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  Samsung today unveiled a slew of camcorders, including a camera able record at full HD resolution. The HMX-U10 is a compact camcorder that offers full HD video recording. In addition to it, the camera also has a 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor that allows to click still pictures in 10MP resolution, a 2-inch LCD screen, one-touch [...]

  Asus has announced new T1 Series monitors that also couples as a LCD TV that comes with the wide array on input options. The T1 Series varies in size from 22- to 27-inches and will allow users to watch DVB-T and/or analog PAL/SECAM channels with the integrated TV Tuner. In addition to this, the [...]

  Hail Bluetooth SIG because without them we wouldn’t have known what Samsung is planning behind closed doors. New Samsung phone added to the expanding Bluetooth Product directory is GT-B7620. If you’ve been following Samsung’s nomenclature, phones under the B7XXX fall under the Omnia Pro Series but B7620 is in fact, Giorgio Armani 2. How [...]

  Samsung has unveiled the 80 Series SyncMaster LCD monitors in Korea. The 20- and 23-inch, F2080 and F2380 respectively will ship from September 14 and brings in number of features to woo the professional class. The SyncMaster 80 Series boasts a viewing angle of 178 degrees, has a static contrast of 3000:1 while the [...]

  Oh iPhone 3GS unlockers, you really are spoilt for choices now. If you thought the iPhone Dev team were Gods in this scene, GeoHot too has come to the party to attain the same tag with his Purplesn0w unlock tool. Even though it’s a soft unlock, GeoHot claims it as good as a true [...]

  Boy Genius has managed to get some more details of the upcoming Blackberry touchscreen phone. According to the deets he received, the Blackberry 9550 due on Verizon and Vodafone will be called as Storm 2. In addition to the confirmation of a new touchscreen tech better than SurePress and Wi-Fi, the Storm 2 will [...]

  Microsoft at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans announced the Technical Preview of Office 2010. Technical Preview will allow select number of people to try out the preview version of Office 2010. If you’re itching to try it out first hand, you can go the legit way by applying to the Technical Preview [...]

  The guy hit the bullseye. Mid-July launch he claimed and indeed it is. Nokia and AT&T have announced Surge that also goes by the model number 6790 or Mako. The phone as we know, has been created to satisfy avid texters and chatters. Surge includes a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G support, full HTML browser [...]

  LG has launched its SmartVine N-series network monitors in the Indian market. With the use of NComputing’s virtualization software and PCI card, a single machine can host up to 11 different users. Apt for small and large businesses, the monitors are highly energy efficient and helps to save an organization’s electricity expenditure by up [...]

  We already knew Acer will be offering its Android netbook installed with Windows OS but the new report claims it will be sooner than expected. The dual OS, Android-Windows XP netbook is expected to be announced next month. The report by Apple Daily also says that the price of such netbooks won’t be lowered [...]

  Acer has expanded its nettop lineup with the introduction of Veriton N260G. The nettop looks similar to Acer’s Aspire Revo but the new offering differentiates itself with a silver finish on the outside and dropping Nvidia Ion from the inside. The N260G’s spec sheet includes 1.66GHz Atom N280 processor with GN40 chipset and GMA [...]

  “If you can’t afford it, create it” – is the mantra of the Chinese companies. Cloned mobile phones are a common sight in China but it seems they’ve been smitten with something new, which the Americans have been carrying for more than one and half years – the Kindle. WeFound is the answer to [...]

  A customary visit to the FCC has confirmed that a new netbook from LG is underway. The FCC docs name it as X13 but it’s safe to bet that it will be christened as X130 when it comes to the market. The specs are still a mystery but it wouldn’t be surprising for it [...]

  Deprived of Zune-ness lately? Well, we have got something for you then – a picture revealing Zune HD’s marketplace. Twitter user and Program Manager for Xbox 360, Fitret got his hands on the device and clicked the picture for our pleasure. The image does not give much hint but it blends well with the [...]

  The legitimacy of the video can be questioned but the fact that the promo is nicely touched up and also the specs match the XML sheet, the promo could be the real deal leaked by some loose hands. The video intros Black Label 40 (BL40) and shows up some meaty specs like wide 4-inch [...]