So,here it is folks,another significant update for the Macintosh,OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.The previous release OS x 10.7 was a major update and brought in some exclusive new features like Accessibility-Built-in voices,Address Book,AirDrop,AppleScript,Auto Save,Automator,Electronic Distribution,FileVault 2,New Finder etc.

The OS X Lion does see some integration of features from iPhone and iPad but Mountain Lion takes it further ahead by adding the most favorite features and apps from iOS devices and integrates into your Mac.

Even though Mountain Lion might not be as big update as the previous it does bring in some significant improvements.Here is a quick demo video of the new features you will be seeing in the Mountain Lion.

Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Release date

The developer Version is out but the retail version is expected to be out by the summer of 2012.The sad news is all the Mac’s from 2007-08 and before would not be able to run the Mac Mountain Lion.

Smartphones are becoming smarter day by day and apart from calling and texting they are now used to carry sensitive information about your business and bank accounts and as usual when such sensitive data comes into play hackers come into action as well.

Android which is one of the most widely used smart phone operating system does have such virus threats that could compromise your sensitive information so one need to make sure your android Device is free of any sort of spyware.Luckily Android has tens of anti virus solutions provided at the android market for free,we have picked the best free anti virus for you android phones.

Here is a list of 5 best free antivirus for android phones :

1)AVG Free Antivirus for Android : AVG  is a well known name in the world of security solutions and has a free antivirus solution for android tablets and smartphones as well.AVG free Antivirus for Android scans and checks for threats in all the apps,settings and media in real time.It also adds the feature of detecting your stolen device via google maps. It scans contacts and text messages for anything irregular and warns you about phishing attacks also.

Download AVG Free Antivirus for Android

2) Look Free Anti Virus for Android : Lookout is one of the oldest and most famous antivirus for android devices.This award winning program is known to be quite effective from different possible threats and also is a very light weight application.Lookout free antivirus is one of the most downloaded  and highest rated antivirus at android market.

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3)Avast Mobile Security Free : One of the leading security providers for windows Avast has an excellent security suite that aims to provide total protection against all sort of threats and viruses.Avast Mobile Security also provides full protection to your personal information and auto alerts you from infected url’s.

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4)Nortan Free Antivirus Lite : Norton by Symantec,another well renowed brand when it comes to security provides its expert software on android platform also.The Norton lite free antivirus for android has quick virus definition updates and is known to fight against malware and loss and theft of your device and data.

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5)Anti Virus Free by Creative Apps : Anti Virus Free is another great another great free android antivirus which is fast and light weight application proven to be effective against all sort of malicious programs.

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If you are an windows user you might be aware that no antivirus is perfect and one needs to be alert and think twice before installing unknown applications or clicking on unknown urls.

All of the above given Antivirus solutions would provide you with some protection but to ensure maximum you need to be aware that new types of malwares and spywares are constantly written by hackers so before any antivirus would update its definitions you might become a victim,so follow these simple guidelines

1)Never Download and install apps from anywhere else than Android Market,stay away from pirated apps if you are concerned about the security of your information on you mobile device.

2) Never click on links that you cannot see or that don’t define themselves.When you see Hyperlinks like Click Here and you are not sure where it will lead to or is from an uncertain person or brand,skip clicking on it.

3)Always while doing bank or credit card transactions cross check the URL in the address bar of your browser and see if it belongs to the bank you are looking for or not,for example if you are looking to do a transaction from Citi bank,make sure url reads citibank.com or an extension or subdomain of it.

So these were the 5 best free antivirus for android devices,please let us known in the comments section if you have experience with these and which you find is better and why ?

Hp has launched a new laptop to its much appreciated Dv6 Series,the DV6-6119Tx.The HP DV6-6119Tx is a elegant looking and powerful notebook that perfectly fits as an entertainment and work duo notebook.

The HP Pavilion DV6-6119Tx is powered by a core i5 second generation processor and has Ati Radeon 6490 GPU for superior windows 7 aero and a decent gaming experience.HP notebooks always have the style statement included and the quality of hardware is quite up to the mark.The Bronze mettalic finish and aluminum matte on the sides make it look fabulous.

The Processor is the second generation sandy bridge core i5 2410M clocked at 2.3 Ghz and has 3 MB of L2 cache and has 4 GB DDR3 RAM on a Intel H65 chipset board.The RAM can be extended to upto 16 GB as it houses dual ram slots.The HP Pavilion DV6-6119Tx comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Operating system which makes it a even better value.Dimensions are  378 x 246.8 x 35.2 mm and it weighs 2.63 kg which clearly wont be a carriers delight.

The display is an elegant 15.6 inch 1366 x 768 LED display that has rich colors and offers great visibility at different viewing angles.The keys though are placed right and feels quite comfortable to type the plastic finish doesn’t really fit with the rest of the laptop.The touch pad feels pretty comfy and has multi touch support to it.There is also a finger touch scanner.

2X USB 3.0 ,HDMI Out and Bluetooth v3.0,WiFi are also present ensuring a total connectivity solution.The HP Pavilion DV6-6119Tx comes with HP Cool sense technology that adjusts the cooling system of the laptop depending upon the room temperature and the heat dissipated by the processor and other components.Also Quad speakers that are enhanced by beats audio promises a great multimedia experience.

The battery is a 6 cell Li-ion 90W standard one that gives a very practical 3 hourback up which though not impressive,is quite acceptable for a regular entertainment notebook pc.

Verdict :

So here it goes,the HP DV6-6119Tx is a gorgeous looking,well built laptop with enough processing power under the hood that would let you enjoy HD videos and latest games (on medium and low settings) without any sweat,apart from being a bit heavy there isnt anything wrong with this laptop.Priced around 48,000 INR this adds up as a good value for money piece of hardware.

Toshiba has launched its new super thin Excite X10 tablet at the CES 2012 recently. The Company aims at grabbing the market share of the multiple android tablets by  making an eye-catching design and putting it at a attractive price tag.We will now take a detailed look on the specifications and see how it stood up with other tablets .

Display:

Toshiba Excite X10 has a 10.1 inch screen and supports a maximum resolution of 1280*800 pixels .It comes covered by the hard and tough Gorilla Glass and comes with smooth magnesium alloy backside .The display is quite decent and vivid giving the highest pixel detail .

Form Factor:

Toshiba focussed very much on the design aspects and makes it as the lightest tablet till date. The Toshiba Excite X10 is about 0.4 pounds lighter than its rival Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 and almost 66 grams lighter than the Apple iPad 2.It weighs just around 1.2 pounds and you can  hardly feel it. It is about 7.7 mm thick edging out Asus Transformer Prime by 0.6mm.In short it is thinner and lighter than most of the tablets out there .

 Operating System:

Toshiba Excite X10 comes with the Android 4.0 aka IceCream Sandwich Operating system which is expected to unify the OS in mobiles and tablets and more refined offering innovative features.

Processor and Memory:

Toshiba Excite X10 is powered by a 1.2 GHz OMAP 4430 dual-core processor and a 1GB of RAM.Both the processor and RAM are quite decent offering fast app-switching and smooth transitions.

Storage and battery:

Toshiba Excite X10 comes in two versions with storage space of 16GB and 32GB.Battery life is expected to be about 8 hours which is very good for a tablet.

Camera and Connectivity:

Toshiba packs a LED backlight supported 5 Megapixel rear facing camera and a 2 Megapixel front facing camera suitable for video calling.Toshiba is not giving up anything and supported HDMI,Micro-USB and MicroSD slots .Considering how thin it is , it’s not at all an easy task to design offering these ports. It supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and Wi-Fi 802.11(b/g/n)

Price and availability:

Toshiba Excite X10 16GB comes at a price of $529 and 32GB version sells at $599.Toshiba hinted that the device may go on sale from starting of Q2 2012.

Though Toshiba Excite X10 is very decent in specifications and is coming with Android 4.0 OS , we feel it is bit overpriced considering the amount of tablets releasing every day with similar specs and at lesser price. Of course Toshiba can boast about its thin and sleek design which is very pleasing to eyes but we have to just wait and see how much the design factor will grab the tablet market.

Razer project Fiona is a gaming tablet concept which is designed to run today’s most popular pc games and with attached [non detachable] joystick’s on both sides that provide a precise control , it is clearly considered as the best gaming tablet ever designed.

Powered by third generation Intel Core i7 processor: [aka Ivy Bridge]

With a powerful Intel Core i7 [aka Ivy Bridge] Razer project Fiona gaming tablet is more like a pc rather than a tablet. Instead of casual games that run usually on every tablets Razer project Fiona gaming tablet is completely energized to run Full Fledged PC games that tablet world has never seen.

Runs Windows 8 OS:

Project Fiona gaming tablet will be coming out with hybrid windows 8 OS and is out of the box ready for PC games. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan exclusively highlighted the Ivy Bridge processing power and windows 8 gaming experience along with a little possibility of graphics chip from AMD or Nvidia.

Display:

Razer Fiona sports a 10.1 inch screen with 1,280×800-pixel resolution and comes with a highly sensitive touch screen. Tan also said that the battery life will be equal to that of a laptop, and won’t be like other tablets.

Designed to intensify the gaming experience:

It also comes with inbuilt accelerometers in the analog sticks that provide force feedback so that the gamer’s hands can feel everything from a explosion to gun shot. Razer Project Fiona gaming tablet is created to provide immerse gaming experience on a tablet, not only for the current pc games but also ensured for the future PC games.

Price and Release Date:

Razer project Fiona gaming tablet looks quite fat but feels lighter and is estimated to release in the Q4, 2012 under a price range of $1000.

The Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos is a QWERTY keypad style smart phone with  2.6″ capacitive touch display.The Phone features GSM+GSM network support with dual standby.

Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and has 3G and WiFi Connectivity Support.

Hers is an overview of the Specs of Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos :

Display:

Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos features a 2.6″ capacitive touch screen display with 256k colors and 400 x 240 pixels.Although the resolution is quite generous for the display size the 256K colors is quite disappointing as colors looks washed out on the display.A 16M color display would have been more appropriate.

Processor:

The processor is yet unknown but we are expecting it to have the same processor that is in the Samsung Galaxy Y viz a 832 Mhz one.

Memory:

384 MB of RAM and 512 MB of ROM is given.The external memory is expandable upto 32 GB and you would get a 2 GB microSD card out of the box.

The 384 MB of ram is adequate and given with an 832 Mhz processor the device should perform lag free whine using phones inbuilt functionality and most of the apps  however for resource savy apps and games the phone would deliver a bit of an unpleasant experience.

Form Factor:

The phone is in a regular bar shape and dimensionally measure 110.8 x 63.5 x 11.9 mm and weigh 112 gms.With those dimensions and weight the Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos is a great device to hold to.

Camera :

We have a 3.15 MP camera in the rear and a VGA camera in the front for your video calling needs.Like most of the cameras from Samsung,the 3.15 MP does a great job on its level.

Video recording can also be done but only upto QVGA resolutions @24 FPS.

Connectivity:

The Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos has WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and 3G HSDPA 7.2 MPBS support.The mobile has USB 2.0 slot and Bluetooth v3.0 as usual.

Sensors :

The Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos has Accelerometer, proximity sensor and a compass.

Battery :

A decent 1350 mAh battery is provided which gives upto 4.5 hrs (2G) and 3 hrs (3G) talktime  and upto 3 days of standby in practical world.

Other Features:

The mobile supports A-GPS and WiFi hotspot.

Price :

The Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos would be priced around 9000 INR.

Verdict :

The Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos is a decent Dual SIM Android Smart Phone with dual standby feature and a really nice QWERTY keypad with comfortable oval shaped buttons.On the downside the display is still a 256K one and colors look pretty washed out but when it comes to narrowing down a good Android smart phone with Dual Sim and QWERTY pad for texting enthusiasts you cannot go wrong with Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos.

The company blames intense competition and price erosion for their huge losses,the firm has seen looses in Q4 2010 also which were upto 265$ million, apparently the company was running in losses since 2010 and their last profit condition was back in 2009 Q4 where it had 8$ million profit.

The sales of Sony Ericsson devices exponentently went down 16% percent year after another since 2009.

Sony is planning to take over the 50% stake of Ericsson which is approx 1.05 Billion Euros,the transaction is expected to happen in the last week of February.