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  Microsoft has officially announced the 64GB Zune HD, which we saw a few days back. The device will be available for $349.99 from April 12 through Zuneoriginals.com or about $50 cheaper than the iPod touch with the same storage. The new Zune HD will store double the content and can store up to 16,000 [...]

  PrimeSense today announced that Microsoft will use their “3D-sensing” technology for Xbox 360′s Project Natal. The Israel-based organization provided a reference design of its PrimeSensor and MS’ hardware engineering team customized it as per Project Natal’s requirement. Project Natal as we know is Microsoft’s answer to Wii’s motion-sensing controller that with the help of [...]

  Apple’s iPad goes on sale this Saturday and to ensure smooth transfer of content to user’s latest shiny device, Apple has released an update to its iTunes software. The v9.1 brings in support for iPad and iBook that will allow users to buy and sync e-books for the tablet. Additionally, users now have the [...]

  We’ve heard rumors of Asus’ Eee Pad tablets time and again but there was no real confirmation until now. In an interview with Forbes, Asus chairman, Jonney Shih confirmed that they’re developing not one but two iPad competitors. The first tablet will be based on Google’s OS but whether it will be Chrome or [...]

  iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 2G/3G users are bound to get another jailbreak solution. This one’s developed by Comex and brings in the untethered jailbreak goodness for previously tethered-only devices. Just like Geohot’s solution, this jailbreak is also said to work with iPad. Check out the preview below as the release date is still [...]

  Asus has officially introduced its ET2010 range of EeeTop all-in-one PCs. The lineup consists a mix up of 20-inch AIOs powered by Intel, AMD along with graphics from Intel, ATI and even the rumored Nvidia ION. There are five models in the range – 2010AG, 2010AGT, 2010P, 2010PN , 2010PNT with the first two [...]

  Indian consumers waiting to switch their cellular operators will have to wait few months more. The Government has delayed (yet again!) the launch of Mobile Number Portability that would allow users to change the operator without losing their number. The MNP was to be implemented today but since concerned operators failed to complete the [...]

  au KDDI has rolled out Toshiba’s WinMo powerhouse in Japan. The phone better known as K01 will be known as IS02 in Japan and will be one of the thinnest WinMo phones for au. Toshiba IS02′s impressive spec sheet boasts a powerful 1GHz Snapdragon processor running Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and features a sliding QWERTY [...]

  PlayStation 3’s upcoming firmware update on April 1 will take away the Linux OS support from original PS3 owners. This obviously, doesn’t bode well with the owners and especially like Geohot who had found some success in hacking PS3. Since Sony will disable the Other OS support with a software update, Geohot reckons it [...]

  HTC today announced Smart, its first feature phone for India. Smart is HTC’s attempt to give user a smartphone experience at an affordable price. It runs on a non-smartphone platform by Qualcomm known as Brew and features a 300MHz CPU, 256MB RAM/ROM, HTC Sense UI, FM Radio, 2.8-inch touchscreen display with QVGA resolution, 3G [...]

  Sony India has gone offensive in a bid to corner majority of the camcorder market. With an aim to capture about 85 percent of the camcorder market share and achieve 50% growth this financial year, Sony has announced a bunch of camcorders targeting consumers at different price points. Starting with the most affordable, the [...]

  Apple has released a new update for its Snow Leopard OS. Snow Leopard users can grab the Mac OS X 10.6.3 via the Software Update that claims to bring loads of fixes and improvements. Few of the fixes are as follows: – improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X – address compatibility issues [...]

  UPDATE: The phone is known as Galaxy I6500U and is up for pre-order on this site for 3,399 Yuan ($500). Samsung I6500U (Saturn) existence came into light way back in October last year and since then we’ve a bit of info and a picture. Now I6500U has got a permanent position on Samsung Mobile’s [...]

  Motorola’s drought of new phones cost them their small market share in India but they’re trying to grab it back with the introduction of Milestone. Milestone is the GSM brother of Droid that sells in US. Milestone is one of the thinnest QWERTY sliders around and features an Android 2.1 OS, 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen [...]

  Zune HD is currently available in 16 and 32GB capacities and if this accidental appearance is taken into account, Microsoft will sell a 64GB variant soon. The release date is not known but since Microsoft hasn’t taken the text down despite the discovery, it possibly hints that the launch could be sooner than expected. [...]