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  Nvidia has announced GeForce GTX 590 that is touted as the world’s fastest and quietest graphics card. The 11-inch GTX 590 is a dual slot card based on dual Fermi-class GPUs that packs in some serious power. The GPU is packed with 1024 Nvidia CUDA architecture cores and 3GB GDDR5 memory that helps to [...]

  Samsung has started mass producing its 30nm-class process based low power DDR2 RAM. It is industry’s first 4Gb LPDDR2 to be mass produced and is said to be a perfect fit for next-generation smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices that boasts a superior data transmission speed of 1,066Mbps as compared to MDDR’s 333-400Mbps. Higher [...]

  Sony has expanded its NXCAM lineup with the new NEX-FS100 camcorder. Targeted at the professional crowd, NEX-FS100 takes credit for supporting interchangeable lens, which is currently possible in Sony NEX-VG10 camcorder and its NEX digital camera range. The NEX-FS100 is equipped with Exmor Super 35 CMOS Sensor that is said to work similarly as [...]

  Microsoft has released the much awaited NoDo update for Windows Phone 7 devices. It’s a major update that adds a lot of functionalities to the phone, including Copy and Paste. In addition to this, the OS version 7.0.7390.0 now has a faster access to games and apps, improved search and other improvements in Marketplace, [...]

  Shortages of iPad 2 in the United States doesn’t mean other countries have to wait till the supply-demand equilibrium gets straight in Apple’s home market. The Cupertino giant has announced to release the iPad 2 in 25 more countries on March 25, Friday. The orders will begin at 1AM online and consumers picking up [...]

  Research in Motion has announced pre-orders of its first BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The tablet can be pre-ordered now via Best Buy who is the preferred retailer for the PlayBook in U.S. and Canada. The Wi-Fi-only BlackBerry PlayBook will be available from April 19 in both the countries with prices starting from $499 for 16GB [...]

  Expanding the EVO family further, HTC announced their first tablet for Sprint consumers. As the name goes, the View 4G will come with support for faster 4G speeds and 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor. The tablet has a 7-inch display supporting WSVGA resolution, Android OS, HTC Sense UI, 5MP main camera with 720p HD video recording [...]

  HTC has announced their first ever 3D phone at the CTIA. The EVO 3D is meant for Sprint subscribers and is touted to be America’s first phone with 4.3-inch QHD (960×540 pixels) 3D display. The phone is powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and comes with dual 5MP cameras that allow capturing content [...]

  Samsung has announced the world’s thinnest tablets at the ongoing CTIA expo in Orlando, Florida. First up is the expected one – an 8.9-inch one dubbed as Galaxy Tab 8.9. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 is just 8.6mm thick but packs in a lot of power with a 1GHz dual-core application processor, HSPA+ 21Mbps, 3MP [...]

  HTC has announced their new Android phone – Incredible S for the Indian market. Announced first at the MWC last month, the Incredible S is currently one of the superiorly spec’d HTC phones running Android OS. It comes with the new HTC Sense UI and features a 4-inch Super LCD WVGA display, 1GHz processor, [...]

  We’ve got a new app store for Android devices which comes from none other than one of the largest e-tailers – Amazon. It is known as the Amazon Appstore for Android and before you brush this one off as “yet another one,” you might want to check what Amazon offers users as bait. Amazon [...]

  Opera just launched its Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 browser for mobile devices. It’s a major launch for Opera as both the browsers are now available for almost all mobile platforms including Symbian, Java/J2ME, Blackberry, Android, MeeGo and Windows 7 tablets. Opera has managed to make the new browsers faster and smoother [...]

  Samsung has a tough time keeping things under wraps. This time it’s the Galaxy Tab 8.9 that was supposed to go official at an event tomorrow. Unfortunately, we don’t have a pic of the tablet yet but these leaked pictures reveal some of features expected in the new tablet. The 8.9-inch tablet will be [...]

  Microsoft has directed legal action towards more manufacturers dealing in Android devices. The Redmond giant has now filed a complaint with the ITC against Barnes & Noble for its Nook reader and its manufacturers, Foxconn and Inventec. Microsoft says Android platform infringes number of their patents and companies using Android OS for their products [...]

  AT&T has expanded its smartphone offerings with the announcement of an Android and Windows Phone 7 device. The LG Thrill 4G Android 2.2 running phone aka Optimus 3D elsewhere will be an exclusive to AT&T and will feature a dual-core, 1GHz dual-channel processor, 4G support, dual 5MP camera to record stereoscopic 3D content, 4.3-inch [...]