Launched with just Android compatibility, Amazon's Cloud Player has now been updated to work with iOS devices like the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

While Android owners have a native app for the Cloud Player, iOS device owners need to stream the music via the Safari browser.

Open Safari, head over to the Cloud Player site, ignore the "your browser is not supported warning" and sign into your account.

From there, just click on the playlist/track you want to hear and it will begin streaming within the browser. Volume and controls work as usual and will even play in the background.

Unfortunately, on iOS you can't rearrange the songs in playlists or upload new files because the latter requires Flash.

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Sprint has announced the release of the Nexus S 4G for their network, giving CDMA/WiMax 4G users a chance to use Google's flagship Android device.

Furthermore, the smartphone will launch with Android 2.3.4, meaning video chat through Google Talk is enabled.

The device is available for $200 with contract from Sprint, or $150 with contract through Best Buy.

If you want to buy the device without contract it will cost you $549.

As with all Sprint smartphones, you will be charged an extra $10 per month for "premium data."

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Electronic Arts (EA) has said this weekend that all reports that the company is already working on software development for the next-gen Xbox console are false.

Reports had stated that EA had been given a working kit of the Xbox 360's successor in an effort to start game development early.

EA spokesperson Jeff Brown says, however, "this story is a total fabrication - 100 percent not true."

The original reports suggested that Microsoft could be ready to announce that new console at this year's E3, rivaling Nintendo's launch of the Wii 2 (Project Cafe).

For now, we will assume that Microsoft is not working on an Xbox 360 successor, and will have it available by 2015, at the end of a 10-year cycle.

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The Asus Eee Pad Transformer just reached American shores last week but has quickly seen huge demand and shortages.

Asus says today that they expect to produce 100,000 in May and 210,000 in June, and that all shortages are demand-based, and not due to component shortages or rumored quality control problems at their plants.

When asked when the shortages would stop, Asus responded:

We will see a significant alleviation in the month of June and if the demand continues to increase substantially then we will have to continue to ramp up production in order to fulfill our customers' demand.

Additionally, the company says: "The current demand surpasses our expectations by far."

The Transformer is different from most other tablets because it offers an easily attachable keyboard dock that turns the tablet into a netbook. The dock has a second battery, meaning you will have around 16 hours total of battery life, compared to just 9 hours or so in the tablet by itself.

As far as specs go, the Transformer has a 10.1-inch 1280x800 resolution touchscreen with Gorilla Glass, Android 3.0 Honeycomb, a 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, dual cameras, HDMI-out, MicroSD, USB 2.0, 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, a G-sensor, light sensor, gyroscope, e-compass, and GPS.

The tablet's base 16GB/Wi-Fi model sells for $400 and the extra dock sells for $150.

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Hysteria over the launch of the iPad 2 has led to four would-be buyers being injured, and a glass door being smashed through at the Beijing flagship Apple store.

The state press says four people were taken to the hospital after "a foreign" Apple employee jumped into the crowd "to beat" people who had allegedly cut in line.

In response, the crowd smashed the glass front door and rushed the store in anger, leaving those four injured.

Just like in the United States and other nations, there were hours worth of lines for the iPad 2, which just went on sale in China this weekend.

The store closed and has not yet re-opened, and a sign has been posted saying "queue jumping and the unauthorised sales of Apple products would not be tolerated."

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It appears that Apple will go environmentally friendly with the release of Mac OS X Lion this summer, saying goodbye to physical discs and instead making the operating system available via the Mac App Store as a digital download.

The disc will be available if a user requests it (or has slow broadband/dial-up) but the digital download will be the default.

Apple launched the Mac App Store in January and it is expected to be a major component of 10.7 Lion.

If accurate, the move is part of a broader plan by Apple to lose the SuperDrive altogether, with upcoming MacBook Pros expected to remove the drive in an effort to make thinner notebooks with better battery life.

Apple is expected to reveal Lion at their June event instead of the iPhone 5.

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