Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 19, 2010 ·
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Google has recently demonstrated a new prototype of Google Goggles which can translate text captured in photos. The concept uses Google’s machine translation and image recognition capabilities and combines their intelligence to interpret the text in images.
Google has a habit of pulling something extra ordinary out of its hat every once in a while. I remember when the Google [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 19, 2010 ·
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It seems that the folks at Foursquare had enough of ‘Please Rob Me’ – the mock service that was setup to expose the danger of privacy invasion caused by tweeting about Foursquare check-ins. In the latest post on its blog, Foursquare has clarified its stand and with all due respect, shown the middle finger to ‘Please Rob Me’.
Every location based service has its [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 19, 2010 ·
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It seems that the Apple App Store has finally pulled the plug on all sexual and porno apps. Developers behind such apps have been receiving notifications from Apple that their apps are being removed from the App Store due to a ‘new policy change’.
Many apps including ‘Wooble iBoobs’, ‘Sexy Women’ and ‘Exotic Positions’ have already faced the axe. [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 19, 2010 ·
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Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 16, 2010 ·
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The Dell Studio 15 is the latest 15-inch notebook from Dell and it combines the best of both worlds – they are not heavily priced like the Inspiron series and they offer world class performance a slick design like the XPS series. The Studio 15 has built-it media remote control and it inherits its good looks from the more expensive XPS line.
The Studio 15 is a very user [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 16, 2010 ·
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The Acer Aspire 5738PG is a 15.6” laptop running on Windows Vista and offering great multi-touch support which lets you do just about anything with your touch – play videos, listen to music; browse the internet, zoom into photos and much more.
It has a fast Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a high performance ATI graphic card and Dolby audio making it a dream multimedia laptop. [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 16, 2010 ·
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Microsoft has recently unveiled the Windows Phone 7 Series at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. So, what does Windows Phone 7 Series have in store for users and developers? Will it revive Microsoft’s sagging fortunes in Mobile Operating System Marketplace? Perhaps, it’s too early to answer those questions.
However, the good part is Windows Phone [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 16, 2010 ·
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If you thought that the Google Nexus One was the hottest Android phone in the market today, you need to take a look at the very desirable – HTC Desire which has been recently showcased at MWC 2010.
Although both the phones have the same styling and chassis, the Nexus One takes a serious beating from the HTC Desire in most other aspects from HTC Desire. While the Sense [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 16, 2010 ·
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The LG GW620 InTouch Max marks LG’s foray into launching handsets running on Google’s Android platform. By all means, it’s an entry level phone and especially suited to consumers who have a tight budget to buy a smartphone.
The InTouch Max is amazingly small and probably the smallest Android based QWERTY slider phone worldwide. It has a slide out keyboard, [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 16, 2010 ·
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The Asus Eee PC 1005PE marks the beginning of a new era for Asus. It is the first netbook from Asus to run on the next generation Intel Pine Trail platform. It runs on an Intel Atom 450 processor and Intel GMA 3150 integrated graphics.
The first thing that stands out for Asus Eee PC 1005PE is its very impressive battery life. The battery life is an amazing 14 hours which [...]