Google has upgraded its search engine with a new database, that will enable users to get more accurate and more comprehensive results, while searching. The new launch is based on “Knowledge Graph,” a project that Google undertook, over the last two years, to build a collection of 500 million people, places and things on the internet, picking up vital information from online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the CIA Factbook and other sources.  Continue Reading »

As per this report from the folks at Medianama, and personal accounts from the rest of the country, Airtel and Reliance have blocked access to video sharing and torrent sites, following an order from the Madras High Court following a complaint filed by litigant R.K. Productions, the producers of Tamil movies 3 and Dammu to prevent piracy.  Continue Reading »

During the opening day, keynote presentation, NVIDIA’s Jen-Hsun Huang showcased two GPU based on the Kepler architecture. This upcoming line of graphic processors will be sold under the moniker of Tesla, with the Tesla K20 releasing in the fourth quarter of 2012. NVIDIA also showed of the Tesla K10 GPU, which houses two GK104 Kepler GPUs to deliver 4.58 teraflops of peak single-precision floating point and 320 GB per second memory bandwidth. The K10’s however, are designed specifically for oil and gas exploration companies for signal, image and seismic processing applications. Huang also announced that NVIDIA has released CUDA 5 Parallel Programming platform to members of NVIDIA's GPU Computing Registered Developer program to start exploring the Kepler architecture.  Continue Reading »

AMD's successor to the incumbent Llano architecture will be called Trinity, and we should expect to see stateside release of a laptop by Hewlett Packard called Envy Sleekbook, by as early as June.  Continue Reading »

Sources at the Wall Steet Journal have revealed key plans for Google's future Android strategy with the Nexus brand of handsets. More than five handset OEMS are likely to get the source code of their next release, which means that the Nexus brand will no longer be exclusive to a single device.  Continue Reading »

According to wire sources quoting Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to use a larger 4-inch screen on the next iPhone, an estimated 30% larger viewing area from the previous generation.  Continue Reading »

The internet is diverting their rage now onto Blizzard, venting their frustration at the cryptic Error 37 and Error 3006. So amidst thousands of hate messages, this video stands out the most, by Internet funnyman Francis who sums it up for all you guys.  Continue Reading »

After acquiring the teams and technologies of two startups, Twitter has launched a weekly email digest service, that delivers the relevant Tweets and stories shared by the people right to your inbox.  Continue Reading »

The Sony Xperia U in now available for purchase in India via online retailers. Sony is yet to officially launch the device in the Indian market.  Continue Reading »

HTC has finally officially announced its previously leaked Desire C, which is an low-end Android 4.0 ICS based device.  Continue Reading »