Sony Xperia Z1: 5-inch 1080p display, 21-megapixel snapper and Android 4.3  —  Sony has officially introduced the Xperia Z1, a 5-inch smartphone that will arrive running Android 4.3 and is made out of a solid one-piece aluminium frame.  It can also survive being dropped in the sink.

New version of Apple TV likely on its way for a September 10 launch  —  Apple is planning a big event on September 10, 2013, and there has been a lot of speculation on what could be on the menu.  While the exact lineup of products is subject of debate, almost everyone agrees that newer models …

Xbox One now in full production with improved CPU performance  —  So far, so good for the Xbox One.  —  Xbox chief marketing officer Yusef Mehdi just spoke at the Citi Global Technology Conference and said Microsoft is now in full production for the Xbox One and producing in mass with plans still on for a November 2013 launch.

Google apparently slips unannounced Nexus phone in its KitKat video  —  Earlier today, Google announced its upcoming Android 4.4 KitKat software update.  In tandem with the announcement, Google posted a video that showcases the unveiling of the KitKat statue at the company's headquarters.

Microsoft Raced to $7.2 Billion Deal With Soul-Searching Nokia  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s agreement to buy Nokia Oyj (NOK1V)'s handset business, codenamed Project Gold Medal, was more of a sprint than a marathon.  —  Talks between the two companies began in February after both sides agreed …

Google Glass App Store Coming In 2014  —  Google Glass users and developers will have to wait until next year for Google to launch a dedicated app store for the device.  —  A Google spokesperson confirmed that plan for us today, after it was reported over the weekend in a lengthy first-person Glass user essay in the New York Times.

Sony's three new VAIOs find ways to make tablets out of anything, even 21-inch desktops  —  At IFA in Berlin, Sony's taken the stage to announce three new additions to its lineup of VAIO PCs.  They're three radically different devices for radically different users, but from their 1080p touchscreens …

Google confirms it's working on an update to fix Google Authenticator for iOS data losses  —  Google Authenticator, an app that generates two-factor authentication codes for services that offer the additional security layer, is coming under fire from users who claim that the latest update …

HDMI 2.0 officially announced: 18Gbps bandwidth, 60fps 4K, 32 channel audio  —  Only just after it leaked out, the folks at HDMI Licensing are announcing HDMI 2.0 officially.  Arriving just in time for the wide rollout of a new generation of Ultra HDTVs, it adds a few key capabilities to the connection standard.

Jonathon Fletcher: forgotten father of the search engine  —  Until researchers tracked him down a few years ago, Jonathon Fletcher was not aware he had built the first modern search engine  —  As Google celebrates its 15th birthday, the web giant has become a byword for information retrieval.

Kim Dotcom Resigns as Mega Director to Focus on Music Venture  —  On January 20, a year after Megaupload was raided in 2012, Kim Dotcom launched his new file-storage service Mega.  —  In a matter of days the site's membership went from zero to more than a million and in the weeks that followed …

Topsy Makes Every Tweet Since The Beginning Of Time Searchable  —  Last month Topsy, a social search and analytics company, bolstered their service to allow for users to search all Tweets since July 2010.  Today, Topsy has announced that they have indexed every Tweet since the beginning of Twitter.

Sony's SmartWatch 2 is better than the first one, but still far too expensive  —  First announced in June and now ready for its retail release, Sony's SmartWatch 2 continues an unfortunate trend in smartwatches: the materials and design are getting fancier, but the watches aren't becoming any smarter.

Sony Eyes Sensors in Wearable Computers to Gesture TVs  —  Sony Corp. (6758) is considering applying its image sensors to wearable computers and hand-gesture TVs for growth as it expects smartphone revenue to peak around 2015.  —  The company plans to seek growth in developing the chips …

An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992  —  “This is our signature,” Apple's gauzy television ads proclaim, referring to the familiar words that the company stamps on the undersides of its products: designed by apple in California.  The ads fall in the grand Apple tradition—beginning with the …

Surface Pro 2 Details Emerge  —  Surface Pro 2 will include an improved kickstand and internal changes  —  A Neowin post this morning details a few of the features in the next generation Surface Pro, which Microsoft will indeed call Surface Pro 2.  Here, I'd like to expand just a bit on the information Neowin provided.

SwiftKey raises £11.2m for expansion  —  UK-based developer adds Index Ventures as investor after ‘five-times revenue growth’ in last year  —  SwiftKey, a British developer of keyboard replacement apps, has raised $17.5m (£11.2m) in a funding round led by venture capital firm Index Ventures.

Panasonic to retreat from consumer smartphones-president  —  (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp will pull out of the smartphone market in Japan and pare its smartphone operations to outsourced production in emerging markets like India, the company's president said on Wednesday.