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  Toshiba is showing off an application where a user can translate English, Chinese and Japanese quickly with the help of his cell phone. No, it does not need to go online to do the trick but Toshiba’s app can translate words and sentences using the phone’s limited resources. The software was demonstrated on Toshiba’s [...]

  Well, we already have some screenshots of Espresso’s updated Sense UI taken from Hero and now here’s a video proving that a ROM for Hero is coming real soon. Although there’s no real date associated yet but going through the video and forum thread, the launch seems imminent once the devs iron out the [...]

  More info has trickled out regarding the first ever Smartpad supposed to come out from an Indian company. Notion Ink has confirmed to The Hindu that their maiden Smartpad will be named as Adam, presumably to signify it as the first Smartpad powered by Tegra processor. Notion Ink also re-confirmed the launch, which will [...]

  Buffalo has launched N150 Wireless USB Adapter (WLI-UC-GNHP) in the Indian market. Although today’s notebooks are equipped with Wi-Fi, this offering from Buffalo suffices your need to get an extended range and higher transfer speed. The wireless adapter comes with an omni-directional antenna and supports 802.11b/g/n networks for higher data speed. Another interesting thing [...]

  There’s no doubt that Apple tablet rumors are surfacing at a brisk pace and the newest one supposedly spills the name of the upcoming Apple product. The Apple tablet will be known as iSlate and the revelation comes from the Whois record of the domain. The iSlate domain was first registered in October 2004 [...]

  HDMI Licensing LLC., group that licenses HDMI specs has announced its plans to add 3D broadcast support in HDMI v1.4. The group will be meeting in late January to finalize and add the latest format, known as Top/Bottom so that a mandatory 3D broadcast format is established. HDMI 1.4 already supports various 3D display [...]

  Apple tablet rumors are coming in thick and fast. The latest one to be added comes from Silicon Alley Insider whose “plugged-in source” in the mobile industry claims Apple is asking select developers to prepare apps suitable for a larger screen. The apps are meant to be shown as demos next month, which also [...]

  If you have a penchant for gaming and oodles to spend, renowned designer Stuart Hughes has the right product for you. The PS3 Supreme is priced at $320,000 making it the costliest PS3 ever and for such a price, you’ll get a console covered in 1.6kg of 22 carat gold whereas 58 diamonds besides [...]

  The next-gen iPhone will have a 5MP camera if the latest report from Digitimes is to be believed. The Taiwanese site claims that OmniVision Technologies has been handed a large CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) order from Apple. The order is for the 5MP camera sensors that will be fitted in the next-gen iPhone, due [...]

  You gotta give full marks to Google for creating hype around the Nexus One. After getting streams of pictures, videos, hands-on and side-by-side comparisons with other phones, we’ve finally got the much needed specs. The phone has been confirmed to run on Snapdragon processor with Android 2.1 and includes other meaty features like 3.7-inch [...]

  Lenovo will be expanding its S10 netbook line with the S10-3t. The S10-3t is expected to be a touchscreen variant of S10-3 (which was also leaked by FCC) and though full features are not known, it’s expected to run on Pine Trail platform. A Chinese website also claims it will have a 10.1-inch screen, [...]

  When operators were willing to spend an arm and leg for 3G spectrum, the government was struggling to fix a base price and when government is ready, operators are thinking to give it a miss. An article in Business Line says that cellular operators are contemplating to skip 3G and instead go for 4G [...]

  Samsung is expected to join the Pine Trail bandwagon soon. Two new netbooks – N150 and NB30 were listed at Neobits featuring 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor. Both the netbooks have same specs with few differences like the HDD Free Fall sensor present in the NB30 while 3G and mostly GPS present in the [...]

Except its name, Asus Eee Pad was completely shrouded in mystery when we heard of it couple of weeks back. Now, Netbooknews has heard from its sources that Nvidia Tegra will power the Taiwanese’ tablet offering. It’s not clear which Tegra platform will find the place but since it is rumored to go on sale [...]

  Microsoft and i4i have been entangled in a legal battle related to handling of XML files in Office for quite some time. The judgment back in May favored i4i awarding them $200m in damages but it did not halt sales of infringing Word and Office copies. However, yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for [...]