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  Samsung’s newly created category of phone / tablet will soon get a competitor from its archrival, LG Electronics. The Korean company is teasing a 5-inch smartphone / tablet device dubbed as Optimus Vu with an expected showcase at Mobile World Congress later this month. While LG isn’t forthcoming with all the details, Engadget claims [...]

  Sony has released a new firmware update for its PS3 gaming console. The update takes firmware to v4.10 and brings two changes – the first one is the renaming of PSN Account to Sony Entertainment Network Account. The name change Sony says is due to an effort to unify its PlayStation Network (PSN) and [...]

  Google’s Chrome web browser has been finally launched for the Android OS. The Chrome for Android adopts the same speed and simplicity you’d find on the PC web but is designed to be more intuitive and user friendly for mobile devices. There’s sync support, omnibox and card-style tabs that makes it navigating through the [...]

  Just as expected, Nokia has released the much awaited Belle OS update for Symbian devices. The update arrives on devices running Symbian Anna OS which includes the Nokia N8, E7, E6, X7, C6-01, C7 and the Nokia Oro. I just updated the Nokia E6 to the new OS and I must say, the first [...]

  Kinect-powered hacks are not new but this Kinect hack developed by a team of Indian engineers is pretty unique and helpful to the visually impaired. Dubbed as viSparsh, it’s a haptic belt that detects obstacles and vibrates so as to signify oncoming obstacles to the visually impaired. Basically, the Kinect sensor attached to the [...]

  The recent clampdown by the US government on sites distributing pirated content has claimed a new victim, albeit a volunteer one. Founded in 2005, BTjunkie has shut down their operations “voluntarily.” Speaking to Torrent Freak, BTjunkie’s founder said that the recent actions against Megaupload and The Pirate Bay played a major role in their [...]

  Fighting malware has become an everyday phenomenon for mobile OS makers and one of the most targeted mobile OS is Android due to its reach and popularity. Google has now confirmed that to combat the attacks, they’ve implemented a new solution codenamed as Bouncer that scans each and every app in the Android Market [...]

  Samsung has expanded its dual-SIM lineup with the new Champ Deluxe Duos. It’s an entry-level touchscreen phone that is light on the pocket yet gives functionality comparable to smartphones like surfing the web, quick access to social networks et al. The phone also comes pre-loaded with Samsung’s own ChatON messaging service which is a [...]

  Apple has released a new maintenance update for its Mac OS X Lion OS. The third maintenance update squashes some impending bugs as well as adds new language support. In addition to that, the v10.7.3 update also brings improved stability, compatibility and security to the operating system. The 700+MB update is available via Software [...]

  Bad news for users waiting for the first glimpse of Samsung’s power packed Galaxy S III device at MWC. The Korean company has confirmed that they won’t announce the Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress later this month. Instead, the company is planning to host a dedicated event sometime before the first half [...]

  Sony has confirmed the new President and CEO and it’s none other than Kazuo Hirai. Hirai’s promotion was speculated last month but Sony shot down saying nothing was planned. But with the official announcement Kazuo Hirai will assume the new positions from April 1, 2012 whereas the current CEO and President, Sir Howard Stringer [...]

  We’ve seen the BlackBerry London before but the avatar which we saw back in November is totally different to the one we’re seeing it right now. The new image acquired by folks over at CrackBerry confirms RIM has shelved the angular edges and will instead adopt a “phonified” version of BlackBerry PlayBook. It will [...]

  Apple released a major update of Final Cut Pro X yesterday adding some noteworthy features. The most important inclusion in this update is the multicam editing support that automatically syncs up to 64 angles of videos and photos, irrespective of formats, frame sizes and frame rates. Coupled with the Angle Editor, users can edit [...]

  It’s not the first time we’re hearing about HTC Ville but it is the first time we’re looking at this slim offering from HTC in a video. As you can see from the video, the device is really sleek but packs some decent innards. Running Android 4.0.1 with HTC Sense 4.0 UI overlay, Ville [...]

Nvidia is a renowned brand when it comes to PC GPUs but for the past few years, the company started emphasizing on the burgeoning mobile devices market. Needless to say, they’ve tasted decent success there too with Tegra chips and it seems this year will be better with the launch of the world’s first quad-core [...]