AT&T customers will finally be able to purchase their first Android phone, the Motorola Backflip, on March 7 for $100 after rebates. AT&T’s Backflip has a five megapixel camera with editing software, 3.1-inch capacitive touchscreen with WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth, and can connect to the web and the Android Market.

The Motorola Backflip has a [...]

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to hand a big victory to the cell phone industry by allocating more airwaves for mobile broadband services, reports The Washington Post and TheHill.com. But it’s unclear where the 500 megahertz of spectrum will come from.
The FCC’s goal is to make available 500 megahertz of spectrum available for [...]

Fast Company reviews some of The Tech of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Here’s a brief synopsis:

NBC’s TODAYshow will feature live, 360-degree, interactive video (Seth Wescott shares gold and Wayne Gretzky talks Olympic hockey), in a broadcast first. The 360 degree videos allow you to view the TODAY set on Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain. “This technology truly [...]

Google says it planned to build an open-access, fiber-to-the-home service, at speeds up to 1Gbps. Google’s Public Policy Blog says the project will build on their ongoing efforts to expand and improve Internet access for consumers – from our free municipal Wi-Fi network in Mountain View, CA, to their advocacy in the 700 MHz spectrum [...]

More than 60% of mobile Web pageviews are to social networking sites, according to mobile metrics startup GroundTruth, a new firm that analyzes anonymous data contributed directly by U.S. carriers.

Mobile-specific social networking sites are more popular on the mobile Web. For instance, Mocospace is the no. 4 overall mobile site, according to GroundTruth. (MySpace and [...]

UK owners of laser printers need to worry about buying ink toner cartridges, too. Even though laser printers take a long time to run out of powder. What some don’t know is that a toner is not printer ink. Toners are containers for electrically charged powdery particles encased in wax suspension. The charge of the powder in the casing is opposite the charge of the paper, making the powder to fuse with the paper’s surface. The toner cartridge simply acts as a container for the powder. To keep costs within limits, since toner cartridges can be expensive, you may want to find out about remanufactured toner cartridges. Although toner cartridges can last longer than inkjet cartridges, remanufactured toner cartridges last longer than the original cartridges. Remanufactured cartridges produce high quality print outs like the original cartridges.

There’ll be no shortage of coverage of The Big Event from Apple today. C/Net, Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Digg, JKOnTheRun, and ArsTechnica and others will be liveblogging.

The Neiman Journalism Lab will have a journalism-centric perspective. With the Apple Tablet, Print Media Hope for a Payday says the NY Times. Apple’s tablet could mark the end [...]

Canon printers are quite popular for their superb printing quality and reliability. Although you can search in many computer shops and department stores, and even online, you may not find the ink cartridges that may work perfectly with your Canon printer. First, make sure you know the right model of your printer. Second, don’t buy cartridges that are too cheap. These might ruin your printer. Third, when installing the cartridge, be careful not to scratch the cartridge’s circuit board. You can always ask help from us in case you are too busy to look for Cheap Ink Cartridges from Canon.

Proxim Wireless today announced that the state of Bolivar, Venezuela has deployed a large, integrated public safety network in Bolivar City using their wireless technology. The network, which connects both state and local police, the National Guard, state transportation and public safety agencies, utilizes Proxim’s Tsunami QuickBridge.11 radios to create a wireless video surveillance [...]