Following yesterday’s reports suggesting Palm has put itself up for sale comes more news on the company’s attempt to find a new friend. Chinea’s Huawei Technologies has been approached by an investment bank on behalf of Palm for preliminary acquisition talks, but discussions have not yet moved forward. Huawei Technologies isn’t a household name, but it has become the world’s second-biggest telecoms equipment company after Ericsson. And that lack of a household name could be the benefit it gains from buying a well-known brand such as Palm. One of the pioneers in PDA and smartphone tech,…

Apparently, Apple boss Steve Jobs now claims his company owns the trademark on the word ‘Pad’. This news follows Apple’s move last week to demand app developer Chris Ostmo remove the word ‘Pad’ from the name of his two products, journalPad and journalPad Bible Edition. Ostmo received a terse email from the App Store team telling him to make these changes. The upset developer then wrote a personal plea to Jobs asking for clarification as to the policy, particularly as so many developers had originally shoved a ‘Pad’ suffix into their App names in advance of the iPad launch…he didn’t…

A true gentleman – a man who respects the finer things – realizes the value of slowing it down. Taking time out. Maybe have the manservant fix a beverage. Maybe take the Segway out to the patio. Maybe type an email. Maybe type it slowly. For this gentleman, designer Erik Campbell has developed a keyboard. What Campbell has designed is a jellyfish new take on the concept of the ‘chorded’ keyboard – chorded referring to music. Like you strum guitar strings in concert with each other, so too do you press the five buttons on Campbell’s keyboard to produce different characters. Frankly, I found 150…

Intel has begun a campaign to let the world know it isn’t just a chip manufacturer. A series of YouTube videos showing ‘mock’ news reports about intelligent, non-PC devices that make use of Intel technology. Each of the 3 videos focuses on a different area where an Intel-powered device is improving people’s lives in the fields of energy, fitness and agriculture. …

If the idea of actually having to hold a phone to your ear fills you with dread, then this gadget might be for you. The Bluetooth Landline Phone Adapter lets you connect up to eight bluetooth headsets for use with your landline, with a range of around 100 metres. Cost should be around $40, and can be used to connect headsets to your PC for use with Skype too. Viva la wireless! …

Electronic music enthusiasts have a new tool at their disposal, this thing that looks like a cross between an iPhone and your grandpa’s radio, and apparently likes long walks on the beach. It’s called the Posc, a portmanteau word made up of pocket and oscillator. It oscillates in your pocket, and it likes to be touched.  No, really….