Samsung has finally brought full touch screen on their phones and they are more colorful than ever. Samsung’s new ‘Corby’ phone is focusing mainly on social networking like INQ phones, except the Corby has Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter. To make the phones appeal to the younger crowd, Samsung has designed them with very vibrant colors.

Some of the basic colors are Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, Minimal White, and Festival Orange. The more important features are the 2.8 inch QVGA screen and the support for EDGE and Quad- band networks. The Corby will be arriving to many cities in Europe in the middle of September. It will cost about 150 Euros which is roughly $215 USD. Hopefully, the kids or the parents are willing to dish out that much for a social networking phone, if not Samsung may have to take their phone elsewhere. More »

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Israeli scientists are working hard on a breathalyzer that could possibly save the lives by detecting cancer. This Breathalyzer works similar to that of a garden variety intoxication detector. There are already tests like this in the process but those require a pretreatment of the breath which could take a lot of time, cost and complexity. The Israeli Breathalyzer is bypassing the pretreatment step because of advancements in nanotechnology.

In a study conducted by the scientists, 56 healthy volunteers and 40 people with lung cancer were tested with this. In the end, 33 distinct bio markers set the sick apart from the healthy. The real question is how early this breathalyzer could detect lung cancer because the patients with lung cancer that were tested had advanced cases of it. This is a great medical advancement but accuracy is the most important factor. If it can detect cancer before the advanced stages, a simple breathe could save many lives. More »

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Looks Twitter won’t be a part of some of the major sporting events this year. Yesterday, the NFL said players or their representatives are not allowed to use social media, mainly Twitter, during the game, but it’s okay before and after games. Today, we find out that the US Open will not allow players to communicate with the outside world through social media. Both have their reasons, obviously.

For the NFL, players are paid millions to focus on the game, not their Twitter tweets and so it makes sense to ban players from playing with their phones, while they should be focused on the game. But that’s not it. While Twittering has become extremely popular with NFL players, some players have been fine for criticizing the team. San Diego Chargers cornerback Antonio Comartie was fined $2,500 for complaining about the food service at training camp. On the Tennis, it’s a slightly different story. More »

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Seagate drives are neat, and very clean but if you’re tired of looking at the blank cover of your Seagate hard drive, then you’d probably want to get into Seagate’s “Pimp my Drive” promotion. MusicSkins and Seagate have partnered to bring you vinyl skins of various iconic figures.

You can make the MusicSkins purchase by adding it to your Seagate cart when purchasing the FreeAgent Go drive but if you already own a Seagate hard drive, head over to MusicSkins to make the seperate purchase. They’re also throwing in a limited offer of 35 free songs and a 20% discount on the skin. More »

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eBay did sell Skype this morning to a private equity firm, Silver Lake Partners. The deal is valued at $2.75 billion. eBay will receive $1.9 billion in cash after the sale is completed in the fourth quarter of 2009. eBay bought Skype for over $3 billion in 2005. Skype is set to make a revenue of $600 million this year. Here’s the full press release: More »

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eBay may finally be off the hook from their overpriced acquisition of Skype. According to a NY Times report, eBay is planning an announcement today to sell Skype to a group of private investors. The group purchasing Skype is probably going to be led by former co-founder of Netscape, Marc Andreessen, among others. eBay’s asking price for Skype is set to be around $2 Billion.

Looking back on the eBay/Skype deal, it turned out to be one of the worst tech deals in the new millennium. eBay outbid Google and Yahoo for Skype and ultimately paid over $3 billion for the internet calling service. Although Skype is set to make $600 million in revenue this year, it just hasn’t been the fit eBay was looking for in their e-commerce business. More »

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For once the North American folks don’t get shafted again by Nintendo. Nintendo is set to make the Black Wiimote available this holiday season with a black Wii Jacket and a standalone black Nunchuck. I wish they were also rolling out a Black Wii but can’t hope for too much these days.

Nintendo is also rolling out two new colors for the Nintendo DSi, pink and white. Looks like Nintendo is finally giving us North American folks a much needed color change, especially for the, now very dull looking white Wiimotes. More »

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