Yup, that’s right. US Customs has ‘indefinitely’ delayed the import of the HTC One X for AT&T and HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint due to alleged patent infringement and an ITC victory Apple won last December. More after the break.

Scott Thompson, who was appointed, January 4th, as the CEO of Yahoo has stepped into a you know what. Word on the street is that after weeks of investigation he will be stepping down. The news was broken by All Things D, where it was reported that Scott Thompson’s official Yahoo bio listing showed a computer science degree that he allegedly didn’t even have. The official word from Yahoo is that he is going away for “Personal Reasons”. Yahoo’s global media head Ross Levinsohn will be filling Scott’s shoes for now, but there’s no news on a final replacement. At present though, it seems there are dark days ahead for Yahoo.

Source: All Things D

Sony Corp. financials are down the drain. The once mighty empire reported a record annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5.7 billion) in its fourth straight year of red ink. Panasonic’s yearly earnings are in as well and the red ink added up to a record $9.7 billion net loss for 2011. The losses are not just due to dwindling sales but a combination of strong yen eating into overseas sales, flooding in Thailand that disrupted supply chains, and the lingering effects from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A thorough assessment after the break.

With over 1 Billion downloads from the Angry Birds franchise, Rovio is finally setting its sight on the future. Having acquired Casey’s Contraptions from its makers Mystery Coconut and Snappy Touch, the new game Amazing Alex may just be a rebrand rather than an original game. At present though Rovio has removed Casey’s Contraptions from the Apple App Store and setup a teaser site for the new game. There’s more after the break. 

HP is playing safe no more. Here are the five new “Thin  and Light” laptops added to the ever expanding HP Line-up. The new “Sleekbooks” are the Ultrabooks with larger screens and discrete graphics options for those who don’t have the deep pockets for Ultrabooks or just find them a bit too restrictive. All these Envy branded ultrabooks and sleekbooks feature Beats Audio, HP CoolSense technology which automatically adjusts performance and internal fan settings for a noticeably cooler PC alongwith HP Imagepad which allows multifinger touch and gesture navigation. More after the break.

One of the things showcased at the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III was a beautiful Android version of the burgeoning social network and feed reader, Flipboard. For the time being it seemed that  we would have to wait for the official release of the app, but the tenacious folks over at XDA-developers, especially someone with the alias Valcho has made the impossible possible. Here we are with the version 0.7.17 of the Flipboard android app available for all. At present we don’t know about Froyo compatibility, however Gingerbread and of course ICS is supported. One more thing, if you want the widget as well install the app in phone memory. So head on over to xda-developers to download the app to see it in all its glory.

Source: xda-developers