Two independent reports indicating release dates for Apple’s iOS software and next generation iPhone surfaced on Tuesday, suggesting that Apple will begin signing of its iOS 5 Gold Master from September 23, with a separate rumour suggesting the iPhone 5 will become available on October 15. BGR reportsthat Apple will seed the iOS 5 Beta 8 release to developers on Friday, making it the final beta before the Gold Master release on September 23....

Jonathan S. Geller, also known as Boy Genius,reported thatRIM is considering a feature that will allowBlackBerrydevices to run Android apps. Geller has long been a BlackBerry fan boy and is a trusted source for Blackberry news. According to his story, “Research In Motionhas been trying to figure out the path it wants to take as far as how the existing Java environment will work on its upcomingQNXtablet and smartphones.” BlackBerry has said that it’s looking into a Java virtual machine running on the PlayBook and Boy Genius suggests that RIM is considering the Dalvik virtual machine, which is the same VM that the Android OS uses, which would allow RIM’s PlayBook and other QNX devices to run applications built for the Android platform....

If you were hoping for a slice of nerdy delight this fine Thursday, allow TNW Microsoft to be your server. Today we are going to run Internet Explorer 10’s (UI free) developer preview 2 using Internet Explorer 9’s UI. In other words, we are going to take the guts of Internet Explorer 10, and run them using Internet Explorer 9’s face. This is actually a very simple, and safe process. It won’t even kill your current version of Internet Explorer 9, which is handy....

Run out of ethernet ports on your router? Here’s the solution (SPOILER: GET A NETWORK SWITCH) Out of ethernet ports? Then a network switch is your best friend An important note here: make sure you get a network switch andnot a network splitter. A network splitter (also known as an ethernet splitter) doesn’t actually allow you to increase the number of wired connections you can make on your router. A network switch does....

What began as simply a fitness app is quickly expanding into an all-round health tracking solution. Just a couple of months afterRunKeeperlaunched itsHealth Graph API, it’s announced today that eleven more partners have come on board, expanding the platform’s possibilities even further. RunKeeper’s Health Graph API enables users of devices and apps from a range of manufacturers to benefit from health and fitness data which is all in one place, interoperable and trackable over time....