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Samsung, Sharp reach agreement over LCD patent disputes

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  The legal battle between Sharp and Samsung that began in 2007 has finally come to an end. Sharp and Samsung have announced to bury the hatchet and move on, which in lawful parlance means settle all ongoing lawsuits and patent infringement disputes in U.S., Japan, Korea and Europe. The intrinsic financial details are still […]

Video: So this is how they make a Nexus One

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  If you ever wanted to know how a phone goes from the conceptual phase to the manufacturing phase – which in this case is Nexus One – Google has produced few short videos showing us their first Android 2.1 device. The videos walk us through the phone’s different stages, like going from the drawing […]

Epson releases PM310 and PM235 Photo Printers in India

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  Epson has introduced PictureMate PM310 and PM235 photo printers in the Indian market. Off the two, PM310 is an interesting one as it sports a 7-inch LCD screen that in addition to preview images, also doubles up as a digital photo frame. The PM235 on the other hand, is a portable solution that can […]

LG X20 netbook passes FCC

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  The authorities over at FCC were kind enough to share pictures of LG’s upcoming netbook who had come by to pay a special ‘approving’ visit. The netbook goes by the model number X20 and although it won’t excite you on the specifications front, it does have a refreshing design, not usually found amongst netbooks. […]

Symbian goes open source, code available for tinkering

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  Symbian, world’s most widely used platform has gone open source. Symbian Foundation, who owns the platform has released the source code of the OS for developers to fiddle with. This important step could mark Symbian’s future of Symbian that although is in existence for over 10 years but has failed to capitalize to new-age […]

Sony “interested” to compete with iPad

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  Acer might have turned down the idea to develop an iPad competing product but Japanese electronics manufacturer, Sony thinks otherwise. At a news conference in Tokyo Sony’s CFO, Nobuyuki Oneda admitted that time wise Sony maybe behind the iPad but reckons they’ve the capability to deliver a killer product to rival Apple’s unreleased product. […]

ATI unveils cheap Radeon HD 5450 GPU

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  Users looking for a decent performer in the graphics department but don’t want to shell out much can take a look at ATI’s newest offering. The Radeon HD 5450 lowers the price bar to around $60 from 5670’s $100 but gives at par performance with 512MB memory and support for DirectX 11, Eyefinity multi-display […]