0 Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion tops 3 million downloads in just 4 days

Cupertino, California-based technology giant, Apple has announced that downloads of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion have exceeded three million in just four days, making it the most successful OS X release in Apple’s history.

With more than 200 new features, Mountain Lion is the ninth major release of Apple’s desktop operating system. The OS is available through the Mac App Store as an upgrade to Lion or Snow Leopard users for $19.99 (Rs. 1,110 approx.).

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0 Milagrow to launch devices named after Olympic medalist Gagan Narang

Manufacturers of the TabTop line of tablets and domestic robots Milagrow HumanTech have announced launching a special edition of devices named after the Indian shooter Gagan Narang, who made the country proud by winning the bronze medal in the 10 metre air rifle event in the ongoing Olympic games. The company has also announced sharing five percent of the sales from special edition products with Narang.

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3 Microsoft Surface tablet lands on October 26

Microsoft Surface fans waiting with bated breath to know when they could buy the Microsoft tablet, your wait ends now. Steve Ballmer took the wraps off Microsoft Surface back in June earlier this year. And the secret Microsoft project and alleged iPad killer now has a release date -- October 26, same day when Redmond giant unveils Windows 8 to the world. 

Microsoft Surface tablet’s launch day revelation was found hidden inside the company’s annualreport to the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates the stock market). 

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1 Microsoft introduces new Windows 8 compatible keyboards and mice

Microsoft has announced new hardware for its upcoming OS, Windows 8.

It revealed three new mice and two new keyboards that will be compatible with the new OS.

The new Windows 8 hardware is wireless, and can be connected to computers and tablets via Bluetooth. Details of the devices are as follows:

Wedge Touch Mouse 

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0 Google to replace Gmail video chat with Google+ Hangouts

Google's mailing service, Gmail, has received a series of updates this year. Apart from a neater interface and other important upgrades, Gmail has also been integrated with Google's social networking website Google+. And now the company has taken one more step towards deepening Google+ integration with Gmail – replacing the video chat with Google+ Hangouts.

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0 Test preparation app Study Buddy launched for BlackBerry smartphones

Research in Motion (RIM) in coordination with telecom operator Vodafone and entrance test preparation firm IMS has launched a test preparation application called Study Buddy for BlackBerry devices. The app, developed by Pune-based company OmniBridge Systems, is aimed at promoting BlackBerry phones among youth in the country. 

The Study Buddy app is available for download for BlackBerry smartphones on Vodafone network from the BlackBerry App World for free. To use the app, users will however need to activate a data access plan that costs up to Rs. 599 a month. 

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0 Google Earth app for iOS updated with 3D maps

While Apple gears up to replace Google Maps with its own mapping service on iOS platform, Google is stepping up its Google Earth app on the platform, updating it with new various new features such as 3D maps and a tour guide. Google is rolling out the update for the iPad 2, new iPad and the iPhone 4S devices.

"With the release of Google Earth for iOS you can literally fly through breathtaking 3D city landscapes and images and follow virtual tours of places you've never been -- all with a simple swipe of your fingertip," wrote Google's Peter Birch, Google Earth product manager, in a blog post. "It's a new, and I think magical way to explore the world in which we live."

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0 Samsung launches 32GB Galaxy S III in India

The 32GB variant of the Samsung Galaxy S III is now available in India at Rs. 41,500 via Samsung's eStore. Uptil now, only the 16GB variant of the device was available in the country. The 16GB S III was launched at Rs. 42,500, but is now available for Rs. 38,400 in the market.

"Samsung Galaxy S III is now available with 32GB in-built memory capacity," Samsung announced on its official Facebook page. Recently, Samsungannounced a 64GB variant of the S III as well, but no price or India launch date of the device was mentioned. 

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0 Approx 2 crore mobile net users reduce newspaper, TV time by half Says Study

The increasing popularity of smartphones and Internet-enabled feature phones has now started to give serious competition to the traditional sources of entertainment – TVs and newspapers, says a study conducted by online audience and ad measurement platform ViziSense.

The report reveals about 2 crore of the estimated 4.8 crore mobile Internet users in the country have shifted 50 percent of their newspaper and TV time to their mobile phones, and what's being consumed is – entertainment, including all categories of news, travel and sports.

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0 Mark Zuckerberg denies rumours of a Facebook phone

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has denied rumours that the company is working with HTC to produce self-branded smartphone with an exclusive operating system.

At the company's first-ever earnings call, Zuckerberg said that “it would not really make much sense” to build a Facebook phone. He further pointed out that Facebook is most used app on all platforms, therefore every phone out there is a Facebook phone.

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0 Facebook-HTC phone rumoured to launch in 2013

Rumours of a Facebook phone will not just die. According to a report from Bloomberg, Facebook has partnered with HTC to produce a self-branded phone that would launch in mid-2013.

The Bloomberg report quoting people knowledge of the matter claims the companies were working to release the device by end of this year but then pushed back the deadline to give more time to HTC to work on other devices. Facebook is reportedly working on a customised operating system for the device and has engaged a team of ex-Apple programmers to improve its iPhone app. 

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0 Alienware 'Game Victorious 2012 Battlegrounds' tournament registrations end July 29

Dell's PC gaming brand, Alienware has announced the launch of an Asia-Pacific online gaming tournament hosted on AlienwareArena.com.  The tournament is said to bring together some of the region’s leading gamers from Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, India, Japan and China. 

The battlegrounds tournament is tiered to cater for both elite gamers and game enthusiasts and will include DOTA 2, League of Legends and Team Fortress 2 in India. All games have an online Open League category, with DOTA 2 divided into a special invitational online Elite League as well as an Open League.

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0 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 P5100 available online in India

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 510 P5100 is now available online in India, via Snapdeal. Running on Android 4.0.3 ICS, the Galaxy Tab 2 510 has been priced at Rs. 37,350, but is retailing for Rs. 32,990, with Snapdeal giving a 12% discount on the listed price.

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0 Google Talk chat service suffers an outage

Google's popular chat-messaging service Google Talk has suffered a massive outage. A number of users have reported about not being able to see their contacts in the chat list. According to reports, even if you are able to see the contacts online in the chat list, message is not being sent.

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0 Google Search gets 34-button scientific calculator

Google Search has long featured a built-in calculator function but with a recent update users can now access a full-fledged 34-button scientific calculator.

Earlier, Google Search simply displayed an equation results when any user entered any query such as 2+2. The new scientific calculator appears as you type a search query involving any equation or simply typing 'calculator' without navigating away from the main site.

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0 Sony Super slim PS3 is underway

Sony has yet to confirm but rumour mills have been hard at work suggesting that a super slim PS3 is underway and could launch as early as next month for a price tag of $150 (Rs. 8,500 approx.). Leaked a few weeks ago on the Internet, the PS3-4000 boasts of a slimmer form factor than the current PS3 slim and will have 16GB storage making the device an ideal “budget” PS3.



Some rumours suggest that the device will launch at gamescom next month where as others suggest that the device may see the light of day towards the end of the year. Currently the cheapest PS3 available in India costs Rs. 16,990 and comes with a 160GB HDD.

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0 Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion available for download via Mac App Store

Mac lovers rejoice. Apple’s latest OS, 10.8 Mountain Lion is now available for download. Users can get it from the Mac App Store for $19.99 (Rs. 1,120 approx.). If you have purchased your Mac in the past few weeks, then the OS update will be free for you

The new OS boasts of a number of new features that will help integrate the desktop OS and Apple's mobile OS, iOS in a more seamless manner. Some features of iOS that will make an appearance on Mountain Lion are notifications, iCloud integration and reminders to name a few.

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1 Swipe Telecom launches (First 3D Tab in India) three budget ICS tablets in India

Swipe Telecom has launched three new budget tablets in India - Swipe 3D Life, Swipe Halo TabX74S and Swipe Float TabX78. All three Swipe tablets run on Google Android 4.0.3 ICS, and are available between Rs. 5,999 and Rs. 8,999. The details of all the three devices are as follows:

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0 Apple to unleash OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion

Apple’s latest desktop operating system, OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion will launch in the U.S. on the 25th of July. It’s already the 25th of July in India and if you log on to the Mac App store to download it, it won't be visible to you. You can check the App Store once the clock hits 25th July in the U.S. The OS will cost customers $19.99 (Rs. 1,125 approx.).

If you have purchased your Mac in the past few weeks, then the OS update will be free for you.

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0 YouTube asks users to post real names for commenting

YouTube has been long criticised for having a poor commenting system with its number of videos being flooded with meaningless, stupid and racist rants. Google has finally decided to do something about it. The video sharing network will now seek your real name before posting any comment on the site.

When any user attempts to comment on a video, a box pops up asking the person to post real and full name. The full name further directs user to Google+ accounts as Google requires the real name of someone signing up for a Google+ account.

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0 More Indians access Facebook via mobile phones

The number of Indian users accessing Facebook via mobile phones has significantly increased over the years, reveals a top official of the social networking site.

Facebook India director-online operations Kirthiga Reddy says that India, also the second largest Facebook nation, has grown from eight million mobile users to 50 million users, as the social networking site has evolved as one of the most effective tools for communication on the go.

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0 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean may come soon on the Samsung Galaxy S II and S III

Samsung may introduce Google’s latest OS not only in its current flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S III but in the Galaxy S II as well.

According to sammobile.com, the Samsung Galaxy S III will get the Jelly Bean update soon and that Samsung is testing the 4.1 OS on the S II as well. The 4.1 update for the S III is expected to roll out in August/September 2012. The blog also goes on to say that the first tests with Jelly Bean on the S II have shown successful results.

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0 India leads the list of top spam-relaying nations says Sophos

According to the IT security and experts at SophosLabs, India is among the world's top spam-relaying countries. The experts say there's more than one in ten chance that a spam in your inbox has originated from an Indian computer. Sophos have detailed the world's spam-relaying countries in its latest “dirty dozen” report. Interestingly, India had topped the list in Sophos' previous “dirty dozen” list as well.

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0 Samsung Galaxy S III goes to doctor

Old-school: Tearing apart your smartphone just to get a glimpse of what's inside and to see how a manufacturer has crammed the parts and pieces into a super-slim frame.

New-school? Tossing that smartphone under an X-ray machine and letting technology do the work for you, sparing you from having to purchase all kinds of tiny tools and possibly wreck your phone something good in the process.

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0 Google sells out of 16GB Nexus 7 tablets

Google's officially out of stock of 16-gigabyte Nexus 7 tablets. And, according to sources speaking to The Guardian's Charles Arthur, it's because the company "seriously underestimated" demand for the seven-inch device.

"The Guardian understands that Google's planners had thought that buyers on the Google Play store, more than from physical or online retailers, would be more committed to the company's 'cloud' concept, and so would have more of their content stored online, rather than wanting to keep it on the device," Arthur wrote.

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0 RCom introduces unlimited BBM plan

Reliance Communications (RCom) has announced an unlimited BBM plan for its prepaid and postpaid BlackBerry users across India.

For Rs. 129, Reliance's CDMA and GSM users can access BBM for 30 days. The 'unlimited BBM plan' also includes 600 local and national SMS free for prepaid customers. For postpaid customers, the free SMS are 500 per month.

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0 Sophos warns of fake Facebook photo tagging notification email

Security experts Sophos have pointed out a new spam campaign that is aimed at Facebook users, designed to infect recipients' computers with malware.

The spam mail lures Facebook users by telling them they have been tagged in a photograph. On clicking the link, users are directed to a dubious photo. 

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0 Aerographite: Scientists create the lightest material ever

If you thought air was the lightest thing in the world, researchers in Germany have cooked up a recipe to beat that claim. Meet Aerographite, officially the lightest material in the world, created by German scientists from Kiel University and Hamburg University of Technology. Among the various possible applications for Aerographite, there’s a great chance it will revolutionize the future of batteries and wearable computing (think invisibility cloaks!).

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0 Samsung Galaxy Beam officially launches in India

Samsung has officially released its projector phone, Galaxy Beam, in India. The Galaxy Beam is available at Samsung India's e-store for Rs. 29,990.

Samsung had announced its Galaxy Beam also known as the Galaxy Beam GT-I8530 at the Samsung Forum event held earlier this year. The device went up for pre-order in India earlier this month.

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0 Reliance 3G Tab V9A launches in India

Reliance Communications (RCom) has introduced another 3G tablet in the country. Priced at Rs. 14,999, the new Reliance 3G Tab V9A comes with several improved features such as a faster processor and better screen resolution. RCom is bundling affordable data and voice plans with the new tablet as well, which is going to the hit the shelves very soon.

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0 Android 4.0 ICS-based Funtab Fit tablet launches

Another day, another budget tablet launch news! Go Tech, a Delhi-based company, has launched Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-based tablet PC called Funtab Fit. Priced at Rs. 5,999, the Funtab Fit is being touted as a health-oriented device, as it comes pre-loaded with various health-related applications.

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0 Nokia to unveil 'something amazing' on September 7

Nokia has started building up hype for its forthcoming Nokia World Event and has placed massive banners outside its shuttered Nokia Store in Helsinki announcing 'something amazing is coming' on September 7. It's notable Nokia World is scheduled to be held in the same city on September 5 and 6.

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0 Jelly Bean the most secure Android ever

We all know that Google’s Android mobile operating system has garnered a notorious reputation of being pretty easy to hack and Google not doing enough towards data security. However, according to a security expert’s recent revelation, Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) is the most difficult Android OS to exploit till date. It’s thanks to a proper implementation of a security technique known as ASLR in Jelly Bean, even though it was first introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0).

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0 Play Angry Birds on your Samsung Smart TV

Samsung has announced the global availability of the Angry Birds game on its Smart TV platform. Kyungsik Lee, VP Visual Display Business said, “Samsung Smart TV will be the first TV to offer the world's most popular game and set a new standard in the industry by offering a game for Smart TVs controlled by hand gestures. Samsung will continue to develop various content that brings family members together in front of the TV, alloying consumers to enjoy new experiences via Samsung Smart TVs”

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0 Windows 8 landing on systems on October 26th

Microsoft’s latest, most ambitious and highly revamped desktop cum tablet OS - Windows 8 will hit store shelves just in time for the holiday season on October 26th 2012.

The announcement was made on Microsoft’s Blog by Steven Sinofsky, President of Microsoft’s Windows division.

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0 Google adds face blurring technology to YouTube

Google has added a new face blurring feature into YouTube in an effort to provide visual anonymity for video on the network. Google says the new feature has been added following a recent observation from human rights group called WITNESS that no social networking site offers such technology.

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0 Sony Xperia Neo L up for pre-order

Sony's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-based Xperia Neo L is now up for pre-order in India via online shopping site Flipkart. Priced at Rs. 18,499, the Xperia Neo is likely to be released in the fourth week of July. Sony hasn't officially announced the phone in India yet.

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0 Firefox 14 encrypts Google searches

Mozilla  released an updated version of its Firefox browser that has a focus on security.With Firefox 14, Mozilla will automatically encrypt searches conducted via Google's search engine in the browser's location bar, search box, or the right-click menu.

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0 Microsoft Office 2013 announced, Office 365 preview available now

The rumour mill had been working overtime for the last couple of months, talking about the imminent release of the next version of Microsoft Office and that day has finally arrived. In a rather low key fashion, Steve Ballmer unveiled the new productivity suite from the Redmond based company, along with a new logo for the suite.

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0 Facebook updates Groups, now shows who has read your posts

Facebook recently started rolling out an update to its Groups feature, which allows users to see who has seen their posts. The feature was previously available for Facebook's messages and chats. The update is being released gradually like Facebook's previous new features.

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0 HTC One, Desire smartphones to support Hindi and other Indian languages

HTC has announced it will be adding support for Indian languages – Hindi, Tamil and Marathi – to its One and Desire series smartphones. The company is rolling out a software upgrade that will enable users to read and write in the Indian languages while using the phone's messaging application, browsing the Internet or even exploring the applications on Google Play store.

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0 MakeMyTrip launches Android and iOS apps

MakeMyTrip has announced the launch of mobile apps for Android devices and the iPhone, apart from an upgraded HTML 5-based Mobile Site for smartphones. Earlier, a Blackberry app for MakeMyTrip was available.

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1 PNY launches Mini M1 and Transformer Attache pen drives in India

PNY Technologies has launched its Mini M1 and Transformer Transformer Attaché USB flash drives in India. Like other PNY flash drives, both drives features 5-year warranty from the date of purchase.

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1 Aircel plans to launch 4G services this year

After Bharti Airtel, Aircel is reportedly gearing up to launch its 4G services in India. The telecom operator, which holds the spectrum licence for eight circles, will begin rolling out 4G services between October and December this year. Aircel is reportedly going to spend approximately $500 million (roughly Rs. 2,757 crore) to set up the network.

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0 Researchers develop scale to judge your personality through Facebook

Researchers at the University of Missourie have developed a scale to determine the personality of a person on the basis of how they use the social media site. The scale is based on various activities of a user on Facebook, such as status updates and photo uploads.

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0 Lenovo announces "world's smallest desktop"

Lenovo has announced two new desktop models, the ThinkCentre M72e and ThinkCentre M92p. Both the devices boast of a slim and small form factor and pack in quite a punch under the hood.

Targeted at enterprise customers only, the device boasts of Intel’s Core i5 (Ivy Bridge) processors and support up to 16GB of RAM for the M72e and 32GB for the M92p.

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0 Delhi High Court quashes 200 SMS per day restriction

Now you can send as many SMSes you want to! Delhi High Court in a landmark verdict quashed the 200 SMSes per day per SIM restriction placed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), saying the cap infringed upon freedom of speech of the people. The court, however, upheld the restriction on unsolicited text messages.

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0 Microsoft announces limited edition Halo 4 Xbox 360

With almost every AAA video game title, we can expect a console bundle tied into the mix and the same has happened with Halo 4. A few days ago we heard rumours that Microsoft would release a limited edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 and today, these rumours have finally been put to rest.

The bundle that will cost gamers $399 (Rs. 22,000 approx.), and will hit store shelves at the same time as the release of the game, i.e., 6th November 2012.

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0 Yahoo falls prey to hackers; over 400,000 account leaked

Yahoo Inc. has said it is investigating reports of a security breach that saw nearly half a million users' e-mail addresses and passwords leaking to the Internet. The company, however, confirmed the compromised user information belongs to Yahoo Voices services, previously known as Associated Content. Hackers belonging to a group called 'D33Ds Company' have claimed responsibility of the security breach.

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0 Vuclip launches Mira!, a mobile video portal for the Indian women

Vuclip has introduced a mobile video portal dedicated to the Indian women, called Mira! The company says Mira! has been especially designed to appeal the new age women, as the portal features content from different genres such as health, beauty, fashion and style tips, parenting, cooking recipes, career, entertainment, celeb-speak, astrology and more. Vuclip says the content on the portal has been provided by 30 leading content providers across the world, including India.

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