William Endo

The launch of the iPhone 4S in France and Italy might encounter a slight detour as Samsung Electronics Co. sought to stop the sale of the phone. The company aims to use the situation as leverage on a broader worldwide patent fight with Apple.

During the "Let's Talk iPhone" event in the Cupertino Campus, Epic Games reveals their latest game Infinity Blade 2. The game is exclusive to iOS 5 and can be run by the upcoming iPhone 4S, the new iPod Touch and the iPad.

At the Adobe Max event in Los Angeles, Epic Games CEO and co-founder, Tim Sweeney demonstrated the Unreal Engine 3 running in Flash during his keynote. Epic Games decided to showcase a level in "Unreal Tournament" as their tech demo.

Tthe biggest problem with the iPhone 4S is that it is an iPhone. They are now limited to thinking what they can cram into the iPhone form.

Apple's iPhone 4S, unveiled Tuesday, is a faster and more powerful version of the current model.

The iPhone is going to be all about voice. That is what the "Let's Talk iPhone" event in the Cupertino Campus is declaring while unveiling the iPhone 4S and Siri. A turnaround for smartphones which actually reduced the frequency of people talking each other on the phone because of SMS and email.

After the Apple event this Oct. 4, expect your iPhone to be smarter than the average smartphone. If the rumors about the new Assistant app for the iPhone are true, you would be thinking that finger gestures are ancient technology.

Apple Inc. has rejected Samsung's offer for a settlement to sell Samsung Galaxy Tab to the Australian market. The tablet was blocked from an Australian release because Apple has claimed that the Samsung Galaxy has copied the design of their iPad and iPhone designs.

HTC's first tablet, the HTC Flyer, was given a price slash from UK retailers. The tablet was given its first price slash along with other tablets from retailers at US following the launch of Amazon's Kindle Fire launch price.

The Battlefield 3 Beta which is now being played on several official servers have been hacked and several unofficial servers have popped out. EA DICE has released a statement against the illegal servers and warns of impending ban on EAOrigin to those who play in the said servers.

The co-founder of Siri, Norman Winarsky, claims that the Oct. 4 Apple event at the Cupertino Campus would be a world-changing even with the introduction of the Assistant for iPhone. The feature is the formerly Siri Personal Assistant Software.

Sega has released a video for their Sega Sweepstakes with a corresponding blog explaining the rules. The contest tests the players knowledge of Sega history and will invoke fond memories with the game company.

Today's technology makes it very easy to know everything about you. In fact, if they are not selling to you, they are selling you. Now doing both at the same time is very much possible.

As Android's Ice Cream Sandwich operating system nears its launch, AT&T is updating its LG Optimus 3-D phones with the next best thing, Gingerbread.

What would be worse than being not invited to a party is receiving a letter asking how it feels not to be invited. That is what fans of Star Wars felt when Bioware mistakenly e-mailed everyone who applied for beta testing for Star Wars: The Old Republic who didn't make the cut.

The BlackBerry PlayBook took another price cut after the Kindle Fire's price was revealed to be $199. The new price can be seen not at the Best Buy website, indicating that the retailer wants to move their stock. The device is now priced at $299 for the 16GB version with the 32GB model at $399.99 and the 64GB costing $499.99.

Samsung announced the launch of the much anticipated iPad competitor Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. The tablet was said to be designed to be more than just a multimedia device but one that could help with productivity at work by Samsung's press release.

It is nearly 2 decades since the first Mortal Kombat movie debuted. New Line is aiming to produce a new Mortal Kombat movie to be released next year, rebooting the franchise, by tapping the talent of the director of web-based Mortal Kombat: Rebirth.

With Amazon unveiling the Kindle Fire, their answer to the Nook Color, the surprise never ceases. DC has announced that the Kindle Fire will have their exclusive release of 100 graphic novels and collected editions, that has been a long time awaited by their fans ever since their new policy of doing a same day release of their New 52 line of comics.

While the Kindle Fire has been a welcome addition to the e-book market, privacy concerns have come up about the device. More specifically on how the Amazon Silk browser handles data that will pass through the Amazon servers.

EA DICE with Virgin Gaming will offer the gaming world the biggest pot prize for any international gaming tournament. You can bring home part of $1.6 Million in cash and prizes in their Battlefield 3 Worldwide Conquest Tournament.

After helping solve molecular puzzles that baffled scientists for years to help find a cure for AIDS, gamers have another reason to stick another feather on their cap. Their obsessive compulsive behavior and sharp focus on repetitive tasks makes them perfect for unraveling proteins, deciphering ancient texts and even search the stars.

Microsoft has released the update for their mobile phone OS making it the Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango." Consider this the SP2 of Windows Phone 7. The update comes with more than 500 updates and changes from the last update. This has made the device at least capable enough to compete with the iPhone and other Android phones.

For a difference, Microsoft and Samsung is doing the opposite of what every big technology companies have been doing. Not suing each other over patents and instead sharing it with each other.

Many were surprised with the announcement of the Kindle Fire's price by Amazon's Jeff Bezo. It was speculated that the device would go around $250 to $300 but it actually went $199. So what is really happening?

While there are comparisons out there with the recently announced Amazon's Kindle Fire with the iPad, its true competitor is Barnes and Noble's Nook Color. The Kindle Fire is an e-reader on steroids but not a competitor to iPad and Galaxy in terms of computing power, memory and features.

The new Amazon Kindle Fire was reported by Businessweek to only cost $199. A $50 to $100 difference from earlier speculation.

Bethesda has rejected Markus "Notch" Persson's challenge for a Quake deathmatch and instead opted to go to court over their trademark claim over the word "Scroll" in their The Elder Scrolls series.

Minecraft will now be available for Android devices as Minecraft Pocket Edition. It will not be an exclusive for Sony Ericsson's Xperia PLAY only in Oct. 29. Minecraft for iPhones and iPad versions would come out later.