After of letting rumour mongers wag their tongue for long, Apple finally has confirmed news of aquiring the domain name iCloud.com from Sweden-based hybrid cloud computing outfit, Xcerion. As per soureces, the company bought the domain but declined to comment on its $4.5 millon price tag. This brings us to two important questions. One, why does a tech superpower like Apple need to buy cloud computing space? And two, what's the purpose behind? While we have no clue what...
Nintendo Fanboys rejoice! The rumour that first burned wick in 2008 is now in the light. Nintendo has finally confirmed the existence of a new console that will be replacing the old faithful Wii as early as March 2012. A playable version of the same will be showcased in E3 Expo in LA in June. Which leaves us with one little niggle: A word or two about the specs would have been better....
The iPhone4 isn't the best known phone for its camera and shooting capabilities, but what people know it for is the immense popularity and user base it has created. Thus, an attempt has been made to tap into those who totally dig the awesomeness of the iPhone4. The HipstaCase brings to life the design of old cameras that required rolls of film fed into them, for non-stop shooting. The case, as expected, just about completely blocks out the idea of...
Panasonic have upgraded their prestigious Lumix line with a rugged entry in the ranks of pretty cameras. The attributes of the Lumix DMC-FT3 include a 12.1-megapixel sensor for some pretty sizeable images, submergible in up to 12-feet of water, freeze-proof in temperatures hovering around 10 degrees Celsius, airtight and thus dust-proof, withstanding falls from up to 2 meters, a 28mm LEICA DC Lens with 6x Digital Zoom and a lot more....
Why should you be denied the awesomeness of Wi-Fi just because your ship's a handful of distance to handle? Get hold of the amazing UA600EX from Amped Wireless and ensure that your signal reaches far and wide. The weatherproof signal amplifier can boost your Wi-Fi strength by up to four times. The 600mW charger does well enough to reduce the need for more Wi-Fi hotspots, especially when there are only a handful of usage nodes. Running on a 2.4GHz spectrum,...
Ubiquitous Corp, a Japan-based firm that deals with middleware for embedded devices, developed a power bar, the iRemoTap, with the aim of visualizing electricity used in a home, particularly ideal in Japan given the power shortages. It contains a microcomputer, a wireless LAN module while the power consumption information of each outlet is regularly transmitted to a cloud server. As a result, it becomes possible to make a graph of the change in power consumption in a home and...
According to an OEM parts retailer named Global Redirects Parts , the pictures below belong to the Motorola DROID 3, though there is a reference to the device as “Targa”, which is actually the name for Motorola’s DROID Bionic, due out later this summer. So, there’s no really telling, though the image does appear to be on a par with other DROID 3 leaked photos. We can see that the device has a front-facing camera on the top right...
We aren’t largely impressed with anything that’s write-once, Toshiba’s new Write Once Memory Card, that works like a non-rewritable CD, might be what you need at governments, police and other entities need to record tamper-free data. With a storage size at 1GB against a CD’s 700MB, photos and data could be stored on this card and couldn’t subsequently be changed. Wouldn’t be surprised if we see film lovers to come to digital, which allows for more storage limits....
Motorola is set to introduce a new touchscreen phone, the Motorola EX130, based on Qualcomm’s Brew MP. Unlike its previous Brew handsets (like the EX128 or the EX300), the Motorola EX130 comes with two displays: a 2.8 inch QVGA one, and a one-line OLED monochrome one (96 x 16 pixels) sitting below it. The additional monochrome display will function as the “ticker display” of the Samsung Continuum....
The ink hasn’t dried on the Samsung Galaxy S II roll-out and already making news is the Galaxy S III, expected to arrive this fall, according to reviewer Eldar Murtazin. Murtazin isn’t exactly the guru with his predications, but he is the man who correctly called Nokia's move to Windows Phone 7 and now says that Samsung is ramping up its production cycles in order to compete with the iPhone 5. According to Murtazin, all aspects of the Galaxy...
Now you can tweet your way to fitness. Tweet_Fit, certainly has the potential to get people talking or tweeting. Developed by a UK design student, this connected gym accessory attaches itself to the end of your dumbbell and sends updates to your Twitter account when you start and stop your workout. When offline, it guides you through the perfect curl....
Nikon’s authentication key can be tampered with, says Elcomsoft, a Russian white-hat security firm. According to Nikon, any image taken should ideally carry an encrypted signing key, which is overwritten the minute the picture is edited; the presence or absence of this key can be checked for later. But Elcomsoft has now stated that the key can be re-written, and therefore fake images are made “authentic” according to Nikon’s tools. The matters have been brought to Nikon’s notice, but...
After a day of hard work what better thing to do then to engage in a game of 8 ball on a Star Wars themed pool table. Though the customization is not that extensive it does look impressive. [More images after the jump]...
We've heard numerous stories of people who love taking home towels from hotels, both, lavish and not; not realizing that the same is public property and has been used by several before them to clean dry their unmentionables. So for the gullible, the hygiene police are suddenly wide awake and aware about your criminal activities. The new RFID tags by a Florida-based company are washable and can easily track down towels that have gone missing. Thus, you are subject to...
In an age where gradual scaling up of gizmos is the Ace move, you should embrace devices like the Plextor PL-LB950UE Blue-ray burner. It offers you a choice of either USB 3.0 or eSATA connectivity, 12x write speeds, and dual layer disc burning up to 50GB. The external drive may be expensive but it can be a major addition to your rack since it also supports 3D support. Now HD videos aren't difficult to port from computer to another. With...
