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  Last month we reviewed WD TV Live and although it was nearly perfect with vast codec and wireless support, it let us down on the price. However, that is not the case with Amkette’s miniscule Flash TV player. It promises to give the benefits of digital multimedia playback sans wireless but at a very [...]

  So we move one step forward in the TechCrunch-Fusion Garage saga. Creators of JooJoo are expectedly miffed about the fact that TechCrunch is suing them and have confirmed to vigorously defend themselves in the court. Fusion Garage refutes all the claims made in the lawsuit are “without merit”. You can read the full statement [...]

  Say goodbye to road name directions. Google Maps has introduced landmark-based driving directions for the Indian consumers so when you’re going from say, location A to location B, Google Maps won’t give you directions to take a Left from Road XYZ but instead will say take a left from DEF Petrol Pump and so [...]

  The last we heard about Ion 2 was Acer cornering number of chips from Nvidia and was ready to be launched at CES. However, Fudzilla has now heard directly from the chipmaker that they won’t officially launch the chipset at the CES but only showcase. Nvidia’s senior manager confirmed the launch will be in [...]

  Winter Olympics 2010 is fast approaching and companies have started touting their special affiliations and products. This time it’s Acer who has brought out three special edition notebooks and an LCD for Olympics lovers. The products – Aspire 1810T, 4810T, 1410 and the G245H LCD are basically the same as normal retail SKUs but [...]

  If you’re looking for an external storage solution in a pocket-sized form factor, look no further than this offering from LaCie. Dubbed as Rikiki or “tiny” in French supports USB 2.0 interface and holds up to 640GB of data in a small 109.7x75x13.4mm footprint. The Rikiki also comes pre-loaded with a USB boost and [...]

  Nexus One’s ‘Google or not’ dilemma is far from over and here we’ve another speculation about Google working on its Chrome OS branded netbook. Arrington from TechCrunch claims that he’s heard from multiple sources bout Google requesting for proposal to a company with detailed specifications. He further claims that competing with Apple is one [...]

  Who knew Google’s Android Bot will really come to life? The Taiwanese Government has given the mantle to Asus to produce an educational robot for kids. And since it is meant for e-learning purposes, Asus is trying to keep its cost down by running it on Android OS. Known as the EeeBot project, Asus [...]

  If you recollect, Google Internet Bus came to India early this year to disseminate knowledge about the internet, its advantages and how to use it. Well, the Internet Bus has embarked on a journey again but this time with a different purpose. For the month of December, they’ll be travelling parts of Kerala and [...]

  Zune HD has got its first native client for Twitter. Users using Zune HD can now grab the Twitter app from the Marketplace for free. Engadget says that although it’s one of the best looking Twitter clients, the functioning is horrendously buggy. To add insult to injury, Microsoft is censoring out swears which seems [...]

  When Intel thought it was all safe after solving issues with AMD, it’s the U.S. Federal Trade Commission who is trying to become Intel’s latest nightmare. The FTC is suing Intel because the chipmaker illegally used its monopoly position to curb competition and cripple innovation. FTC acknowledges that Intel used its position to take [...]

  Broadcom’s creation of this new mobile multimedia processor indicates the possible features expected in mobile devices in couple of years. They’ve announced the BCM2763 VideoCore IV Processor that supports recording and playback of 1080p video, picture resolution of up to 20MP with other photo processing abilities – like image stabilization, face/smile detection – and [...]

  It’s early Christmas for the Redmond-based software maker. Microsoft, who was fighting a lost browser battle with the EU Commission for about a decade has finally come to an end. The commission has dropped the antitrust charges and in return Microsoft will offer a browser Choice Screen amongst all OSes (XP, Vista and 7) [...]

  Tegra SoC didn’t manage to capitalize as Nvidia would’ve hoped but this isn’t letting the chip maker to roll out its successor. Nvidia’s executive has confirmed about Tegra 2 being unveiled at the CES 2010 along with showcase of different devices like smartbooks, smartphones, MIDs etc. Nvidia hasn’t divulged the expected feature set of [...]

  It’s game over for Psystar. The U.S. District Judge William Alsup has put a permanent injunction against Psystar banning them from selling unauthorized PCs loaded with Apple’s Mac OS X. The injunction basically blocks Psystar from what it was doing previously but sparred its Rebel EFI software because Psystar did not elaborate what Rebel [...]