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  If you thought megapixel wars amongst mobile phone manufacturers came to a standstill, Sony has prepared a perfect weapon to start it all over again. However, this time it’s more about features than the megapixel count. Sony has created two Exmor R back-illuminated CMOS image sensors that can take pictures at 16.41MP or 8.13MP [...]

  A new article has been published by the Wall Street Journal which interestingly confirms yesterday’s iPhone for Verizon rumor. The new report claims “AT&T Inc. is about to lose its lock on the iPhone,” suggesting that Apple has already struck a deal with Verizon. While most details align from yesterday’s rumor, WSJ’s sources say [...]

Sprint’s event yesterday in San Francisco saw three Android phones launched along with a new service. The phones launched were LG Optimus S, Sanyo Zio, Samsung Transform and Sprint ID service that will now allow users to choose what sort of ID packs consisting of apps, ringtones etc. they want on their phone. In short, [...]

  Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. is turning 25 this month and to commemorate its special place in our gaming lives, Nintendo has announced a Wii Super Mario Bros. Edition in Red color. In addition to the new color, the console will also include a Wii Remote Plus controller that integrates Motion Plus and a copy [...]

  Samsung today announced that they’ve started mass producing 3.5-inch 100GB and 200GB SSDs meant for the enterprise market. These new SSDs are touted to be beneficial to businesses and help them to lower their total cost of ownership over time as it increases performance and decreases power consumption. The SSDs are based on 40nm [...]

  Wynncom has been in the mobile phone market for an odd 5 months and they’re bolstering the market with new devices. Now, they’ve launched two slim and affordable phones – Y90 and Y99. Y90 goes for just Rs.2,895 and features dual-SIM capability, 1.3MP camera, mobile tracker, motion sensor that allows to change wallpaper or [...]

  Apple is already entangled in a legal battle with HTC and Nokia and now Motorola has joined in claiming that Apple products infringe some of its patents. Motorola has filed a complaint with the U.S. ITC that Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and some Mac PCs infringe Motorola’s 18 patents. These patents are related [...]

  We’ve heard countless rumors of Apple’s iPhone for Verizon Wireless but the latest Wall Street Journal report suggests it might come soon. According to their source who have been “briefed by Apple,” the Cupertino giant is planning to mass produce a new iPhone by end of 2010 and will be available in first quarter [...]

Motorola at the CTIA expo has unveiled a flurry of new smartphones targeting right from the business user to a casual one. The phones announced are Bravo, Citrus, Flipside, Spice and Droid Pro and are powered by Google’s Android OS. Bravo is a compact smartphone running Android 2.1 OS with Motorola’s customized UI aka Motoblur. [...]

  Since Motorola’s comeback in the mobile phone market, they’ve exclusively made Android smartphones. Now, Motorola’s co-CEO Sanjay Jha has confirmed that they’re open to Windows Phone 7, despite Microsoft suing them for infringing few patents used in their Android devices. “I am open to finding ways to work with Microsoft but it has to [...]

  Samsung Galaxy 551 (I5510) that was first revealed at the IFA has got the official unveiling. The phone runs on Android 2.2 OS and features a physical sliding QWERTY keyboard for business users and social network users. It features a 667MHz CPU, 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen TFT display (240×400 pixels), TouchWiz 3.0 UI, HSDPA 7.2Mbps, [...]

  Razer has announced two special editions of its best-selling MMO Razer Naga mouse. For Razer and MMO fans, the Naga mouse, in addition to a regular one, will now be available in two variants – Naga Maelstrom and Naga Molten Special Editions. Both the editions have the same features as original Naga like full [...]

  New pictures of E900 aka Optimus 7 has been leaked. This time it’s the press pictures, suggesting the phone could be ready for the big Windows Phone 7 launch next week. The pics didn’t highlight any of its specs but we do know that this WP7 device features a 1GHz CPU, 3.8-inch WVGA touchscreen [...]

  Lenovo today announced that its ThinkPad line of laptops will reach a major milestone this month. Lenovo says ThinkPad notebooks that started selling 18 years ago will cross sales of 60m unit this month, which is equivalent to about 14 laptops sold every minute. To commemorate this landmark, Lenovo has introduced Nvidia’s Optimus technology [...]

  The ways by which our computers can get affected have increased in recent years. The hackers have become smart but if you want to keep them at bay, you must have an antivirus suite that is smarter enough to thwart these attempts. The latest version of Symantec’s Norton Internet Security claims to do just [...]