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Philips launches DJ Party Machine in India

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  Philips today launched a new accessory called as the DJ Party Machine to make parties more fun. The device basically allows anyone to assume the role of a DJ and with the help of dual rotatable docks enables them to create their own music or scratch the music. The DJ Party Machine works by […]

Panasonic India unveils PT-AE8000E 3D Home Theater Projector

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  Panasonic has announced a new home theater projector for the Indian market. The PT-AE8000E builds upon the PT-AE7000 model and adds 3D playback support. Panasonic says their Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory engineers and Hollywood professionals have fine-tuned the AE8000E to output fine picture details and better color reproduction. The AE8000E features a ‘brighter and clearer […]

Sony expands its product range for the Indian market

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  Sony yesterday announced five new products for the Indian market ranging from digital camera, TV, a touchscreen-enabled laptop and personal 3D viewer. Sony announced A99 DSLR and RX100 point-and-shoot camera. The Alpha A99 is a full-frame camera from Sony that features translucent mirror technology, dual auto-focus, full HD video support and lots more. Alpha […]

Nokia contemplating to sell its Espoo HQ

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  Nokia is looking to sell its headquarters in Espoo, Finland, according to a report by Reuters. The sale of the headquarters is seen as a way to dispose of the non-core assets. “We are evaluating different options for non-core parts, such as real estate holdings, and that includes the headquarters,” said spokeswoman Maija Taimi. […]

Sony India launches VPL-BW120S Home Theatre Projector

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  Sony has announced VPL-BW120S Home Theatre Projector for the Indian market. Sony says the new projector is capable of projecting images as large as 100-inches from just 1.3 metres away from the wall. The VPL-BW120S uses 3LCD technology that boasts a WXGA (1280×800) resolution support, high brightness output of about 2600 lumens and a […]

SanDisk to develop Memory Cards based on CFast 2.0 Specs

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  SanDisk has confirmed that they’ve begun developing flash memory cards based on CFast 2.0 specification. The new specs were announced by the CompactFlash Association (CFA) and will enable faster performance compared to the CompactFlash memory cards. CFA says the new card format will prove useful to professional photographers and videographers as it will be […]

RIM signs licensing agreement with Microsoft

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  BlackBerry maker RIM has signed a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft that enables RIM to use Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) filesystem. There’s no word on the monetary benefit for Microsoft but did confirm RIM to use exFAT “for certain BlackBerry devices,” which presumably could be the upcoming BB10 devices. exFAT improves on its […]

Android Activations Pass 500m Devices Till Date

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  Last week, Schmidt revealed that total number of Android device activation have reached a whopping 480 million and are activating about 1.3 million Android devices every day. Now Andy Rubin has taken to Twitter (yet again) to reveal the new numbers, interestingly, just a day before the unveiling of the next-generation iPhone. The total […]

Amazon announces Kindle Paperwhite, reduces 6-inch Kindle price

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  Amazon today unraveled a bunch of Kindle hardware and software, including the all new Kindle Paperwhite. The name is derived from the use of the ‘paperwhite’ display, which Amazon says delivers a sharper resolution (212ppi) along with high contrast, capacitive touchscreen display and a front light. The 9.1mm Kindle also touts an 8 week […]