Rahul Khullar to take charge of TRAI Monday
May 13th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar will Monday take charge as the chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).His appointment has been approved by ... Read more...
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Indian ‘jugaad’ on show: Royal Enfield Bullet as plough and coffee maker!
May 13th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 13 (IANS) Where have you seen a Royal Enfield Bullet plough a farm? Or used as a pressure cooker to whip up a frothy espresso coffee?Seems impossible? Well, ... Read more...
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Indian rocket engine test successful
May 13th, 2012 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 12 (IANS) India Saturday successfully tested the indigenous super cooled cryogenic engine that will be used to fire a heavier rocket to put a communication satellite in ... Read more...
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Kerala IT firm to lure youths to intelligent gaming
May 12th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) Schogini Systems, a Technopark IT firm, is trying to wean young minds from blood-thirsty computer games to intelligent gaming.Schogini Systems has charted out this strategy of ... Read more...
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Brazil’s wireless carriers challenge 4G auction plans
May 12th, 2012 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, May 12 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's four largest wireless carriers have filed applications challenging plans for an auction of 4G spectrum currently scheduled for June, telecom regulator Anatel said.Vivo, a unit ... Read more...
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RIM to launch 15 BlackBerry premium stores by year-end
May 11th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Canadian smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) will launch around 15 BlackBerry premium stores across the country by the end of this year to expand ... Read more...
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Airtel ranked best operator by Nigerian telecom regulator
May 11th, 2012 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lagos, May 11 (IANS) Nigerian telecom regulator has ranked Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel's Nigerian unit -- Airtel Nigeria -- as the best operator for good quality of service.Of ... Read more...
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Hyderabad foundation gets $100,000 grant for polio vaccine
May 10th, 2012 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 10 (IANS) Ella Foundation has won a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a virus against polio after the ... Read more...
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US online spending up
May 10th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 10 (IANS) US online retail spending reached $44.3 billion in the first three months of this year, with help from shoppers using tablet computers to buy clothing and ... Read more...
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Infosys to train British youth in software skills
May 9th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 9 (IANS) Global consulting and technology major Infosys will develop software skills in Britain to qualify about 100 youth for suitable jobs, the IT bellwether said Wednesday.The $7 ... Read more...
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A vacuum cleaner that talks as it cleans
May 9th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 9 (IANS) A Japanese company has come up with a robot vacuum cleaner that can talk to people as it cleans. The gadget can be controlled with an ... Read more...
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Lowly yoghurt could boost male virility too
May 9th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 9 (IANS) Eating probiotic yoghurt calms upset tummies and does more besides - it could boost your virility as well, say scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... Read more...
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Additional $1.3 billion for defence communication network
May 9th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A proposal is being processed for a Rs.5,236 crore ($1.3 billion) exclusive pan-India optical fibre cable (OFC) for the defence forces to enable them to ... Read more...
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Scientist, designer create bodysuit to fend off malaria
May 9th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 9 (IANS) A scientist and a designer have created a fashionable hooded bodysuit for warding off mosquitoes carrying malaria parasites, a disease that kills 655,000 people annually on ... Read more...
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India can learn water management from Israel: Minister
May 9th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The availability of per capita water resources is declining steadily in India which has a lot to learn from Israel in the field of water ... Read more...
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Greenpeace urges Apple to use clean energy
May 9th, 2012 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) Greenpeace India activists Tuesday urged global computer maker Apple to use renewable energy to power its data centres worldwide instead of fossil fuels like coal ... Read more...
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India conveys concern to US over protectionism
May 8th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) India Tuesday conveyed its concerns about protectionism in the US over outsourcing of jobs to South Asia and the continuing restrictions imposed on the mobility ... Read more...
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No accident at Kudankulam: NPCIL
May 8th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) There was no accident at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) as has been made out in some quarters, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India ... Read more...
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Sperms fight their way to female egg
May 8th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 8 (IANS) A mass of sperms fight their way through the female reproductive tract to fertilise a egg, says a new research which explored the properties that distinguish ... Read more...
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Telenor’s India unit posts $806mn quarterly loss
May 8th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Norway-based Telenor's India unit Tuesday reported an operating loss of 4.68 billion Norwegian kroner ($806 million) burdened by a huge impairment charge on its Indian ... Read more...
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Airtel unveils 4G service in Bangalore
May 7th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 7 (IANS) Telecom major Bharti Airtel Limited Monday launched its 4G service in this tech hub, offering high-speed wireless broadband service to access high-definition video streaming, rapid photo ... Read more...
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Bharti Airtel launches 4G services in Bangalore
May 7th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Bharti Airtel Monday launched broadband wireless access (BWA) services based on 4G technology in Bangalore followed by the recent inaugural launch of the services in ... Read more...
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28,000 phones disconnected for making pesky calls
May 6th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Almost 28,000 telephones have been disconnected and over 44,000 notices issued to unregistered telemarketers till April 24 for sending pesky calls and messages, according to ... Read more...
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Northeast’s fourth software technology park in Mizoram
May 6th, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, May 6 (IANS) The central government, in association with the Mizoram government, will set up a software technology park in Mizoram to boost IT in northeast India and software ... Read more...
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TRAI’s reserve price extremely high: CII
May 6th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The reserve price for the telecom spectrum auction recommended by TRAI is extremely high and will hurt inclusive growth and will also be detrimental for ... Read more...
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UP to launch soil testing project Monday
May 5th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government will launch a project Monday for testing the health of the soil across the state, an agriculture department official said here Saturday.The ... Read more...
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Moon to be brightest Sunday
May 5th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Watch out for the moon's most prominent and spectacular appearance of the year Sunday -- it will shine at its brightest and look the biggest.This ... Read more...
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S3
May 4th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 4 (IANS) Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship phone the Galaxy S3 here.The phone's most innovative feature is built-in face-tracking and voice control - allowing, Samsung claims, for ... Read more...
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West Bengal to have four hardware hubs
May 4th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Four hardware hubs with 60 units each will be set up in West Bengal, the government said Friday."The state already has the land for these hubs," ... Read more...
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Indian Americans in Forbes Midas List
May 4th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Nine Indian origin entrepreneurs feature in this year's Forbes Midas List of technology's best investors for fuelling a bull market for hot young companies.Heading the Indian-American ... Read more...
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Facebook plans to go public to raise $87bn
May 4th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Facebook will go public with a stock price of $28 to $35 to set the popular social network's valuation as high as $86.6 billion, according ... Read more...
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Tulip Telecom offers on-demand cloud storage services
May 3rd, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), May 3 (IANS) Tulip Telecom Thursday launched two new services to cash in on the emerging opportunities in the managed back-up and cloud computing space, and is targeting ... Read more...
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EMC Data solution to automate government work
May 3rd, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), May 3 (IANS) EMC Data Storage Systems (India) will provide its new work flow solution to two government organisations which will be deployed by Wipro Infosystems and Daffodil ... Read more...
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‘US spends more on pizza than on space missions’
May 3rd, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) With the US government cutting the budget for space missions, former NASA astronaut Marsha S. Ivins Thursday said her country loved to spend more on pizza ... Read more...
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Audi launches new A4 model (With Image)
May 3rd, 2012 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) German luxury car manufacturer Audi Thursday launched a new version of its A4 model in the country. It encompasses several new features, including 10 percent improved ... Read more...
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