Windows 9 may coming out in April next year

It’s no secret that Windows 8 hasn’t exactly been a resounding success. So what’s the best way to fix a failed OS? Start over. That’s what Paul Thurott, a Windows news maven, believes will happen in April of 2015 with the release of Windows 9.

Sony SBH80 Stereo Bluetooth Wireless headset headphones

Sony has announced their new Stereo Bluetooth headset, SBH-80 at the CES 2014. It has a stylish and splash proof neckband-style design, supports NFC, HD Voice and aptX, and features has controls for music and hands-free call handling.

Sennheiser CX 275s

The CX 275s$19.99 at Amazon features a simple, lightweight design, with dark, metallic gray earpieces and black, ridged accents. A Sennheiser logo graces both earpieces, and the thin black cable has an inline remote and microphone that descend from the left ear's cable, hanging just below the chin. As far as fit, the CX 275s feels quite secure—the earpieces are so lightweight and tiny, they're almost difficult to put in at first, but once they seal off the canal, they stay put.

MSI GTX 780 Ti Gaming 3 GB

NVIDIA's latest addition to their lineup is the GeForce GTX 780 Ti. Built around a fully unlocked GK110 Kepler GPU, it comes with 2880 shaders, which boosts the card's performance beyond that of the GTX Titan. Unlike the GTX Titan, which has 6 GB, the GTX 780 Ti comes with 3 GB, but that difference won't have an effect on even the latest titles.

Whats app for Windows 8 ready

The Whatsapp client for Windows Phone 8 devices suffered from a minor problem with broadcast message reception.The latest update, v2.11.356, for the popular messaging application, however, fixes this issue.

The newest update doesn’t offer any additional features, such as allowing users to send music files, but many believe that this will be available soon.

Asus PadFone mini, PadFone X smartphone-tablet hybrids launched at CES 2014

Taiwanese computer electronics giant, Asus at CES 2014 unveiled two new smartphone-tablet hybrids, the 4-inch Asus PadFone mini that fits into a 7-inch tablet dock, and the 5-inch Asus PadFone X that fits into a 9-inch tablet dock. The company did not reveal any details about pricing and availability of the two hybrid devices, however, it did mention that the PadFone X will be available in US exclusively with AT&T.

Wi-Fi only Sony Xperia Z Ultra leaks through AnTuTu and FCC

Sony announced the massive 6.4″ Xperia Z Ultra phablet back in June and it made it to the retail stores shortly after. The Xperia Z Ultra is one of the first Snapdragon 800-powered devices we’ve met along with the LG G2, but it was certainly a rather large device even for a phablet.

Android-powered Tron console by Huawei

Every tech company seems to be making smartwatches, but also Android-powered game consoles. At CES Huawei unveiled the Tron – despite the name, it looks more like a coke can (or a Mac Pro) rather than something to have come out of the neon and black movie.

Anyway, the Huawei Tron is powered by a Tegra 4 chipset, similar to the Mad Catz M.O.J.O. but will reportedly cost around half as much (about $120).

The console features 2GB RAM, 16GB or 32GB storage, microSD card slot, a full-size USB 3.0 port, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, HDMI to connect to TVs (at 1080p) and Bluetooth 3.0 to connect to the proprietary controller.

Gionee Elife E7

Chinese handset maker Gionee has launched its new flagship phone, Gionee Elife E7, in the Indian market. The phone boasts of a full-HD screen and high-end hardware including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, in addition to a slim, attractive form factor. We got a chance to spend some time with the phone, here are our first impressions:

Nokia Lumia 1320, Lumia 525 launched in India

Nokia has launched the much-awaited Lumia 1320 and Lumia 525 in India at Rs 23,999 and Rs 10,399, respectively. The Lumia 1320 has a 5 megapixel camera and is engineered with a dual-core processor. It has a 6-inch HD LCD IPS (1280x720) display.

Samsung offering 14 freebies with the new Galaxy Pro tablet

The Latest Galaxy Pro series from CES 2014 have got some new goodies. Well this is for the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 but could also be seen on the Galaxy Pro Tablet range (12.2 , 10.2 and 8.4). The Pro Tablet would be set to use Social Networking tools, Organizational tools and other cloud storage services. Well there are many apps that work better with the S-Pen but still the Pro Tablets works pretty neat on them.

Alcatel One Touch Hero with 6-inch full-HD display officially launched

Alcatel has officially unveiled its latest phablet, the One Touch Hero. The device was listed on company's website a few days back. However, later Alcatel pulled down the listing page.

The Alcatel One Touch Hero features a 6-inch IPS full-HD display with 1080x1920 pixels resolution and boasts of a pixel density of 367ppi. It is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor coupled with 2GB of RAM.

iPhone thermal imaging with the FLIR One

Do you love your iPhone 5s or 5, but want it to be more like the Predator? Then FLIR has just the product for you.

The FLIR One is a case for the iPhone that comes with both thermal imaging and visible light cameras. The thermal imaging unit allows for some pretty cool night vision viewing and snapshot opportunities that are currently unavailable on smartphones. FLIR calls their thermal imaging camera technology Lepton.

With the FLIR One’s companion application, users can get temperature readouts and even manipulate the colors that are displayed in the thermal imaging mode.

iOS 7.1 beta 3 still hasn’t patched evasi0n7 jailbreak exploit, brings along other changes

Apple is now seeding iOS beta 3 to developers. The good news is that the latest update still doesn’t patch the exploit used by the recent evasi0n7 jailbreak.

Apple has been pretty strict about jailbreaking and even though it’s legal (in the US at least), it’s frowned upon by the company and they use every opportunity they get to close any exploits that the jailbreakers find as soon as possible.

Sony sold 4.2 million PlayStation 4 units in 2013

It was not long ago when Sony last updated us on the sales numbers of its PlayStation 4 gaming console. However now that Microsoft announced that it has sold more than 3 million Xbox One units in 2013, the Japanese were eager to show that they have topped that number.

Today, Andrew House, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, took the stage for a brief moment duringKaz Hirai‘s CES 2014 keynote to announce that the company had managed to sell more than 4.2 million PS4 gaming consoles.

Micromax Canvas LapTab with Android, Windows 8.1 dual-boot revealed at CES 2014

Micromax, the popular Indian mobile and tablet brand, has started its CES 2014 campaign with the unveiling of the Canvas LapTab tablet.

The highlight feature of the Micromax Canvas LapTab tablet is its Android Jelly Bean and Windows 8.1 dual-boot functionality, however, the preceise Android version has not yet been revealed. As of now, the company has not revealed the pricing details of the Canvas LapTab tablet either. The company said the tablet device will go on sale in early February via e-commerce portals and retail stores across India. The company has also introduced a wireless keyboard cum protector sleeve for the tablet. 

The Edison, Intel’s SD card-sized computer

Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel debuted the Edison, “a full Pentium-class PC” at CES and here’s the kicker: it’s the size of an SD card.

What’s even more impressive is the list of specs for the computer’s tiny size: it has a dual-core Quark SOC, Bluetooth, and WiFi all jammed into the tiny package. The Edison runs on Linux and even has its own app store that Intel specifically designed for its little computer. The Edison will also come with a special version of Wolfram out of the box.

Speaking of “the box” it’s uncertain as to whether or not the Edison will be sold as a device for general consumers in mind. The device is intended for developers and “tinkerers” around the world. But so is Raspbery Pie and it’s been doing great so far.

Sony Core Smartband, the wearable that will track your life

Are you looking to have metrics for every aspect of your life? Measurement of the amount of time you spend sleeping, the amount of time you spend walking around, exercising, text messaging, browsing the web, or talking on the phone? Then you’ll be happy to know that Sony plans to make all of this data available to you via their new wearable: the Sony Core Smartband.

Named a “life-tracking” device, the Sony Core connects with your smartphone via bluetooth (no word yet on whether or not this will exclusively work with Sony devices) and tracks every aspect of your life: from workout routines to social interactions, the Core presents the data in a grid to show you how much time you spend on each activity you partake in.

Gartner: Android will surpass one billion active users in 2014

The Google-developed mobile operating system android, will have more than one billion active users by the end of 2014, according to a report from the popular research firm Gartner.

Gartner predicts the open-source platform will reach about 1.1 billion users, which is a 26% increase over what it currently has.

Intel’s dual OS platform runs both Android and Windows OS

Intel’s keynote at the on-going Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas saw the announcement of a new technology, which the company calls ‘dual OS platform’. The newest innovation from the semi-conductor company allows you to run two of the most popular operating systems, Android and Windows, on a single device.

With Intel’s newest technology on board, you can switch from Android to Windows OS almost instantly by just pushing a button. We already saw Intel’s announcement in action as ASUS showed it up on its latestTransformer Book Duet.

Philips Android-powered Smart TVs coming soon this year

Philips has officially announced that it will be coming up with Android-powered Smart TVs later this year. The company has also confirmed that its new television sets, which will be named Ambilight TVs, will have full access to Google Play Store as well as the firm’s own Smart TV apps.

The upcoming TVs from Philips are said to be powered by a quad-core chips that can handle intensive HD games without any hassle.