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Otherworldly LED Suit Makes Night Snowboarder Appear Ghostlike [VIDEO]

A YouTube video of an LED suit-clad night snowboarder has gone viral with the ghostlike figure garnering nearly one million views in just a few days. Fashion photographer Jacob Sutton put this unique video together in the French Alps, and the unique suit was made by electronics designer John Spatcher.

Happy Birthday to the Text Message: Text Messaging Turns 20 Years Old

Samsung Captivate Glide
Mobile phone texting turns 20 years old in 2012, and because the technology was developed first for GSM network mobile communications in the early 1980's, it's widely given credit to have been birthed by German engineer Friedham Hillebrand. Nokia, the worlds largest mobile phone manufacturer, posted on its Connect blog Finnish engineer Matti Makkonen invented the idea for SMS (short message service).

Twitter 500M-Users Report Exaggerated, 100M Active Users More Accurate; Pales in Comparison to Facebook

Twitter promoted tweets
Early this afternoon, shortly after 1 p.m. (EST), Twitter, the beloved micro-blogging website, logged its 500 millionth user according to market analysis company Twopcharts. The analysis company expects Twitter to acquire its 600 millionth user in just over 100 days. Twopcharts has even created a countdown website to mark the occasion. Not everyone is convinced by the metrics released by Twopcharts, namely The Next Web (TNW) who said in a blog post, Color us healthily skeptical.

Mozilla Plans to Build App Market and Smartphone

Mozilla, the non-profit company that makes the Firefox Web browser has plans to launch on online apps market in 2012, and possibly its very own smartphone, an idea also reportedly being mulled by companies like Amazon and Facebook.
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Report: 'Mini iPad' on Apple's 2012 Product Pipeline

Chinese Firm Seeks Halt of iPad Sales in Shanghai

A Chinese technology firm sought to halt the sale of Apple Inc's iPads across the affluent city of Shanghai, arguing at a local court hearing on Wednesday that the U.S. firm had infringed on its trademark.
Proview iPad

Apple vs Proview iPad Trademark Dispute: See What the Chinese iPad Looks Like

A scanned advertisement of the Proview iPad made its way onto the Wall Street Journal's China Real Time Report Blog, Feb. 17, so now everyone can see what the Apple trademark dispute is really all about. As mentioned in the accompanying report, Proview's iPad looks nothing like Apple's, but it does look a little bit like the iMac desktop computer of a decade ago.
The alleged iPad 3's front glass panel

iPad 3 Front Glass Display Photo Leaked as Buzz Grows Louder

In the past few weeks, a lot of leaks relating to iPad 3 components and expected release date made their way into the Internet and there's no way of verifying what is true and what is not, as Apple has not made any official announcement yet about its upcoming tablet. The latest leak – a photo of affront glass panel (allegedly of iPad 3) – is the clearest photo leaked yet but it has little new to reveal.
BlackBerry Bridge features

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Upgrade: 5 Key Features Explained

BlackBerry PlayBook was written off for losing grip on the tablet market. But that may not be true anymore. The new PlayBook OS 2.0 announced on February 21, has some astonishing features and it’s going to help RIM tighten its grip on the tablet market.
The alleged iPad 3's front glass panel

iPad 3 Release Date Rumors Update: Leaked 'Front Glass Panel' and Germany Launch

iPad 3, Apple's next generation tablet, is expected to debut on March 7 and hence, it's not surprising to find Apple watchers vie with one another in trying to be the first to come out with an authentic leaked photo, that would throw light on what the new tablet will boast of. One such site, Apple.pro, published a photo of an alleged component of iPad 3 though, unfortunately, it had very little new to reveal.
Aakash Tablet

Aakash, World's Least Expensive Tablet Gets Update: UbiSlate 7+ Debuts

Aakash, the $35 tablet computer released in October for Indian schoolchildren has a successor, dubbed the UbiSlate 7+, a slightly more expensive tablet for impoverished students in Latin America, Egypt, Thailand and Brazil. Due to huge demand for inexpensive Internet access in third world countries, DataWind, the company that made the Aakash, has been overwhelmed with interest in the device.
Words With Friends

Ten Best New Free Android Apps for BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0

Android apps are now available for download on the BlackBerry PlayBook thanks to a new OS 2.0 software update. The update began rolling out Feb. 21, and it's free to all PlayBook owners. The apps won't come from the Android Market, instead, they'll be offered through the BlackBerry Appworld once they are ported over. So far, there are only a couple hundred that run well, but as more developers convert their apps for the QNX system, more popular apps like Words With Friends will be avail...
Nook Tablet

$199 Nook Tablet or BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0: Which Should you Buy?

Barnes & Noble have reduced the price of their Nook Tablet to $199, and the BlackBerry PlayBook has a new software update (OS 2.0) integrating thousands of new apps, but which should you buy? The seven-inch tablet space just got a whole lot juicier because now both the PlayBook, Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire are $199, a price that looks to be the point at which many new tablet owners will grab one. It's proved to be successful for the Kindle Fire because it's now the best selling Android tab...
Lynch, President of of Barnes & Noble.com, is seen during launch of the nook, in New York.

Barnes & Noble Confirms 8GB Nook Tablet, Priced at $199

The rumors that leaked were true: Barnes & Noble is releasing an 8GB model of the Nook Tablet to compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire. The new 8GB Nook Tablet is $199 and is available for purchase today. Barnes & Noble was fourth in tablet unit shipments during the last quarter of 2011. The company had 7 percent of fourth-quarter market share in unit shipments and sold 1.9 million units.
Staff member is silhouetted on a projector screen displaying a logo of Olympus Corp before a news conference in Tokyo

Foreign Investors Fear Japan Banks May Hijack Olympus

Western investors in Japan's disgraced Olympus have accused its banks of trying to take control of the boardroom by stealth, amid growing signs that the firm's major creditors are considering installing their own appointees in the top jobs.
Apple Market Cap Breaches $500-B a Week Prior to Rumoured iPad 3 Debut

Apple's China Trademark Battle Moves to Shanghai

Apple Inc's trademark battle moves to one of China's richest cities on Wednesday when a Shanghai court will deliberate a request by troubled technology company Proview to halt the sale of iPads across the city.
Apple Market Cap Breaches $500-B a Week Prior to Rumoured iPad 3 Debut

iPad 3 Release May Get Delayed: Apple Threatens Proview With Defamation Suit

Apple fans are expecting the tech giant to debut iPad 3 on March 7, or at least in the first week of March, if rumors are to be believed, but they could be in store for disappointment - Apple might delay the release of iPad 3 as iPad tablets have been banned in China over a bitter trademark dispute between the tech giant and Proview – a bankrupt Chinese company.
Best Tablets Under $299 To Debut in 2012

Nook Tablet with 8GB of Storage: Enough to Blow Away Amazon Kindle Fire?

Barnes & Noble is ready to debut a new 8GB Nook Tablet Feb. 22, and it could even come out at a lower price, but will it be enough to blow away the Amazon Kindle Fire? Kindle Fire is $50 less than the Nook Tablet, and it has more internal storage, but that's about to change when Walmart begins selling the eight gigabyte Nook Tablet Feb. 22, tech blog The Verge reported.
Remove App

Scalado 'Remove' App Gets Rid of Unwanted Object in Photos

Have you ever felt stressful after seeing that your almost-perfect shot has captured an unwanted object or person in it? If yes, you're in luck because there's a wonderful app that can save your time in solving this common photographic problem by removing unwanted object or person from a captured photo.
Movie Avatar

'Avatar'-Style Surrogate Robots Focus of DARPA's $7 Million Project

The futuristic warplanes and weapons, the Na'vis, the sentient extraterrestrial humanoids inhabiting the fictional moon Pandora in the movie 'Avatar's had to battle against, is set to become a reality, thanks to DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), which plans to make an army of 'Avatar'- style surrogate robots to reduce the dangers posed to military soldiers in the battlefield, featuring telepresence and remote operation of a ground system.

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