While no one contests the utility of computers and tremendous potential of the Internet, one can’t help getting irked at the clutter of cables around the desktop that come with them. So, any announcement of a wireless device is a relief. D-Link announced its DUB-9240 Wireless USB kit today. ...

Cellphones will never cease inspiring people to innovate. They seem to be having the ability to integrate with just about anything. As if a radio, MP3 player, camera and organizer were not enough, now comes a new concept from Microsoft that enables a cellphone to also act as a control for you PC through WiFi. In a recent patent applicati...

A sneak peak into the Intel’s 45nm Penryn processor architecture, road map of which was seen by DailyTech, reveals that the leading chip-maker is planning four new Core 2 Duo chips and one new Core 2 Extreme, likely to hit the market in the first quarter of 2008. They all operate on an 800MHz frontside bus and are capable of delivering 2.1GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz ...

Compact that they are, laptops get heated quickly and that’s a cause of concern for most users and may also affect performance in the long run. A notebook PC cooler ‘NotePal Infinite ∞’ from Cooler Master could be just the solution for such people.  The ‘NotePal Infinite ∞’ cools down multip...

Mobile computing got past a few more notches in the computing speedometer with Asus announcing the launch of T500 3.5G High Speed PC card. With 3.6Mbps data download speed, this little wonder offers unique phone communication functions for the PC or laptop. The T500 supports SIM, phone book and Outlook ...

As newspaper headlines worldwide carry distressing news about terroristism, this should sound heartening. Recently, Olympus announced the development of an “Axial symmetrical free curved surface lens”, which can reportedly gather light 360 degrees horizontally and 45 degrees vertically and focus it on a CCD without the use of other lenses. While only a ...

There's so much information on the Internet that all it takes is a simple query on the search engine to have gigabytes of knowledge loaded on to your desktop. Easy as it may seem, you get the right info only when you type in the right query. Well, in most cases you are sure of what you want to know, but what about those brain-dead moments when you just get stuck? ...

Thanks to the video games enabled, you see people playing with their cell phones rather than making calls. The idea of a cellphone as a toy seemed to have been foremost on the mind of this designer who came up with this concept phone at Parkoz Hardware. What looks like your average smartphone suddenly springs to life and moves around lik...

Losing our way and moving about directionless is a frustrating experience most of us remember going through at least once, until Google Maps came and empowered us geographically. Planning a trip or finding an address in town became less of a hassle. Now, by adding Google Mapplets to the Google Maps site, the leading search engine has made...

It all seems pretty complex, but basically if you visit a malicious website using IE and click a link, then the website owner could get Firefox to run an evil code. The mostly likely result is your machine would be turned into a zombie machine (part of a botnet). The computer security firm Secunia, who announced the flaw, said the best way to avoid the above is to avoid malicious websites. T...

This nice new website, Cellfish, allows users to send their pictures, movies, and songs from their cellphones to their Cellfish account. All you need is two things: 1) a free Cellfish account and 2) a mobile plan that let's you send email. The whole thing is free (but they offer ringtones and other stuff for a fee also) and comes with unlimited storage. They have some great tutorial videos s...

Google has been gradually filling its basket of goodies to slowly creep up on Microsoft and hopefully knock them from every computer screen in offices or homes. The online search leader confirmed agreeing to buy web security provider Postini for $625 million. The deal will help Google provide larger organizations with more web-based services similar to its Google Apps package, which includes ...

Mention Olympics and a rich haul of gold medals is what one looks forward to. That is, if one is a sportsperson. Unfortunately, most of us aren’t good at the butterfly stroke or the hammer throw, so Samsung is here to ensure that you too get your own share of the Olympic spoils. In honor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Samsung is rolling out the P...

It goes without saying that modern computing really took off ever since storage became plentiful and cheaper. Ironically, storage devices are also held responsible for hobbling computing, as hard drive access times haven't kept pace with processor clockspeed increases. Though flash drives or solid state drives are around, they still don’t combine speed and limitless storage capacity. ...

No doubt, USB drives are incredible devices allowing us the convenience of portability, especially for busy professionals on the move. But after a point – the maximum now is 160 to 200 gb – they get power hungry and can no longer run on USB buses. All those adapters and wires make portability all the more cumbersome. Fujitsu h...

The recent leaps in TV screen resolution have yet to include features for the visually impaired. Obviously so, it being an audio/visual medium. Thanks to advancement in technology, the visually impaired can now get a better feel of a television show with Audio Description (AD). During gaps in dialog, a voice explains the visual plot points if a TV is equipped with ...

The real fun in watching a movie has always been when viewing it on a big screen. Though the booming home video market and large screen televisions have brought big cinema right into our living room, non-mainstream movies have always been hard to get. Movie downloads on the Internet gave us more choice, but with a catch – you had to watch it on your monitor, as it was legally restricted f...

Multitasking is always believed to be one of the greatest features of computers, but is it really so? When it comes to working on cross-platform applications, the handicap gets exposed. Finally, VMware seems to have found a solution with Fusion. With this virtualization tool, you can access all the applications in a second operating system without a reboot. ...

Whether it's for video conferencing or checking up on you college kids, webcams have never delivered the greatest images (although the college kids might be naturally fuzzy from the night before). Webcams are gonna be much better in terms of resolution if they choose to go the Logitech way. Logitech has struck an exclusive deal with Carl...

Down the line, cellphones got jam-packed with so many features that their basic premise as a communication device started getting lost in a host of other applications. As technical glitzes made those devices only more frustrating, one starts wishing for the good old days when gadgets were oh-so-basic and utilitarian. So, in the days of f...

Ever since external drives were introduced, storage of data no longer became an issue. Every file or clipping you downloaded from the Web had a place outside the desktop or a laptop. And that was it. Seems nobody thought of extending their utility beyond computers, until Western Digital came up with My Library Video Edition DVR Expander. ...

Tour operators and airlines may have to soon look for other viable alternatives. Who’ll want to spend mega bucks and go sightseeing when all it takes is a click of the mouse to satiate their wanderlust? Virtual tours are here. Google Street View had already given us a sneak peek into the sights in Cyberworld. But thanks to the incon...

Very soon we’ll have people complaining about having to recharge batteries frequently. Not that batteries will turn out to be substandard suddenly, it’s only that there’s going to be a greater strain on their power resources. More and more memory gigabytes of memory are getting squeezed into microSD cards. SanDisk has a...

Two-thirds of the GYM (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft) already offer over 2 GB of free storage and these Moes are "testing" 500 MB. Way to be on top of the marketplace. Well, I guess if you're a Hotmail users then this is good news. Having email and storage in a single-login state definitely makes life easier. It just seems like Microsoft has that early 90s mindset of "storage is s...

The search for the perfect display technology will probably never end. Good for us videophiles, a better and a varied choice! But come what may, cathode ray tubes are going to be around for some more years. Anyway, that’s beside the point. An interesting development is, high-definition television sets are acquiring newer technologi...

Levelstar’s Icon Mobile Manager is not your typical smartphone. It has neither an alluring design or a multicolor display. But if you were to ask what’s so unique about it, it’s because the device has been designed keeping the visually challenged in mind. Isn’t it what we call ‘technology with a human touch’?  ...

Languages are ever evolving and when it comes to that, English is the most dynamic of them all. As hundreds of foreign and newly coined words are added to the lexicon every year, older and rarely used words become redundant.  Incidentally, there’s a proliferation of newer words ever since Internet usage became widespread. Die-hard purists may scorn at ne...

Think of this situation. Ever since you got that external hard disk, you’ve been loading gigabytes of music, thousands of those oh-so-memorable photos and important files and documents into it. You thank your stars for the convenience of this huge storage space and are smug in the thought that everything’s safe. Until when yo...

Trust our gadget manufacturers to come up with some fancy features and get customers hooked. After seeing every possible feature in a digicam, the latest we hear is about touchscreen menu. Not that touchscreens are new to us. They have been around in ATMs and PDAs for long and we admit, the UI experience was different. But then is it worth paying a huge premium? ...

In the days of yore, a rudimentary device called compass was the only option available to show direction to those who lost their way or for those trying to chart new paths.  Centuries later, GPS-enabled cellphones or smartphones are doing the job, and much better. If you had found the GPS application wonderful, then here’s one...

For years, nay decades, television manufacturers had an insurmountable obstacle as far as screen size was concerned. With the limitations of analog technology, they couldn’t go beyond a 29-inch screen display without compromising on picture quality. Now, thanks to digital technology and its offshoots like LCD and plasma display tech...

Did you ever lose your way and wander aimlessly through a labyrinth  till you finally found a way out? If not, thank yourself for not belonging to the tribe of the geographically challenged who are burning precious gasoline in the process.  Anyway, thankfully for them, navigation systems in automobiles have come as a boon. With a new business opportunity ...

In the good old days of grandpa, personal movie collection meant cans of 16 mm films that cost a bomb, not to mention the cumbersome set-up for every viewing occasion. And it needed a roomful of space to house the collection. Dad’s days were better. VCR had become ubiquitous by then and he had a richer collection. Watching his favo...

Cell phones are amazing devices that help you stay connected with anyone, anywhere. But this very same convenience could be a nuisance sometimes, especially if you are in the midst of a corporate meeting or in an important engagement with others. Whatever the situation, when your phone rings you need to be able to check who’s calling. And that’s when yo...

We all know how VLSI or very large scale integration had brought about a revolution in electronics. One field which it transformed drastically was computers and that’s how we are able to have our palmtops and smartphones. Televisions were a bit lagging in adopting the technology and maybe that’s why mobile TVs aren’t so...

After Yahoo! bought Flickr, everyone has sorta been waiting for this news to come. Why have two image hosting sites under one roof? If you currently have pictures in a Yahoo Photos account, there's no rush to pull them out. But it would be better to do it now while you're still thinking about it. Here are your options: 1. Move your photos: You can move your photos to a Flickr, Kodak Galler...

There’s unlimited solar energy waiting to be tapped, only that technology is limited though. As environmental concerns are being raised everyday, gadgets like Freeloader are always welcome. Freeloader is a solar-powered charging station, which means you charge your gadgets for free while at the same time being eco-friendly! You can...

Now, this is what we called multi-tasking. Not that PCs weren’t multi-tasking earlier, but this one goes a step ahead. It doubles up as an LCD TV, complete with built-in speakers. Call it innovative thinking, the tablet PC Montevallo comes with two docks – one that morphs it into a traditional laptop/tablet and the other that...

The choice in flat-panel LCD high-definition TVs got only better with Sony introducing on Wednesday nine new models in the Bravia series with advanced features. The new models all feature 1920 x 1080 full high-definition resolution, 10-bit panels. Select models will also have the Motionflow 120Hz high frame rate technology as well as x.v...

Google has confirmed acquiring PeakStream, a developer of application interfaces for massively parallel processing. This deal marks Google’s entry into the developer space for multi-core CPUs and general purpose graphics processors (GPGPUs). Google plans to use the company and its resources to better in-house development for its ser...

Not even half a year into it, Microsoft seems to be looking beyond Windows Vista. The Redmond Companies has purportedly set its sight homeward and is focusing on the Windows kitchen client. Well, it’s mere speculation at this point, with unconfirmed sources and Microsoft not forthcoming about plans to customize the Windows operatin...

SigmaTel's chips are known for providing excellent sound quality, as well as efficient battery life and have been used in many mainstream players including the 1st Gen iPod Shuffle, Samsung YP-Z5, and the Sandisk Sansa Express. Now SigmaTel has come out with its fifth generation System On Chip (SoC) known as the STMP3700, which it claims ...

Amtek has designed the U560, a UMPC small enough to be put in a pocket. A prototype of the ultra portable computer is being shown at Computex. The U560 is a unique “flip-up” style UMPC with full QWERTY keyboard. It's got an Intel 600MHz/800Mhz processor (depending on the version), a 1.3-megpaixel camera, 3600mAh battery and a...

The more the better. In a market already cluttered with digital audio players of all sizes, shapes and brands, Thomson has introduced Black Diamond. So, while there is an additional choice for customers with the digital audio player that also goes by the moniker EH308, you don't really get anything out of the ordinary with this Black Diamond. ...

Akustica has designed the first HD (High Definition) microphone that enables HD voice quality in laptop PCs and other broadband mobile devices. The company says this AKU2103 mic is the first to "guarantee compliance with the TIA-920 audio performance requirement for wideband transmission in applications such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)." ...

Without cutting any kind of corners, HP has accomplished an impressive feat by bringing out a 95 % recyclable PC, the HPrp5700. And according to HP, the computer also uses 80 % less energy than a standard desktop! HP and the Green Electronics Council announced that the HPrp5700 Business Desktop PC is the first product to meet the stringe...

Unlike conventional laptops for consumers and business customers, rugged and semi-rugged notebooks have their internal components, like the hard drive, protected in shock-resistant casings and are more resistant to dust and water. Panasonic adds another two of its laptops onto the wagon of Santa Rosa- Toughbook CF-74 a...

TurboLinux has announced that its Wizpy device will go on sale sometime this month. The TurboLinux Wizpy is a multimedia media player that contains a PC-bootable version of the Linux operating system. When plugged into a PC's USB port the user is given the opportunity to boot-up the Linux system that resides in the Wizpy's memory. User se...

The new quad core laptops from Intel have a lot to offer by way of speed. Delivering far more performance than needed for surfing the Web, typing term papers or playing simple games, graphics designers and multimedia professionals will be more than willing to adapt the utility of additional performance from Intel's quad-core chips. Formerly code-named Kentsfield, the 2.93-GHz, dual-core X680...

Made out of a vintage black and white gameboy, it controls the ipod through the buttons on the front of the gameboy. And the ipod is safe inside. The front buttons are wired into a remote control - just change the song and the volume with the case screwed closed. The Vintage Game Boy iPod Case works with a...

Targa Computers, the No.1 e-tailer of high end systems in the US now introduces the first ever RAPTOR-60 17" laptop that will support 3 SATA hard drives using RAID 0,1,or 5, with Dual GeForce 7950 card support via SLI and Blu-ray option. Top of the laptop's selling points is its three SATA hard drives, which can be configured in your...

With a single click, the new RealPlayer can now rip net videos, even those on YouTube and from video streams. It does not function with DRM'd enabled content, tho’ many sites use Flash players as their sole download deterrent, or video streams that can't be saved as more than a bookmark otherwise. The UI on the player pops up ove...

Now it’s time to get off the couch, leave the house, and watch some television, for MobiTV is here. MobiTV bills itself as “leading the convergence of television, film, and music across the mobile and broadband markets.” MobiTV is the biggest provider of video services for cellular subscribers. When you launch MobiTV, yo...

Cell phones have been getting slimmer and sleeker by the day. Now there’s potential for them to get even trimmer in months to come. Samsung has announced the moviMCP, an entertainment chipset for mobile phones, that does away with the need for an external memory card or interface software. The moviMCP (multi-chip package) includes ...

PocketDock AV from SendStation makes it easier to hook up your iPod to your home theater system.  It works with any dock connector-equipped iPod, charging it via USB, hooking up with S-Video or composite video. PocketDock AV helps you to attach your iPod to your existing home stereo or car stereo with little compromise in sound quali...

The Internet’s most popular originally created content from YouTube will reach your living rooms with Apple TV beginning mid-June. Apple TV will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user's widescreen TV. "This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos rig...

Compatibility is the USP of the DK-A1H and DK-A10H, the new stereo players from Sharp. You can do a whole lot of things with these two stereo players in addition to just playing CDs. There’s the AM and FM tuner built into both the models which also take care of AACs, WMAs and MP3s with ease. But the most useful feature will be its ...

A number of recently released audiobooks being sold on the iTunes Store will not properly play on iPods, Apple confirmed recently, suggesting that iPod owners hold off on purchasing any new audiobooks from iTunes. The defective audiobooks — which include top sellers such as ‘The Four-Hour Work Week’ by Tim Ferriss and &l...

PMK5800 is the newest do-it-yourself to hit the market this summer. Parrot’s Bluetooth carkit has a built in FM transmitter bringing you tunes via A2DP to the car stereo deck, filling it up with music, to keep you going. Plug it into your car's 12V accessory socket or cigarette lighter. ...

With the advent of Internet Content Keys logins and passwords will be easy. QiGo key into the computer and you are there without having to log in as such. From the virtual to the physical world, access premium internet content. Just key in and go! ...

With the invention of the world’s first Safety Mobile Phone specifically designed a mobile for pedestrian safety .by Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., communication will now be in our hands. The ultra small DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) wireless module for embedding in mobile phones to be used for ...

Apple's stylish stores and computers, all of which feature unrestricted Internet access, had of late become a favorite hangout and gathering place for MySpace junkies that the powers-that-be decided to block the popular social networking site from its systems. Apple got sick and tired of people coming into their stores and hogging their c...

Imagine being able to capture a photo with panoramic unbroken view of an entire area!!!Ye Chen has been able to put this into reality with a new development in design – Nikon 360. An ergonomical cylindrical form lens with an angle provider and a built in inclinometer is what it takes to get that perfect panoramic shot. ...

With the introduction of the V801 and V401, Toshiba has expanded the Gigabeat V series of portable media players. The two new models feature a 80GB and 40GB hard drives respectively. The 3.5-inch QVGA TFT screen has been upgraded to 4 inches and the 320 x 240 pixel resolution has been increased to 480x272. The players feature a sensor th...

GPS or Global Positioning System has now become a regular feature on many mobile devices and peripherals. Now, combined with Google Maps for mobile, it provides a faster, easier way to access local information when you are on the go. The BlackBerry 8800 smartphone from Cingular is the latest open GPS experience with Google Maps. You can ...

Your desktop has never been the same after USB, right? Seems everything and anything can be plugged into it. Now adding to the list is USB Plasma Ball. Fascinating flashes move between the center of and the edge of the ball.  It is small enough not to take up too much desktop space and its awe inspiring light show is big enough to amaze your co-workers, claims...

Always fancied a digital SLR with a nice telephoto lens, but found the price a turn off? Then here’s something that’s as good as your object of desire. The 14x  Spotting Scope digital camera, with its focal ability enables you to focus on an object just five feet tall at a distance of almost a quarter mile away. But ther...

Fashionable, sleek , efficient  and slim with wireless networking abilities – just like what one would search for in a secretary - is what the Intel Metro Notebook is all abo...

When lightning strikes, Nokia phone will now be your lifesaver. Nokia has filed patent to integrate lightning detection into their phones. These lightning detectors (which use FM and GPS receivers to detect EM waves emitted from lightning) will allow storm chasers, farmers, including the elderly and outdoor enthusiasts, who seek useful safety devices. A special software program designed b...

  Google is out to take on Skpe and the VOIP sevices with an add on – a dial pad to Google Talk. This image if to be believed, will let users dial landlines and cell phones using Google Talk. If Google Talk does charge for external phone calls, expect Google to offer cheaper rates than Skype if Google Talk users pay with Go...

BT and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have teamed up to turn the latter's popular games console the PlayStation Portable (PSP) into a fully-functional multimedia phone. The two companies will transform the PSP from a gaming device into a handheld that enables voice and video calls and messaging as well as wireless broadband connectivity. The service is part of a growing trend to enab...

Apple is understandably miffed at what it feels is the blatant misuse of its iPods, not to mention a rip off of its own silhouette ads. What raised Apple’s hackles is a device that  it would definitely not want iPods to be associated with. And an ‘i’ in front of the product name has only precipitated matters. Briti...

The Gateway E-155C (aka C-120X) is a great addition to the tablet PC world, and exhibits a solid evolution in Gateway’s approach to tablet design. The E-155C “Thin & Light Convertible” offers an ultra-low voltage processor to reduce battery drain and heat. Many users find their most natural use for a Tablet PC is on-the-go and fo...

Visitors at the world’s second-largest trade show, Computex Taipei, to be held in Taiwan from June 5-9, 2007 will be witness to live demonstrations of Kingston’s new DDR3 1500MHz HyperX and DDR2 800MHz ultra low latency HyperX memory modules. Kingston 512MB and 1GB DDR3 1066MHz HyperX memory modules recently passed Intel Platf...

Google Gmail has now doubled the attachment size of its email service. It is therefore possible to send 20MB in a single message. There are a few mail providers that will accept such a big message, so it will be better to send messages bigger than 10 MB to other Gmail accounts, to Yahoo Mail Plus or to other premium accounts. If opting to use a third party for the sending, storing and receiv...

Motorola has teamed up with Kodak to use their CMOS sensor in a Motorola-Kodak cameraphone that'll sport a 5-megapixel camera. Kodak President Antonio Perez shared the info at the JPMorgan Technology Conference in Boston on Monday. While Perez would not release details on the camera phone, he did say that the new Kodak camera...

We don’t go by hearsay, but some rumors stir up quite an interest that we couldn’t help but get into details. At the end of it all we are none the wiser, but still if unconfirmed reports are to be taken at face value, Dell is expected to begin selling on Thursday three models of its long-awaited laptop and desktop computers loaded with Ubuntu Linux. ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved Apple’s iPhone, clearing the way for the combined phone and music player to hit the shelves, which in all probability will be in late June. Some of the FCC documents confirm a few features of the phone, including Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. However, despite the phone’s high price, ...

"Our first ever Walkman with video support combines the best of what we know in sound and vision," said Suzanna Gan, Product Manager for Personal Audio at Sony Australia. "This new video MP3 player is compact and super-stylish with an impressively large screen for such a small unit - it's what people have been waiting for. When filled with music, TV clips, photos and videos...

A device that can translate smells into pictures has been stuff science fiction has been made of. But time and again we had amazing technological advancements translating such fictions into reality. Now, Nokia Scentsory cellphone concept is something that joins the league. This unique concept handset comes in a paper airplane-folded styl...

The hot and happening VAIO TZ will soon hit the stores. The specifications are something which we already know, but look further and you’ll be in for a surprise: the system can apparently be configured to run both a 2.5-inch 160GB disk and a 1.8-inch 32GB SSD simultaneously -- store the Vista OS and your critical applications and data on the super flash drive...

Portability gets into a higher realm altogether with the 8-core NextDimension Pro and Evo from NextComputing, creators of the first flextop computer. These briefcase-sized computer models carry an incredible 8 cores, providing higher performance per watt and better energy efficiency in such a small package. Based on the Intel Xeon Process...

Of late, rumors were doing the rounds that Microsoft had decided to back the Blu-ray format. What apparently triggered them was Peter Moore’s insinuation in an interview that Microsoft would be willing to adapt to consumers needs. His suggestion that Microsoft's latest Xbox 360 console had "the flexibility to adapt to consumers' needs" was purportedly taken out of context. A pos...

Coming in a somewhat traditional package unlike some of the docks recently seen, the Philips AJ300D is a compact iPod dock and alarm clock that packs quite a bit of punch for being such a small, compact device. It's reasonably priced ($80) too and includes the standard iPod dock connector and the connector for Philips' Go Gear MP3 player....

HP recently revealed its concept eBook Reader at the 'Making Connections' event in Shanghai. Though the company claims it uses 'cutting edge' technology the only differentiating feature from others already on the market is a nifty page turning feature. Sliding your finger across a touch sensitive pad on the bottom results in the text being turned an...