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Microsoft Azure Unveiled In India

While most of us haven’t moved to a cloud computing operating system just yet, Microsoft has just made its cloud-based operating system, Windows Azure, available in India. In terms of dollars and cents, a cloud-based operating system hosted on Microsoft’s data centers will be available for $0.12 per hour, while storage on Azure will cost enterprises $0.15/GB on a monthly basis.

Microsoft already claims to have over 3,000 applications developed from India that are currently hosted on the cloud platform, which should give it a good kick start. Based on figures from Microsoft, it’s said that the Windows Azure Platform can reduce the Total Cost of Operations by up to 30-40% over a three-year period. Are you looking to move your operating system to the cloud, or are you happy with things are they currently are?

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HP Launches New Let’s Do Amazing Ad Campaign

If you were wondering what HP has up its sleeve with is latest $40 million “Let’s Do Amazing” ad campaign, you’ll be able to find out now, and the company has released a couple of ads to the general public. Stand-up comedian, Rhys Darby, is the person going through the ads with you, and you’ve got Dr. Dre waxing lyrical about the HP Beats audio too. Check out the videos after the jump.

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Unreal Engine 3 heading to webOS

Looks like folks with the iPhone won’t be able to gloat over Palm owners anymore since the Unreal Engine 3 will be making its way to the webOS platform as well. While details are pretty scarce at the moment, Palm just announced a deal with Epic Games at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco. We can’t wait to see the processors found within Palm’s range of devices to be put to good use with quality games. What are some of the titles running on this Unreal Engine that you would like to see realized?

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Ubergizmo Giveaway: Fellowes Microshred Series Shredders

It’s tax season, a time of year that identity thieves are looking to prey on unsuspecting victims. That’s why we’ve joined forces with Fellowes to give away five of their new Microshred Series shredders (specifically the MS-450Ci), which literally shred paper into dust (3,000 pieces to be exact). Protect your sensitive information and enter to win! Here’s how Fellowes describes its product:

“Fellowes Microshred Series shredders are designed to help consumers and business professionals protect their confidential information at home and in the workplace. The Microshred product line is the first to combine Micro-Cut capabilities with 100% Jam Proof technology, reducing paper documents into pieces 10x smaller than a Cross-Cut shredder, making them virtually impossible for identity thieves to piece back together.”

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HTC Tattoo to get Android 2.1

It does look as though Android 2.1 was specially reserved for high-end and mid-end smartphones only, but we guess not with word of the HTC Tattoo to receive Android 2.1 in due time, despite it being HTC’s most affordable Android handset to date. HTC has confirmed that they are now working on integrating its Sense UI with Android 2.1 on the Tattoo, so all Tattoo owners out there will just have to be a little bit patient.

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Retrieva GPS dog collar

For some of us, our pooch means much more to us than being just a pet, which is why when Fido runs off by himself during his morning walk, we search high and low over for him. Why not take no chances with the Retrieva GPS dog collar instead? This dog collar comes embedded with a GPS tracking device, letting you track his progress on the phone which is definitely new compared to its plain ol’ version. Too bad there is no anti-poop capability yet, since you aren’t around to supervise him during his potty time.

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Barnes & Noble eReader app for Apple iPad

Barnes & Noble has made it known that they will be releasing their version of the eReader app for the Apple iPad sometime near the device’s launch, but apart from that, they have remained mum on the other details. We do know that the app will be free though, as it offers you access to all of the books, magazines and newspapers available in Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore. Does this mean we could cross our fingers for a Kindle app as well?

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More Sony camera concept details

Sony’s DSLR camera concept that made its debut at PMA 2010 has been further expanded in terms of details via some screenshots of its menu system as well as LCD display. It seems as though this concept camera will boast a touchscreen-style menu system to keep up with the times, although would that impact the battery life noticeably or not is another question for a different day. There is still no word on its specifications, so we will just have to wait until more details are released in due time.

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Element Commune Lego mech

Tyler Clites, otherwise known as Legohaulic, has managed to piece together what he calls the Element Commune – a Lego mech that can walk around as though it has a mind of its own. This amazing feat certainly sends goosebumps down one’s spine when looking at it, as a stationary one would be good enough for us. Hats off to Tyler for all his effort into this mechanical marvel. You will need to provide the sound effects yourself though.

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iPhone 4.0 firmware rumor making its rounds

Seems as though there is a rumor floating around which points toward an iPhone 4.0 firmware that supposedly supports multitasking, a feature that many people have long clamored for to this day. While no more details have been leaked with regard to battery life, memory use and processor consumption issues will be handled, there is still some way to go before version 4 of the firmware reaches anywhere near its final form. How do you think the latest iPhone firmware will shape up to be like?

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Duracell Instant Charger

Duracell is famous for their pink bunny that just seem to go on and on and on, and have translated their experience in battery technology to bring you the Duracell Instant Charger. This refreshed device not only looks aesthetically pleasing, it will be able to juice a USB-compatible device on-the-go, assuming you have the right tip to begin with, that is. Expect to fork out £34.99 for the Duracell Instant Charger – not too shabby if it helps get you out of tight spots, especially when there is no more juice left in your cellphone.

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Qualcomm foldable touchscreen tablet patent

Qualcomm has a patent filing of theirs published today which points toward a possible foldable touchscreen tablet. This device will merge a trio of touchscreen displays into a single device, where its interface will change depending on the context. When fully folded, it will function just like a standard cellphone, and when unfolded to its full glory, it will have a variety of roles, depending on the position of each individual display. While this is does not necessarily indicate an actual device, a finished product is still possible.

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