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  Opera has released the first alpha version of Opera 11 browser. It’s an iconic version and in fact the first Opera version to add support for extensions and browser add-ons. Developers can create various browser-enhancing tools using Opera’s API and web standards like HTML5 and JavaScript. Additionally, the latest Opera does have the previous [...]

  HTC today unraveled its Desire duo at an event in London. Both the devices – Desire Z and Desire HD are made of all metal, carved out of aluminum giving them a premium look. The Desire Z or HTC Vision as we knew before has a ‘Z’ shaped sliding keyboard. The phone’s specs include [...]

  In a bid to maintain transparency, Apple today announced App Store review guidelines that tend to give a clear view to developers submitting apps to the App Store. The guidelines are void of legal jargons and good thing is that they are direct, clearly saying what can and cannot appear on App Store. Another [...]

  Google yesterday unveiled what can be termed as an innovation in the field of search. They have launched Google Instant that retrieves result as you type. The results change as you refine your search so you don’t have to hit the ‘Enter’ key every time. Google claims that Instant can save 2-5 seconds per [...]

  Razer as a brand might not mean much to an average Joe but ask the same thing to an avid PC gamer, he’ll bless the good Razer folks for churning out premium gaming accessories. Razer has now officially entered the Indian market and is targeting every gamer with different set of products at different [...]

  Research in Motion will allow Indian security agencies to snoop in Blackberry users’ emails. RIM succumbed to the government’s pressure on account of national security and has offered to share decryption codes to pry in corporate emails whereas consumer emails will be shared within 15 days. However, email is not the only thing the [...]

  Sony’s PS3 console that got a software update last week has apparently causing issues to many PS3 owners. Sony’s Playstation forum is bombarded with users reporting about corrupting their hard drives after the update. However, Sony says the problem is not due to the software update but it’s because users updated their consoles without [...]

  Opera has released a new version of its desktop browser. The software now stands at v10.60 making the browser faster than ever before along with loads of other improved features. Opera has revamped the design a little bit and is 50 percent faster than the previous versions thanks to an optimized Javascript engine. New [...]

  Looks like Sony Ericsson is preparing a new Android smartphone. The image was unearthed in a Chinese forum and though most details are still a secret, Engadget’s got some info from its trusted source claiming the device is a very early prototype. The phone will supposedly have a tilting 5-inch screen, physical QWERTY and [...]

  Samsung has launched its 12 megapixel shooter, Pixon12 (M8910) in India. The phone boasts a rich set of features to handle the camera duties like the 28mm wide-angle lens, Xenon flash, image stabilizer, touch auto focus, smart auto feature that adjusts camera settings according to the environment, face/smile detection and ability to record videos [...]

  New images and a video has surfaced showing Samsung’s second Android phone. The new pictures show a different Galaxy Lite complete with a Home and Web button which were lacking in the previous image. It has a 3.2MP camera, 1GB internal storage, microSD slot, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and HSDPA. There’s no mention on the [...]

  MSI has confirmed to launch a touchscreen netbook that will be powered by Pine Trail, Intel’s next-gen Atom platform. The 10-inch Wind U150 will be one of the first netbooks with Pine Trail platform and will run Windows 7. Internal tests at MSI have shown Pine Trail netbooks to improve graphics performance and around [...]

  Out of nowhere Nokia today dropped another touchscreen device that could be termed as the cheapest Nokia touchscreen in recent times. In fact, it’s priced to take on other cheap touchscreen phones like Samsung Star. Coming with colorful interchangeable back covers, the 5230 boasts a 3.2-inch touchscreen with the same S60 v5 OS found [...]

  Mozilla has finally released the 3.5 version of Firefox. The new build is the fastest Firefox ever built which brings in a lot of improvements like HTML5 support, integrated Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora support, faster Javascript rendering with TraceMonkey, improved Gecko engine, Geolocation, Private Browsing and much more. Download Firefox from here, you [...]

  Daewoo has launched a netbook spec’ed tablet PC that will most likely be sold in Korea only. Anyways, keeping the geographical considerations aside, the specs are really netbookish because there is nothing extraordinary you would find apart from the touchable display. The tablet netbook has an 8.9-inch screen with 1024×600 resolution, Windows XP Home [...]