Comcast has Launched Personal 4G/3G Mobile Hotspot with Xfinity Internet

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) today announced the launch of its personal 4G/3G Mobile Hotspot, also known as the MiFi® 4082 by Novatel Wireless Inc., that allows users to simultaneously connect up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices to the Internet while on-the-go. Sleek and compact in design, the pocket-sized device is a Wi-Fi router that uses Xfinity® Internet 2go service to create a portable Wi-Fi hotspot and provide superfast Internet speeds within a 4G coverage area. "This new product gives customers the flexibility to instantly create their own secure hotspot everywhere they go," said Tom Nagel, Senior Vice President and...

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iOS 4.3.3 location tracking by Apple will be released soon

Apple is all set to release iOS 4.3.3, the update which will apparently fix the myriad location tracking bugs which led to such controversy last month. There’s no word on an exact release date, but the full details of the software boost have already emerged. The guys at BGR have already snagged a copy of iOS 4.3.3 and have been told it will stop the iPhone’s location data being backed up to iTunes, delete the database when a phone’s location awareness is toggled off and also cut the size of the location database. Those are some pretty hefty changes, especially considering Apple said last week that the only real bug came with the iPhone tracking...

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Top 6 Most Unique and Wondeful Places in the World

Have you ever thought to visit strange and unique places in the world? For some of people, visiting the places may be a part of challenging and amazing journey. But what if that place is an unusual place visited by people? Do you even more challenged?. Here, I will show you the top 5 places that probably most unique in the world that are may be your consideration. However, if you really determined to visit it in the end, plan and prepare your trip carefully, and of course safely. 1. The Door To Hell, Turkmenistan  This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of...

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New versions of Motorola's Atrix will be rolled out as Android "alternatives"

Future versions of Motorola's Atrix smartphone-laptop combo will be rolled out as Android "alternatives" to tablets and other newfangled devices, Motorola's chief executive said this week. The phone maker's first crack at the Atrix smartphone-laptop convergence wasn't perfect. Some Reviews said the lack of Google's Chrome operating system hurts (Atrix uses a FireFox-centric "Webtop" operating environment). And performance in the laptop configuration (i.e., the 'lap-dock") is sluggish. But that doesn't mean it's toast, considering all of the praise the Atrix 4G and laptop dock received at CES 2011. Sanjay Jha, chairman and chief executive officer...

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LG Optimus 2X listed in the Guinness Book of Records

LG has managed to coerce the venerable Guinness organisation into awarding it a World Record for being the first mobile phone to hit the market with a dual-core processor. They were even awarded a shiny certificate to record their ‘achievement’. Now we didn’t count LG as Roy Castle and Norris McWhirter fans, but the South Korean giant is obviously desperate to prove they are out looking down on rivals in the processor speed race. They’ll also be equally keen to thumb their noses at their perennial Seoul-based rivals Samsung, who are soon to release their hugely capable Galaxy S 2 dual-core model in the UK. The flagship Optimus 2X was released...

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Soni PSN hacking: Services return this week, The hacker still unknown

Two weeks since after Sony's PlayStation Network was hacked Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment, addressed the issue in a press conference in Tokyo tonight. Though they still don't know who orchestrated the intrusion on the PSN servers in San Diego, Calif., they were "very sophisticated," Hirai said. It's still not entirely clear what kind of data they got their hands on, but he reiterated that they don't believe credit card data to have been taken, and added that the company has received no complaints of ID theft or credit card fraud yet. Most services will be restored "within the week," Hirai said. The first PSN services...

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Top 10 Best Android Apps

The Android Market is a treasure trove of apps. But with hundreds of new titles added each day, finding ones actually worth your time and buck can be a real pain in the rear. Fret not: the Top10 team is on the lookout all month and has sorted the trash from the treasure. 1. We7 Radio Plus We7 Radio Plus is a completely free internet radio application with over seven million tracks to listen to from anywhere while you're on the go. Choose from dozens of ‘themed’ stations that have been created for you and are updated regularly, save the ones you enjoy the most, or simply create your own based on your favourite genre, artist or theme. You can...

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Scan your face in 3D with your iPhone

You Want a 3D scanner, but don't have thousands of dollars to spare? Don't be down, because an new iPnone apps may help you. A new iPhone app turns your face or other object into a 3D computer model that can easily be edited or even reproduced with a 3D printer. The app, called dubbed Trimensional, was created by Grant Schindler, a computer scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It uses the iPhone's screen to project four different patterns of light on to the object being scanned and snaps photos with the front-mounted camera. The app then compares the lighting patterns and stitches the photos together to produce the 3D model. Schindler...

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HTC will launch NFC-enabled phone in third quarter of 2011

Mobile phone manufacturer HTC plans to launch an NFC-enabled smartphone in the third quarter of 2011, according to Bright Side of News. At a recent press event an HTC sales manager who wanted to remain unnamed said the phone would be positioned slightly above the recently announced HTC Sensation. The news comes after NFC World reported last December that HTC chief executive Peter Chou had revealed the world's fourth largest handset manufacturer has plans to add NFC functionality to its mobile phones. In a video interview Chou was asked: "Is HTC keen to support mobile payments such as NFC in its devices?" "Yes," Chou replied. "Mobile payments...

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