Archive for February, 2009
By TechnoGadge on February 17, 2009 at 6:31 am
Huawei Technologies (“Huawei”), a Chinese telecommunications company, announced its first Android-powered smart phone at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The new smart phone will be commercially available in the third quarter of 2009.
Details about the new smart phone is net yet available, but according to a press release, Huawei partnered with an established design consultancy to develop a robust and user-friendly interface, creating a powerful customer experience that is able to evolve with operators’ differentiation requirements.
Huawei’s Director of Terminal Marketing …
Category: Mobile | Tags: Android, Huawei, Mobile Phone, Smart Phones
By TechnoGadge on February 15, 2009 at 5:35 am
Software giant Microsoft have announced a reward of $250000 to anyone who gives information leading to the arrest and conviction of the creator of the Conficker worm. The reward is for “information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet,” the software giant said in a statement.
Microsoft also announced that residents of any country are eligible for the reward, as per the law of that country. This is the fourth time that Microsoft has offered a …
Category: Computer | Tags: Computer, Conficker, Malware, Microsoft, Security, Worms
By TechnoGadge on February 12, 2009 at 8:01 am
Two communication satellites from the US and Russia have collided in space. This first of it’s kind space satellite collision took place on Tuesday, about 800 kilometers above Siberia. The US satellite is owned by Satellite phone service provider Iridium, while the other satellite is said to be a non-functional Russian satellite.
NASA officials said the collision was the first of its kind saying that “nothing to this extent” had happened before. NASA also said that there is no risk to the International Space Station (ISS), as …
Category: Space | Tags: ISS, Satellite Collision, Space
By TechnoGadge on February 11, 2009 at 5:45 am
Microsoft on Tuesday said it has just recorded its 10,000th U.S. patent, which is related to technology used in its Surface computing platform. The U.S. Patent No. 7,479,950 covers a new technology that lets users to place objects on the computer’s tablelike display and have them associated with the data or media stored on the computer’s hard drive.
For example, a group of photos from a particular vacation could be associated with a souvenir from the trip. Placing the souvenir on a Microsoft Surface computer might initiate …
Category: Technology | Tags: Microsoft, News, Patents, Surface Computing, Technology
By TechnoGadge on February 10, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Dell today announced the launch of Latitude XT2, industry’s first multitouch tablet PC. Latitude XT2’s multitouch feature will allow users to use natural gestures like a pinch or tap for scrolling, panning, rotating and zooming that work with productivity applications they use every day. It means, with XT2, users can now put aside their mouse and opt to use their fingers or a stylus.
XT2 comes with a cool daylight viewable 12.1″ Premium WXGA (1280×800) LED Display (Wide View). It is powered by either Intel …
Category: Computer | Tags: Computer, Dell, Latitude XT2, Tablet PC
By TechnoGadge on February 10, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Google is testing a cool, new software that will provide you information about your home energy consumption in real-time. Called as Google PowerMeter, this prototype product will let you safely and privately browse your home electricity usage through a secure iGoogle gadget. Well, this free software is currently in closed beta and not yet available to the public.
Why Google is so eager to provide you near real-time home energy consumption data? According to, Google, they are creating this product to help people save money and combat …
Category: Software | Tags: Google, Google PowerMeter
By TechnoGadge on February 9, 2009 at 7:09 am
After enabling users to use Gmail offline, Google has added another cool feature to it’s popular email service. And this time it is Multiple Inboxes, which will enable users to have more than one ‘inbox’ in their default Gmail view.
Why you may need more than one inbox? Well, you may need this feature to quickly search through filtered mails and view them from a single page. Or you may want to keep your drafts visible in an extra panel. With this new feature, …
Category: Internet | Tags: Gmail, Google, Internet
By TechnoGadge on February 8, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Micro-Star International (MSI), claims that they have created the world’s slimmest all-in-one (AIO) PC and it is just 35mm in width. Take a look at the picture. Named as Wind NetOn AP1900, this MSI product really looks great and it can be used to minimize space usage while broadening the visual capacity like other LCD monitors.
It comes with a 18.5″ WSXGA 16:9 LCD display, which provides a 160 degrees wide visual experience. The display screen can display finest detailed and colorful images …
Category: Computer | Tags: Computer, Hardware, LCD, MSI
