By Jon Rettinger |
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook has finally hit store shelves, and it’s time for the inevitable comparisons to begin. While there are several tablets for it to compete with in the market already, of course the first one everyone will think of is Apple’s iPad 2 as…
By Joey Davidson |
In possibly one of the worst weeks in the recent gaming release calendar, the PlayStation Network on the PS3 has gone down. Gamers looking to launch the multiplayer portions of LittleBigPlanet 2, Killzone 3, Mortal Kombat and Portal 2 are, basically, out of luck. Outages…
By Sean P. Aune |
Could a Google ad have let the cat out of the bag that the HTC Sensation is launching on June 8th? Doing a search on Google last night for the HTC Sensation yielded the following Google AdWords advertisement according to TmoNews: We’ve tried duplicating the…
By Sean P. Aune |
As more and more tablets come to market, making a decision of which one is right for you is becoming increasingly difficult. We’ve put together a tablet comparison chart that will hopefully ease some of your decision making headaches. While the iPad and iPad 2…
By Adriana Lee |
This just in: Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the upcoming availability of the Droid Charge. Once known as the Droid Stealth, the 4G/LTE Android 2.2 smartphone — Samsung’s first — will launch on April 28 for $299.99 (on contract). TechnoBuffalo was among the first to…
By Adriana Lee |
Introduction Name: Adriana Lee aka: @Adra_La Position: Lifestyle Editor What I Do in the Herd Cover modern lifestyle, tech culture and communications, entertainment, and service pieces, along with gadget news, op-eds, and anything else Jon, Noah or Sean tell me to do. Best Thing About Being in the Herd:…
By Emily Price |
It’s that time of year again, when we get to check out quarterly results from all the tech companies we talk about everyday. Yesterday we heard from Apple, and today we’ve found out how Verizon did in the first quarter of 2011. Verizon has activated…
By Noah Kravitz |
Samsung announced some TV-related goodies at IFA last week, including an on-demand 3D channel and an interesting-sounding update to their existing remote control app for Android devices. The update, which SlashGear reports will be available within the next month or so, will allow owners of…
By Noah Kravitz |
Next Wednesday, April 27th, I’ll be part of a panel discussion at the Second Annual AppNation conference and expo in San Francisco. My panel is entitled, “So Many Apps, So Little Time” and will likely involve the CEOs of Appia and appbackr and the newly…
By Jon Rettinger |
As the name would suggest, there is much more than meets the eye with the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. The tablet’s spec sheet reads nearly identical to its biggest Android-powered competitor, the Motorola Xoom. Both are powered by NVIDIA’s incredibly capable dual-core Tegra 2 processor,…
By Adriana Lee |
Vintage Buffalo is a new 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…
By Emily Price |
This morning a story hit the web indicating that iPhones and 3G iPads regularly record the location of your device in a hidden file. Locations and the time stamps for when you’re at those locations have reportedly been stored on devices since the release of…
By Emily Price |
Q2 of 2011 was good for Apple, with the company reporting a whopping $24.6 billion in revenue in its quarterly earnings call this afternoon. The $24.6 billion in revenue is a record for Apple, as is its quarter net profit of $5.99 billion, or $6.40…
By Joey Davidson |
The Last Guardian and the Team Ico Collection (including HD versions of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus) for the PS3 have been delayed to unspecified dates. The HD collection was supposed to serve as the fanfare leading up to the release of The Last…
By Sean P. Aune |
Toshiba unveiled its first tablet running Android 3.0 Honeycomb in Japan today, the Regza AT300. Priced at 60,000JPY (US$723), the tablet is due for release this June in Japan, but no word on international releases as of yet. For those of you who follow Toshiba…
By Adriana Lee |
Looking at the recent spate of news, it sure does seem like a good time to be a T-Mobile customer. Today, a troika of Android goodies is hitting Magenta, namely the Froyo-packing G2x and Sidekick 4G smartphones, plus the G-Slate, the second Honeycomb-sporting tablet to hit the market.…
By Emily Price |
A new generation of iMacs may be on the way. Supplies of the popular all-in-one computer are reportedly dwindling, a practice that usually occurs right before a line is updated. According to a 9to5Mac tipster, supplies are tight in most markets, with one large market…
By Jon Rettinger |
After much waiting and anticipating, RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook has finally landed on store shelves. The companies first entry in the tablet world just launched, and I’ve got one ready for the unboxing. Not familiar with PlayBook? Here are some fast facts to get you started.…
By Emily Price |
Soon you’ll be able to borrow books from your local library to read on your Kindle. Today Amazon announced Kindle Lending Library, a feature that will give Kindle owners access to books from 11,000 libraries across the United States on their Kindle, or any other…
By Joey Davidson |
A Twitter user sent a message to TechnoBuffalo’s own Jon Rettinger (@Jon4Lakers) containing a simple link to an image. No description, no explanation, just the image. That image is the one you see to the right. Click the image itself to be linked to a…
By Joey Davidson |
Portal 2 launched on Steam, PS3 and 360 yesterday, April 19th, 2011. Leading up to the title’s launch, incredible critic reviews started streaming in from most larger online publications. Portal 2, by those numbers and opinions, was a fantastic sequel that lived up to, and…
By Emily Price |
Another day, another iPhone 5 rumor. Reuters is reporting this morning that the iPhone 5 will begin shipping in September. According to “three people with direct knowledge of the company’s supply chain” production of the next version of the phone will begin in July and…
By Adriana Lee |
I may be a tech enthusiast, but sometimes I like visiting the analog world. That might be why, despite the increasing availability of content — via broadcast, VHS and cable TV at first, then DVD, Blu-Ray and video-on-demand (VOD) — I still go out to…
By Jack McGrath |
Featuring a mix of incredibly hilarious dialogue and innovative, mind-bending gameplay mechanics, the original Portal was a stand-out portion of The Orange Box. Though it was an extremely memorable title, its brevity ultimately hurt the experience. With Portal 2, Valve Software is attempting to recreate…
