Japan’s PC-maker Sony has released its new Vaio M Series mini-notebook that would reportedly cost much less than similar Sony models.

Sony’s Vaio M Series mini-notebook is a 10.1-inch LED backlight display, with dimensions of 18.3 x 3.3 x 26.8 cm. It has a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, with 1GB of DDR2 RAM and a 250GB hard drive.

The Vaio M, which is preloaded with Windows 7 Starter Edition, is easy to carry as it is just 1.3kg in weight.

Google Street View service, which now covers more than 96 per cent of street and roads in the UK, has come under fire after it showed a naked child.

Google Street View captured images of the 4-5 year old blond boy with his trousers down and made them public on Thursday.

The images of the naked boy prompted fears that the service will provide sex offenders with a new tool to assault children.

Google’s Street View service provides 360-degree images of almost all the streets and roads in the UK.

LG is promising its first 3D TVs will arrive in the UK by May - in time for football fans to watch this summer's World Cup in the extra dimension.

LG has announced that its new 3D televisions and 3D Blu-ray player will be made available for sale in the UK by May this year.

The LG LX9900 3D TV, which has LED backlit flat screen, comes in 47 and 55-inch sizes. It has the capacity of pumping out 1080p images.

The LG LX9900 is just 3.16 cm in thickness and offers free view HD and WiFi.

EEE PC 1005PR, the most recent netbook from Asus, has been designed to satisfy all netbook enthusiasts.

Asus’ new device come with a new feature called Super Hybrid Technology that presents a battery life of 11 hours under normal usage.

EEE PC 1005PR can handle 720p High Definition owing to a 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 resolution display. It is also equipped with a Broadcom BCM 70015 HD Decoder.

Sky has announced that it would showcase its 3D TV service at the Westfield shopping centre in London on March 12.

All visitors will be provided with polarising glasses to watch the 3D demo, which will include Arsenal's game against Manchester United. Visitors will also get a chance to watch tennis, football and boxing matches in full 3D service.

The broadcaster will give a chance to shopers to participate in a competition to win a 3D-ready TV set, a Sky+ HD box plus a subscription to Sky's top level TV pack.

Japan’s well-known electronics firm Panasonic has launched its two new Micro Four-Thirds cameras viz. the Lumix DMC-G2 and the DMC-G10.

The Lumix DMC-G2 is equipped with a 3-inch articulated touch-screen, which enables intuitive and quick focus settings just by a single touch. Meanwhile, the G10, which comes with a 3-inch fixed LCD screen, is a budget alternative to the Lumix DMC-G2.

The Lumix DMC-G2 has a 12-megapixel sensor and a 1.44-megapixel viewfinder. It is made more up-to-date with a Venus Engine HD II processing technique.

HTC is all set to release set of new smartphones over in the United Kingdom from next month.

Amazon UK has just asked interested people to make pre-orders for the HTC Desire, Legend and HD Mini.

The Desire and Legend are reportedly ready for shipping from April 1 over the UK. But, HD Mini will have to wait more as it will not be available until April 14.

It may be noted here that the HTC Desire, which has 3.7-inch 800x480 pixel screen, has less memory and a smaller screen than the HD2

John Makinson, chief executive of Penguin Books, provided a look at the future of e-books on Apple’s iPad.

Penguin has plans to insert interactive content such as audio and visual into its future e-books. It also wants to add some more attractive features to its e-books such as allowing readers to chat on topics they read.

Taiwan’s Shuttle has unveiled a new ultra-compact nettop PC, branded Barebones XS35.

The Barebones mini-PC is powered by a dual core Intel Atom D510 1.66 GHz CPU. It is also equipped with a number of connector ports such as HDMI and 5x USB ports.

The Shuttle XS35 can render both HD and 3D video content to any HD source with the help of its HDMI port, and Nvidia GT218 ION 2 graphics card.

Though, the 3.3-cm thick Shuttle XS35 is in the 1-litre class, yet the system can be used in home theatre setups.

Adobe’s Flash video technology has been called a “CPU hog” by Apple’s chief executive Steve jobs, an online report suggests.

The Apple CEO has also reportedly disapproved Adobe’s Flash, saying it was a full of security holes due to old technology.

Mr. Jobs has also refused to allow Adobe Flash on to Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch and company’s most recently launched device iPad e-reader.

Apple, the technology giant, has posted a statement revealing that issues associated with the screen of their popular and expensive 27-inch Apple iMac computers have now been resolved.

Many users had reported problems with the screen of their iMac, including cracked and flickering displays, and screens that appeared to have a yellow tint.

UK-based company, X2 Computing, has unveiled a new tablet PC called the iTablet which is set to pose a tough competition for Apple's iPad.

The company reports to launch its iTablet in April, will directly rival Apple's "latest creation" and, on paper, even looks to have the edge on Steve Jobs' device in terms of basic specifications.

Olympus released the details of its upcoming new hybrid camera called Pen E-PL1, which will come with a built-in flash.

The Pen E-PL1, with SLR performance, will be best choice for those people who are not purchasing a DSLR because they their very complicated.

The Pen E-PL1 camera, which is expected to hit markets in March, will come with a new Live Guide to allow users easier control over key image features.

Live Guide will allow users to control SLR effects and monitor the changes on the 2.7-inch LCD screen.

Pay-TV giant British Sky Broadcasting announced on Thursday that its customer base jumped by 172,000 to settle at 9.2 million in the final three months of the last year.

BSkyB added its turnover climbed 10 per cent from 2.6 billion pounds to 2.9 billion pounds during the six-month period ended December 31.

Pre-tax profits soared from 276 million pounds to settle at 358 million pounds.

Earnings per share jumped from 9.5 pence to 14.6 pence. The company declared that it would lift the interim dividend by 5 per cent to 7.8 pence.

The British telecom has launched its first next-generation super-fast broadband service and it will be available by early next week.

By the launch the company joins its rival Virgin Media in the segment and also offers the connection at lower prices, comparatively.

BT Infinity, connections will be through fibre optic network. The company spent £1.5bn for establishing the network which will be within the reach of 10m homes by the time of the Olympics in London in 2012.