Nokia N8 is the latest in the smart phone category of Nokia's immensely popular line of phones.

Some of its great features:

1. Nokia N8 has a 12-megapixel camera complete with Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss optics. Thats a digital camera quality picture

Sample pics:


2. Nokia's first Symbian^3 smartphone

3. Nokia N8 allows awesome HD-quality videos

Sample video by Nokia N8:



5. Nokia N8 comes complete with free global Ovi Maps, with walk & drive navigation assistance

6. Nokia N8 supports a) multitouch, 2) flick scrolling, 3) pinch and zoom

7. Nokia N8 integrates Qt (software development environment), allowing programmers to build custom applications on the Nokia N8

Yet to launch in India one can own the New Nokia N8 phone in India at Shop Your World

A recent study by security researchers of the leading Internet Security firm McAfee states that Charlie's Angels star Cameron Diaz leads the most "Dangerous Celebrities" on the internet. Cameron Diaz happens to replace fellow actress Jessica Biel.

Why are these beauties so dangerous:

When these celebrities names are searched on search engines. There are chances to generate results that are malicious in nature. Clicking these results might land up on website which have some sort of malicious activity happening on it.

Attackers typically use popular celebrities as bait to lead victims to sites hosting malware.

Few of the top dangerous celebrites names are:
1. Cameron Diaz
2. Julia Roberts
3. Jessica Biel
4. Gisele Bündchen
5. Brad Pitt

Tip : Personal experience says; try using Mozilla browser which actually blocks the site from opening which are suspected as malicious. But wise attackers might have found a solution to bypass that, so beware..

Google $70 million acquisition of Jambool " Social Gold = virtual currency service" has strengthened its plans of creating a robust online social media platform with games being a vital part of acquiring immediate interest; a strategy used very well by social media giant Facebook with highly popular gaming / widget platforms by Zynga & Slide.

Google has already taken in Slide which cost them $228 million, Jambool cost $70 million and Google's investment in Zynga is reportedly $100 million or more.

Google spokesperson mentioned: "We're pleased and excited to welcome the Jambool team to Google. We are committed to offering consumers and merchants innovative digital payment solutions and Jambool will help Google evolve our payments offering and expand into digital goods and content.

When asked what Google will use Jambool for, the spokesperson said: "E-commerce is a critical part of the Web experience for many users, and the very talented Jambool team will be a valuable asset to Google as we work to improve these experiences."

A Chinese company claims to have created a 3G Jacket for the iPod touch device to be converted into a functional iPhone with calling and SMS'ing facilities. The tPhone is a third working jacket which has been made till now, just like the Apple Peel 520 and the Sprint-bound Peel. tPhone is a device which adds a 3G modem to a jailbroken iPod touch, which then allows for phone calls and SMS. The device has a 1,200mAh battery, 50 percent larger than the previously made Apple Peel, It naturally also offers a SIM slot and a dock port, augmented by a handy microUSB port on the side. Its not yet on sale in China but you need not wait long for it to be sold in the grey market. The tPhone Ipod Touch Jacket costs about $100.

Research in Motion announced the launch of BlackBerry Curve 3G which will be on sale and shipped this months onwards. As the name goes this phone supports calling and data over 3G networks, and comes with the upgraded operating system BlackBerry 6 OS. Some other additional features are: GPS suppport and video recording.

Not much news on the pricing bit but the curve is expected to be priced lesser than the BlackBerry Torch and is confirmed to be launched with T-Mobile in USA and Rogers Wireless in Canada as the network Partners.

Monday the Apple Store was taken down and soon it came alive with the new 12 Core option of the Mac Pro units of Apple. Late July, Apple had unveiled these power packed beasts but there were no signs of selling them on the Apple Store.

Some technical specifications of the Apple's new Mac Pro:

> It features two 2.66GHz six-core Intel Xeon Westmere processors,
> 6GB of RAM,
> 1TB hard drive
> ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card.
> Its price starts at $4,999, but it could rise quickly, depending on the customer's demands.

Highly customizable the Apple's 12-core Mac Pro is especially impressive. Customers can update the processor from the 2.66GHz model to a 2.93GHz version. They can also include up to 32GB of RAM, add a RAID card, and install several more hard drives.

Skype the internet telephony giant announced on Monday that it has filed an S-1 statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and plans an IPO of $ 100 Million. After the IPO, Skype will trade on the Nasdaq Global Market. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley are among the banks handling the IPO. Neither a price range nor a date for the IPO have yet been set.

This IPO had been a long awaiting call for Skype since 2009, when online auction giant eBay, which had acquired Skype in 2006, sold off its controlling interest in Skype.

Skype offers a software-based communications service that allows people to make free voice and video calls over the Internet to other Skype users using almost any Internet-connected device. The VoIP service also allows people to make and receive calls from regular telephone numbers using a paid service. Its chat application is also used widely used by chat users.

Some of the features of Nokia N900 - RAW COMPUTER POWER

> 600 MHz processor and up to 1GB of application memory.
> Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology> built-in 32 GB storage is big enough to store up to 7,000 of your favourite songs or 40 hours of DVD-quality video.
> 3.5G and WLAN connectivity
> Quadband GSM with GPRS and EDGE
> Data transfers over a cellular network 10/2Mbps
> Data transfers over Wi-Fi 54Mbps
> Flash 9.4 support
> Full-screen browsing
and more.... ....

Seems to be a great gadget to have, loaded with great features. Chek out the cool Nokia N900 Demo Video..

Delays in the white edition of iPhone 4 mobile phones have angered many a iPhone lovers and looking at the need of the hour a company has offered to make white DIY kits to transform the current non white iPhone to sparkling white iPhones for the time being.

Visit www.whiteiphone4now.com to get your own lighter Apple iPhone before the official launch of the White iPhone.

Actually a costly affair the web retailer is shipping two different kinds of kit's; one with just the back panel and costs $135. the other one packed with the rear panel along with its front-facing sibling, a Retina display, home button, digitizer and front frame for a hefty $299.

Another risk is for the iPhone owner is dismantling the iPhone will nullify the warranty as the kit would require dismantling.