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  Talk about beauty with brains? Asus’ UL30Vt aptly fits the bill. The newest ultra-thin notebook comes in a sleek and robust brushed aluminum chassis and also packs the goods to suffice the full day computing criteria along with decent performance. Coming in choices of Windows 7 SKUs, the 13.3-incher features 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo [...]

  Adobe has released the beta versions of Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2, which were revealed at the Adobe Max conference last month. Both the applications are available for x86 systems running Windows, Mac and Linux OSes and support multi-touch commands and gestures. The new AIR 2 now not only allows to create feature-rich [...]

  Microsoft fulfilled its promise by bringing Windows Marketplace to devices running Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 OS. Windows Marketplace is similar to Apple’s App Store that tries to be a one-stop solution for all the Windows Mobile software needs. Users with devices running on aforementioned OSes can go to the links specified below to [...]

  UPDATE: Click here for more info and hands-on pictures. You’d expect N97 Mini to be cheaper than original N97 since it has a smaller screen, less storage and no camera lens cover, right? Wrong. Nokia India has officially announced the smaller sibling of N97 and have priced it close to N97, making us think, [...]

  You’re not wrong if you think that the DSi LL (or DSi XL) and PSPgo were introduced just to buy some more time for a worthy successor. A report has emerged on Eurogamer that details on what could power the successor of these handheld consoles. The next-gen DS is expected sometime in late 2010 [...]

  PS3′s new firmware will bring Facebook to the console, confirming the leak from last week. The firmware v3.10 will link the PSN account with Facebook and will enable PS3 to automatically update the Facebook feed with Trophy, PSN purchase history and game specific details. In addition to social network integration, Sony has also improved [...]

  Creative and ZiiLABS are hosting a Zii Summit in Shenzhen, China in December and though they’ll be showcasing technologies what we’ve already seen, there’s an interesting one that has never been seen or talked of. They’re planning to show a mobile platform that will harness the power of Zii system-on-chip and Android OS. Creative [...]

  Nokia has announced that the E71 successor is now shipping but unfortunately forgets to mention where. The 10mm- thick Nokia E72 works upon the limitations of E71 and features a 5MP camera, optical navigation key, 3.5mm headphone jack and 10.2Mbps HSDPA. On the software front, Nokia offers lifetime license of Messaging and Maps Walk, [...]

  Contrary to the speculation which we’ve been hearing, Techcrunch’s Arrington has revealed that the CrunchPad is still under development. The revelation came at the Gillmor Gang videocast where Arrington said that “CrunchPad is steamrolling” and that “they’re working on UI” to make it perfect. As for the price, Arrington maintained that its CrunchPad will [...]

  Nokia estimates over 300 million people will watch live TV on-the-go by 2012 and to cater to them they’ve unveiled an affordable 5330 Mobile TV Edition. 5330 MTE keeps all the features from its XpressMusic avatar but adds DVB-H to allow users enjoy live television. In addition to the TV viewing capability, it features [...]

  BBC iPlayer, a video streaming service available on many platforms will now get a dedicated channel for UK Wii users. Beginning from November 18, users will be able to download the latest Flash-based iPlayer from the Wii shop for free. BBC claims to have made a very user-friendly application after overcoming a lot of [...]

  Want your old folks to use the computer, e-mail, chat with you? Here’s the SimplicITy computer that is made just for them. As the name implies, the computer is very simple to operate as it does not have anything but only six icons on the desktop. The PC runs on Mint Linux that displays [...]

  Specific regional divisions have already announced the Galaxy Spica for their respective markets and after half a month later, here is an official acknowledgement from the Samsung HQ. Galaxy Spica, smaller sibling of Galaxy I7500 is now available in parts of Europe and CIS. To quickly rehash, Galaxy Spica I5700 features an 800MHz processor, [...]

  Adobe had introduced the Technical Communication Suite long back to fill the void gap and provide a complete suite for people who are into Technical Communication, Training Professionals, Help Authors and Instructional Designers. This latest release of Adobe Technical Communication Suite includes the following components: Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe FrameMaker 9, Adobe RoboHelp 8, [...]

  Frankly, I’m not a big fan of having dedicated devices but if you like them doing a single thing best, you can soon add Qualcomm’s FLO TV device to the list. It incorporates a large 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display and is only able to show live or time-shifted content, for a monthly rent. Although [...]