Google has released stable version of Chrome 17 on Wednesday which boasts of several features. One of the main features of Chrome 17 is that it pre-renders web site pages when users type in the address bar of the browser which Google calls the “omnibox”. It basically means that Chrome 17 can now determine as [...]

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As expected, Blizzard has announced yet another delay in the release of the action-RPG Diablo III. The PC game is now scheduled to come out sometime in the second quarter of 2012. Read more…

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Have you always wanted a Galaxy Nexus in white? Do you live in the UK? Well you’re in luck because Samsung is scheduled to release the new coloured device in about a week on February the 13th. Read more…

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Microsoft first revealed the Skype for Windows Phone app back in MIX 2011 last year, way before Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype. It had almost been a year without further news about the app, and finally during CES 2012 in January, a Microsoft representative mentioned during a video interview that the Skype for Windows Phone app will be “coming soon”.

Well according to reports from WP7Lab (via WMPU), Microsoft had just begun dogfooding (internal beta testing) the Skype for Windows Phone app. Furthermore, the website received an anonymous tip indicating that Microsoft will soon be sending out invitations for a beta version of the app. Here’s an excerpt from WP7Labs:

Skype for Windows Phone is just around the corner and we’ve teamed up with the Skype folks to help with beta testing. If you are receiving this newsletter directly, look for an invitation in the coming weeks and be on the inside track for what is sure to be one of the hottest new apps on the Marketplace!

It was reported back in January that Tony Bates, President of the Skype Division at Microsoft, confirmed that Skype will exist as a separate downloadable app from the marketplace for now, and full integration into the Windows Phone OS is expected to happen in Windows Phone “Apollo”.

Skype is currently one of the major apps that exist on other mobile platforms but missing from the Windows Phone marketplace. The exact timing of the release is still unknown, but it is good to hear that Microsoft is making progress with the app. Who knows we might actually hear more about Skype on Windows Phone during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month! Stay tuned.

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Barnes and Noble is planned to launch yet another eReader device sometime in the spring of 2012, according to a new profile of the company in the New York Times. Read more…

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Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release is a new version of the web browser that will update only once a year to meet demands from organizations who don’t want the fast pace of the standard release. Read more…

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Asus has confirmed it will release an ARM-based tablet that will run Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system sometime in 2012., along with other product announcements. Read more…

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Vizio, best known for their affordable flat screen televisions, will be announced plans to release both Windows-based desktop and notebook PCs in 2012 at what may be very cheap prices. Read more…

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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has claimed that the company plans to market and release its own tablet device sometime in the next six months, presumably to compete with the next version of Apple’s iPad Read more…

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