Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro now in Malaysia

By Nigel Chew

Riding on the popularity and success of Xperia devices, Sony Ericsson has just announced the availability of two new additions to its lineup, in the form of the Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro.

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini, Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro

New Saturn-Like Planet Has Two Suns, NASA Says

    An artist's impression of Kepler 16b and its two suns.

by Andrew Fazekas

Like the imaginary Star Wars world Tatooine, a new planet found 200 light-years away has two suns, astronomers announced today.

NASA's Kepler spacecraft uncovered the new planet, dubbed Kepler 16b, as it transited—or crossed in front of—both its parent stars, causing the brightness of each star to dim periodically.
Kepler data first allowed scientists to see that the stars are what's known as an eclipsing binary system—a pair of stars that orbit in such a way that they eclipse each other, causing them to dim, as seen from Earth.

Nokia 701- The Smartphone With The Brightest Screen

While Nokia has been facing tough times lately in terms of handing over its top mobile phone maker status to its competitors, it hasn’t stopped in trying to regain back its market share by coming up with new and interesting products. One of the recent ones it came up with is the new Nokia 701 smartphone.

Samsung i5500 Corby Smartphone Galaxy 5

Corby comes with a display stylist in Corby Smartphone version of the Samsung i5500 Galaxy 5. The existence of this latest Corby family came with the Android operating system, OS made ​​by Google.

But still, the phone is popularly known as the Galaxy 5 is still targeted for the beginner segment alias below, although the Android OS has advantages that usually refers to the upper segment.

Asus Eee Pad Slider may be released in September

16 August 2011 – Asus' Eee Pad Slider maybe getting a launch date as well as pricing for the tablet. According to Netbook Italia, the device is expected to be released in a number of countries in September.

Like its namesake, there is a slide-out QWERTY keyboard which props up the 10.1-inch LED damage-resistant Gorilla Glass display (1280 x 800), so you won't need to carry around an extra keyboard. That slide-out does mean you will be hefting around a 970 gram device.

Google+ Unveils Games to Limited Users

As expected, Google+ is taking another step in its quest to become the dominant and most relevant social networking site as it introduced Google+ Games to a limited number of users.

We all know that gaming is an important factor in Facebook’s popularity. It even has become a springboard of a game apps provider (Zynga) to become a major player in the social gaming industry. And as Zynga is about to take off as a public company, guess where it plans to provide games? You are right, on Google+, considering that Google has made an investment in Zynga