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Paperback Books Lag Behind Kindle!

Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 by uni85.99

Amazon.com has reported that Kindle books have now overtaken the traditional paperback books since the start of this year. And we’re not even talking hard cover books – we’re talking handy paperbacks! Amazon’s stats are surprising, but the margin between … Continue reading

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Drunk Driver Detecting Cars!

Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 by uni85.99

Researchers in Massachusetts have come up with an innovative technology that can prevent drunk driving, and lead to fewer road accidents due to drunk driving. The concept is simple. If the driver is detected to be drunk, the car won’t … Continue reading

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Sony’s Next Generation PSP – What’s Inside?

Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 by uni85.99

Sony has disclosed the inside details of its next generation Playstation Portable (PSP) in Tokyo. The game engine has been described as an ‘iPad on steroids’. The processor of the PSP is an ARM chip, exactly like the Apple iPad. … Continue reading

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Intel’s Meego OS Tablets Coming This Year!

Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 by uni85.99

It is expected that tablets and netbooks powered by Intel’s Meego operating system will begin shipping in the second quarter of 2011. This was reported by a source close to Intel, on Friday. Intel’s has been developing Meego OS, which … Continue reading

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Torrents Censored on Google!

Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 by uni85.99

Google has begun restricting search queries such as “BitTorrent”, “torrent”, “RapidShare” and “Megaupload” from its search engine’s auto-complete and instant service. This has come after Google came under fire from the entertainment sector for not censoring “piracy related” terms. This … Continue reading

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Nokia Switching to Android?

Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 by uni85.99

This surprising piece of news, is not news yet. The new Chief Executive of Nokia, Stephen Elop dropped a hint that suggests that Nokia might be planning a big platform move. This was revealed in a conference call after Nokia’s … Continue reading

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iPad Newspaper to Launch on Feb 2

Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 by uni85.99

News Corp is going to officially introduce their digital newspaper for Apple’s iPad on February 2, 2011. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of News Corp and Vice President of Apple Inc. Eddy Cue will be introducing the digital tablet newspaper (called the … Continue reading

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Apple Ranked 3rd PC Maker in the World!

Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 by uni85.99

The PC research firm, Canalys revealed that if sale of Mac and iPad are combined, Apple is the 3rd global PC maker, as its sales have grown around 241 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010. In the last quarter … Continue reading

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Mac Office Free Trial Released

Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 by uni85.99

Microsoft has unveiled the Mac version of Office as a free trial for users. Mac Office 2011 is available in two versions: Home and Business. They application suite consists of full versions of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. The … Continue reading

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Phone Number Porting Supported on Google Voice

Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 by uni85.99

Now this is a cool addition to Google Voice. You can port your personal phone number to Google Voice, by paying $20 for the service. This means that if you are a user of Google Voice, you do not have … Continue reading

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