Whether you get disappointed on every holiday season by undesirable gifts? Don’t worry. Amazon is with you to automatically exchange items before you receive them. For this, Amazon.com has filed a patent for returning unwanted gifts before a recipient receives them, a system that would eliminate the need for regifting. The system allows Amazon members to create a...

IBM has published it annual “Next 5 in 5” list, which highlights technologies that the company’s researchers feel, will make a big impact on people within the next 5 years. According to the survey of 3,000 IBM researchers, the next five years will bring 3-D holograms on cell phones that would allow you to interact with users in 3D, even letting people...

McAfee, the Santa Clara-based tech Security Company is forecasting that social media platforms, mobile devices and Apple products will be the focus of cybercriminals in 2011. According to the report, 2010 is ending with “some of the lowest” global spam levels in years, driven mainly in part because users are moving away from “slower” e-mail communications...

Sony Ericsson’s upcoming handset Hallon has been leaked. Though there has been no official confirmation about this leakage, possibilities are high to support this claim. This device is codenamed as Sony Ericsson Hallon and having a model number MT15i, which bears the XPERIA branding from Sony Ericsson. This is rumoured to be announced at the upcoming Mobile World...

Still without giving any numbers, giant retailer Amazon.com says its third-generation Kindle eBook reader has become “the bestselling product” in their 15 years online retailer’s history. This is by outselling previous product leader ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, the seventh book in J. K. Rowling’s hit series. Amazon has said its festive sales...

Till date, the absence of firm multimedia support on Android platform has been undeniable. Good news is, not any more. The lack of creditable media support in Android platform will soon come to an end. Porting of the maiden version of VLC (VideoLan Client) to Android is nearing its completion. Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer of the project says that VLC will be...

Following the grand success of Galaxy franchise, Samsung is going to unveil a Galaxy Player in Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011, probably by next week. Galaxy player will be able to run mobile application, however, is not voice enabled for any phone call. With superior features and specifications, the fourth generation device is being eagerly awaited by those who want...

According to reports by Telegraph, Apple has been granted a patent for a projection system that would allow multiple viewers to experience 3D without the need for specialized glasses. The patent, which is known as the Three-dimensional display system, details a very complex system. The patent filing described the technology as “a new and advance method of multi-touch...

Software maker Microsoft Corp has warned users of an Internet Explorer (IE) bug that could hack into computers and take control of unprotected computers. The software giant did say, however, that it does not appear hackers have begun using the exploit. Code to exploit the bug has already been published though Microsoft said it had no evidence it was currently being...