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A couple of days back, rumours claim that Samsung is looking to delay the debut of the Galaxy S III. Many anticipated that Samsung’s new flagship smartphone will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress this year just as the Galaxy S II made its debut at the 2011 MWC. Speculators speculate that the reason behind the delay is that Samsung didn’t want such a long lead time between the unveiling of the device and it’s slated US launch which is said to happen sometime in June. This sounds legit as Samsung sees the US as a key market where it hopes to break Apple’s stranglehold in the smartphone segment but as far as the delay is concerned, it’s still very much a rumour. Seeking clarification on the matter, Samsung was asked in a conference call earlier today on whether its next flagship device will be revealed at MWC. Officially, Samsung says that they’re “still reviewing several options when to launch” the Galaxy S III. You can listen to the audio clipping of the official a...

Rovio Mobile has rolled out a new update to the original Angry Birds game (now carries version 2.o) to celebrate its 2nd birthday. Happy birthday, birds! The new update (currently available for iOS devices) contains 15 brand new birthday cake levels, special birthday achievements, cool new content in the pause menu and you gotta believe this – All episodes (300 of them) are now unlocked! On top of that, the Orange bird also make it’s first appearance in the original Angry Birds game. The bird first appeared in Angry Birds Seasons : Ham ‘O’ Ween update. P.S. : The special birthday update will comes to other platforms (Android, Blackberry etc) soon.

Facebook’s Most Popular Games in 2011 Gardens of Time (By Playdom) The Sims Social (By EA) Cityville (By Zynga) DoubleDown Casino (by DoubleDown Interactive) Indiana Jones Adventure World (By Zynga) Words With Friends (By Zynga) Bingo Blitz (By Buffalo Studios) Empires & Allies (By Zynga) Slotomania-Slot Machines (By Playtika) Diamond Dash (By wooga) How Facebook measures the popularity of the social games on its site? According to Facebook, the list was compiled by looking at the top games on Facebook with more than 100,000 monthly active users and giving priority to those games with the highest user satisfaction scores (not solely based the most number of monthly active users).

Couldn’t locate the right information for your online research, even after countless hour of searching using the Google search engine? Most probably the information isn’t there or if it’s there, you just don’t know how to perform a well-executed search on Google. But it’s never too late to learn how to use Google search effectively , in order to boost your productivity instantly. Check out the following infographic, “ Get More Out of Google : Tips and Tricks for Students Conducting Online Research “, where you’ll learn a few awesome Google search tips and tricks to get Google to return the right result you are looking for.

Did you know that more than 20 percent of newsfeed links on Facebook currently open viruses? This is what ZoneAlarm claimed in their latest infographic that talks about the security at the world’s most popular social network site, Facebook. In the “ Facebook : A Prime Target for Cybercrime ” infographic, ZoneAlarm shows you some statistics about Facebook users, information about the cyber crimes that hit Facebook and outlines six simple safety measurements that you can take to keep yourself safe while using Facebook. 6 Tips to Protect Your Facebook Account Create a strong password. Don’t accept unknown friend requests. Monitor what your friends are sending and sharing with you. Turn on HTTPS:// browsing on your Facebook settings. Don’t click on suspicious links. And last but not least, is to use   ZoneAlarm SocialGuard . It protects up to five Facebook accounts at a time. $19.99 for 1 year subscription. (This is the reason this infographic is made in the first ...

Thinking of switching to new mobile device for the upcoming Chinese New Year? Well, there is a special CNY 2012 mobile phones promo deals from Sony Ericsson. The deals start today, January 7 and will end on January 21, 2012. Available at selected participating Sony Ericsson stores. The deals offer lineup of Xperia smartphones, Walkman series and Greenheart collection from Sony Ericsson , bundled with free goodies (vary between mobile devices) such as LiveView Bluetooth phone remote, VH110 Bluetooth headset and some Android merchandises (Tumbler, Xperia red packets, Android screen cleaner). Here’s the full list mobile devices on offer (from highest to lowest price). FYI, there are a few selected devices that carry lower official retail price. Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S – RM 1499 Sony Ericsson Xperia pro – RM 1299 Sony Ericsson Xperia ray – RM 1099 Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY – RM 1099 Sony Ericsson Xperia active – RM 899 Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V – RM 89...

What would you do in your leisure time or a time without connecting to internet? How about taking a read on the articles from the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia while working offline? Yes, you can read Wikipedia offline with the help Offline Wiki extension for Google Chrome. Offline Wiki enables you to download a copy of nearly all of the textual content of the Wikipedia (English articles only) to your computer and make them available offline on your Chrome browser . You can access the articles anytime without having to connect to the Internet . Read also – Set Random Wikipedia Page as Windows Desktop Screensaver In the settings page , you can choose to download either a approx. 14 MB compressed dump file of the most popular Wikipedia articles (1337 articles) or a 1GB database containing 314k of articles. On top of that, you can select one of four available parsers which turns the Wikipedia information into HTML contents that are readable in the Chrome bro...

Chinese New Year 2012 of Dragon is just two days more. The people over Rovio Mobile come in time to join the CNY celebration too with a new and vibrant red Chinese New Year theme update for the Angry Birds Seasons game. Called the Year of the Dragon episode, the update contains 15 brand new festive levels, fills with fireworks and lanterns to set you into the CNY mood. In the update too, the Mighty Eagle is transformed into the fearsome Mighty Dragon. And guess what, the Mighty Dragon is available for free throughout this episode! Here’s some screenshots on the Year of the Dragon episode of the Angry Birds Seasons. Check out the game animation as well. Angry Birds Seasons is free for Android devices, can be  downloaded  from the Android Market. For iPhone/iPod touch/iPad users,  the game can be purchased via  iTunes  for $0.99. If you have Angry Birds Seasons installed on your device, this new update i...

The popular mobile game developer, Gameloft is joining the Chinese New Year 2012 celebration with their latest CNY Dragon sale . For a limited time only, you can purchase and download 9 of Gameloft’s selected iOS games at $0.99 only! Here’s the list of the 9 game titles : Silent Ops for  iPhone and iPad BackStab for  iPhone and iPad Fast Five the Movie: Official Game for  iPhone  and  iPad Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard for  iPhone  and  iPad N.O.V.A. 2 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for  iPhone  and  iPad Spider-Man: Total Mayhem for  iPhone  and  iPad James Cameron’s Avatar for  iPhone  and  iPad Assassin’s Creed: Altaïr’s Chronicles for  iPhone  and  iPad Splinter Cell Conviction for  iPhone  and  iPad

These are the first official pictures of the new five-door VW up! – and the more practical sister car to the three-door city car is set to make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Volkswagen says that it’s due to hit UK dealers in the second half of this year, so you should see it on sale around September. There was little official information about the new car, but it’s expected to cost around £400 more than the three-door, which means prices will start at £8,395. VW claims the new five-door model will account for half of all up! sales, too. It’s expected to sit on exactly the same wheelbase as the three-door, with no major increase in dimensions. Under the bonnet is the same choice of 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol engines as the three-door, with 59bhp or 74bhp. There will be a road tax-exempt 99g/km car, too, while VW says it’ll offer the same special editions, including colour-coded black and white launch models.

Apple concluded its Q4 financial report earlier this morning and as usual, the numbers are phenomenal. What makes the figures even more amazing is that they surpass even the most optimistic of estimates affirming Apple’s position as the largest technology company by market value in the world. Apple sold 15.4 million iPads and a staggering 37 million iPhones, making the last quarter its best ever. These are certainly impressive numbers but what does it all mean? Let’s put these figures into perspective. Market value of almost $400 billion Apple is hovering just a whisker off its record high. Many on Wall Street target $550 to $600 per share as an achievable milestone: assuming no change in existing shares, that would accord the Silicon Valley titan a value of as much as $560 billion, equivalent to the annual Gross Domestic Product of Switzerland. Exxon has a market value of $420 billion, annual revenue about four times Apple’s and twice the tech company’s roughly 46,000...

We’re bringing this topic back because we felt there’s something not quite right with the sample shots we took from the Xperia S at the APAC launch in Shanghai earlier this month. With the 12MP Exmor R camera, you’d expect the Xperia S to decimate the competition but once again pixel count is by no means a measurement of how good a camera is. Truth be told, we’re kind of disappointed with the picture quality coming from Xperia S, even in conditions where there’s ample light to produce a good shot you can see a large amount of noise and loss of detail. We’re perplexed. This is not like the Xperias that we know. The arc, arc S and ray all have decent shooters and naturally we’d assume that the Xperia S will continue where the older Xperias left off. Turns out, this is not the case. Having said that, we only had limited time with the Xperia S at the launch, we’ll test the camera again once we get a review unit. Pictures taken using Xperia S at Shanghai [ via ] Sample 1 ...

Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) is something yours truly is still new with. In fact, driving the Proton Saga FLX 1.3 is the first time I've ever driven a CVT equipped car. CVT is becoming more popular these days thanks to its smooth operation, lower cost structure, lighter and also more fuel efficient. The Saga FLX my dad just got from his company was the low-end variant, where the Executive variant will get extras such as Dual SRS airbags, ABS, EBD, alloy wheel, fog lights, coloured wing mirrors and door handle, steering wheel with audio switches and other amenities with just an extra of RM3.5k. I still don't understand why Proton doesn't equipped the entry level Saga with at least a driver airbag, does it really affect the selling cost so much? Proton's attention to details are awesome! While the exterior looks contemporary with the chrome grille and LED taillights, the cabin is a sad scene. For a RM41,798k car, the plastic used is dreadful,...