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What’s the best idea for a company many think is on its last legs? Why, jump into a pretty niche market you have no experience in and see what happens! Why doesn’t everyone do this? RIM (Research In Motion) is rumored to be looking at building some sort of media streaming device to rival the Apple TV.

So why is everyone so excited about Spotify‘s way overdue launch in the U.S.? After all, we have no lack of music streaming services here. Well, it pretty much blazed a trail in Europe, where it is still hugely popular. Unfortunately, the Swedish-based music-streaming company seemingly took forever for it to negotiate the deals it

Verizon Wireless just lent us the newest, fastest, and dare I say best looking Droid to date: The Droid 3. This latest installment of the touchscreen + hard QWERTY + Android smartphone that started it all features some pretty solid specs, an updated five-row thumbboard and a SIM card slot for GSM/UMTS global roaming. Droid

Minecraft has become the little game that could.  For a game still in “beta,” it recently surpassed 10 million registered users, and of those, nearly three million have paid for the full version and it shows no signs of stopping. As we all know, the game is now heading for the realm of mobile, and

The Call of Duty XP convention is coming up on Sept. 2nd and 3rd in Los Angeles, and up until now most of the details just told us we could buy tickets on July 19th.  Well, the Call of Duty is all about the military, and no armed forces can operate without maps and mission

I’m not a good photographer. Certainly not the worst — I can point and shoot, and I know enough to bypass the flash whenever possible. (It tends to wash things out, and flattens an image like a virtual steam roller.) I even pay attention to things like back lighting and framing, but the nuances of

U.S. Cellular, the sixth largest carrier in the country, sure seems to be upping its profile as of late.  From announcing the rollout of an LTE network back in May, to dropping a ton of phones and tablets in our laps, the company is definitely stepping up its game in the ultra competitive world of

LauncherPro is a replacement management system for the home screens and other features on your Android phone. And, if you listen to our own Jon Quach on this, it may be the best thing since sliced bread. Check out the video and let us know what you think in the comments below!  And be sure

Uh-oh: This gaffe is so overt, it’s almost kind of embarrassing. A staffer manning the official Microsoft Imagine Cup Twitter account was understandably trying to rile up some excitement, but might’ve gone a wee bit overboard by tweeting the following: “ImagineCup finalists ALL receive Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Release!! Each student will get the phone

After what seems like an eternity, Spotify, the music service that took Europe by storm, has finally launched in the United States. There were rumors, false starts and dashed hopes aplenty when it came to if this music service would ever come to the United States, and there was even an extended exclusive private beta

When mobile phones became essential gear rather than luxury items, a funny (yet predictable) thing happened: Watches started making their way toward obsolescence. After all, who needed them when everyone had a timekeeping device in their pocket or purse at all times anyway? And so watches became redundant, and then became passé. Now however, if

Last week Skype and Facebook joined forces to bring video chat to the social network, and expanding its already pretty substantial user base. Skype officially launched in 2003, and over the past 8 years has gone through quite a few changes. The guys at Online MBA created this Infographic detailing the life of the company,

Vintage Buffalo is a weekly feature here at TechnoBuffalo where we take a look at our old gadgets, why we bought them, and what made us replace them.  Are you like us and hanging on to some gadget relics of the past? Submit your story to vintagebuffalo@technobuffalo.com be featured in a future Vintage Buffalo! Gadget:

Lately, I’ve been lucky enough to spend time with a select fleet of quality gadgets, and the Altec Lansing inMotion Air wireless Bluetooth speaker system is yet another gem in the rough. Altec Lansing has taken portable sound to the next level with the inMotion Air, for sound quality, portability, and ease of use were

Looks like law enforcement’s about to get a new tool, and it’s kicking up some privacy controversy. The MORIS iPhone link from Bi2 Technologies is a case-like accessory that snaps onto the handset to enable officers to take biometric scans in the field. Previously this kind of mobile tech was limited to military use, but

The Amazon tablet rumors just keep rolling in, but now we’re finally hearing a possible release date: Oct. According to The Wall Street Journal, and the always reliable “people familiar with the matter,” at least one tablet and two new Kindle e-readers will appear in Oct. of this year on Amazon.  Whomever it was they

PayPal unveiled functionality today that allows payments to be sent and received between two Android phones using NFC. Payments require a special PayPal widget, where you choose to either send or receive money. Making that selection and then tapping your phone against another with the same app up and running will send the dollars on

Sprint said the Motorola Photon 4G would launch in July … the last day of the month still counts, right?  The Photon 4G will pop into Sprint retail stores on the 31st of the month for $199.99 with a two-year agreement.  Sprint Premiere customers will get the opportunity to order it online starting on the 28th. This

Do you have a burning question about tech?  Well, it’s time to ask  Jon Rettinger and hear him answer one of your pressing queries on video.  Until 12 PM PST on Saturday, July 16th, leave a comment with your question for him, and then you’ll be able to see him answer them in a video

Who wants to play a real time Star Wars strategy game on a 20 foot multitouch display that pumps out 8,160×2,304 resolution? Arthur Nishimoto, a grad student at the University of Illinois’ Electronic Visualization Laboratory, came up with this enormous concept project to show off … okay, we have no idea what it is supposed to show off,