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Microsoft had released the Windows Phone 7 Series SDK at MIX few days back but the SDK along with the emulator was locked down restricting developers to check out its full features, until now. With few hours of tinkering, Dan Ardelean managed to unlock the ROM image giving full access to the build. Needless to [...]

 
UPDATE: BGR says these are just mock ups.
If we believe BBleaks’ best source then we’re looking at the first images of upcoming Blackberry OS 6.0. The screenshots do not reveal much except for the alarm menu that looks nice and touch-friendly. BBleaks reckons the screen captures were taken from a device with a display [...]

 
NYTimes is reporting that Google, Intel and Sony have joined hands to develop Google TV, a set-top box with web browsing functionality. The venture will see Google taking advantage of its advertising experience, Intel trying to head on to television space from computing whereas Sony trying to gain foothold in the competitive TV market.
Google’s [...]

 
It’s taken couple of weeks but HTC has responded to Apple’s iPhone patent-infringing claims. In a press release issued today, HTC disapproved Apple’s allegations and confirmed that they’ll “fully defend” themselves in the court room. HTC further said that they try to tackle competition through innovation and emphasized on their ‘technology firsts’ which are as [...]

 
We’ve got a new photo of an LG W7PS phone doing the rounds. The image was initially published at Neowin but has magically disappeared which hints that the phone could be legit which LG didn’t want us to see.
Anyways, not much details have been gathered here but it’s expected to have a QWERTY keyboard [...]

 
HTC Desire packs every feature to be desirable but if that brown color has kept you away from it, how about a silver colored variant? A silver Desire has been snapped alongside the less beautiful brown version and though it is claimed to be an exclusive to Dutch’s BelCompany, we think the silver version will [...]

 
Google’s Nexus One does work with almost every GSM operator due to its factory unlocked settings but it cannot take advantage of 3G from operators operating on a different band. AT&T and Rogers Wireless were one of them, which is why Google has announced a compatible version of Nexus One that will support 3G network [...]

 
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series demo at the MIX conference revealed two new devices in addition to LG’s known QWERTY slider. The phone pictured on the left and center belong to Samsung and Asus respectively. Although the intrinsic details are still kept under wraps, Samsung’s device seems to be modified version of Omnia HD (that [...]

 
Western Digital has added another Mac friendly hard drive to its portfolio. The My Passport SE comes in capacities of 750GB and 1TB and is pre-formatted in HFS+ to support Macs out-of-the-box. The drives are USB 2.0 powered and WD says they draw power from the computer instead of the external power supply.
Additionally, the [...]

 
A picture of an upcoming Nokia phone has been leaked. The phone will be known as C6 and as the picture suggests, it will have a touchscreen display with horizontal sliding QWERTY keyboard. The device seems to be inspired from N97 but has some noticeable keyboard differences. For starters, the navigation pad is included but [...]

 
SSDs and netbooks aren’t the best of friends but Intel’s trying to change it with the introduction of X25-V Value SSDs. Intel reckons this 40GB X25-V SSD could help netbook users in terms of performance or work as a dual-drive setup for desktop users for an affordable price.
The new SSDs are based on 34nm [...]

 
Nvidia today announced a nice software solution that will enable 3D gaming and movies on the new 3D TVs. 3DTV Play harnesses power from any GeForce GPU supporting HDMI or DVI and outputs 3D content on all HDMI 1.4 compatible 3D TVs. The software helps to convert over 400 gaming titles to stereoscopic 3D and [...]

 
Google and Chinese government’s showdown has risked a lot of companies that used Google services. Motorola was one of them who used their Google Search and Maps for Android phones. However, now they’ve announced that beginning this quarter, Motorola will offer Microsoft’s Bing Search and Maps services on their Android phones. Quite a win for [...]

 
We had expected a flurry of tablet PCs since the announcement of iPad but this is a huge figure. An ARM executive recently said that there could be more than 50 iPad-like products worldwide. ARM who makes chips for these devices also confirmed that consumers will see a few tablets from mobile carriers in Q2 [...]

 
Asus has unveiled a revolutionary PC speaker that provides 5-channel surround sound in a small form factor, eliminating the need to connect multiple satellite speakers. Asus says Cine5 speakers is apt for small spaces like study rooms where a user may not have the liberty to setup multiple speakers but seek high-quality audio.
A user [...]