Technology

                                                   According to the Quarterly PC Tracker Survey released by IDC today, Apple shipped 1.99 million Macs in the U.S. during the third quarter of 2010. That's good for 10.6 percent of the 18.9 million PCs shipped in the U.S., putting Apple's share at its highest in the U.S. in the company's history, according to IDC.                                                   While that's still far behind Hewlett-Packard's 24.3 percent share and Dell's 23.1 percent share, both of those companies' shipments remained relatively static over the last year. Apple saw its shipments grow 24 percent from the same quarter a year ago.                                                   And it's not just the sales growth of HP and Dell it's besting: the entire U.S. PC market during the third quarter grew just 3.8 percent from a year ago (even though it was forecast at 11 percent), meaning Apple shipments of Macs grew

                                               Microsoft will launch three new smart phones with AT&T ahead of the holiday shopping season. The new phones will run on Microsoft’s new mobile software in a test of whether Microsoft can catch up with rivals in the fast-growing smart phone market.T-Mobile also plans a phone running Windows Phone 7 software for the holiday season.The new handsets will go up against both the iPhone and the expanding number of phones running on Google’s Android operating system.                                               The phones AT&T plans to launch will be manufactured by HTC, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics. The first will go on sale on November 8, with two more coming a few weeks later.The phones could help AT&T make up for the possible loss of its exclusive rights to sell Apple’s hugely popular iPhone. Published reports say the iPhone is coming to Verizon Wireless by early next year. For Microsoft, the new devices rep

                                                  The Sportcam, first of its kind from Toshiba, has a 2-inch display screen and is waterproof up to 2 metres. With the rubberised exterior, the Camileo BW10 is also shock and dirt proof. The camera has a 10x digital zoom and a maximum ISO sensitivity of 1600, which means you can take pretty pictures even in low ambient light. The Camileo BW10 doesn't scrimp on image quality, packing in Full HD recording at 1080p. The cam also packs in a HDMI output so you can hook it up to a TV with a single cable, a 10-second self-timer to shoot shots of yourself, and one button YouTube uploading to share your clips as soon as you plug it into a PC. 

                                                 Soon Walmart, one of the world's largest retailers will sell Apple's iPad across their 8,500 stores from Oct 15th.                                                   Walmart said it would start carrying all six iPad types including both Wi-Fi and 3G + Wi-Fi models, at the same prices Apple charges. The company will also have all models available online through Walmart.com, but buyers will still have to pick up their new iPads at local Wal-Mart locations.  However, it may not have had the option to wait this time around, as pressure from competitors like Best Buy and Target began selling the iPad months ago and as both Apple and Wal-Mart eye the upcoming holiday shopping rush with an aim for both firm's bottom lines. According to iSuppli, the iPad is expected to account for 74.1 percent of all global tablet shipments, with the remaining percentage left mostly to an assortment of older PC style tablets. In 2012, that

                                              The wait for Nokia N8 has finally come to an end which has now come with Ovi services in India. Powered by Symbian^3, Nokia N8 facilitates multitasking by allowing users to run multiple mobile apps simultaneously and switch between them easily. Apart from the 12MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics , 3.5" AMOLED display and seamless 720p HD video output , Nokia is also promoting the N8 as a platform for numerous mobile applications to suit the needs of Indian consumers. N8 will hit the shelves of Indian market on October 13 at a price of 26,259. Nokia N8 users can now edit photos and videos on-screen and choose from multiple ways to share them ; transfer large files to an external hard-drive with the new USB-on-the-go through which one can connect to any USB device through a simple cable or upload photos to social networks. Users can even update their status, share location and photos and view live feeds from Facebook and T

                                    Now movie applications are available on your smartphones. These mobile programmes that can download from online stores will enable you to access film songs, pre-release videos, lyrics and several other features of a film on the go. The app includes photos, videos, songs, lyrics, karaoke and information about the cast and crew of the movie.  According to Nielsen data, India was at number four in mobile-video consumption after Philipines, Indonesia and China. And thus create a "Demand for instant mobile entertainment continues to grow even without 3G implementations. Digital media company Hungama has in the past developed games and other apps for digital promotion of movies on the mobile device. "It is an excellent way of publicizing a movie by directly connecting with the target group and giving them a first-hand experience of what they may expect from the film," says Siddharth Roy, COO, Hungama Digital Media.  Google also

Bangalore: According to market research company IDC, the smartphone industry, including technology giants like Apple and Nokia, is likely to sell 270 million phones this year and grow 25 percent in 2011. As per the current projections, 19 percent of mobile phones to be sold in 2010 will be smartphones. While Nokia leads the way in terms of sales of devices, HTC and Motorola have made significant strides this year due to their success in marketing Android-based smartphones. So being a consumer, which is the model that you should go for? Here is a quick assessment by Siliconindia that shows Apple iPhone 4 still enjoying the top spot among the popular snartphones available in the market. 1)Apple iPhone 4 With lovely display and improved design, the iPhone 4 tops the list. It uses the advanced LG LCD Display technology namely In-Plane Switching technology (IPS) . The phone boasts of being the thinnest smartphone at 9.3mm and has built-in 5MP camera . The new model also com