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Nvidia today announced GeForce 400M series of graphics cards for notebooks that feature Nvidia’s Optimus and 3D Vision technology. A total of 7 GPUs have been announced – GeForce GTX 470M and GTX 460M for enthusiasts and GeForce GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and GT 415M for performance seeking users.
The GeForce [...]

 
Google’s Chrome browser has come a long way since its launch in 2008. Not only it has a faster startup, it also boasts an improved JavaScript engine, multi-process browser tabs and simplistic UI.
Now to commemorate its 2 years in browser business, Google has released a stable version of Chrome. It is three times faster than [...]

 
iPad competitors are gaining traction as Toshiba has also jumped in the fray with its Folio 100. The Folio 100 is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 System-on-chip and runs Android 2.2 Froyo.
Expected to come in October, the Folio 100 features a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen display (1024×600), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11n, 3G, 16GB internal memory, 1.3MP webcam, [...]

 
The iPods that were unveiled yesterday in the US will soon be available in the Indian market. All the iPods will be available from next week from Apple’s authorized retailers and will cost as follows:
2GB iPod shuffle: Rs. 3,200
8GB iPod nano: Rs. 10,700
16GB iPod nano: Rs. 12,700
8GB iPod touch: Rs. 15,400
32GB iPod touch: Rs. 19,900
64GB [...]

 
Apple has refreshed its iPod family with an all new iPod shuffle, iPod nano and iPod touch. All the iPods, particularly iPod nano is way different from the previous generations and sport a new design.

Starting with the shuffle, Apple brings back the ring buttons and clubs it with previous generation’s VoiceOver technology, Genius [...]

 
In a bid to strengthen its presence in the world’s largest mobile market, Sony Ericsson has unveiled A8i, a touchscreen device supporting China’s homegrown TD-SCDMA network for China Mobile.
The phone runs on OMS 2.0 platform and features a 3.5-inch touchscreen display (854×480), Wi-Fi, CMMB mobile TV, 5MP camera with LED flash, Bluetooth, FM Radio, [...]

 
Joining the HD multimedia player fray are Netgear’s NeoTV devices – the 350 HD and 550 Ultimate HD. The new pair of NeoTVs will compete with the likes of WD TV and are able to play full HD content from USB storage devices, memory cards, media servers, Internet etc.
Other common features include DLNA compatibility, memory [...]

 
SanDisk has rekindled its audio player aspirations with the introduction of an affordable Sansa Fuze+. The Fuze+ succeeds its Sansa Fuze PMP and comes in a multitude of colors with an all new design.
The Sansa Fuze+ features include a wide range of audio/video codec support, 2.4-inch QVGA display, film-strip user interface, capacitive controls, FM [...]

 
Canon has announced that they’ve created a new CMOS image sensor, which is the world’s largest that can be produced from a 12-inch (300mm) wafer. The sensor measures 202×205mm, making it 40 times larger than size of Canon’s largest commercial CMOS sensor and is capable of gathering more light for an image or a video.
Canon [...]

 
If you’re a God of War fan like me, you wouldn’t want to miss this Entertainment bundle announced by Sony. The God of War: Ghost of Sparta PSP-3000 bundle is up for pre-order on online retailers like Amazon and includes lots of goodies like the uniquely colored Black and Red two-toned PSP-3000 console, the new [...]

 
AMD, owners of ATI have decided that they’ll drop the ATI brand name by end of this year. This decision is a result of an internal marketing research done by the company that claims that AMD is perceived as a superior brand than ATI. Moreover, AMD is said to be competitive than ATI when compared [...]

Motorola has unveiled new Android devices for the Chinese market. The new devices belong to the MING Series that was created in 2006 specially for Chinese consumers with Chinese handwriting support. Three new phones announced today feature an improved MING flip design and the reminiscent transparent flip cover.

First is MT810 for China Mobile’s that [...]

 
Wyncomm who recently entered the crowded Indian mobile handset market has launched Y-45 phone equipped with Hindi QWERTY keyboard. The Y-45 is India’s first phone to have a Hindi QWERTY keyboard, enabling faster typing of India’s official language.
Wyncomm says such a keyboard could benefit consumers from Tier II and Tier III [...]

 
South Korean operator, KT has given its country the first Android-powered tablet. Dubbed as the Identity Tab, the tablet features a 7-inch TFT LCD, 1GHz CPU, 8GB internal memory, ambient and gravity sensor, DMB, Wi-Fi, 3MP camera and SD card slot.
The tablet is also multimedia friendly with its wide array of video codecs compatibility, support [...]

 
Indian Government might not ban Blackberry services on August 31 as Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will ask for a deadline extension. A senior official confirmed that DoT will most likely ask the government to extend the deadline because Research in Motion (RIM) needs time to give access to real-time data.
A team from RIM is [...]