Its still only a rumour at this stage folks but what's been circulating around is that the successor to the current iPad � iPad 2 may soon be launching in about a month's time.

Though we have no new info on its potential features and spec. We do have a probable release date. Japanese blog by the name Macotakara believes that after the end of Chinese New Year on 17th February, the company will be making an official announcement on the iPad 2. They will also begin to ship the next gen iPad from sometime in March this year. All that we're missing right now is an official statement.

[via Macrumors]

As you probably know, the latest PS3 firmware was cracked in no time, so it wasn't very effective at preventing pirated games from being played? According to the latest news, it seems that Sony has still got a few tricks up in its sleeve.
As you know, latest firmware comes with a feature that can disable existing jailbreaks and increase console's security that way, but it seems that there were more tricks in the PS3 firmware than first thought. As soon as you log in to the PlayStation Network, you automatically download a remote code that allows Sony to alter the code and add new security checks without releasing a completely new firmware. Of course, PS3 users aren't happy about this because they don't want Sony's rootkits in their consoles because it can potentially create a new entry point for hackers.

Anyhow, this might not be the best way to fight piracy, but it too invades the privacy of their users, but so far its been proven to be effective.

[via CrunchGear]

We have some good news for all Google Chrome fans today. If you're a user of this great browser you'll be pleased to know that Google Chrome has reached another milestone. As you probably know, Chrome's popularity has been rising, and speaking of Google Chrome, popular browser now holds 10% market share.

During the January, Chrome's popularity rose by 0.72 and therefore Google has passed 10% mark by 0.7%. For the record, we've noticed that Google Chrome has doubled its market share in just one year. As for other browsers, Internet Explorer has not surprisingly lost popularity, it has lost 1.08 points of popularity, and now holds 56% percent of market share. As for the Firefox, it holds a steady 22.75%.

This is a great success for Google Chrome, no doubt the popularity of this browser is likely to increase even more in the future.

[via Ubergizmo]