June 6, 2008

NVIDIA Wants to Help Rivals Beat iPhone


According to NVIDIA most companies don’t have their own chip designers and cannot design a phone with same interface design and capabilities as the iPhone. Huang says that the new Tegra platform from NVIDIA can help those companies. Read More

June 5, 2008

Will The New iPhone Come in Two Sizes?


iLounge has posted diagrams of a touchscreen display that a Taiwanese company claims is being used in an upcoming iPhone. The diagram shows two touchscreens, one is 2.8” and the other is 3.2” touchscreen, making both the screen smaller then present 3.5” screen. Read More

June 2, 2008

Next Generation 3G iPhone Just 9mm Thick, Better Battery Life


Leander Kahney of Wired has posted that the upcoming 3G iPhone will be 22 percent thinner and will have better battery life with up to 8 hours of talk time. The 22 percent decrease in thickness will make the phone mere 9mm thick. Making it the thinnest smartphone available. Read More

May 31, 2008

Pros and Cons of Apple Latest Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update


This Wednesday Apple released the third major update for Mac OS X leopard. Like all major software releases, this update brings/improves functionality of many Mac OS X applications as well as causes problems with few applications. Read More

May 28, 2008

Microsoft Demoed Windows 7 at All Things Digital Conference


The next version of Windows (Windows 7) was demoed briefly by Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, while talking with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at All Things Digital Conference. Microsoft showed off the new multitouch features of the OS that they have adapted from Surface computer built by the company. Demo Video & Read More

May 27, 2008

More White 3G iPhone Photos Leaked


iPhoneClub.nl has posted leaked pics of next generation white 3G iPhone on their website. The images are similar to the details leaked by iLounge about the specifications of the upcoming iPhone. Read More

Windows 7 Chief Gives Very Limited Details About the New OS


Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group talked with CNET about the upcoming Windows 7. Steven said that the OS is coming in January 2010 and there will be no change in Driver model and kernel of the OS. The OS kernel will build on the success and strength of Windows Server 2008. Read More

May 22, 2008

Google Sees a Gain in Search Share, Rest all See a Drop in April


According to ComScore, number of search queries fell to 10.6 billion, a drop of 2 percent in April compared to March. All the major search providers saw a drop in search share except Google. The company gained 1.8 percent compared to March and reached 61.6 percent search share. Read More

GameStop Takes Microsoft Zune Off the Shelves


Video game retailer GameStop has decided to pull the plug on Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player because of insufficient sales. This will definitely put a big hurdle in Microsoft’s attempt to grow Zune sales, as GameStop has more than 4,400 stores and losing a big distribution channel will hurt Microsoft. Read More

May 21, 2008

Apple’s iTunes Customers Targeted by New Phishing Scam


A new phishing scam targeting iTunes users via a spam email message has been reported by a security company on Monday. The spam email message informs the user that they must correct a problem with their iTunes account. Read More

May 19, 2008

Two Out of Every Three Computers Sold are Macs in Over $1,000 Price Range


NPD data for first quarter shows Apple’s retail market share is 14% but two third of the computers sold are Macs for PCs costing $1,000 or more. "In notebooks they're growing two times the market," said Stephen Baker, NPD's vice president of industry analysis. “Windows notebooks had "zero percent" growth year over year.” Read More

Third Party Case Render Reveals 3G iPhone Designs


XSKN, a company that designs cases for iPhone has revealed a case design on it website described as an “iPhone 3G” case. The case is slightly different from the one that the company sells for present generation iPhone and matches the specs released by iLounge few days ago. Read More

Rumor: Apple working on a Bluetooth Multitouch Keyboard and Apple TV Update


Macenstein has posted an email they received from a reader that shows the new keyboard and talks about the upcoming Apple TV update. The new Bluetooth keyboard has the same all aluminum design and chiclet keys but adds a touch-sensitive area on the right. Read More

Microsoft Now Wants Parts of Yahoo! “Yahoo!’s Search and Advertising”


Microsoft said on Sunday that it is crawling back to Yahoo, to bargain an unspecified deal with the company. The software giant has proposed an alternative that would involve a transaction with Yahoo, but not an acquisition of all of Yahoo. Read More

May 18, 2008

Wii Topped Combined Sales of Xbox, PS3, PS2 and PSP for April


Wii again topped the sales chart for the month of April according to the latest data from NPD group. Even though the biggest release ever in video game history “Grand Theft Auto” was only released for Xbox and PS3 and not for Wii. Wii sold 714,200 units in April. Read More

May 16, 2008

Canadian iPhone will have the Cheapest Data Plan


Eletronista is reporting that Canadian iPhone is set to be launched in June and will have the cheapest data plan offered by any carrier. Rogers, claims that the 3G iPhone will be available the same month it is released in US. In fact, many believe that more than few countries will see simultaneous 3G iPhone launch next month. Read More

May 15, 2008

Apple Files Patent for Personal Media Devices with Wireless Communication


Apple has filed a patent for “personal media devices with wireless communication” with the US patent office. The abstract of the patent application says, “Systems and methods are provided for personal media devices having the ability to communicate wirelessly, and in particular, communicate wirelessly using a short-range communications protocol (e.g., WiFi and Bluetooth). Such communication provides users of personal media devices with access to several WiFi oriented applications. Read More

AMD-ATI to Launch Their Next Generation Radeon 4800 Series in June


TG Daily has posted details about the soon to be released ATI Radeon 4800 graphics card series. First of the new cards will be launched in mid-June followed by series of new cards based on 4800 platform. The 4800 series will be based on the new RV770 chip and will compete with NVIDIA’s GT200 chip. Read More

Ubanana Announces Waterproof uCan MP3 Player for use While Swimming


I like Swimming and I have always wished, that I could listen to music while swimming, like I do while running or doing other exercises. But carrying a waterproof case for iPod and using those ugly looking waterproof headphones would have been difficult while swimming. Read More

Aliph Launches Jawbone 2 the New Bluetooth Headset


Aliph Jawbone is one of the best Bluetooth headsets I have ever used. Aliph today officially launched their new Jawbone 2 headset. The new headset is 50% smaller than the one it is replacing and it weighs only 10 grams. The jawbone two uses a faster processor for better noise cancelling. Read More