I sense a new trend emerging at geek gatherings everywhere: iPhone lightsaber duels. It’ll probably scare all the girls (far, far) away, but you’ll be able to show your iPhone-wielding friends the true power of the dark side. The upcoming Lightsaber Duel game is due to be released early next month…

Universal Music Group has debuted a new Guitar Hero -like music simulation game for the iPhone . Priced at $4.99 and available in the App Store right now, it’s called Six String [iTunes link]. The emphasis is on a more realistic and deeper guitar-playing experience than you get in …

Microsoft’s already done a lot right with Windows Phone 7 , and it’s not even out until late this year. But after today’s announcements , there’s one lingering question: How can Windows Phone 7 possibly catch up, in terms of apps? To be clear, the problem is as follows: When Windows phone 7 launches later…

Here’s the first demo of Netflix running on Windows Phone 7 . Keep in mind, it’s technically a prototype, but equipped with show subscriptions and 3G streaming, Netflix is super hot on the platform. We want this. Now: Read more on Windows Phone 7 Apps in our mega guide . [ MIX ]

With iPad preorders officially starting tomorrow, attention has shifted to iPhone 4.0 software and what features it might bring to both the iPad and future iPhone models. Apple Insider is now adding fuel to the long-standing rumors that the next big update to Apple’s iPhone OS will feature support for multitasking…

If you’re a Facebooker who’s lusting after the Apple iPad (so much so that you’ve joined a Fan Page), then chances are you’re aged between 18 and 25 and have an interest in popular culture — or so says RapLeaf , a company that analyzes social media stats to draw …

If there’s one thing we’re pretty sure Windows Phone 7 Series will be worse at than its Windows Mobile precursor it’s in the running of various and sundry other operating systems. We’ve seen Android running on seemingly every WinMo handset ever created and more recently Unbuntu has been receiving the mobile …

We’re still waiting for all the legal fallout from the Pennsylvania’s Lower Merion School District webcam spying case , but more news is slowly trickling out about the whole thing, including the technology that the school used: a remote administration suite called LANrev. An update to the software, releasing this week, will disable…

With HTC’s upcoming crop of Androids, you’ll be able to separate people into two distinct groups: those who spring for the brainier, better-specced Desire , and those who get bowled over by the beautiful, yet lesser-specced Legend . The Desire (or Nexus One ) is the final word in the Androidsphere—…

Guess we don’t have to wait until MIX to have all our Windows Phone 7 Series questions answered! Microsoft’s Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East, showed off a game developed in Visual Studio as a singular project (with 90% shared code) that plays on Windows with a keyboard, a Windows …