Honda developed yet another robotic device, a “walking assist device” that can help humans to…WALK!
The device looks like a bicycle seat connected by mechanical frames to a pair of shoes. It was unveiled on Friday and designed to generally support the regular body weight, reduce knee stress when getting up from crouching positions. The device reduces stress and should make you feel less tired.
The new walking assist device with the bodyweight support system reduces the load on leg muscles and joints (in the hip, knees, and ankles) by supporting a …

Canon has launched today the newly refined and improved XH A1S and XH G1S HD camcorders.
Both products incorporate enhanced features for improved operation, including greater image control and better audio capabilities.
The HDV XH A1S and XH G1S both feature a 20x HD video lens, manual zoom / focus, three independent manual adjustment rings, an “unprecedented” range of image / color settings, 60i / 30F / 24F frame rate options, Instant AF focusing system, the DIGIC DV II proprietary digital signal processor, two built-in XLR terminals with separate audio-input sensitivity settings, …

On Friday morning, the RSA Fraud Action Research Lab reported that it had uncovered a digital cache of more than half million credit card numbers and online bank account login and passwords. The accounts have been acquired during the past two-and-a-half years by what the researchers believed to be a Russian online gang.
The cache of stolen information was created by Sinowal Trojan, also known as Torpig and Mebroot. Sinowal Trojan is a kind of Trojan Horse that takes information from users after they have taken over their system. The Trojans …

The Nintendo DSi rumors were finally over when the latest version of Nintendo DS was launched in Japan on Saturday.
The Nintendo DSi is the successor to the Nintendo DS Lite and is smaller, lighter and packaged with some exciting specs…

Good News for us! The Daily Contributor is now officially on Google News. After weeks of waiting to be indexed by the Google News bots, now the wait is over…

Get a kick out of this latest USB mouse with a huge beetle locked inside a plastic crypt. Oh yes… it contains a real dead critter preserved forever in acrylic.

Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management Mike Nash posted a new update on his blog on Friday about Microsoft’s plans of releasing Windows Vista Service Pack 2.
The new service pack for Vista is scheduled for Beta testing and evaluation on Wednesday, October 29. Nash wrote. The SP2’s final release date for Windows Vista SP2 will be based on quality and they will need customer and partner feedback before setting the date of release.
The improvements are integrated into a single service pack covering both Windows Vista (client) and Windows Server …

Now that it’s almost Halloween, we would like to receive your nominations…

Are you planning to buy a laptop? Okay… Are you a huge 007 fan just on the verge of buying a laptop? Then go to ebay now and start bidding for these Bond-themed VAIOs.
Sony is auctioning off 007-branded VAIO TTs in connection with the Nov. 14 release of Quantum of Solace.
The new VAIO laptop features an Intel Centrino 2 processor, 4GB RAM, a 64GB Solid State Drive, an eye-catching 11.1-inch XBRITE LCD screen and a built-in webcam. Along with the laptop, you’ll also get a matching leather carrying case. Only …

We all know that Bill Gates waved goodbye at Microsoft and passed his thrown to Steve Ballmer as CEO just few months ago. But our old man can’t get his butt off the office. He was quietly creating a new venture called bgC3.
The company was originally called Carillon Holdings and was established on March 2008. The bgC3 name came up just this July, a few days after he left the top spot at Microsoft.
Do Gates have a plan for this company to be the next big thing in tech world?
Well …

The charts tell the story: Apple had a stellar year.

Apple Inc. said its revenue increased by 26 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter as the newest iPhone outsold the market-leading BlackBerry, the Associated Press reported.

For the three months ended Sept. 27, Apple’s profit climbed to $1.14 billion, or $1.26 per share, from $904 million, or $1.01 per share in the same period last year.

In reporting its third-quarter earnings, the company sold 6.9 million of its next-generation iPhone 3G in the quarter — more than the 6.1 million total first-generation iPhones sold.