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  Nintendo had set Q1 as the tentative release of DSi XL in Europe but now we’ve got confirmed the date. According to Pocket Lint, the larger-sized DSi XL (or DSi LL in Japan) will hit the European retail shelves on March 5. That’s under two months where Europeans will be able to get their [...]

  LG Display, the second largest display maker is looking to open a new avenue for e-content providers and manufacturers. They’ve created the industry’s largest bendable e-ink display (measuring 19-inches), making it an appropriate choice for newspaper companies. The display is just 0.3mm thick and to make it more bendable, the screen uses a metal [...]

  Wii is undoubtedly the bestselling gaming console currently but is crippled when compared to its competitors due to its limited set of features. And if slowing sales and reduced profits is any indication, Nintendo might’ve been well on its way to release a successor soon. However, Nintendo USA’s Prez, Fils-Aime begs to differ. According [...]

  Kodak has filed lawsuits against Apple and Research in Motion (RIM) over their use of patented digital imaging technologies. Kodak has complained to the U.S. ITC to look into their claims and prevent import of devices that infringe on the said patents. In addition to that, Kodak also filed two separate lawsuits against Apple [...]

  In addition to the Jellow AIO concept, the other concept that attracted our attention was MSI’s dual-screen notebooks. MSI had created two dual-screen devices – one 10- and another 7-incher – both functioning as working prototypes and running Windows 7. The rep was reluctant to say the expected release but confirmed it as scheduled [...]

  The greatest and the mightiest rumormonger from Taiwan has spoken. This time it’s about Microsoft. Microsoft is allegedly planning to launch Windows Mobile 6.6 (codenamed Maldives) in Feb 2010, which also happens to be the month of MWC. Digitimes says the move is to combat the onslaught of Android-based devices and iPhone, also helping [...]

  Samsung has announced new phones under an altogether new series dubbed as Shark. Samsung claims the series will cater to “active, multimedia-hungry users who value style and design as much as they value constant access to their social networks”. Starting with the Shark (S5350), it’s a simple candy-bar phone that comes in a slim [...]

  AMD today announced a new and cheap graphics card. The Radeon HD 5670 GPU is the first graphics card that boasts DirectX11 support for a $100 price tag. The card claims to give the full Windows 7 experience with its oodles of features like the GDDR5 memory, 400 stream processors, OpenGL 3.2 and ATI [...]

  Users of Nokia 5800XM rejoice as the Finnish giant has blessed with an impending software update. The firmware v40.0.5 is available via NSU and the most important thing to come with the update is Kinetic scrolling. Additionally, the update as always squashes some bugs, brings some stability and now has a Home Style Widget [...]

  Asus and Bang & Olufsen were showing their jointly created latest monstrous laptop. The 18-incher NX90 was seen gracing the CES showfloor few days back and boy is it a looker. Sure, it’s very heavy, about 5kgs but the clean design and unnecessary but unique dual-touchpad would want you to take away this baby [...]

  Didn’t get enough of your regular dose of Apple rumors? Here’s more, related to iPhone. Koreatimes is citing few people from Apple and KT claiming that KT will launch the fourth-generation iPhone in South Korea in April. The 4G iPhone will initially be sold to corporate customers while the local distributors will get it [...]

  Users looking for a Network-attached storage solution can take a look at Buffalo’s newest entrant in the Indian market. The LinkStation Duo is a high performance NAS from the Japanese maker that not only backs up data at a central location, it also acts as a Bit-torrent downloader. The LinkStation Duo comes in 2TB [...]

  Samsung has announced two high capacity storage solutions for mobile devices. Its the 64GB moviNAND memory and 32GB microSD card that are based on advanced NAND flash chips using the 30nm process. The moviNAND memory measures just 1.4mm in height and comprises of 16 Multi-level cell based NAND chips and a controller. On the [...]

  Movie rental service, Netflix has added the last of the current-gen consoles to its movie streaming list. Nintendo Wii will soon support streaming of Netflix movies and TV shows. Netflix users with a monthly plan of at least $9/month will be eligible for the service free of charge and would require an “instant-streaming” disc [...]

  Sony’s Xplod entertainment systems are quite popular in India and here they are with new devices suited to suffice user’s everyday entertainment needs. They’ve introduced couple of CD receivers as well as a multi-disc player supporting CD, VCD and DVDs. The CDX –GT595 UI & CDX-GT696 UI In-car CD receivers comes with a feature [...]