http://www.techaloud.com Latest News, Gadgets, Reviews from the World of Technology Thu, 17 May 2012 20:01:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/hey-lets-thank-apple-everyone-for-getting-the-htc-one-x-and-htc-evo-4g-lte-banned-from-the-us/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/hey-lets-thank-apple-everyone-for-getting-the-htc-one-x-and-htc-evo-4g-lte-banned-from-the-us/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 20:00:45 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3858 Yup, that’s right. US Customs has ‘indefinitely’ delayed the import of the HTC One X for AT&T and HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint due to alleged patent infringement and an ITC victory Apple won last December. More after the break. Apple has been on an Android rampage of late, first it won injunctions against a few [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/hey-lets-thank-apple-everyone-for-getting-the-htc-one-x-and-htc-evo-4g-lte-banned-from-the-us/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/scott-thompson-to-step-down-from-yahoos-helm-amidst-degree-scandal/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/scott-thompson-to-step-down-from-yahoos-helm-amidst-degree-scandal/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 16:42:17 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3855 Scott Thompson, who was appointed, January 4th, as the CEO of Yahoo has stepped into a you know what. Word on the street is that after weeks of investigation he will be stepping down. The news was broken by All Things D, where it was reported that Scott Thompson’s official Yahoo bio listing showed a [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/scott-thompson-to-step-down-from-yahoos-helm-amidst-degree-scandal/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/sony-tumbles-panasonic-too-reports-record-annual-loss/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/sony-tumbles-panasonic-too-reports-record-annual-loss/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:53:52 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3848 Sony Corp. financials are down the drain. The once mighty empire reported a record annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5.7 billion) in its fourth straight year of red ink. Panasonic’s yearly earnings are in as well and the red ink added up to a record $9.7 billion net loss for 2011. The losses are not [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/sony-tumbles-panasonic-too-reports-record-annual-loss/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/rovio-says-angry-birds-made-them-rich-and-its-time-to-move-on-with-amazing-alex/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/rovio-says-angry-birds-made-them-rich-and-its-time-to-move-on-with-amazing-alex/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 14:42:52 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3844 With over 1 Billion downloads from the Angry Birds franchise, Rovio is finally setting its sight on the future. Having acquired Casey’s Contraptions from its makers Mystery Coconut and Snappy Touch, the new game Amazing Alex may just be a rebrand rather than an original game. At present though Rovio has removed Casey’s Contraptions from the [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/rovio-says-angry-birds-made-them-rich-and-its-time-to-move-on-with-amazing-alex/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/hp-unveils-envy-branded-ultrabooks-and-sleekbooks-laughs-at-the-competition/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/hp-unveils-envy-branded-ultrabooks-and-sleekbooks-laughs-at-the-competition/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:11:02 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3824   HP is playing safe no more. Here are the five new “Thin  and Light” laptops added to the ever expanding HP Line-up. The new “Sleekbooks” are the Ultrabooks with larger screens and discrete graphics options for those who don’t have the deep pockets for Ultrabooks or just find them a bit too restrictive. All [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/hp-unveils-envy-branded-ultrabooks-and-sleekbooks-laughs-at-the-competition/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/flipboard-comes-to-android-unofficially-courtesy-the-xda-developers/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/flipboard-comes-to-android-unofficially-courtesy-the-xda-developers/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:33:13 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3818 One of the things showcased at the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III was a beautiful Android version of the burgeoning social network and feed reader, Flipboard. For the time being it seemed that  we would have to wait for the official release of the app, but the tenacious folks over at XDA-developers, especially [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/flipboard-comes-to-android-unofficially-courtesy-the-xda-developers/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/the-king-is-back-samsung-reinvents-the-galaxy-series-with-the-galaxy-s-iii/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/the-king-is-back-samsung-reinvents-the-galaxy-series-with-the-galaxy-s-iii/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 15:27:59 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3789 Here’s what we all have been waiting for. After many rumors and fraudulent leaks the king of all Android smartphones is back. The successor to one of the most successful smartphones, the Galaxy S II, is here. But is it a worthy successor ? Judge it for yourself. The Specsheet Processor: Exynos 1.4 GHz Quad [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/the-king-is-back-samsung-reinvents-the-galaxy-series-with-the-galaxy-s-iii/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/rim-might-just-make-a-comeback-with-blackberry-10/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/rim-might-just-make-a-comeback-with-blackberry-10/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 18:02:20 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3778 Research InMotion CEO Thorsten Heins showed off the new OS at the BlackBerry World with some new features including flow, camera rewinding, and a new touch keyboard. BlackBerry 10, as it is being called, might just save the day for RIM. Why you ask ? Keep reading. If you have been following the drama at [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/05/rim-might-just-make-a-comeback-with-blackberry-10/feed/ 1 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-zerg-rush-easter-egg/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-zerg-rush-easter-egg/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:44:48 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3773 Google has hidden another Easter Egg in its search results. Googling “Zerg rush” transforms the search results page into a game where your search results are being attacked by a swarm of O’s. The objective is to defend your search results from being obliterated. Each O can be destroyed by clicking in it three times. A [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-zerg-rush-easter-egg/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/behold-the-worlds-thinnest-external-dvd-writer/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/behold-the-worlds-thinnest-external-dvd-writer/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:38:17 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3765 With everything being pushed to the cloud of late, evolution of cloud based operating systems, optical media has taken a backseat. Although I would trust a DVD backup far more than say, uploading it to my DropBox. The reason is plainly that these services are still in their infancy, and we are yet to see [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/behold-the-worlds-thinnest-external-dvd-writer/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-drive-is-now-live-find-if-yours-is-ready-yet/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-drive-is-now-live-find-if-yours-is-ready-yet/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:13:53 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3759 Literally what was like years of waiting, and false rumors, Google Drive is here. Google has finally got its paws into the increasingly crowded cloud storage game and it’s bringing wallet-friendly price points and a a plethora of features taken from Google Docs and others. You also get free 5GB of space as soon as you [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-drive-is-now-live-find-if-yours-is-ready-yet/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/new-google-doodlewell-sorta-lets-you-unzip-your-browser-celebrates-gideon-sundback/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/new-google-doodlewell-sorta-lets-you-unzip-your-browser-celebrates-gideon-sundback/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:44:02 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3754 Who is Gideon Sundback you ask ? Well, he is the man behind the “zipper”, quite literally. He was an electrical engineer who came with the concept of the zipper that is a part of most of our wearables and even carry-ons. Head on to the source link to read more about the man on Wikipedia, [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/new-google-doodlewell-sorta-lets-you-unzip-your-browser-celebrates-gideon-sundback/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/its-a-date-microsoft-windows-8-release-preview-to-be-out-in-june/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/its-a-date-microsoft-windows-8-release-preview-to-be-out-in-june/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:21:56 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3750 Microsoft has announced that the Release Preview of Windows 8 will be made available during the first week of June. Its possible that this is the final product that we will be able to use come October. More after the jump. Aside from the approximate release date, Microsoft hasn’t shared any facts regarding new features [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/its-a-date-microsoft-windows-8-release-preview-to-be-out-in-june/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/the-white-nokia-lumia-900-is-now-available-at-att-you-can-grab-it-for-free-today/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/the-white-nokia-lumia-900-is-now-available-at-att-you-can-grab-it-for-free-today/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:55:57 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3741 Chris Weber,  President of Nokia Inc.( North America) tweeted saying that the white Lumia 900 is available now at some AT&T retail outlets, despite the fact that the phone was to launch officially on April 22nd. If you remember last time we informed you about the $100 cashback from Nokia on the Lumia 900, its still [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/the-white-nokia-lumia-900-is-now-available-at-att-you-can-grab-it-for-free-today/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/htc-one-x-comes-early-to-rogers-available-now-on-a-170-three-year-contract/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/htc-one-x-comes-early-to-rogers-available-now-on-a-170-three-year-contract/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:37:55 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3737 Starting today, those of you who live in Canada will be able to get their hands on this Sense 4 bearing handset. Rogers says this comes as an exclusive for the store with a three-year contract price of $169.99 or you can get it sans strings attached at a whopping $624.99. While our brethren with [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/htc-one-x-comes-early-to-rogers-available-now-on-a-170-three-year-contract/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/alienware-refreshes-line-up-of-m14x-m17x-and-m18x-with-new-gpus-m11x-discontinued/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/alienware-refreshes-line-up-of-m14x-m17x-and-m18x-with-new-gpus-m11x-discontinued/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:15:15 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3732 Alienware has refreshed its line-up of M14x, M17x and M18x with NVIDIA’s 600 series graphics with GDRR5 memory. Conspicuously absent from the list is the smallest of the bunch the M11x. Yes folks, its been discontinued and is being “phased out”. More on the update after the break. The update brings PCI version 3.0, which according [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/alienware-refreshes-line-up-of-m14x-m17x-and-m18x-with-new-gpus-m11x-discontinued/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/south-korean-wing-of-hp-raided-for-alleged-price-fixing/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/south-korean-wing-of-hp-raided-for-alleged-price-fixing/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:02:19 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3727 Korea Times has brought another sensational news to focus. Allegedly HP is being investigated for price-fixing by the Fair Trade Commission of South Korea. The report claims that FTC seized documents, computer records and questioned employees over alleged price-rigging on public-sector contracts with IBM and Oracle. A company spokesperson said that the visit was routine, while [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/south-korean-wing-of-hp-raided-for-alleged-price-fixing/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/nokia-releases-fix-for-lumia-900-data-connectivity-issue-three-days-early/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/nokia-releases-fix-for-lumia-900-data-connectivity-issue-three-days-early/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:57:55 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3721 The folks over at Nokia are in full gear to sort out the Data connectivity issue on your Lumia 900. If the $100 rebate wasn’t enough, the Finnish giant has made the software update available three days earlier than what was mentioned earlier. Nokia reiterated that the early release is to show that the issue [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/nokia-releases-fix-for-lumia-900-data-connectivity-issue-three-days-early/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-demoes-insanely-fast-boot-on-chromebook-with-coreboot/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-demoes-insanely-fast-boot-on-chromebook-with-coreboot/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:51:23 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3717 After incorporating support for Intel’s next gen Ivy Bridge processors Google has now demoed Coreboot for its ChromeBooks. It uses Coreboot which is an open source BIOS replacement for Linux systems. This was spotted by Netbooknews at IDF 2012 in Beijing, where it was being demoed on a Prototype Samsung Chromebook. We can only hope that [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/google-demoes-insanely-fast-boot-on-chromebook-with-coreboot/feed/ 0 http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/microsoft-office-mobile-including-word-excel-powerpoint-now-available-for-symbian-belle-handsets/ http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/microsoft-office-mobile-including-word-excel-powerpoint-now-available-for-symbian-belle-handsets/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:58:31 +0000 techAloud http://www.techaloud.com/?p=3710 Mobile versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel are now available to select Symbian Belle handsets thanks to Nokia and Microsoft. This adds to the release of OneNote, Document Connection, Lync and PowerPoint Broadcast which were added earlier this year. The following handsets are compatible with the update, Nokia E7, C7, C6-01, X7, Oro, 700, 701 [...]]]> http://www.techaloud.com/2012/04/microsoft-office-mobile-including-word-excel-powerpoint-now-available-for-symbian-belle-handsets/feed/ 0