Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce site, launched search Web site Etao.com to challenge the leading status of Baidu Inc. (BIDU) and Google Inc. (GOOG) in the Chinese market. The launch of the beta, or test, version of the Etao search site (Etao.com) last weekend comes as companies scramble for market share following Google Inc.'s decision to close its China search site March 22. [More]

Windows Phone 7 is launched worldwide now but Microsoft has not yet added India to the list of countries where the device will be shipped. Well, here is some good news for the Indian Windows Phone Lovers. According to pluggd.in, Microsoft will unveil the Windows Phone 7 in India at the UnPluggd event on 30th October. [More]

Bing has released the first official Bing for Mobile Android App available to Verizon Android customers and is available for FREE at Verizon Wireless Android phones’ Marketplace. [More]

Microsoft has sent out invitations on Thursday for the launch of Internet Explorer 9 Beta the latest (and best) iteration of its market-leading Web browser, on September 15 in San Francisco. The beta launch in September is expected to include the major features and other new features including the ones already included in the previews. We will see IE9 in full glory from September, for the first time after months of speculation surrounding what it will be all about. And the fact is that this browser will be nothing like any of its predecessors (even IE8). [More]

The UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7 2.0 was released this week containing Microsoft’s user interface guidelines for developers when creating their apps for Windows Phone 7. It also details many of the built-in UI elements and features of WP7, and whether or not developers can interact with these elements and features within their applications. [More]

Microsoft's Apple iPad competitor is "coming soon," with Windows 7 on Intel - Steve Ballmer. Financial analysts' meeting on 29th July, Steve Ballmer made his clear statement yet on the company's vision for tablet computing. Microsoft has been in the tablet game for many years, but was never able to bring their product into the mainstream. Apple has done it in a matter of months. That is why Ballmer's comments during Microsoft's annual meeting with financial analysts are interesting and kind of fun to read. [More]

Though many QWERTY mobile phones are there, Z82 from Zen Mobile launched in India is special. What is so special? It comes with Analog TV which is so special. Zen Mobile’s Z82 is priced at Rs. 4799. The features other than Analog TV are 2 MP camera with Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) option. An in-built FM radio is present as an entertaining factor along with MP3 Player. This phone comes [More]

Buffalo Technology has announced that launch of its new 5mm flash drive which comes with AES Encryption Software. This has been named as RUF2 PSG Flash Drive which is compatible with Secure Mobile data as well. The company also claims that this can transfer data 20 percent faster than other drives. Susumu Kobayashi, Country Head, Buffalo Technology said that “This drive is so [More]

Sony Corporation in Tokyo has announced that the company recalls around 535,000 Vaio laptops due to Temperature Control issue in the laptops. This will cause over heating around the laptop and it might even change the shape of the laptop. The recall is mainly made for F and C series laptops of Sony. Sony Corp also announced that there are no complaints from Japan but there are [More]

The sexy Nexus One owners start to rejoice as Google has officially announced the availability of Android 2.2 via an over the air download. The official announcement of Google states that: in order to access the Android 2.2 update that the user will receive a message on their phone’s notification bar. The user has to just download the update and wait for the installation of th [More]