Amazon (AMZN) head Jeff Bezos all but confirmed to Consumer Reports the industry’s worst secret: Amazon is creating an iPad-like tablet. However, an Amazon insider claims that the company is creating a whole host of devices, including an Amazon phone, based on Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system. If true, tha twould be excellent news for [...]

This morning Google (GOOG) is expected to announce a new cloud music service tailored for its tablets and phones. Once again, Google lost patience negotiating with media companies, so now it’s trying to launch the music service without approval. It obviously hasn’t learned from Google TV, Google Books, ad nauseam — or from Amazon’s (AMZN) [...]

This fall, HTC is expected to release a smartphone for women. Codenamed Bliss — yes, the same name as the Hershey’s chocolate — the phone will highlight things that are reportedly of interest to women, including shopping comparison software and, ahem, calorie counting apps. This is the epitome of a train wreck — and, if [...]

Softgenetics has launched the newest version of its Nextgene software for the analysis of data from the Roche, Illumina, ION PGM and Applied Biosystems SOLID System sequencing platforms. The latest version incorporates a multitude of new functionalities and efficiencies requested by genetists, biologists and IT personnel. The new version includes enhanced Transcriptome detection, a new [...]