We want our computers to be as fast as possible, and one of the most annoying issue with today's operating-systems has been slow booting time. While there are already various developments going on to make computer booting faster, how about an Instant-On addon to your existing operating-system for times when you want fast-access to internet, email, chat, multimedia and files on your computer without needing to boot-up the fully-loaded operating-system ?

Well if you said "yes" Splashtop OS is for you - a fast instant-on Linux-based platform running Chromium delivering power-on and go desktop experience, Splastop OS has been available for quite some time as an customized OEM bundle with various laptops and net-books and now has been made available for free to anyone as an install on top of your existing OS version.

After installation when you computer power is switched-on it boots into Splashtop which automatically boots-out to Windows after pre-configured time passes without any action.

Google's brand-new Tablet-OS "Android 3.0 Honeycomb" got previewed yesterday and device manufactures have now started to show-off their tablet-devices powered by the OS.

"Motorola XOOM" is the company's first offering to the Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablet family, powered by an impressive spec-sheet including a Dual-core 1 GHz processor (total of 2 GHz processing power), 1 GB internal RAM, 10.1-inch widescreen HD display, Gorilla Glass, 4G LTE upgradeable, dual-camera with rear-flash, HDMI and DLNA.

Full press-release and preview videos available after the jump.

Grooveshark.com is an internationally available online music search-engine and streaming service allowing users to search and listen to tons of music tracks available from across the globe, if you are wondering "How to download music from Grooveshark.com ?" the answer would be free software "GrooveDown" for Windows, Linux and Mac.

GrooveDown allows users to search and download MP3 music utilizing Grooveshark.com transparently in the background, the whole process is as easy as it can get.

Google has officially unveiled "Honeycomb" the Google Android 3.0 version built "entirely for tablets", developed from the ground-up to support tablet specific features like larger screen displays and better multi-tasking capabilities the new version will be featuring a brand new, truly virtual and holographic user interface, refined multi-tasking, elegant notifications, access to over 100,000 apps on Android Market, home screen customization with a new 3D experience, more richer and interactive widgets, and powerful upgrades to the web-browser.

The official preview video is available after the jump.

It was just a matter of time before coders start developing custom-firmwares for Sony PS3 console after public root-key leakage by GeoHot, the news is, that milestone has just been reached with first-ever custom-firmware being made available to public by developer who goes by name - Kakaroto.

While CPU's are getting faster other components of the overall computing infrastructure also needs an upgrade to provide better speeds, taking the lead Korea based electronics major Samsung has announced it's DDR4 RAM Module capable of achieving data transfer rates of 2.133 gigabits/second (Gbps) at 1.2V - the good part is it consumes upto 40% less electricity in comparison to predecessor DDR3 technology which uses 1.35V and 1.5V supplying speeds of up to 1.6 Gbps.

Finland based Rovio Mobile has finally released the hugely popular action-packed, puzzle mobile game "Angry Birds" for Windows PC platform, the PC version includes 195 levels and is expected to receive updates with new features not available in mobile-versions of the game.

Now available on Apple iOS, Google Android, Symbian and PC platforms the company plans to develop Mac, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS ports as-well soon.

Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 was aimed to bring games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways with no controller required, the intelligent senors inside Kinect recognize and respond to body gestures allowing a completely different way to enjoy games. Kinect is officially supplied as an addon-accessory for Microsoft XBOX 360 but thanks to OpenNI driver-port releases for Windows and Linux enthusiast are expanding a whole new horizon of gesture control applications and hacks utilizing Kinect platform.

In some interesting progress at Technical University of Munich, Germany, researchers utilized Kinect to produce a virtual X-ray that allows users to see the skeleton under their skin. The project name Kinect Magic Mirror generates an overlay of a video image with volume visualization from a CT volume and body-movement tracking using Kinect resulting in an impressive 3D Augmented Reality output as shown in the video posted next.

While myPNRStatus tracks your Indian Railway PNR number keeping you updated by sending free text-messages directly to your mobile, a new service Traverts takes this to a new level by offering regular free SMS alerts about the status of your ticket booking (PNR tracking), departure/arrival time of your train or flight (to be introduced in near future) on upto five Mobile numbers.

As expected GeoHot has finally pwned Sony PS3 posting METLDR root key publicly. The "root-key" or “private key” is used by the console to block unauthorized access to system-critical portions of the internal firmware effectively preventing piracy and hacking.