After slipping out many details about Skybox, ZDNet has again scooped to bring in some meaty info about Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7. According to their sources, the WinMo 6.5 RTM will be out in April 2009 with first devices slated to come out in September 2009. On the other hand, developers will get […]
Microsoft Skybox service details leaked
Microsoft had already cleared its intentions to create competitive cloud based services. Now Mary-Jo Foley from ZDNet has come up with some details regarding the Microsoft’s Skybox service. Skybox will go through a regular transition, starting with the version 1 beta. The beta will mark the start of the service from MWC and will […]
$10 laptop is not a laptop after all
Indian ministers really needs to take some lessons on technology terminologies. The $10 laptop which was being touted all these days turns out to be a storage device. Yes, a freakin’ storage device. The laptop device unveiled yesterday is 10-inches long and 5-inches wide with the total cost pegged at around $30 but is […]
Motorola CEO: Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 coming in 2010
Motorola really can’t keep mum. First they spill out about Windows Mobile 6.5 hitting in 2009 and now Sanjay Jha confirms what most of us were waiting to hear from Microsoft’s mouth. In an earnings call, Jha said that Windows Mobile 7 will be coming out in 2010 and this year they’ll be concentrating […]
Toshiba TG01 will be the first Snapdragon powered device
We have seen Qualcomm trying to show the capabilities of its Snapdragon platform and now we’ll see the first device powered by Qualcomm’s system-on-chip (SoC) at the upcoming MWC. Made by Toshiba, the TG01 definitely looks to possess beauty with brains. The 9.9mm thin handset boasts Toshiba’s custom made 3D UI layer which will […]
Mobile phone battery explosion kills a man
Sadly, this isn’t the first time we are hearing an incident like this. A guy working at a Lenovo shop in Guangzhou, China was recently killed after his mobile phone battery exploded. The phone was placed in his shirt pocket and the sudden phone explosion injured the major artery of his neck, leaving him […]
Google to map Oceans to find unique corals and fishes (Update)
UPDATE: The feature is now official and is included in the latest version (5.0) of Google Earth. Download Google Earth from here. Google has allowed users to travel across the globe, Mars, Space and even Moon. Now it looks like they are going to expand their wings by mapping the vast oceans. The underwater […]
Intel Moblin OS wants to power up a netbook
After grabbing a meaty share in the netbook processor market, Intel wants to…at least intends to grab some share in the netbook OS market. The first step is to gather feedback from the netbook users itself and thus, they have rolled out their Moblin OS in Alpha. Moblin is Intel’s version of Linux based […]
Google GDrive gets a description
GDrive might reach us anytime now. Brian Ussery found an interesting tidbit when he delved into a file used in the Google Pack. It had some reference to GDrive. According to the file, the service was described as an online file backup and storage, making it certain that Google is on its way to […]
Nokia bursts out three midrange phones
Even though Nokia has competitive phones to go head to head with the ilk of Blackberry, iPhone and others, they have always concentrated on a market which most of them have failed to capture – the low and the midrange handset market. Now with the sliding economy, this gives a perfect reason to the […]