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  Dell’s latest entrant in the world of notebooks is its 14-inch Studio 14z. Dell’s taken away the not-much-used-but-important optical drive for a svelte design. The thinnest part of Studio 14z measures just over 20mm and the thickest around 30mm. However, good thing about the notebook is that it does not compromise on performance just [...]

  Packard Bell has announced iMax Mini that is nothing but AspireRevo in a different branding. The specs too, are similar – Atom N230 processor, Nvidia GeForce 9400M GPU, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, USB ports, HDMI and VGA. Packard Bell will also sell the Air Mouse gaming controller as a separate accessory. Pricing starts from [...]

  Seiko Epson is using its Micro Piezo inkjet technology that will enable uniform layers of organic material into 37-inch and larger sized OLED TVs. Since the current Vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE) technique that deposits organic materials on the substrates are ineffective on larger sized OLED, Epson’s inkjet technology helps to achieve the same, efficiently [...]

  Asus has announced a motherboard specifically designed for Home Theater Personal Computers (HTPCs). The M4A78-HTPC mobos are based on AMD 780G chipset and allows full HD playback at an affordable price. The motherboard is Phenom II compatible, supports RAM up to 16GB, integrates HDMI/DVI support, CrossFireX and Asus’ Absolute Pitch Hi-Fi and DTS Surround [...]

  With plethora of leaks and confirmations coming in, its evident that this year belongs to Android. Now, at the Google I/O conference, Android’s Andy Rubin has chimed in by saying that they expect around 18 Android phones to be launched this year. He did not reveal the manufacturers but we do have a fair [...]

  LG GD900, world’s first transparent keypad phone is gearing up for a release in 40 countries across Europe, Latin America, Asia and Middle East. The slider has a 3-inch WVGA multi-touch display equipped with LG’s S-Class 3D UI, accelerometer, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, expandable memory up to 32GB, 8 megapixel camera, handwriting recognition and Gesture [...]

  NEC Japan unveiled the ultra-light VersaPro UltraLite VS netbook. Its slimmest part is just 15.8mm thick while it weighs 725 grams, making it the world’s lightest mini-notebook. The specifications include a 10.6-inch screen with 1280×768 resolution, Atom Z540 (1.86GHz) processor, 1GB RAM, 64GB SSD, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, memory card reader, 4+ hours [...]

  Sony has announced W180 and W190 Cyber-Shot cameras for customers looking for a pocket friendly solution. Both the cameras have identical features except the megapixel count, which is 10.1 and 12.1 for W180 and W190 respectively. The common features include 3x optical zoom, 17x( W180)/18x (W190) digital zoom, 2.7-inch Clear Photo LCD, SteadyShot, face [...]

  Samsung bullishness on AMOLED display technology is no surprise. Now they’re showing a 6.5-inch AMOLED prototype that will find its way into almost every sort of gadget in the near future. Samsung’s Mobile Display division showed this at the SID 2009 expo and is touted to be the most flexible OLED panel till now. [...]

  Pre-WWDC rumors continue. iPhone has been spared for a change and focuses on Macbook Air. Siliconrumors’ source tells them that new Macbook Air models will be unveiled soon. Apparently, there will be a Macbook Air integrated with 3G and another will be a smaller Macbook Air possibly around the $1300-$1500 price range. If confirmed, [...]

  Nintendo is apparently planning to launch a sequel of Wii Fit. According to Macquarie analysts, Nintendo will announce Wii Fit Plus at the E3 next week. The functioning of Wii Fit Plus is not known but they reckon it will be sold as a separate accessory to weigh on the success of Wii Fit [...]

  HP is planning to launch CULV based notebooks, reports Digitimes. Their source reckons that HP’s key to success will be a two-prong strategy to take on the competition. First use an existing notebook design with CULV processor to push out cheap competitive notebooks and then roll out a tad expensive ultra-thin designs. Other details [...]

  Apple has given yet another silent update to its $999 white Macbook model. For $999, a customer will now get an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU clocked at 2.13GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD and the same Nvidia GeForce 9400M GPU. Also, a user can choose a HDD up to 500GB as compared to the [...]

  Samsung and SanDisk have announced their renewal of NAND flash memory license agreement. Though both the companies haven’t revealed the intrinsic agreement details, Samsung will have an upper hand as they’ll pay half the royalty amount that they pay currently. Samsung is the largest NAND flash memory maker and pays almost $350 million in [...]

  HP has added 110 XP, 110 Mi (Mobile Internet) and 1101 to the Mini Series netbooks. All the netbooks feature a 10.1-inch display along with processor options of Atom N270 or N280. The specifications are the usual but 110 XP gets few worthy options like Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Video accelerator for viewing full [...]