Sling Media revealed a pretty enticing update to their SlingPlayer app—namely, it will be updated (and upgraded) for the iPad…eventually. Aside from pursuing a future including both H.264 and Silverlight support (as opposed to crumby old WMV) for Apple and Windows Phone 7 platforms, the company is planning on increasing streaming resolution beyond 320×240 for [...]

I bought the 3G version of the iPad for a simple reason: Insurance. It comes down to the fact that the way we use the iPad could be radically different in six months than how we use it that first week. I don’t know what developers are going to do with it, what kind of [...]

With the iPad comes new iTunes. MacRumors hears that 9.1 will have a minor overhaul, organized around books, and smarter, more customizable Genius mixes. The Audiobooks section will become simply Books, which’ll show all of the book stuff you’ve got in iTunes, sorted by compatible device (iPad vs. iPhone). And of course the device sync [...]

You could say we’ve already reviewed the HTC Desire. After all, it’s essentially a jumped-up Nexus One with a few minor changes, right? Wrong. HTC Sense, Adobe Flash support and an optical trackpad make it a brand new experience. (Disclaimer: Before moving forward, we should let you know that the Desire is available in the [...]

Ever since the original launch of the iPhone in 2007, Apple has stuck to a launch pattern that sees a new edition of the device hit retail shelves every June or July. The most recent deluge of rumor reports suggest that the company plans on sticking with said annual release schedule, but this year they [...]

Leave it to Erykah Badu to merge one of the most popular music videos in recent memory with one of the most infamous moments in American history: In “Window Seat,” the second video off her New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh), Badu combines Matt & Kim’s stripping-in-Times Square clip for “Lessons Learned” with [...]

Photo: Stadler/AFP/Getty For the second consecutive week, Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” tops Billboard’s Hot 100, fending off strong competition from Lady Gaga and one of Rolling Stone’s Best New Artists of 2010. “Rude Boy” marks the sixth time the singer has scored a Hot 100 Number One and the 14th Top 10 single of her career. [...]

Getty Images Chris Brown might want to hold off on ordering the jumbo-sized cake for his birthday party this year. The “I Can Transform Ya” singer turns the big 2-1 on May 5, but he’s having trouble securing a venue for his bash, due to the black eye that his reputation received after he beat [...]