionality for the iPhone.  AT&T finally made it available on Friday (September 25,… Continue Reading »

I finally got around to checking out the Zune HD yesterday.  Like everyone else, I hit up my local Walmart’s newly refurbished electronic area; no special press access for me, thanks.  I like to think of it not as a snub from MS, but more along the lines that Ballmer… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover Microsoft’s leaked Courier tablet PC and Pink phones; Netflix’s plans to be on the Wii, PS3, and everywhere else; and the Intel Developer Forum. Continue Reading »

The world of tech is filled of business decisions that could only be fueled by some kind of drug-induced lunacy.  This is the column that calls out the companies that might need to hit rehab.  Today, we’re looking at you, Palm, Microsoft, Verizon, and Intel. Continue Reading »

Microsoft gets a lot of flack for not following web standards in Internet Explorer.  In the past couple of years, MS has made an active move to become more standards compliant.  If you downloaded the latest version of Firefox, you may have seen the HTML5 video tag in action.  It… Continue Reading »

Yesterday, I got on Microsoft’s case regarding using a stylus as the means to input data in their Courier project.  Today, I am still on the job questioning whether Microsoft has gone completely insane or just lost their way.  The purported new Pink phones, leaked by Gizmodo, suggest a road… Continue Reading »