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  Razer known for their high-end gaming peripherals recently paid a visit to India. The event gave a hands-on on most Razer products, including the newest left-handed friendly DeathAdder gaming mouse. It’s touted as the world’s first gaming mouse for left-handers and if you happen to be one of (few) lefty gamers out there, Deathadder [...]

  Cowon has gone official with its Red Dot Design winner J3 PMP. The player will be released in South Korea on March 31 and is said to be one of the most sophisticated PMPs to roll out of Cowon’s stable. The 9.9mm thick J3 boasts a 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with 16M color support [...]

  Brazil will start taking its population census in the second half of this year and to ensure a smooth and efficient counting, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) has roped in LG to supply 150,000 GM750 phones. The phones will facilitate surveyors to take a population count on the Windows Mobile 6.5 [...]

  Samsung has started shipping samples of its 40nm-based 32GB DRAM modules apt for servers that require high density and performance at low power consumption. The modules consists of Samsung’s recently unveiled 36 dual-die 40nm class 4Gb DDR3 chips that boast same or better performance as compared to the 40nm 16GB RDIMM modules. Samsung says, [...]

  Good news for PS3 users is that Sony will release a new firmware update (v3.21) for PlayStation 3 on April 1. The bad news is – at least for non-slim PS3 console owners – that Sony will strip down the Install Other OS feature. In short, after April 1, PS3 owners who installed Linux [...]

  It’s official. Microsoft will be rolling out a system update starting April 6 that will bring USB flash support to Xbox 360. The drive will be able to store gamer profiles, saves, demos etc. Users will be able to use any flash or USB HDD having more than 1GB of space. However, as we [...]

  The phone that matches Spice’s newest offering camera prowess is Samsung’s SCH-W880 and since its restricted to work only in South Korea, the S-1200 seems like a nice buy. Priced at just Rs. 14,500 the GSM phone brings a 12MP sensor and a 3x optical zoom along with Xenon flash. It also boasts a [...]

  George Hotz aka Geohot has released a short video demonstrating an untethered jailbreak solution for devices like iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 2G/3G that currently use tethered jailbreaks. Although a good news for iPod/iPhone users, he says that the solution could also work with iPad which is yet to reach consumers or retail shelves. He [...]

  UPDATE: 16GB iPhone 3GS will cost Rs. 40,500 in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh or Rs. 35,500 in rest of India. Similarly, the 32GB variant will set you back by Rs. 47,500 or Rs. 41,500. Vodafone also announced three plans to go with it. The prepaid plan costs Rs. 100 whereas the postpaid ones [...]

  Netflix’s instant-streaming discs for Wii are now shipping. Although it won’t be available to all, bunch of Netflix members will receive the discs after which will be launched for all users. Unlike the Xbox 360 and PS3 counterparts, Netflix movies on Wii will be in SD resolution. Moreover, the Netflix application for Wii won’t [...]

  Microsoft sent out invites of the world premiere of Project Natal to media. The premiere will happen at E3 in June where journalists will get an hands-on experience and will be later followed by a press conference, where we can expect the exact release date and the pricing. For the uninitiated, Project Natal is [...]

  Asus will soon sell their G51J 3D laptop in India. Equipped with a 120Hz 15.6-inch 3D panel the notebook supports Nvidia’s 3D Vision technology and comes with 3D glasses of its own. Users can enjoy 3D movies on the integrated Blu-ray reader or play over 400 graphic intensive 3D games that support Nvidia 3D [...]

  Toshiba has expanded its 2.5-inch range of hard drives with the inclusion of MK7559GSXP 750GB and MK1059GSM 1TB HDD. The former one is a 9.5mm drive that boasts a two-platter design, achieves industry’s highest areal density at 839.1M bit/mm2 and consumes up to 14% less power as compared to its older 640GB sibling. The [...]

  Samsung just announced their 3D TVs in India, making them the first company to sell their 3-Dimensional devices in the country. The models launched are unknown at the moment but Tech2 says 10 models will be seen gracing the retail stores along with the latest line of 3D-enabled Blu-ray players by next week. The [...]

  LG today introduced its first full HD LED 3D TV in South Korea. The LX9500 INFINIA 3D TV has a 55-inch screen and is illuminated by panels of LEDs behind the screen (1,200 LEDs if you want the exact count) to provide excellent picture quality and brightness. Additionally, the TV boasts a 10,000,000:1 dynamic [...]