Steve Jobs the C.E.O of Apple has dropped a bomb of goodies that includes the iTunes 9, an upgraded iPod Nano, and the OS 3.1. In a statement by Jobs, the latest version of iTunes features an all improved User Interface, along with an automated DJ known as "Genius Mixes" which plays tracks from the user's music library. He also revealed that the iTunes 9 would now support  updates from Facebook and Twitter, while allowing users to copy movies , songs, videos and TV shows right up to 5 authorized computers. The redesigned iTunes will also feature classic LP memorabilia, including music, essays, liner notes and photography. Next, Phillip Schiller went on the podium and lauded the iPod Touch's fame and recognition . According to Schiller, 20 million iPod touch units have been sold by Club Cupertino itself. He said that the DS and PSP could barely match the iPod Touch, because it is a  [...]

After the Pre smart phone, Palm is wasting no time in trying to cash in on its success by launching its sibling, the Pixi. The pixi smart phone is slightly longer but svelter than the Pre smart phone. It sports a fairly smaller multi-touch screen though and has a full QWERTY keyboard. Much like its predecessor, the Pixi will still have a memory of 8GB and the same GPS capabilities. The smaller smart phone will also feature a 2-megapixel camera. Jon Rubinstein, Palm chairman and C.E.O. stated, ‘With Palm WebOS, we're creating a new, more intuitive smart phone experience defined by unmatched simplicity and usefulness. Palm Pixi brings this unique experience to a broader range of people who want enhanced messaging and social networking in a design that lets them express their personal style.’ Palm registered record sales when the Pre smart phone went on sale in  [...]

In today’s modern world, billion and billions of dollars are spent on upgrading the electricity–grids; however the delivery of fresh water to our homes also requires an equal and much required upgrade. IBM has looked into the matter with their smart-water management plans.  They have put together a team of researchers to study how information and technology can sniff out a new improved manner of delivering fresh water. The main objective is to plot a technique to maximize the efficiency of the 1% of fresh water that is available on earth. Even in developed countries like the U.S. the pipelines carrying water are seriously outdated, some of them are even made of wood. This results in a loss of at least 25-40 percent of water, which is a huge margin, when nearly half the water goes down the drain during delivery itself. This means that most of the municipalities  [...]

According to Japanese research company BCN, the walkman has outsold the dominating iPod for the first time in four years. Sony tasted victory pure through the sales volume and number of music players. Sony recorded sales figures of 43 percent towards the end of August 30, beating apple by a whisker, who recorded 42.1 percent. The survey did not include the sales of the iPhone because of the obvious reasons of it serving as a cell-phone. Sony grabbed six of the top 10 sales spots with the different models of its Walkman. While, Apple took home the remaining three slots with its 16GB iPod Nano, iPod Classic, and iPod Shuffle. The 8GB iPod Nano also topped the sales charts with a 21.7 percent of the market share, while Sony's mini NW-E042 Walkman came in a distant second with just  [...]

Today, we celebrate the birth of the internet, something that the entire world depends on, everything from news feeds, to entertainment, to e-mails, to business transactions, shopping etc. the Internet has become a house-hold name has turned 40 and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Lets rewind a bit, 40 years ago, on the second of September, 1969, two massive computers at the University of California exchanged some data, although meaningless, as part of the first test of Arpanet, an experimental network for the U.S. Department of Defense. A few weeks later, on October 29, a connection was established between two sites - the UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California. The very next year, that is 1970, Arpanet got the first East Coast node, at Bolt, Breakneck and Newman in Cambridge. By then, UC Santa Barbara and University of Utah had also  [...]

Here is another attempt by a company to curb drunk-driving mishaps, first being the mighty Volvo when it comes to road safety. This hand-held contraption made by Toyota is more or less similar to Volvo’s, but here, it analyses your breath without you actually having to shove the damn thing down your gullet. Hmm...very clever and hygienic besides, you should have had a light-bulb glowing moment by now. If you’re drunk and the car doesn’t let you start up, you could probably get your co-driver to blow into the device and you could be on your way. Not a bad idea, but you see Toyota are one step ahead on this one, what they’ve done is, install a camera that records which face goes with which reading so a ‘smashed’ driver can't try to push a false reading from a volunteer's less-boozy breath. If the level is very high, the ignition is disabled until a lower reading  [...]

Looks like Nokia is all set to launch its new range of music phones immediately after the launch of the N97 mini. X6 though is somewhat like the 5800 expressmusic atleast looks wise is a bit more angular. It has got a 3.2 inch touchscreen display along with a resolution of 360x640. As far as the storage capacity is concerned it comes along with 32 GB inbuilt memory and upto 4GB external support. A 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss camera has been included to make photo taking an enjoyable experience. Going towards the other specifications it includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and A-GPS. Adding more to the already impressive list of features it offers upto 8 hours of talktime on GSM and upto 5 hours talktime on 3G. music playback can go upto an impressive 35 hours whereas the video playback  [...]

For all the kids who have been waiting for a cell phone which they could connect with, Samsung launches the Corby. The colourful phone has been created keeping in mind the kids and is aimed towards them. It comes along with a price tag of $130. It’s aimed at the young people who want to stay connected without having to meet people over some coffee or pastries and then immediately rushing to meet someone else. It comes loaded with a lot of social networking applications like facebook, twitter, and Myspace so just make sure before you buy the phone that you have an unlimited data package enrolled for to avoid the humungous phone bills at the end of the month. Apart from the networking applications, it has basic features like 2 megapixel camera so that  [...]