Netbook with removable phone debuts

A netbook from Asus is reportedly in the works, complete with a slot-in mobile phone that can act as a 3G dongle and provide Internet access on the go, writes eWeek.

The main advantage of the arrangement is that it allows users to take out a single SIM card and data account which covers both their phone and a portable computer.

The phone part of the duo will be manufactured and designed by an Israeli company called Modu - a modular phone specialist - and comes complete with an array of coloured 'shells', allowing users to customise their handsets to match their outfits.

The director-general of police in India, Kuldeep Khoda, says the Jammu and Kashmir Police plans to provide the latest technology and gadgets to its police stations to help its officials improve their professional skills, reports Hindustan Times.

Inaugurating a day-long workshop for young police officers at the Kashmir zone police headquarters in Srinagar, he asked the officers to maintain diaries of day-to-day developments in various cases to facilitate early completion of investigation.

He says police must ensure speedy response to the complaints lodged but added that care must be taken to ensure no innocent person is put to any inconvenience.

According to a report from Silicon Valley blog VentureBeat, Taiwan-based manufacturer Acer is planning to release a number of devices based on the Google Chrome OS next month, says Smart Company.

While it is still uncertain what these gadgets are, some analysts have said netbooks are the most likely target. The Google OS was displayed on a netbook, and is intended to run at full capacity on the stripped-down laptops.

Additionally, the report confirms leaks from last year which said Chrome-based netbooks would be released by Acer in 2010.