Last month saw the world's cellphone manufacturers peacocking their latest and greatest at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain. Once again smartphones ruled the roost.
Does Maemo represent the future for Nokia smartphones? It's fresh, adept at browsing and multitasking and its interface is optimised for touch- things Symbian struggles with.
Google have said that they will radically change their China policy after a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack", originated from the country in December 2009, resulting in intellectual property being stolen and human rights activists' accounts being hacked.
The 33rd annual Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas is done and dusted for another year, and in its wake a roadmap to where electronics is heading for the foreseeable future is plain for all to see. So where are we heading and who's driving?
Intel's Dean Pomerleau is currently working on a project to implant chips directly in the human brain. The electronic chips will allow humans to operate computers, surf the web and manipulate other electronic devices without the need of a third party interface, like a mouse or finger.
TechSmart was invited by computer manufacturer Lenovo to spend a few days in Beijing, capital of China and the heart of Lenovo operations. We came back with the impression that this Chinese dragon is not in dreamland anymore.
2010 looks to be stocked with some awesome new advances on the technological front. We stare into our crystal ball to predict the big technology trends for the coming 365 days.
On 27 August 2008 Japanese camera manufacturer Nikon dropped a bombshell on an unsuspecting camera world. Their latest digital single lens reflex camera, the 12 megapixel D90, included a feature that no DSLR had before the ability to record video in high definition.
