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Search Engine giant, Google went offline for 15 minutes from 3:45 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday due to a Domain Name System (DNS) problem. “Google’s global properties were unavailable for a short period of time,” Google spokesman David Krane said on Saturday. “We’ve remedied the problem and access to Google has been restored.” Krane […]

Sony’s PSP is not yet launched in India or in UK but the hackers in US have worked out how to break the encryption on Sony’s Universal Media Discs (UMD) used for its PSP handheld console. Hackers have figured out a way to bypass the encryption process and extract files from the UMDs but there […]

India’s space agency launched a high-tech mapping satellite on Thursday that could track every house and street in the sprawling nation of over a billion people, state television said. The CARTOSAT-1, carried by an indigenous rocket, signals an advanced effort by India to get into the lucrative business of satellite launch services and using space […]

Sophos, computer security firm in London have warned users about a new variant of the Sober worm purporting to be an email from the soccer world governing body FIFA offering free tickets to the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In the last 24 hours the W32.Sober-N worm raced to the top of the most widespread […]

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speculates that the launch of Xbox 360 could outrun current gaming market leader, Sony’s Playstation 2. Xbox 360 desktop interface is codenamed Xenon. Gates said Xenon is much similar to its Windows Media Center software that allows the users to manage their songs, photos, videos, etc. He stated that Xbox 360 […]

More than half million units were sold within 2 days of the much-hyped Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP). Well PSP is again in the news. This time its about its Wi-Fi capabilities. George Ou at his ZDNet blog writes about how the Sony PSP will ruin wireless LAN security in the home. PSP is not supporting […]

Sagem MyS-7 I think this is a dream phone for everyphone which is cheap in its category and also good on features. But the biggest mistake Sagem made was that it did not include Bluetooth. If you want the features of a PDA phone but doesnt like to carry those bulky phones, then this phone […]

Samsung C1 Series Samsung is undoubdtedly one of the largest mobile handset manufacturers in the world. And I think they also want a major stake in the mp3 market. With the launch of C1 Series in Japan they seem to take this competition seriously. Specifications: 128×64 LCD screen with white LED backlight Measuring 71x26x26 Weighs: […]

Nokia N91 Nokia unveiled its new line of music and camera phones the “Nseries”, which includes the N91, the N90 and the N70. With the launch of Nseries, Nokia seems to take up Apple’s iPod. The pick from all these phones was N91 which is a music phone,4-GB hard drive, Wi-Fi and Microsoft Media Player […]

RealNetworks has announced to offer free music through its new service known as Rhapsody 25. This service will allow users to listen to 25 streamed tunes per month from a library of more than a million songs. This service is free to avail to anyone in the US. Users can subscribe to the full service […]