Switched On: Desktop divergence



Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Last week’s Switched On discussed how Lion’s feature set could be perceived differently by new users or those coming from an iPad versus those who have used Macs for …

Rovi hits Hulu with patent infringement lawsuit



Mo money, mo problems, right Hulu? Seems it, considering the newly up-for-sale content hub has just been slapped with a patent infringement suit. This latest bit of intellectual property beef centers on the online content provider’s alleged unlice…

Teen charged over hacking attack



A man from the Shetland Islands is charged by police investigating the alleged hacking of the Serious Organised Crime Agency website.

Microsoft crowns 20 winners in Mango app contest, losers go home fruitless



We thought Mango’s nectar was already pretty damn sweet, but a group of young developers recently took up the challenge to make the next generation Windows Phone 7 experience even more delicious. Following up on last year’s ‘Rockstar’ competition, Micr…

Logitech officially drops Revue price to $99 today, clarifies ‘more returns than sales’ remark



Google TV not worth 300 bones to ya? How’s about a cool Benjamin? As promised, Logitech has slashed the price of its Revue set-top box from $299 to $99 on its own site and at retailers like Best Buy, giving prospective customers something awfully te…