Samsung Electronics and Toshiba Corp. introduced tablet computers at the consumer electronics fair IFA in Berlin yesterday, saying the upcoming tablets would appeal to people due to their lower prices.

Toshiba confirmed that its upcoming Folio 100 tablet would be available in Europe with a price tag of just is 399 euros, as compared with the iPad’s price tag of 499 euros.

Apple unveiled its new and revamped products during its special media event on Wednesday in San Francisco. Among the most striking products and services, the technology firm announced the new iTunes 10, which comes with its social networking module.

The music-only social network, Ping, which is opening up to Apple’s 160 million existing iTunes users will likely work like a cross between Facebook and Twitter for iTunes by letting users to follow celebrities, create social cliques, and receive artist updates through an activity stream.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is in no mood to let its rival Dell get hold of the data storage firm 3PAR.

HP again raised its offer for 3Par to $33-a-share, which values the manufacturer of the data storage systems at around $2.3 billion.

HP’s new offer has put an end to an 18-day bidding war with Dell as Dell refused to match HP’s $33-a-share offer.

Speaking on the new offer, Dell corporate strategy senior vice president Dave Johnson confirmed, “We took a measured approach throughout the process and have decided to end these discussions.”

Palm, which is now owned by HP, released a new version of its operating system, webOS 2.0, which is now available to developers belonging to Palm's Early Access program.

While unveiling the Software Developer Kit, Palm described several improvements. The company focused on ‘Stacks’ to allow better multitasking, a ‘Quick Actions’ way of searching and creating an e-mail without introducing an application.

Virtualization software provider VMware used its annual VM World 2010 meet in San Francisco to unveil new products that would encourage companies to adopt cloud computing as a service.

One of the three products unveiled by the company includes VMware vCloud Director, which is a model for delivering & consuming technology services across different cloud computing platforms. The other two products are VMware vCloud Datacenter Services and VMware vShield product, which offer secure cloud computing services and tackle security challenges, respectively.

The ban imposed by Australia’s Federal Court on numerous regional retailers the last week for trading mod chips that allow running of illegitimate software on the PlayStation 3 expires tomorrow.

The lawsuit was a unique one in context of the gaming segment. While the case was going on, the court ordered the retailers to return the chips to Sony.

Samsung Electronics has added another camera in its array. The ST100 flaunts a larger front LCD screen, which measures 1.8 inches, than the 1.5-inch screen used in its earlier models.

The bigger screen enables you to tap and activate the screen easily, whilst you are all set to capture some party moments with your buddies. It also includes the new Jump mode built into the front LCD, with the aid of which you can click a mid-air shot, as it gives a visual signal to jump in the air.

Today, Sony disclosed its new variety of e-readers that will be unveiled next week in Australia, for the foremost time. The Company revealed that it has added the Reader Pocket Edition in its existing portfolio.

The new Pocket e-reader is a touch-screen model that makes use of an infrared sensor to read finger swipes or taps from a stylus. It will rule out the requirement of a cover, which diminishes lucidity. A special overlay was used to protect the screen of Sony's Touch Edition and Daily Edition e-readers.

Google’s newly announced mail-organizing tool, Priority Inbox, is a great time saving feature as it distinguishes most important messages from tons of unnecessary emails.

Internet search giant’s new service automatically gives priority to the most important emails by delineating important mail from spam, unnecessary mails and everything like that.

Priority Inbox gets a sense of what is important for the users at a particular time by looking at users prior actions, such as which messages a user has read, starred or deleted.

The US communications regulators declined a proposal for building a free, nationwide wireless broadband network using unused airwaves.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Wednesday that it turned down the proposal that the winner of an auction for the radio spectrum offer free internet service to all those who connects to it. The proposal had come from a startup known as M2Z Networks.

Chief of the FCC’s wireless bureau, Ruth Milkman, said in a statement that they considered the proposal carefully and thoroughly, but found that it was not the best policy outcome.

Amazon, the Seattle-based online retailer, is preparing to introduce new online digital TV and movies subscription service, in a move that could help it snatch some of the market share from well-established rival companies such as Netflix and Google Inc.

In the past few weeks, the online retailer pitches web-based subscription service to a number of major media companies including Time Warner and NBC Universal.

Sony on Wednesday used its press conference at IFA electronics show in Berlin to announce its first expedition into the 3D-capable laptop market.

Sony showed off prototype of a 3D-capable Vaio laptop model that will debut in spring 2011. The prototype was equipped with a "3D" button and active-shutter glasses to detach what the right and left eyes see.

The 3D button will allow users to set it for use in 3D mode. Otherwise, the device acts like a normal laptop with resolution of 1,920 by 1080 pixels.

Electronics giant Sony on Wednesday took the wraps off its three revamped models of e-readers.

The new models include Reader Pocket Edition, which come with a 5-inch diagonal display, and a price tag of $179. The 6-inch screen Touch Edition has been made available for $229, while the 7-inch Daily Edition has been priced at $299.

The Pocket Edition is now costlier by $29 from the previous model, while the prices of the Touch and Daily editions have been hiked by $59 and $49, respectively.

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday witnessed the announcement of Apple’s new and overhauled products. The list of announced products includes the iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and iPod Touch, but it was the second-generation Apple TV that stole the show.

The new Apple TV is smaller, cheaper and faster than the first-generation Apple TV ‘Hobby’, which used to keep users waiting while downloading the content first on to a local hard drive. But, in the new TV content starts streaming over the Internet just a few seconds after clicking on it.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs yesterday, on September 1, used company’s media event in San Francisco to introduce new and revamped products.

The technology company announced second-generation Apple TV, new iPods and a new iTunes feature at its special media event on Wednesday.

The new Apple TV, which is around 80 per cent smaller than the predecessor, connects to a television through a HDMI cable and let users watch HD movies and TV shows in comfortable living rooms.