Microsoft & Nokia announcing Windows Phone 7 Partnership?

It seems like Nokia doesn’t have much choice to increase it’s down slope sells then partner with a major 3rd party operating system once again. This time it’s Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7, and we certainly hope it raises Nokia a good fortune.

It is expected that Nokia will announce a new partnership at Capital Markets Day next Friday. This is when the company has launched new products and ideas in the past and Chris Ziegler claims this time around we’ll learn about a new partnership with the boys from Redmond. As a result Nokia’s existing platforms will be dropped as a direct result. It’s hard to pick which one that’d be: Symbian, though terribly out-of-date, is still wildly popular in Europe and emerging markets, while MeeGo is technically promising but has yet to make any impact in the market whatsoever. On the flipside, noted Microsoft pundit Mary Jo Foley doesn’t put a lot of stock in this latest round of rumors.

Sony announced their Android tablet S1 and S2 launching this fall

Almost all the technology giants have launched their tablet or they have announced that their tablet would launch soon and today Sony also joined that list. Today Sony announced that they would launch their two Android tablets which would reach the market till coming fall. These tablets are named as S1 and S2 and both of these tablets would have Honeycomb in it.

The first tablet S1 will have a 9.4inch screen which has a curved wrapped design and it has a Tegra 2 SoC with a quick and smooth touch panel UI.S1 will have both front and rear camera in it.While the other tablet S2 looks interesting as it would be a dual-screen tablet of 5.5inch screens. It supports resolution of 1,024 x 480 pixel just like S1 it would also have Tegra SoC and camera.

Pakistan arrests six more in SLanka team attack

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistani police said Tuesday they had arrested another six alleged plotters over the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team that cost the country its World Cup hosting rights.

Six policemen and two civilians were killed and seven Sri Lankan players injured when militants launched a gun and grenade assault on the team as they travelled to a match in the eastern city on March 3, 2009.

Lahore city police chief Aslam Tareen said the latest arrests were made in different swoops in central Punjab province, but gave no precise dates.

“We have arrested six people, they were actively involved in the attack on the Sri Lankan team. They belonged to the TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan),” Tareen told a news conference on the eve of the hotly-anticipated cricket World Cup semi-final between arch rivals India and Pakistan in Mohali, India.

The arrests followed the interrogation of two other suspects, already held in connection with the attack, he said.

The detainees were presented at the news conference, their faces covered in masks, but did not speak. Police also displayed four assault rifles, one suicide vest and eight hand grenades allegedly seized from the suspects.

“They told interrogators that they belonged to TTP and the plot was hatched in the tribal Waziristan region,” Tareen said.

Their motive was to take the Sri Lankan team hostage, he said.

Up to 12 gunmen were believed to have taken part in the assault on the bus carrying the Sri Lankan players from hotel to the stadium. They all escaped.