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Senator Herb Kohl expresses 'serious concerns' about Verizon's spectrum proposal

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The US Federal Communications Commission is still quizzing Verizon on its recent proposal to buy spectrum from cable companies, and now at least one member of Congress has raised concerns as well. Senator Herb Kohl has written to both the FCC and the Department of Justice, urging them to examine...

"These agreements transform Verizon and the cable companies from fierce competitors into business partners." Senator Herb Kohl

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Samsung Galaxy S III review

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How do you review a phone like the Galaxy S III? It’s already been subject to so much speculation, exposure, and early judgment — some of it coming from myself, admittedly — that it feels overwhelming to try and condense what it means to everyone into a single treatise. To Samsung, it’s the new flagship handset to keep the company ahead of every other Android OEM through 2012, for most people it’s a device that stretches the definition of the smartphone form factor, and to mobile gaming enthusiasts it’s potentially the most powerful platform yet.

Being a spec leader isn’t new to Samsung, but the Galaxy S III betrays an even loftier ambition: South Korea’s largest chaebol wants to also be known as a front runner in software. Android 4.0 is the basis upon which Samsung has built a formidable list of new and returning...

Samsung aims to extend its lead in the Android arena with the latest Galaxy S

InstaCRT is Rube Goldberg's answer to Instagram

Swedish developer Martin Ström, filmmaker Ruben Broman, and photographer Erik Wåhlström have teamed up to create a unique filter system for your iPhone images, using a real-world 1-inch CRT monitor. InstaCRT takes a typical iPhone camera image and instead of applying a software filter, it...

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First video sample from Google's Project Glass

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Although we're still not sure exactly how Google's Project Glass wearable glasses work, the company has been testing them in very public ways over the past couple of months. Google co-founder Sergey Brin showed off the glasses at a charity event in April and a bunch of Google employees have published a series of photos from an even more recent "Google Glass Walk" this week. The photos show Sergey Brin, Colby Brown, Peter Hurley, and other Google employees using the prototype glasses in public...


Samsung says Apple lawsuit didn't affect its smartphone design

Gallery Photo: Samsung Galaxy S III first hands-on

In recent weeks, some have suggested that Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphone was designed by lawyers specifically to work around Apple's ongoing patent infringement case. When the question was put to Samsung design VP Chang Dong-hoon earlier today, though, he denied any such thing. At the 2012 Seoul Digital Forum, he told reporters that the design of Samsung smartphones have not changed due to Apple's lawsuit. "Our change in smartphone design...

O2 announces Samsung Galaxy Note and Galaxy Y Olympic Games editions

Galaxy Note Olympic Edition

O2 has announced new Olympic Games editions of its Galaxy Note and Galaxy Y smartphones, which feature either the Union Jack or Team GB logo emblazoned across their back covers. The Olympic editions also include a £1 (around $1.55) contribution to Team GB athletes of the future, and the chance to win an "exclusive Team Samsung experience." The prize consists of a pair of tickets to the games, the Team GB training camp, and a "Team GB...