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Want Mobile Phone? Get a passport first

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  Please welcome a totally absurd rule from the UK Government. In a bid to counter terrorism and other illegal activities, the government has pressed for a new rule in which a customer has to show his Passport or any other Official ID to buy a number. This will be a nationwide register which will […]

Opera Mobile 9.5 with Widget support

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  Opera has advanced its 9.5 Mobile version with another beta. The Windows Mobile variant has got into the second stage while UIQ platform is the latest one standing quietly at the first stage of the beta. The new Opera Mobile 9.5 now support Widgets and also improved loading times of the websites. S60 users […]

Mouse Hand Warmer

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  A lady with overworked gray cells has got a simple yet marketable product that can keep your mouse hand warm in a chilly environment. The Mouse Hand Warmer is nothing but a small 12 X 12 inches blanket where you put your mouse and hand in it to feel the warmness inside. It will […]

Mozilla Firefox (Fennec) Alpha available for download

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  Opera behold as here comes Mozilla with their first ever mobile browser, Firefox aka Fennec. Currently in Alpha, the availability for the time being is restricted to just Nokia N810 devices. However, if you’re still interested to give it a spin, Mozilla has got an emulator ready for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux […]

Sharp puts Blu-Ray recorder in TV

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  Sharp Electronics latest creation is a head turner. They revealed the new DX range of Aquos TVs which are touted to be the world’s first TV sets to sport an integrated Blu-Ray recorder. The DX series spans six different sizes starting from a decent 26-inch to go up to 52-inch. For later viewing pleasure, […]

Microsoft sues DHL for damaged Xbox 360s

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  Microsoft is playing hardball to DHL who had the responsibility to ship their Xbox 360s. DHL has been sued by the Redmond giant seeking in excess of $2 million in damages after a train derailment which happened in October last year. A total of 21,600 Xbox consoles were damaged in that incident and the […]

Obama target gamers with in-game advertisement (Updated)

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  UPDATE: Click here on how to find that ad. Sorry PS3 gamers it doesn’t work for you’ll. Politicians have a lot of work to do to attract different people from different walks of life. Barrack Obama for example is trying hard to lure gamers to vote for him. Check the screenshot above as he […]

Russian firm hacks Wi-Fi passwords with NVIDIA GPUs

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  Wi-Fi Security stalwarts have a new issue at their hands. A Russian company, ElcomSoft claims to have built a software which exploits NVIDIA GPU’s parallel computational power to crack secured Wi-Fi connections using WPA or WPA2 encryption. WPA/WPA2 are the most widely used encryption protections which can be hacked with brute force attacks. What […]

Gadgets blamed as Qantas Plane goes out of control

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  If Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) claims turn out to be true, the Australian passengers may face a hard time to fiddle with gadgets while flying. Recently, an Australia bound Qantas flight QF72 from Singapore suddenly lost control at an altitude of 37,000 feet and had to rush for an emergency landing. To add […]