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  Microsoft has finally announced the pricing of Windows 7 Family Pack and Windows Anytime Upgrade options. Starting from October 22, users will be able to buy a Family Pack for just $149.99 that will carry three licenses of Windows 7 Home Premium OS. The pack will be in limited numbers so be sure to [...]

  UPDATE: O2 spokesperson has confirmed that the SMS patch will be available tomorrow via iTunes. No confirmation from Apple though. [Thanks, Jay] While Apple seems to be dealing with superfluous issues trying to save cell towers from jailbreaking, security researcher Charlie Miller at the Black Hat security conference showed that the phone maker has [...]

  FCC recently approved Nokia’s 5800i phone, which seemed to be a downgraded variant of 5800 XpressMusic. However, it turns out to be that it might not be what we think. Boy Genius Report reasons it out well and semi-confirms that the 5800i phone is meant for China. And yes, I have one to add [...]

  Epson has announced EB-825 projector aimed for use in corporate and educational environment. The projector can be used conventionally by connecting to its VGA input or can project images wirelessly over Wi-Fi. The EB-825 is equipped with Epson-Twin Optimized Reflection Lamp that offers a lamp lifespan of 6000 hours, 3000 lumens of brightness and [...]

  Not much to tell here but one of Lenovo’s IdeaPad notebook has surfaced on its website. The U450p has got a landing page that mentions few things like the 14-inch screen, CULV processor, optical drive but unfortunately fails to mention everything else. I’m hoping Lenovo will officially announce the notebook in a few days [...]

  Even though Arrington had planned to go official with the Crunchpad in late July / early August, Fusion Garage, makers of Crunchpad have spilled the beans to a Singaporean newspaper. The Crunchpad is expected to be on retail shelves in November to gain from the holiday buying season. For the uninitiated, Crunchpad is a [...]

  Apple’s wireless router-cum-backup Time Capsule machine has been bumped to up to 2TB. For the same price of previously available 500GB variant, you can now snag a 1TB Time Capsule and 2TB will cost $499 (previous price of 1TB). Time Capsule is able to do Automatic backups with Mac OS X, dual-band Wi-Fi compatibility, [...]

  At the earnings call yesterday, Motorola CEO, Sanjay Jha confirmed that they’ll be launching two Android devices this year. “We will have two Android devices (for the holidays in the U.S.),” said Jha. He also confirmed that more devices will be announced in the first of next year but did not reveal if it [...]

  Nintendo has released a new firmware update for the DSi in Japan. The v1.4 update is apparently, a small one because all it does is “display images faster in the DSi camera” and brings the Facebook integration, which the Americans are destined to get in fall. The Facebook integration will allow users to post [...]

  Samsung has announced the 8500 Series LED TV, its new flagship model of the HDTV lineup. Coming in sizes of 46- and 55-inches, the Touch of Color (ToC) painted TVs pack a lot of features, better picture quality and connectivity options. The feature set boasts a full HD playback, 7,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 2ms response [...]

  Samsung has officially introduced the Solstice or SGH-A887, if you prefer remembering numbers. The phone’s official specs is the same we reported yesterday. It has a 3-inch touchscreen with TouchWiz UI, 2 megapixel camera, global GSM support, dual-band 3G support, Bluetooth, music player, microSD slot supporting up to 16GB and widgets for various social [...]

  Acer has made its Ion powered Aspire Revo nettop official in India. Sadly, the Revo won’t come with an upgraded dual-core Atom but with the regular Atom 230 processor. Other specs include 160GB HDD, GeForce 9400 integrated graphics, 2GB RAM, 4-in-1 card reader and number of ports including USB, VGA, HDMI and eSATA. For [...]

  Nintendo have posted the earnings of the last quarter that ended in June. The good thing about the result is that despite its competitor like Sony posting a loss, Nintendo has booked some profit but way down the expected level. They have reported a sales drop of 40 percent and profits down by 60.6 [...]

  In addition to D300s, Nikon also introduced the D3000 DSLR that goes for the first time DSLRers. The camera comes with a special Guide Mode that gives a walkthrough of every feature of the camera and helping them to take better pictures. The camera boasts a 10.2MP CCD image sensor, EXPEED imaging processor, 3-inch [...]

  The roadmap leak was spot on as Nikon has announced two new DSLRs – D300s and D3000. Taking most of the features from D300, the D300s adds HD video recording at 720p resolution (24fps) and capable to record audio with the built-in mic or mic input. On the still photography front, D300s is equipped [...]