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As previously speculated, Apple was alleged to have been planning a low-key media event towards the end of this month, featuring no hardware news but instead focusing on its iBooks and other education-related stuff. Today, the Cupertino company has confirmed this by sending out invites to industry bigwigs, asking everyone to "Join us for an [ Read More ]

Apple seeds OS X 10.7.3 build 11D42 to devs

Posted by Karan Israni On January 11, 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Stepping aside for a moment from the extravagant Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Apple has put developers to work by seeding the latest build (11D42) of OS X 10.7.3, bringing along the usual bug fixes and much more. Weighing in at 989.75 MB (for those updating from 10.7.2 and 1.26 GB for those updating from [ Read More ]

So.cl invites

To get a glimpse of So.cl watch the video below. You can also get an invite to the social network here.    

Vidya Balan goes topless in Dabboo Ratnani's calender 2012

Vidya Balan gets dirty again after the dirty picture. She posses topless for Dabboo Ratnani's 2012 Calender.     Image: Varinder Chawla Source: India Syndicate via MSN news

CES 2012: BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0 (video)

Posted by Karan Israni On January 11, 2012 ADD COMMENTS
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Amid much fanfare and brouhaha at the Consumer Electronics Show here in Las Vegas, a slightly unforgotten and heavily criticized company called Research in Motion has something new to offer to its loyal Playbook users: BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0. The update is a welcome one for productivity-minded Playbook users as it makes work merry with [ Read More ]

Sony CEO: No PlayStation 4 till 2016

Posted by Karan Israni On January 11, 2012 ADD COMMENTS
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All you gamers, if you have outgrown your love for Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) and were expecting to hit it on with its successor any time soon, here's a bummer: Kaz Hirai, president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment said this to reporters in a roundtable at CES (responding to a question about recent comments attributed to gaming division [ Read More ]

LenovoK800

It had long been coming but Intel has finally given the world its first Medfield smartphone in the form of Lenovo's K800 and boy are we impressed. Sporting a huge 4.5 inch display and cracking up 720p videos, apart from a strong spec list (detailed below), the phone would have been a super-hit if only [ Read More ]

Sony Ericsson India has launched a new TV commercial showcasing the Walkman capabilities of the W200i (supposedly), starring top Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan who makes you "thump" to the sound of the Walkman again. They say: You have to be ready to 'let go'. Why you? We'll soon tell you. Via SE India

Firstain Giveaway:Get So.cl invites

Posted by admin On January 11, 2012 7 COMMENTS
So.cl invites

Microsoft has launched a new social network So.cl and at the moment it is invite only.If you wish to get an invite you need to do the following 1.Like us on Facebook 2.Share this page on Facebook. 3.Subscribe to Firstain newsletters. Just follow the above 3 steps and we will send you a so.cl invite. [ Read More ]

CES 2012: Presenting the Ubuntu TV (video)

Posted by Karan Israni On January 11, 2012 ADD COMMENTS
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The Consumer Electronics Show was graced by the arrival of the Ubuntu TV, presented in a sleek avatar in Las Vegas. The TV, though currently running on an external PC and being controlled by a Boxee remote, hopes one day to have its media-focused Linux distro embedded in TVs. Check out the video walkthrough of the Ubuntu TV [ Read More ]

Earlier we told you about booking railway tickets from your mobile phone  but this time its via local vendors. I know a lot of you in Mumbai must have spend a lot of time standing in long queues. I myself have also spend a lot of time just waiting to get a railway ticket. I [ Read More ]

Kinect for Windows

Posted by admin On January 11, 2012 ADD COMMENTS
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Kinect is one of the best gadgets in the market right now.Some tech experts also suggested that it outsold the iPad.Earlier we informed you how kinect and iPad worked together.That was obviously unofficial way to do it. But this time Microsoft have officially announced that Kinect will be available for Windows. It is infact available [ Read More ]