Internet

NSG Website Hacked; Fears Data Breach

July 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

The website of India’s elite National Security Guards (NSG) is suspected to have been hacked by some miscreants if we are to believe a Hindustan Times report. Unlike the “normal” hacking process where the homepage tends to be defaced, this…

Android

Unboxing The LG Optimus Black P970 (Video)

July 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Though the LG Optimus Black (P970) was launched around two months back in India, it’s only a week since it has been made available in the market. And the Limited Edition Black has landed in our office. Well we must…

Entertainment

Why Your DTH Goes Kaput When It Rains

July 3, 2011 2 Rahul S

We are well into the monsoons now and one of the many irritating issues faced by most of us today is the sudden loss of signal on DTH (Direct to Home) networks the moment it starts raining. This has been…

Apple

WordPress Launches New Full Fledged Blogging App; Only For WebOS

July 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a world where you have been used to seeing apps being released first either for Android or iOS, folks over at WordPress has surprised us all by releasing a full-fledged WYSIWYG app for the WebOS platform. If you happen to…

Apple

iPad 2 JailBreak For iOS 4.3 Leaked [Video]

July 2, 2011 0 Monis

A video of the iPad 2 JailBreak for iOS 4.3 has appeared on YouTube. The device has been JailBroken through the another version of the JailBreakMe, known as JailBreakMe 3.0. Comex, one of the hackers in the iOS community was…

Nokia

Nokia Gets Out Of Japan: This Time, Completely

July 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was back in 2008 that Nokia had decided to cease its mainstream operations in Japan, a market where people were used to “better spec’d” handset compared to the standard fare that Nokia had on offer in the country. The…

Internet

The Days Of The Wallet Are Numbered: PayPal

July 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

According to Scott Thompson, the President of PayPal, digital currency is set to takeover completely by the year 2015 (in the US) and people would no longer be seen carrying around wallets (at least with cash inside). He adds that consumers…

Tech Industry News

Hanako 2: A Robot Patient For the Amateur Dentists (Video)

June 30, 2011 0 Tassavur

Meet Robot Hanako 2, she is a dental patient “Made in Japan”. As you may have guessed by now, this is a robot made for the dentists to practice their procedures. The robot is designed to behave and simulate human…

Tech Industry News

Justin Timberlake, A Zuckerberg In The Making?

June 30, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well, I’m sure most of you must have seen the movie “The Social Network”. Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake in the movie) who is a co-founder of Napster and goes on to become the president of Facebook and eventually…

Apple

iOS 5 Widgets Development: The Possibilities

June 30, 2011 0 Monis

Many of us felt disappointed when there were no widgets for iOS 5 announcements at WWDC. With the release of notification center in iOS 5, the possibilities of the widgets started emerging. Apple could have forgetten to point out the widgets…

events

GizmoMeet #5 – Pune We Are Coming!!!

June 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

Dooha! Yes we are back. We are pretty much still soaking in the excitement and the energy of the Delhi edition of the GizmoMeet. And now OnlyGizmos is heading towards Pune the cultural hub of Maharashtra. This would be our…

India

Nokia X7, E6 Officially Go On Sale In India

June 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Almost two weeks after going for preorder, Nokia has officially announced the launch of its newest E-Series handset, the E6 in India. Along with the E6, the much awaited X7 too makes its India debut. Both these devices are based…

Cameras

Sony Launches New Projector Handycam the HDR PJ50 In India

June 29, 2011 1 Rahul S

Sony has brought is newest Projector Handycam, the HDR PJ50 to India. The unique thing about this product is the built in projection feature that it offers. This projector can display images up to 60-inches onto a wall in a…

India

LG’s Optimus Black Comes To India

June 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

LG has officially launched the much awaited Optimus Black handset here in India. The phone, an Android 2.2 based device will join the likes of the iPhone 3GS, Google Nexus S and the Galaxy S i9003 in the fight for…

Apps

Windows Phone Gets Angry Birds Finally!

June 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

All you Windows Phone users out there, this ones for you. Angry Birds for Windows Phone is finally live. Friends its time to pop out your Windows phones and start playing away this crazy game. With, the ever increasing popularity and…

India

Motorola Xoom Launched In India Officially

June 28, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just days after we spotted the tablet being sold in a store along with the HTC Flyer, Motorola has announced that its Xoom, the first ever Android HoneyComb based tablet has officially gone on sale in India. Motorola is offering…

Opinion

Now, BJP Wants Government To Ban Google StreetView

June 28, 2011 3 Rahul S

A few days after the Bangalore Police ordered Google to stop its Google StreetView picture taking exercise, political party BJP has come in to foray calling for a ban of the service in the country because of the “security threats”…

Apple

Apple Macbook Airs No Longer Available At Best Buy & Amazon Ahead Of The Sandy Bridge Update

June 28, 2011 0 Monis

Some recent reports have suggested that the Apple Macbook Air is no longer available at BestBuy. The status to order these Macbook Airs has been changed to ‘Not available’. Only the top-of-the-line model is currently being sold by them. This…

Leaked / Spyshots

Nokia N5 Mid Range Handset Leaked

June 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia is working on a Symbia Anna based mid range device, it has been revealed by folks over at Excellular. The phone is touted to be christened the Nokia N5 when it eventually hits stores later this year. The device…

Weird or not?

Wayward Asteroid Narrowly Misses Earth

June 27, 2011 2 Rahul S

A giant asteroid that will pass “too close” to the earth’s surface will be visible from the southern hemisphere (mostly southern America) tonight. What’s however, more significant (and alarming) to note is that celestial body will pass just 11,000 miles…

green energy

Worlds First 24/7 Solar Power Plant, The Gemasolar Array (Video)

June 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

With, solar energy it was always difficult to generate electricity when the sun was down. It is this barrier which has hampered the rapid development of this technology since a long time. But now generating power even in the night…

Google

Automated, Driverless Cars Go Legal In Nevada

June 26, 2011 0 Rahul S

The US State of Nevada has probably become the first government entity in the world to legalize cars that travel.. well driver less. The legislators of the state have passed a bill that will ensure that Cars that integrate a…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP’s 7″ WebOS Tablet In Works? August Announcement?

June 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

Although HP themselves demoed their 9.7″ tablet, they made the people wait a long time before they launched it. It seems the press has already started waiting for a new tablet by HP with rumors starting to fly around. As…

Concept / Educative

Now Turn Sand Into Glass With 3D Printer, Solar Sinter (Video)

June 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

We have seen how solar energy helps generate electricity to power houses or corporations or even charge your cell phone batteries on the street. But this one is surely more creative than the other ones mentioned above. Aptly named Solar…

HTC

OG Review: HTC Salsa C510e Facebook Phone

June 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Back in February, at the grand stage of Mobile World Congress, HTC announced its two Facebook phones, the Salsa and Chacha. We decided to pick up the HTC Salsa C510e for review and gave the Facebook phone a quick test…

BlackBerry

How Do I Choose A Phone: Journey From A Nokia 1100 To Blackberry

June 25, 2011 6 Guest Author

Editors Note: Vivek Khandelwal is a friend, well wisher and our support for covering the IIT Bombay Techfest over the past 4 years. As he moves back to Delhi working fulltime for his startup Voicetap, something has changed for him.…

Apple

Skype For iPad Leaked in a Video On Youtube : Update

June 24, 2011 0 Monis

After Facebook for iPad, it seems that it is the turn of  Skype to release the iPad version. Skype accidentally published a video on YouTube which was then marked as private. But  RazorianFly didn’t miss a chance to record the…

India

iPhone 3GS 8GB Launched In India; Priced Under Rs.20,000

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in May, we had reported that Apple would be launching the iPhone 3GS here in India at a super low price. Today, friends from over at BGR India have just confirmed the news. The product has been launched in India…

Apple

iPhone 3GS 8GB Launched In India; Priced Under Rs. 20,000

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in May, we had reported that Apple would be launching the iPhone 3GS here in India at a super low price. Today, friends over at BGR India have just confirmed the news. The product has been launched in India for…

eReaders & Tablets

Exclusive: Motorola Xoom Goes On Sale In India

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Motorola’s much awaited tablet; the Motorola Xoom has gone on sale in India. Our trusty Mr.Spock has managed to send us exclusive shots of the device being on sale at a retail outlet in the country. Along with the Xoom,…

Apple

iPhone 5 Launch Rumors : What We Know Till Now

June 24, 2011 0 Monis

After the entirely software oriented WWDC 2011, it’s high time that Apple shifts its focus towards the hardware. There is no doubt that iOS 5 had some of the most sought after features that an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad user…

Leaked / Spyshots

Nokia’s Early Android Prototype Revealed

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was just yesterday that the first images (and video) of Nokia’s first Windows Phone handset were revealed. The design of this handset was based on that of the recently announced MeeGo powered N9. Now, if we are to believe…

News

Nokia’s First Windows Phone Device “Sea Ray” Leaked

June 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

This has all the ingredients of a controlled leak by Nokia. Anyway, the news is that we now have almost confirmed images of the first Windows Phone powered Nokia device. Also, for your info, the device is codenamed “Sea Ray”. The…

App (Marketplace)

Some Casual Games For Windows Phone 7

June 23, 2011 0 Annkur A

Microsoft is trying its best to get Windows Phone 7 out to users with the maximum possible apps. In an effort to get some of the best apps from Android Market and App Store, Microsoft is also said to be…

Tech Industry News

Some Causal Games For Windows Phone 7

June 23, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft is trying its best to get Windows Phone 7 out to users with the maximum possible apps. In an effort to get some of the best apps from Android Market and App Store, Microsoft is also said to be…

Android

Android 3.1 Update For Motorola Xoom Activates MicroSD Card Slot

June 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

We had seen the Motorola Xoom recently and were unhappy about it being a beta launch wherein a lot of its features were not optimally functional (Yes, I’m putting that mildly). Well we were expecting an Android update that would…

Tech Industry News

Android 3.1 Update For Motorola Xoom Activates MicroSD Card

June 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

We had seen the Motorola Xoom recently and were unhappy about it being a beta launch wherein a lot of its features were not optimally functional (Yes, I’m putting that mildly). Well we were expecting an Android update that would…

Android

Sony Ericsson Outs Xperia Ray and Xperia Active

June 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson seems to be on a roll these days. After a plethora of launches of late, the company is in action yet again and has today launched three new Android powered handsets. The new kids on the block are…

Apps

Blackberry Loses Seesmic

June 22, 2011 1 Annkur

CEO trouble isn’t all that RIM is facing at the moment, Seesmic has announced that they are discontinuing development for Blackberry to concentrate better on iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7. Of course there are alternatives for Blackberry users, but…

Nokia

First Impressions of Nokia E6-00: Good old days are back?

June 22, 2011 0 Nitish

This is a guest post by Nitish Kumar (@nkumar_). Nitish is a long time Nokia user and famous for writing with a layman’s perspective on his blog. Its not been long when QWERTY devices were a craze (there are still…