With China-based Skytone's Alpha 680 netbook sending ripples of excitement after its online spotting earlier this week by Computerworld blogger Seth Weintraub, Skytone's co-founder Nixon Wu has confirmed that the netbook is going through final testing process, and will hit the markets within three months.
Roughly priced at $250, the Alpha 680 will run on Google's Android operating system, and will make use of the economical and energy-efficient ARM processor - used in mobile phones, including iPhone - rather than the commonly-used Atom processor used in most netbooks.
The flagship company of the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group – Reliance Communications is aiming to be one of the top five mobile phone operators of the world, and for that the company is looking to hike up the number of its subscribers by one third to 100 million by the end of the current year – reports the Financial Times. 
You can now have a new computer capable of reading lips and identifying different languages. Yes, the computer scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England have developed lip-reading computer that can tell the difference between languages.
The public sector telecommunication company of India – BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) and the Finnish manufacturer of mobile phones – Nokia have teamed up to provide 3G bundled handsets to the subscribers opting for 3G services. The senior officials from Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi have confirmed that BSNL has tied up with Nokia to supply handsets for its 3G subscribers.
The direct broadcast satellite service provider - Dish Network Corporation has launched Dish Earth, a new channel that is exclusively available on satellite platform Dish Network. The Meridian, Colorado based Dish Network's new channel Dish Earth offers 24-hour live views of Earth, and the passing views of the moon, Venus and even unidentified flying objects, with the help of the camera installed on the EchoStar 11 satellite of the company. 
The manufacturer of luxury phones – Bellperre has unveiled its new high-end mobile handset Nero Gold. The Netherlands based Bellperre has launched its luxury Nero Gold mobile phone featuring precious gemstones like diamonds, rubies and sapphires.
