Author: Amarnath Natarajan

The AR technology that promises augmented reality without need for unsightly tattoos? Anew live-demo shows Sonys markerless object recognition system focusing on posters, tables, books, and coffee cups in traditional AR card, allows recognizing multiple objects at once, focusing on objects rather than markers allow augmented entities to interact more naturally with their environment. Objects…

The Professional sneaker customizer has significantly stepped up his game after commissioned by Sneaker Freaker Magazine, creates two pairs of speakers from some giant. Nash consulted MF Doom for the project, and the emcee offered up suggestions like sci-fi and laser guns, modern architecture and geometry, and mad exclamation marks. The Sneaker Speaker Doomsday Edition…

Apple launching Apple Store 2.0, iPads have been scratched throughout, deployed to run as mini and providing more information about various products on display. Users can learn more about any particular product, figure out pricing, and hit a button to have sales. The new system has already launched in Australia. Check out the video for…

The newly unveiled Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro is heading on O2 UK. They pinned June as month of release of the new device. The version of Xperia Mini Pro features 1GHz processor, 5MP camera capable of recording 720p HD video, 3-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen, microSD card slot. It runs on Android 2.3 with Sony…

Nokia N9 smartphone have been rumored before, but now Pocket Now has released a teaser video for the all new Nokia N9, looks slick with its layouts and very similar to preliminary leaked images. It has a physical slide-out keyboard, 12MP camera, there is still doubt about the operating system of the smartphone. But the…

Android Central points out Google support document that details the Failed to fetch license for (movie title) error 49 message users will see when they try to play on a rooted device. Only Xooms with Android 3.1 have the access to the service right now, but support rolls out to all Android 2.2 or higher…

TiVo announced it would offer Hulu Plus in Spetember we are still waiting for it to arrive on those Premiere DVRs. Twitter user dlayphoto spotted these materials in local Best Buy promising six months for the $7.99/month service for free with purchase of a new box with a new price tag. The URL on the…

HP may have announced its TouchSmart 610 all-in-one just too soon for it to ship with Core 2011 processors, the company is pushing out a refresh a just a few months later. The 23-inch device is on sale with a variety of quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 Sandy Bridge CPUs. The special in the…

Sprint customers can now pre-order their HTC EVO 3D and EVO View 4G tablet. The carrier has confirmed that you can reserve WiMAX device by visiting Sprint owned retail store and plucking down $50. No words yet on when you will be getting the device in your hands. It is also taking the names for…

Booken has an E Ink Pearl display hacked to playback clips of bunnies without so much as a hiccup, now it is showing web browsing and scrolling on the same screen. It is stutter, as you see the video below, but the same tech found in Kindle is quite comfortable. The trick is done with…

Sharp, one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in its native country Japan rolled out a retro-future Gingerbread-packing Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH, an Android 2.3 flip phone with 180- degree swivelling touchscreen above the hinge the numerical dial pad and below there is a cool kids in Shibuya crave. The pretty good spec in this phone…

The MP3 Player that can do it all, including whisper sweet nothings in your ear. iRiver T9, slim, Barbie Pink with screen savers say I love you and Enjoy your life. This device actually offers a healthy feature set, includes FM radio, voice recorder, step and calorie counters, a USB connector, and the ability to…

Windows Phone 7s Metro UI Style can have it for their media player. Now the app has been released by the developer of LauncherPro homescreen replacement. As you can see from the video below next to a real WP 7 device, the look and functionality of Zune Player is present in a full featured interface…

Now you can have your Hulus extensive video library at your fingertips. Replacing the standard Adobe Flash Player with a modified version seems to work for the Nook and some other devices; users at Android Central have reported success on Epic 4G, Thnderbolt, and Droid Incredible. Check out the video for more details and how…

Googles indicated that tablet and smartphones will not be sharing the same Android build until Ice Cream Sandwich in Q4 this year, it turns out that the tablet friendly Honeycomb actually has Gingerbreads interface tucked underneath. According to modder Graffixo214, you need to making the jump is one simple system file: you already have the…

Mobile carrier is today launching the UKs first mobile phone contactless payment service, called as Quick Tap for purchase up to 15. It works on MasterCards PayPass System and requires a Barclays debit or credit card or, alternatively, a credit card from Orange itself. Gemalto is providing the SIM-based NFC compatibility, with Samsungs entirely un…

ST Microelectronics Carlo Bozotti is cited by Forbes as saying that Nokia will use ST-Ericsson hardware to power some of the Windows Phones. The dual-core U8500, a long time Nokia favorite is the first such system on the chip to appear, which the successors helping to populate Nokias expansive Windows Phone line up in 2012.

The Modu founder Dov Morgan found that new source of capital he went for last November. To pay back to creditors and unpaid wages, the firms patent portfolio is slated to be snatched up by Google for $4.8 million. Israeli news Calcalist reports that he is already invested three million smackers in mysterious new start…