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It’s always hard to confirm whether leaked pictures are authentic or not, but assuming this latest leaked picture of the Nokia C6 is authentic, it looks like the phone will be something like a Nokia Nuron that decided to grow a sideways-sliding keyboard. Do you think that this is what the Nokia C6 will eventually look like, or is it just a clever Photoshop job? Rumors are going around that the C6 is slated to be released in Europe this ..read more

OWC has launched its OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini 1TB portable drive, claimed to be the first ever 2.5-inch 1TB drive that ships with a quad interface. It sports eSATA, USB 2.0, and FireWire 400/800 connectivity on the body of its brushed aluminum, fanless enclosure. The drive inside is rated at 5200RPM, and will be bundled with Intech Speedtools, Prosoft Engineering Data backup and Carbon Copy Cloner. If you’re serious about carrying about huge amounts of data with you, then ..read more

Sony has patented a new kind of video game demo, though it’s probably not the kind of video game demo that we’d want to get. The patent describes a demo that will have its features eroded over time, which just means that it will become less and less enjoyable to play. A good example would be your weapon being weakened over time, or a racing game losing race tracks once you’ve reached a preset number of plays. The features will ..read more

It’s tax season, a time of year that identity thieves are looking to prey on unsuspecting victims. That’s why we’ve joined forces with Fellowes to give away five of their new Microshred Series shredders (specifically the MS-450Ci), which literally shred paper into dust (3,000 pieces to be exact). Protect your sensitive information and enter to win! Here’s how Fellowes describes its product:

“Fellowes Microshred Series shredders are designed to help consumers and business professionals protect their confidential information ..read more

It has taken months, but at least Apple has come good with their range of 27″ iMac displays, touting the problems to be fixed thanks to a couple of its software updates. According to Apple, “We’ve addressed the issues that caused display flickering and yellow tint. Customers concerned that their iMac is affected should contact AppleCare.” Well, if you happen to be a proud owner of the 27″ iMac and have already applied both updates, how is your machine faring? ..read more

Word has it that Apple aims to introduce vast improvements in their future MacBook Pros which will see improved dual graphics handling, where one is able to alternate between integrated and discrete graphics processors automatically. This could very well see the new Nvidia technology known as Optimus being introduced in their new MacBook Pros, as Optimus was specially designed to work alongside Nehalem notebook designs. To know more about Optimus, check out our take in an earlier post.

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[MWC2010] The long awaited HTC HD2 will be finally available in the US, exclusively from T-Mobile this spring. The powerful smartphone boasts a high resolution 4.3-inch capacitive touch display, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Windows Mobile 6.5 (soon to be obsolete!), a 5 MP camera and 3G support.

The surprise today came from the cool content services that T-Mobile is bringing directly into the phone including Barnes & Nobles eReader application, BLOCKBUSTER on demand application, MobiTV, films “Transformers” and “Transformers: ..read more

Bluebird Soft’s latest AutoID PDA is powered by Google’s Android operating system, where the smartphone has just arrived in the South Korea market. You will find that the AutoID PDA ain’t no slouch when it comes to hardware specifications, featuring a 3.5″ VGA display, a 3-megapixel camera with autofocus capability, HSDPA support, Wi-Fi connectivity, A-GPS, an RFID reader and a barcode scanner. It is also rugged enough to shrug off drops from 1.8 meters, albeit for a dozen or so ..read more

Are you still in love with Nintendo’s Wii gaming console? You might be getting a new lover from Nintendo sometime in the near future perhaps, as during the Annual Japan Media Arts Festival, Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, mentioned something about Nintendo’s next hardware release, and confirmed that Nintendo was working on some new hardware. Unfortunately that’s all that was mentioned, as Nintendo generally isn’t going to go around sharing information on its upcoming consoles. Hopefully it’s a new upgraded Wii ..read more

AAXA recently made it known that its L1 laser-powered LCoS pico projector is ready to hit the market pretty soon, measuring an extremely diminutive 4″ x 2″ x 1″, relying on laser technology instead of a lamp that consumes more power and will burn out eventually. Another advantage of using laser would be doing away with the need to focus the picture alongside the capability of projecting it on curved surfaces. Rated at 20 lumens of brightness, you ought to ..read more