Tetris makes a come-back on Samsung TVs
Teteris, the famous hand-held puzzle game developed in 1984, is now available for purchase on 2011 Samsung Smart TVs in the US and South Korea
Afghan car owners' dilemma with number 39
The number “39” has been tagged as a mark of shame since it is a synonym for pimp in the Afghan community.
Nearly 28 pct American firms using cloud computing
Illinois based computer hardware and software supplier, in a poll conducted last month, confirmed that nearly 28 percent of all US organizations are using cloud computing and another 73 percent reported that their first access to cloud was through a single cloud application
World’s first 'virtual heist' confirmed
The world’s first virtual heist was recorded when a BitCoin user found that his virtual currency was stolen
An Angry Birds meal at KFC?
KFC and Angry Birds collaboration may sound interesting but how successful can they be?
AMD collaborates with Morgan Kaufmann Publishers to develop OpenCL guide books
American computer processor giant AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has announced the company’s collaboration with Massachusetts based computer science and engineering content distributor Morgan Kaufmann Publishers in publishing OpenCL books
Report: Porsche is planning to stop manual transmission Panamera sales in the US
German-based automotive industry Porsche is planning to discontinue their Panamera manual transmission variant due to fall in sales in the US
Top 10 most weird Apple applications
Apple applications have always been made to provide the user with a wonderful experience. Here’s, however, a few which are bizarre
Top 10 must-have applications for your laptop on the go
Here is a list of the top 10 most essential applications for your laptop while you are traveling.
London fire update: no reports of people trapped or injured
The 10-storey building fire which has been sending huge smoke clouds across London’s skyline has been identified as the one being refurbished to a 5-star hotel and about 86 luxury flats to a design by Norman Foster's architectural firm.
German scientists laser their way again; transfer 700 DVDs in 1 sec
Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, have succeeded in transferring a record 700 DVDs in only one second making it the highest bit rate on a laser. With 26 terabits per second, it would be possible to transmit up to 400 million telephone calls at the same time, they say.
London building catches fire, roads temporarily blocked
Nearly 30 firefighters are fighting a blaze on the roof of a building in Central London
HP set to link health monitoring devices with cloud computing
California-based information technology giant HP (Hewlett-Packard) has conducted research on health monitoring solutions at its Data Center Design for Cloud Computing
Livescribe offers new Connect feature to boost smartpen market
Paper-based computing platform giant Livescribe hopes to make an impact by introducing the new Connect feature to its Echo and Pulse smartpens
Finmouse launches Call Reminder app for Android phones
Finmouse, a software development company, focused on mobile application and games for Android, iOS and other platforms, has launched Call Reminder in Android Market
Chinese citizens post bribing stories on Internet
Chinese citizens have confessed bribing officials in their posting on several Chinese websites
Panasonic Lumix GF3 camera set for July release
Japanese multinational consumer electronics corporation Panasonic has announced that the company is set to launch the Panasonic Lumix GF3 which will be a smaller Interchangeable-Lens camera
W3C releases CSS 2.1
W3C, the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web, has announced the launch of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) 2.1, making it the new internet standard
MacBook Air set to pose a threat to Chromebook with Mac OS X Lion upgrade
Apple’s upgraded version of its desktop operating system, Mac OS X Lion, is expected to allow faster access to the Internet without having to log back in when the user’s system is locked
Top 10 must-have music applications for your smartphone
Some music apps for smartphones can do more than just play music. Here is a list of the top 10 music applications for both Android and iOS platforms.
Apps that made history with Android
The most happening applications for Android platform came free
Angry Birds Windows version released, no browser needed
Consumer electronics giant Roku has announced the company is planning to bring three versions of the popular Angry Birds to its video-streaming set-top boxes this summer
24-year-old man charged for stealing explicit photos from hacked mail accounts
A 24-year-old man from Florida was arrested on charges of breaking into woman’s web mail accounts to access explicit photos to post online
Syrian internet service back on-line
The Syrian internet service was said to be restored on Saturday, a day after two-thirds of the Syrian network had been disconnected amidst the civil unrest in the country
Global external storage systems market sees double-digit growth for fifth quarter
The sale of external disk storage systems kept up its momentum by posting a double-digit growth for the fifth consecutive quarter
Brazil heads the chart of Facebook users till May-end
The total number of global Facebook users reached around 700 million at the end of May, with the developing countries leading the pack
Froyo proves most successful among Android versions
Android devices have seen a rise in popularity since the date of their introduction
What you should look forward to at E3 ?
The E3 is expected to reach greater heights this year and here is the reason why.
Asus to release the world’s first glasses-free 3D laptops
Asus has revealed the World’s first glasses-free 3D gaming laptops at Computex in Taipei this week
Nokia to introduce ‘Play To’ app for Symbian 3 smartphones
Finnish cell phone giant Nokia has announced the Nokia Play To app for Symbian 3 smartphones which lets the user share media wirelessly over the network
