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GSM Palm Pre gets handled in a video

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  Palm Pre’s GSM iteration was first captured at MWC sporting a Vodafone SIM. And after a lull for all these months, the GSM Pre is back and reporting from Vietnam, where apparently, these are being manufactured. You can check the video which actually is a lengthy one and also shows the SIM proof to […]

LG W2286L 22-inch LED LCD monitor comes to Korea

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  LG Electronics has announced its 22-inch LED LCD monitor for the South Korean market. The LED backlighting enables the monitor to be anorexic, thickness measuring at just 20mm. It also boasts some advantages that a regular LCD cannot achieve – like power reduction by 40 percent, 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio. Other features include Auto Bright […]

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5

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  Mozilla has finally released the 3.5 version of Firefox. The new build is the fastest Firefox ever built which brings in a lot of improvements like HTML5 support, integrated Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora support, faster Javascript rendering with TraceMonkey, improved Gecko engine, Geolocation, Private Browsing and much more. Download Firefox from here, you […]

WSJ: Dell preparing an Android MID

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  Dell’s smartphone rumors have been going on since the beginning of the year but here’s a rather interesting piece that, for a change does not talk about its smartphone plans. In fact, WSJ cites their sources who claim that Dell is creating an ARM powered Android MID, akin to iPod Touch but a bit […]

Micron produces 34nm NAND flash memory

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  Micron is now mass producing its new generation NAND flash memory that uses 34nm process technology. Lexar Media, subsidiary of Micron is the first company to gain advantage of this tech who will integrate these NANDs in their 32GB Platinum II SDHC and 16GB microSDHC cards. Micron’s 16- and 32-Gigabit (Gb) MLC NAND chips […]

Citi begins pilot testing NFC payments in India

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Credit: ViVOtech Citi has announced to pilot test the NFC (Near Field Communications) payments in Bangalore, India with the introduction of Citi Tap and Pay service. In simpler terms, NFC is a short range wireless communication technology that helps to initiate contactless payments, share content, buy movie tickets and much more all directly from a […]

Sony starts Official Licensing Program for PlayStation

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  Sony has initiated its Official Licensing Program for the PlayStation platform that will allow third party accessory makers to gain access to technical docs and support to enable development of better accessories and peripherals. In addition to the technical advantages, a third party manufacturer also gets to stick this official logo on product packaging […]

PS3, Xbox 360 price cut imminent this fall

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  PS3 as well as Xbox 360 are destined to get a price cut this fall, claims a source of Ars Technica. He says retailers have about 60 days worth of 80GB PS3 inventory, after which only 160GB will be sold. In the final leg of this year, Sony will announce PS3 Slim along with […]