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  Samsung has announced its Android-based media players will soon be available in Russia and Switzerland. While the Russian market will first stock the 4-inch Galaxy S WiFi 4.0, Swiss consumers will be able to lay their hands on the bigger 5-inch Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 version. Both players run Android 2.2 (upgradeable to Android [...]

  LG has announced a new series of notebooks that will go on sale later this month. The Blade series, which currently comprises of P430 (14-inch) and P530 (15.6-inch) notebooks go for the ultra-slim design with a slim bezel and body. Both notebooks have a depth of 4.5mm (P430) and 4.7mm (P530) with screens measuring [...]

  Apple has updated its all-in-one iMac computer with a faster CPU and graphics that claims to be 70 percent faster and improved graphics up to three times than the previous generation. Starting from $1,199, the new iMacs now come with quad-core Core i5 processors with a choice of going with Core i7 CPUs, AMD [...]

  Hacking woes at Sony are far from over. Sony today announced that their engineers have detected an illegal intrusion in Sony Online Investigation systems. The intrusion also resulted in a massive data theft, which according to Sony and security consultants’ estimate, 24.6 million accounts including an outdated data database from 2007 have been stolen. [...]

  We did knew that Apple will release a new iOS update to solve the location data issue and according to BGR’s source, we might get it within the next two weeks. The iOS 4.3.3 reportedly no longer backs up location data to iTunes, deletes location data when Location Service is turned off and even [...]

  RIM today unveiled the a new Bold device – 9900/9930. It’s the first phone in the Bold range to integrate a touchscreen display as well as a full BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard under it. Bold 9900 and Bold 9930 are basically the same except for the network support, which is HSPA+ for 9900 and dual-band [...]

  After more than a week of blackout due to hacking of PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, Sony has announced that they’ll start the restoration process in a phased manner. Sony also announced that they’re working to track down and prosecute hackers responsible for this “illegal intrusion” and as a part of a security enhancement, [...]

  We’re still a day away from BlackBerry World but it seems folks over at RIM jumped the gun by officially confirming the new BlackBerry Bold on the website. The listing is now yanked but not before eagle-eyed readers took a screenshot. BGR who leaked the very first images of this new Bold device reckons [...]