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  UK citizens will finally be able to snag Sony’s OLED XEL-1 TV provided you have pile of cash lying with you, just like Uncle Scrooge. The set is just 3mm thick and boasts HD resolution, contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 and a 178o viewing angle. Everything’s nice except the price. The set goes for £3490 [...]

  Sony is trying something new to sell their 22X DVD burner in India, which in marketing parlance is often referred to as a marketing gimmick. Citing a feedback from the channel partners as dust is one of the major deterrents for optical drives, Sony has announced a DVD burner equipped with ‘dustproof technology’. The [...]

  Just when RIM’s co-CEO’s statement was doing the rounds about a screwed up firmware and sales figure to be estimated around 500,000 units, Verizon decided to step in and clear the smoke. The company official has said that they have managed to sell more than a million units in the US since its launch. [...]

  The last camera to be unveiled by Panasonic was the sleek Lumix FS25. The camera features are a repetition of what we have seen in other cameras like the inclusion of iA, image stabilizer, 12.1-megapixel with 5X zoom, 3-inch screen and face recognition. FS25 is the cheapest of the lot and to justify its [...]

  Lumix FX-580 was also unveiled by Panasonic as a successor to the previous year’s FX-500 model. The FX-580 is similar to FX48 in features except the screen. This model integrates a larger 3-inch touchscreen display. It will also come in April 2009 featuring an aluminum body at $399.95.

  Panasonic’s onslaught of new digital cameras continues with Lumix TS1, which takes the crown to be the world’s first waterproof, shockproof and dustproof digital camera. The camera complies with the IP58 standard making it to resist water depth up to 10 feet, shock from a height of up to 5 feet and dust with [...]

  Panasonic unveiled two 10.1 megapixel shooters in the ZS Series. The ZS Series tries to best the TZ range by upping the optical zoom count to 12X. The ZS3 includes a 3-inch screen, ultra-wide angle lens, capability to shoot in HD quality, image stabilizer, face recognition and Intelligent Auto (more on iA over here). [...]

  Panasonic launched a fleet of point-and-shoot cameras including the new Lumix DMC-FX48. The FX48 12.1 megapixel shooter oozes a host of features that are worth boasting off. It has a 25mm ultra wide angle LEICA DC lens coupled with 5X optical zoom which makes it equivalent to 25mm to 125mm angle on a 35mm [...]

  We had already heard about PSP2 before and also Sony’s statement denying the existence of it. Now the rumors seem to surface again, thanks to IGN and their “several credible sources”. They say that the PSP2 aka PSP-4000 will pack a touchscreen display but will be graced with multi-touch technology. Now that’s interesting because [...]

  Apple has finally been granted the multi-touch patent which was filed by them way back in September 2007. The US Patent No. 7479949 is very lengthy one spanning 358 pages and details each and every aspect of the multi-touch behavior. So now it seems Tim Cook’s bold comment were not made for namesake. He [...]

  Apple released v2.2.1 firmware for the iPhone and iPhone 3G. The update seems to be minor one with a few improvements and fixes. It is said to improve stability of Safari and fixe some image issues saved from Mail. The update is available via iTunes. This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the [...]

  I am afraid the good cause here is not Valentine’s as like many other gadgets popping up these days, but it’s fighting against Breast Cancer. Virgin Mobile USA will sell these limited-in-numbers Pink LG Flare which will be available exclusively only at the Best Buy outlets. The phone goes for just $29.99 out of [...]

  Fujitsu has announced that they will shut down its HDD head manufacturing business on March 31, 2009. The exact reason is unknown but Fujitsu states it as a part of their broader strategic plan of the HDD business. The HDD business as a whole is uncertain at the moment but Fujitsu has promised to [...]

  Apple’s multimedia suite iLife ’09 is now shipping. The suite contains a variety of apps like the iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iDVD and iWeb. All new Macs purchased on or after January 6 is eligible for the latest version while others can snag the upgrade for US$79. The apps boast a lot of new features [...]

  While one CEO reckons Blackberry Storm to be a small netbook, another one says faulty software is a part and parcel of complex phones, including their Storm. In an interview with WSJ, RIM’s CEO Jim Balsillie confessed that software glitches in the Storm are part of the “new reality” of large volume production of [...]