Toshiba unveils 128 GB Chips for cellphones

The new device integrates sixteen 8 GB NAND Chips. The new memory model in a system would yield recording up to 2,222 hours of music or 16.6 hours of HD video.

World's first ECG phone

Researchers have created a simple to use electrocardiogram embedded in a smartphone. The device detects your heart rhythm through your fingertips and can send the readings to your doctor. 

The Kug: Mug that doubles as a kettle

A mug which doubles as a kettle and features a heating element that can boil water in just 90 seconds to make a cup of tea or coffee has been developed. Kug is the brain child of Ben Millet and Alan Harrison, who came up with it for a design project at the National College of Art & Design in Dublin. 

Developers give thumbs up to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Microsoft has officially launched Visual Studio 2010, along with many other products at the Microsoft TechED India 2010. Siliconindia, asked few developers regarding the new features launched in Visual Studio 2010 and how it will help them.

German firm Neofonie launches WePad to battle iPad

German IT company Neofonie's is launching a new tablet called 'WePad' to compete with Apple's iPad. This touchscreen tablet looks similar to Apple's iPad but is based around Google's open Android operating system.

Nokia unveils cheap social networking smartphones

Nokia has announced three new handsets - the Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 - designed to put better messaging and social networking tools in the hands of more people around the world, at affordable prices.

Apple postpones international iPad launch by 1 month

Apple has announced that due to the strong demand for Apple iPad in the US, it is postponing the international launch by one month and it will now be available only by end of May.

Touchscreen Tablet

Sanjay Purohit, founder of iProf Learning Solutions India says 7-inch touchsreen tablet runs on Android OS and will target the education market at a retail cost of Rs 14,900.

Future Phones

Future Phones could sniff out toxic chemicals and poisons. Researchers are currently developing a chip that can detect deadly toxic chemicals. This inexpensive chip will appear in prototypes as early as next year and will be able to detect carbon monoxide and fire for now.

Taiwan firms to launch PCs to compete against Apple's iPad

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP)-Acer Inc and AsusTek Computer Inc are developing tablet computers to compete with Apple Inc's iPad and plan to unveil them at an industry show in June, an official said.

Acer, the world's third-largest PC vendor, and AsusTek area among Taiwanese computer companies that are developing or assembling up to 10 tablets for foreign makers, said Li Chang, an executive of the Taipei Computer Association. He did not identify the other producers. 

Acer and AsusTek are expected to display tablet PCs at the Computex show in Taipei on June 1-5, Li said. 

Officials at Acer and Asustek declined comment. But Taiwan's Economic Daily News quoted unidentified sources as saying the two firms will launch tablet PCs in the third quarter this year with a price tag $400. 

Apple Inc's iPad tablet computers hits US shelves on Saturday and international releases are planned for later in April. The iPads will connect to Wi-Fi networks and cost $499, $599 or $699, depending on the data storage capacity. 

A Taiwanese research firm, Topoly Research Institute, said tablet PCs might cut into shrinking sales of mini-laptops known as netbooks, a market dominated by Acer and Asustek. 

By 2012, sales of tablet PCs could reach 50 million units worldwide, surpassing the figure for the netbooks, Topology Research said.

Software giant to announce'Pink' phone next week

Microsoft is said to announce its long-awaited 'Project Pink' Phones soon, as the world's largest software company attempts to gain traction in the green market for young smart phone users. Microsoft hopes its Windows Phone 7, launched with great fanfare in February will win back share from Blackberry and IPhone and beat back new comer Android, which is making ground with its Nexus One Phone.

Fuji Finepix Z700

The new digital camera shoots at a resolution of 12 megapixel, has a 5x optical zoom and can recognise dog and cat faces automatically take pictures of them. For more info, log onto www.fujifilm.in  

Lacie Starck

The Lacie Starck Mobile Hard Drive is the result of collaboration between Lacie and world-famous designer Philippe Starck. It's sturdy 2mm aluminium casing keeps the drive from over heating. The exterior is made with polished aluminium and hides within it and embeded USB cable. The device is available in 320 GB and 500 GB capacities with prices starting at Rs 5900 for more information log on to www.lacie.com.

A PC that reads minds

British scientists have developed a computer that can read human minds, a key breakthrough which they claim takes telepathy a step closer to reality. According to Eleanor Maguire of University College London and colleagues, the computer is able to decipher thought patterns and tell what people are thinking simply by scanning the brain.

Cellphone giant develops a self-charging cellphone

The self-charging handset from Nokia will work with the heavier components such as radio transmitter circuit and battery placed on a frame that would shift two sets of rails that allow free movement, New Scientist reported. each rail hosts stripes off piezo - generating a current when compressed by the frame, generating electricity. That charges a capacitor and subsequently the battery.

India's First Android Device

A Hyderabad based Notion Ink, a startup formed by six IITans and an MBA graduate, might just be the company that would make the country's first Android device.

The tablet PC from the company will feature Nvida's Tegra processor and will run Android. The device will be called "Adam" will feature a writable 10 inch touchscreen and will weigh in at just 770grams. It will be feature packed with technologies like Bluetooth, a 3mega pixel camera, video recording, USB charging and a data storage capacity of 32GB all crammed in. Then, there is the much sought after Wi-Fi connectivity as well. 

It's Lithium lon batteries would be able to power the device for almost 48 hours, claims the company. Adam is expected to cost less than $400 (Rs 18,640 approx), and could be in your hands by June 2010 if all goes as planned.

Student make electric appliances operable via sms

Your electrical appliances at home can soon be controlled by a simple SMS, thanks to a new 'low cost device' developed by the students at Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh.

The device which was developed by Abdullah Azhar and Kamal Gupta, both final year B Tech students of Department Electronics, will enable users to operate electrical appliances at their home from anywhere in the world at any time at a very low cost, a college spokesman said.

According to him, existing technologies for home automation require internet, Bluetooth and Wi-fi systems, which are comparatively expensive, reports PTI. The device has also won the second prize at the international exhibition of 'Electrical and Industrial Electronics' held in Mumbai recently.

A Software to translate as you speak on phone 

Internet giant Google, which has also made an entry in the mobile world with its own phone Nexus One, is working on a software which will interpret foreign languages as a person speaks. The translation is done almost instantly and Google hopes to have a basic system ready within a couple of years, reports Chris Gourlay of Sunday Times.

Google has already developed an automatic system for translating text on computers, which is being polished by scanning millions of multi- lingual websites and documents. So far it covers 52 languages, adding Haitian Creole last week.

Recently Google also launched a feature where a user can search on the search engine by saying the key words instead of typing. Now it is working on combining the two technologies to produce software capable of understanding a caller's voice and translating it into a synthetic equivalent in a foreign language. The phone would analyse "packages" of speech, listening to the speaker until it understands the full meaning of words and phrases, before attempting translation. "We think speech-to-speech translation should be possible and work reasonably well in a few year's time," said Franz Och, Google's Head of Translation Services.

Although automatic text translator are now reasonably effective, voice recognition has proved more challenging. "Everyone has a different voice, accent and pitch," said Och. "But recognition should be effective with mobile phones because by nature they are personal to you. The phones should get a feel for your voice from past voice search queries, for example."

Linc Pen eyes foreign markets

Linc Pen has applied for registration of its 'Linc' brand in 20 new markets including Thailand, the Middle-East, Bangladesh and South America. This comes a a time when the companies export growth has not been marred despite the slowdown and is expected to touch Rs 50 crores in 2009-10. The company has plans to invest Rs 20 crore to expand its manufacturing capacity from 2.5 million to 5 million pens per day by 2011-12.

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World's first eco-computer

A Dublin based company has produced the world's first biodegradable computer. The iameco is made from biodegradable wood panels manufactured from waste products in the lumber and pulp industry. The advantage of iameco is that when the components are buried in land fills, the wood gets wet, breaks down and new plants begin to grow from the old computers said Paul Maher, chief of MicroPro, the inventor of iameco. Besides, the biodegradable wood can also be used to manufacture the computer monitor casing, keyboard and mouse.

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