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  Seagate has started shipping the world’s highest capacity 2.5-inch HDDs meant for enterprise clients. The 600GB Savvio 10K.4 boasts enterprise-class features like Protection Information, self-encryption, PowerChoice to optimize power consumption during idle mode and has an outstanding 2 million hours Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) reliability rating. Seagate reckons the Savvio 10K.4 HDDs can [...]

  Samsung might be about half a month late but they’ve finally released the impending Omnia HD update. The JB1 firmware is now available for download via PC Studio 7. The firmware brings kinetic scrolling but unfortunately only in some parts of the interface. Other reported improvements are faster web browser, camera settings and other [...]

  French blog, Tom’s Guide claims to have got their mitts on some confidential info on upcoming Nokia phones. Apparently, Nokia will be unveiling a power packed phone known as N8. It will be the first device to run Symbian^3 UI and will feature 12MP camera, 720p video recording, 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display, HDMI-out and [...]

  Garmin-Asus had promised and they’ve delivered. Their first Android device has been unveiled and will be showcased at the MWC that begins from next week. Garmin-Asus hasn’t confirmed the Android build the nuvifone A50 runs but has emphasized on its navigation skills and location-based apps that a user will be able to take advantage [...]

  2010 looks to be the year of 3D and Sony wants to be on forefront of this fad. In addition to launching 3D Bravia TVs and Blu-ray players, Sony has confirmed to Pocket-lint that they’re also eyeing to make its powerful gaming console compatible with 3-dimensional content. A firmware update this summer will allow [...]

  If this rumor has even an ounce of truth, the said device is bound to make all the Nexus Ones and HD2s feel weak and puny. Androidspin was sent a build file of a device that is claimed to be of HTC Scorpion (or Olympian). Apparently, the phone’s noteworthy features are the 1.5GHz Snapdragon [...]

  Sony has announced a new Blu-ray player that is capable to display HD 3D content. The BDP-S470 standalone player is 3D ready, which means it will be able to show Blu-ray 3D content after a firmware update due this summer. For an affordable price tag of $200, the player also features DVD upscaling to [...]

  Apple may downplay Flash by not supporting it but Adobe claims iPhone and iPod touch users think otherwise. According to their in-house data and visits to Adobe.com, more than 7m attempts to download flash were initiated by iPhone / iPod touch users in December alone. This number is more than double than what Adobe [...]

  LG seems to have gotten into a phone launching spree as they’ve launched their third touchscreen phone in two days. Cookie Plus or GS500 tries to gain from LG’s successful Cookie brand and comes with features that LG reckons are sociable and enjoyable for the user. It comes with a full touchscreen display and [...]

  iPhone and iPod touch users will soon be able to view and share content stored in SD cards. ZoomMediaPlus has unveiled a new accessory that tends to give iPhone/iPod touch a detachable SD card slot. Zoomit’s accessory is basically a SD card reader that goes into the data/charging port of the device. The contents [...]

  UPDATE: Opera claims Mini for iPhone is up to six times faster than iPhone’s Safari and consumes 10 times less data. Another interesting thing is that Opera hasn’t submitted the browser to the App Store, which means the chances of using Opera on iPhone is totally on the mercy of Apple’s approval (that seems [...]

  Sony has updated its DAV DZ Home Theatre range with four new models. Apart from giving astounding sound quality, the new models come with few more features that are worth boasting about. The DAV DZ series now come with USB Play, Audio Return Channel and DVD Upscale function. The USB Play feature allows users [...]

  There have been a lot of rumors about the next-gen Wii and DS but none of them were as assuring as this one. At the 13th Annual Japan Media Arts Festival, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that Nintendo was working on a new hardware and a motion-based game that uses MotionPlus. Of course, the confirmation is [...]

  Developers wanting to create applications for Apple’s latest creation can do so now as Developer Center has received a new v3.2 SDK specifically meant for iPad. As like most of the time, the improved or added features are unknown at the moment but it’s confirmed to support iPad’s 1024×768 pixel display resolution. Apple Developer [...]

  We’ve got few laptops that come with discrete GPUs and a dedicated switch that can be turned on or off as per user’s needs. It’s good to have such a switch since it can help optimizing notebook’s battery life but most notebooks with discrete GPUs are devoid of such a switch, which is why [...]