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  After being turned down by the central government for distributing OLPC laptops nationwide, two state governments and one private entity (presumably ADAG backed Reliance) have come forward to buy a total of 250,000 units. These laptops are expected to arrive in June and will make its way to 1500 schools in suburban and rural [...]

  Samsung has launched a low-end option for MetroPCS users. The SCH-R420 aka Tint won’t give you anything extraordinary except for the interchangeable faceplates. Rest of the features include SMS, MMS, IM, email, Bluetooth, integrated camera, loudspeaker and ChatLINK which works like a walkie-talkie and with the push of a button calls up the preset [...]

  I doubt if anyone knew this but on this day in 1994, Jon von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy wrote the first line of code of a browser we better know as Opera. Fast forward it to now, the Norwegian product has come a long way, effectively found in many devices we use on a [...]

  Chinese newspaper has scooped yet another unconfirmed report that talks about HP’s 3D notebook in the works. According to them, OEM manufacturer Wistron is doing all the dirty work to get things done for HP and has incorporated support for Nvidia’s GeForce 3D Vision technology. Other details are next to none but as they [...]

  General Electronics is working on a new tech that could possibly doom the future of CDs, DVDs and BDs. With the technique of holographic storage, GE has developed a disc that can hold up to 500GB of data at a very low cost. Unlike the optical technology, holographic technology can pack data more densely [...]

  Asus’ yet another Eee PC will soon make its way into the Japanese market. The WWAN equipped 1003HAG variant supports NTT DoCoMo’s 3G FOMA service which allows a downlink transmission of 7.2Mbps and uplink up to 384kbps. If FOMA is not your thing then there’s Wi-Fi b/g/n and Ethernet to handle your internet needs. [...]

  AMD has launched its first GPU based on 40nm manufacturing process. The energy efficient HD 4770 ATI Radeon card is Windows 7 ready and boasts the same 4000 Series GPU features but at a very convincing price tag. Anticipated at around $99, the card has GDDR5 memory, support for DirectX 10.1, CrossFireX technology, HDMI [...]

  Sure, we have seen proof of concepts before but this will be the first time a company will retail it. Skytone from China takes the honor of selling Alpha 680 that is powered by a 533MHz ARM11 processor and run Android OS. It has a 7-inch screen which is somewhat small for today’s netbooks [...]

  South Korea’s KTF will be launching an USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) in the second half of this year which will feature a built-in storage capacity. The USIM cards will come in capacities of 256MB, 512MB and 1GB that can be used to store documents, music, videos or any other data. Now all we [...]

  Right from the first day of N97’s launch, Nokia has revealed almost everything about the phone except its processor details. This has kept everyone guessing if Nokia was using some new secret processor to power the multimedia device. Sadly, it turns out to be an ARM11 CPU with a clock speed at 434MHz. That’s [...]

  Omnia is one of the successful phones to come out of Samsung’s stable. And the new rumor claims that Samsung is looking for an extension of the Omnia phone – by integrating a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. However, sticking a QWERTY keypad is not the only upgrade. It will reportedly have a 3.5-inch WVGA AMOLED [...]

  Ever wondered how Sony entered the world of gaming when Sega and Nintendo were reigning the gaming market? Well, I did that too until I stumbled on this excellent piece on Edge Online that explains in detail how the PSX was born. To cut the long story short, Nintendo and Sony co-developed CD-ROM based [...]

Toshiba has announced to ship its high density NAND flash chips fabricated with 32nm technology soon. Samples of 32nm based 16Gb (2GB) and 32Gb (4GB) flash chips are available now which can be used to integrate in memory cards, USB drives and other embedded products. The 32Gb chip will first be applied to memory card, [...]

  Oh boy, here it is. After rumors of I7500 destined to be the first Samsung Android phone, the Korean handset maker has officially announced it. The 11.9mm svelte I7500 phone features a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, GPS, Wi-Fi, 7.2Mbps HSDPA / 5.76Mbps HSUPA, 5 megapixel camera, 1500mAh battery and Android OS loaded with Google [...]

  If you’re in the market for an AIO, the most you will have to settle is for an Atom based one. Atom powered AIOs are cheap, power efficient but not powerful. But Taiwan’s Cybernet Inc. is stepping up in the AIO game to offer users wanting that extra juice in the same compact form [...]