May 10, 2008

iPhone Currently Unavailable in Both US and UK Online Apple Stores


Few days back O2 the Exclusive iPhone provider in UK announced that iPhone is no longer available in UK. But Today Customers trying to buy iPhone from Apple online stores in UK and US will find both the 8GB and 16GB models are “Currently Unavailable.” Read More

May 9, 2008

Toshiba to Ship High-end Multimedia Laptops with SpursEngine Chip to Improved HD Video Quality


Toshiba unveiled its plan to ship notebooks equipped with SpursEngine graphics chip by end of this year. Toshiba will use the SpursEngine SE100 chip in high-end multimedia oriented laptops such as the Qosmio G40 notebook computer. The SE1000 is based on the Cell processor used in PlayStation 3. Read More

Panasonic Introduces SC-BT100 Wireless Blu-ray Home Theater System


Panasonic revealed their new wireless home theater system that will ship by end of spring 2008. The Blu-ray HTiB comes with 5.1 surround sound wireless speakers and can be upgraded to 7.1 surround by adding two more wireless speakers. Read More

AMD Announces Server/Workstation Roadmap to 2010


Development in the Server/Workstation market is a very good indicator of future of desktop and laptop markets. Hence the roadmap show by AMD for its Server/Workstation market is very important, in signaling the direction AMD is heading. For past few years Intel’s processor performance has left AMD in dust, which is another reason why this processor roadmap to 2010 is very important. The first processor on the roadmap is the upcoming 45nm Shanghai processor. Read More

May 7, 2008

NBC and Microsoft Building Copyright Filters for Zune Player


According to a report by NY Times, Microsoft and NBC are working on a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on Microsoft’s portable media player. When asked, why NBC is working with Microsoft for selling TV shows and not with Apple, J. B. Perrette, the president of digital distribution for NBC said, the first reason is Apple insists that all TV shows have an identical wholesale price and the second reason is that Apple refused to cooperate with NBC on building filters into its iPod player to remove pirated movies and videos. Read More

May 5, 2008

Photos of White 3G iPhone and Chinese Handwriting Recognition in iPhone 2.0 Beta


Chinese website WeiPhone has posted photos of upcoming 3G iPhone. The iPhone shown in the images has white plastic back, added sensors, modified microphone and speaker grills matching the exact description released by iLounge of the upcoming iPhone. In another iPhone related news Apple has added support of handwriting recognition for traditional and simplified Chinese in firmware 2.0 beta. Read More

Xerox Develops Auto Erasable Paper, Prints on the Paper will Disappear in 24 Hours



Scientists at Xerox have developed a way to make prints whose images last only a day. The technology creates temporary images using compounds that change color when they absorb a certain wavelength of light but then will gradually disappear, so that the paper can be used again and again. Xerox calls the technology “erasable paper” and the paper self erases within 16-24 hours. Read More

May 2, 2008

Hitachi Releases Worlds Thinnest LCD TV the UltraThin 1.5


Hitachi had showcased their thin LCD TV in January at CES 2008. The 1.5” thick display are the thinnest LCD TVs available today. The TVs will be available in four screen sizes (32”, 37”, 42” and 47”) in two different series the Director’s Series and the UltraVision series. Read More

Photos of Next Generation iPhone Leaked on the Web


French iPhone blog iPhone.fr has posted leaked images of the 3G iPhone that they received from an anonymous and unverified source. There is a possibility that the photos might be Photoshopped or a knockoff, but the images do look legit as they match with the details leaked on the web about the size, shape and color of the upcoming 3G iPhone. Read More

May 1, 2008

BGR: BlackBerry Kickstart the New Clamshell Phone from RIM


BGR has posted photos of upcoming BlackBerry clamshell phone codenamed the Kickstart. The flip phone uses the SureType keypad found on the BlackBerry Pearl. It also has the TrackBall for navigation like the Pearl. Read More

iLounge Claims to have 3G iPhone Design Details


According to iLounge the next generation iPhone will basically have same size, but will come with slightly different curves, coloration and materials. The iPhone will come with glossy black plastic back like most other website claimed. Read More

April 29, 2008

Samsung Releases Bluetooth enabled Soundbar HT-X810


Samsung has started selling the Bluetooth enabled Soundbar HT-X810 that they showed at CES this year. The 300 watts surround-sound soundbar (basically a home theater system) is designed to sit underneath the TV. Read More

Official: Rogers Wireless will bring iPhone to Canada


Canadian Wireless Carrier Rogers Wireless announced today that they would bring iPhone to Canada later this year. “We’re thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year,” Read More

April 28, 2008

New iMac Using Special Made Penryn Chips not Next Generation Montevina Chips


Speculation about the chips used in the new iMac have been rampant and many believed that Apple got special treatment and received the next generation Montevina chips that have 1066MHz front side bus and speeds up to 3.06GHz. The reason for this speculation was that present generation Penryn chips have 800MHz front side bus and processor speed range from 2.0GHz to 2.8GHz. Well Apple did get special treatment in form of special made 45nm Penryn. Read More

Wii Fit Selling Like Hot Cakes in UK


After super successful launch in Japan, where Wii Fit sold in excess of 1.4 million units to date, making it one of the fastest selling Wii titles in Japan. Wii Fit was released last Friday in UK and if early reports are any indication it going to be super hit in UK also. Play.com sold its complete pre-order allocation in one day leaving the online retailer “overwhelmed” by demand. Read More

Lenovo Ideapad U110’s Specifications and Release Date Revealed


The 11” ultraportable laptop IdeaPad U110 will be available for order starting on 29th April and the price will start at $1,899. The laptop will be available in two colors, black and red. The U110 will have 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo L7500 processor, 11.1” LED backlit screen (1366 x 768), 2GB RAM, 120GB Hard drive, GMA X3100 integrated graphics, WiFi, Bluetooth and 1.3 megapixel webcam. Read More

Intel and Cray Team-up to Develop Clusters and Multi-core Processors

The supercomputer developer Cray announced today that it is working with Intel on advanced supercomputers. The main goal of the partnership is to develop technology for clusters and improve the in-processor technology used in multi-core processors. Read More

Commercial Times: Foxconn to Manufacture 3 Million 3G iPhone in June

A Taiwanese newspaper Commercial Times is reporting that Foxconn (Hon Hai) has landed a contract to manufacture the new 3G iPhone for shipment in June. Foxconn is expected to ship 3 million 3G iPhones in June and produce 24-25 million units before introduction of third revision of iPhone. Read More

Nokia Announces Two More Handsets: 6600 Fold and 3600 Slide


Following the announcement of 6600 Slide, Nokia announced two more handsets the 6600 Fold and the 3600 Slide. The Fold comes with an OLED outer display, 2.2” QVGA inner display, 2-megapixel camera, a second camera for video calling, microSD card slot and Bluetooth. . The 3600 Slide is also a quad-band GSM handset that comes with 240 X 320 resolution screen, 3.2-megapixel camera, microSD card slot, FM radio and 2.5mm audio jack with TV-Out capability. More about 6600 Slide, 6600 Fold and 3600 Slide.

Apple has Releases New iMac with Processor Speed up to 3.06GHz


Apple has updated all-in-one iMac with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. The ultimate all-in-one desktop computer includes faster processors with 6MB L2 cache, a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line, and 2GB of memory standard in most models.My problem with the new iMac line-up is that they should have added better graphics cards and 2GB RAM should be standard for any computer above $999 price tag. Read More