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  LG has announced the release of the GD910 Watch Phone. The phone will first be launched in Europe in July after which, it will be rolled out in other regions. Orange will be the official carrier while Carphone Warehouse will handle the distribution duties. The price is still a mystery but I hope we [...]

  Sure, the legitimacy of the picture will be questioned but the existence of an X Panel and Windows button gives it some creditability. The phone is allegedly the Xperia X2 which is known as Vulcan inside the doors of Sony Ericsson. Other concrete details are next to none so all we have is this [...]

  11.6-inch is the current flavor of the netbooks and BenQ too caves in to align with the current trend. The Joybook Lite U121 Eco looks to be a decent netbook with decent specs. It has an Intel Z520/Z530 processor, Hybrid Storage (SSD + HDD), up to 32GB SSD or up to 500GB HDD, GMA500 [...]

  Windows OS predominantly supports x86 architecture, so a denial from Microsoft to not support ARM processor based Smartbooks is not surprising. Steve Guggenheimer at the Computex said “For people who want a PC, albeit a different chipset, we don’t think those will work very well. We sort of learnt in the last year that [...]

  The whole world is yet to embrace Core i7 processors but that hasn’t kept Intel down as they have added couple more to the i7 matrix. It’s the 975 Extreme Edition taking the world’s fastest processor crown and 950 that sits in between the already available mid-range 940 and 965. The Core i7 950 [...]

  Getac who prides to be the third largest specialist in rugged mobile products have introduced an upgraded V100 model. The ATEX certified notebook enhances processors, RAM, HDD and wireless connectivity. Processor has been upgraded to 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 800MHz FSB and 3MB L2 cache while the RAM up to 4GB and [...]

  Acer has brought its ultra-thin Aspire Timeline series notebooks to the United States. Three notebooks – 13.3-inch AS3810, 14-inch AS4810 and 15.6-inch AS5810 – will be sold under the series with a price varying from $598 to $900. The USP of the notebooks are its thin form factor that measures just under an inch [...]

  AMD is proudly showing the world’s first graphics processor supporting DirectX 11 at the Computex. AMD says ATI graphics card combined with DirectX 11 will give consumers an ultimate experience because the cards can benefit from DirectX 11 features like tessellation and compute shader. The shader and ATI DirectX 11 card will make Windows [...]

  Sony too unveiled its motion-sensing controller at the E3 yesterday. Not so revolutionary as Microsoft’s Project Natal but the demo does give it a hint that its better than Wii’s motion-sensing capabilities. The controller, still in prototype stages, uses an Eye Camera to track all the user’s movements and is touted to have a [...]

  Opera 10 has just moved to beta from alpha bringing in a lot of improvements. The UI has been given a makeover, resizeable visual tabs that shows full snapshots of the opened tabs, a up to 5×5 Speed Dial with changeable background image and Turbo. The new Opera 10 is 40 percent faster than [...]

  Acer’s confession had some truth. Microsoft has confirmed October 22 as the Windows 7 release date. The early release is attributed to cash on the hype and success of Windows 7’s beta and RC releases and also to win back public confidence after the failure of Vista. Microsoft will send Windows 7 RTM codes [...]

  Sony’s worst kept secret finally showed its face. The UMD less PSP Go! will be sold alongside the current PSP-3000 and will have similar features as the non-slider PSPs. The feature set includes downloadable content from PSN, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 16GB internal flash, extra storage with Memory Stick Micro and 40 percent lighter. PSP Go! [...]

  As expected, Nintendo showed the Wii Fit Plus at the E3 presser today. It adds six new strength and yoga exercises, customizable routines to tone a particular part of the body, 15 new balance board games and a revamped UI. Wii Fit Plus will be sold as a standalone unit and also with the [...]

  Nvidia’s Ion is gaining traction and the product announcements at the Computex today is a testament to that. We just had a couple of Ion products prior to this and now we have a total of 21 products that will come with the Nvidia platform. For people who are still alien to the Ion, [...]

  It looks like we have got an answer to why companies are lured by an Android based netbook. Apparently, it’s the instant-on features in addition to enjoying connectivity options. As a proof of concept, Acer showed up an Atom powered D250 with Android. PC Watch was at hand to check out the boot and [...]