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Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning have announced that they are working on a new type of SIM card that incorporates a GPS receiver and an antenna. GPS feature is generally found in medium and high range phones, but with their SIM card even a sub-$50 handset can gain GPS functionality. The companies say with their [...]

 
Sony was the first one to launch an 8-megapixel phone and it seems they will be the first one to create a 12-megapixel phone too. The initial step towards it has already been achieved with the preparation of a 12.25-megapixel CMOS sensor. However, this breakthrough won’t be limited to Sony’s boundaries but will soon be [...]

 
Samsung’s SDI division showed up their latest display creation to woo attendees at the FPD International 2008 Expo. They demonstrated a 0.05mm thick 4-inch OLED display hung in the air to make it flutter from the breeze. Samsung has named it as Flapping Display and it is so thin that even a light breeze from [...]

 
IBM’s research lab at Zurich have created a simple and effective security device to ensure safe online banking for consumers. Dubbed as the Zone Trusted Information Channel (ZTIC), a simple USB drive that creates a direct and secure channel to the bank’s online server for transactions irrespective of user’s PC being affected with malware or [...]

 
In less than 7 hours at 6AM IST, India’s Chandrayaan-1 will expedite itself to the first ever lunar mission. Chandrayaan is a Sanskrit word meaning Moon Craft which took almost 4 years to build with an estimated cost of INR 3.8 billion or USD 83 million.
The objectives of the mission are to expand scientific [...]

 
Are you the dude whose diet consists of pizzas and all sorts of junk food? Well, Hitachi has something in store for you that can estimate your future volume of fat as well as show some tomographic images of the abdomen.
The new technology developed by them, simulates organ fat on the computer screen by [...]

 
Sharp Electronics latest creation is a head turner. They revealed the new DX range of Aquos TVs which are touted to be the world’s first TV sets to sport an integrated Blu-Ray recorder. The DX series spans six different sizes starting from a decent 26-inch to go up to 52-inch. For later viewing pleasure, a [...]

 
A computer network was recently hooked up by researchers equipped with a new security system dubbed as Quantum Cryptography. The QC basically uses the quantum theory with the security schemes based on Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. In this principle, one cannot measure or obtain the information without disturbing it.
In other words, when a hacker tries [...]

 
Fujifilm Japan has claimed a world’s first by creating a digital camera capable of converting a regular picture to a 3D image on the go. The camera, Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D System is still in its prototype stage and is expected to be commercially available somewhere in next year. The camera actually has two lenses [...]

 
Toshiba already has the credit of making the world’s first 1.8-inch 240GB PATA Drive and here is another feat which is also the world’s first. Toshiba has created its third generation 1.8-inch SATA drive (MKxx29GSG) boasting storage space up to 250GB. A user will now be able to experience fast transfer speeds given the SATA [...]