Amazon to launch a retail store
February 7th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is planning to open a retail store in America's Seattle city as a pilot test to see if a chain ... Read more...
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52 Brazilians rescued from slave-like conditions
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 2 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian authorities Wednesday rescued 52 farm workers who were being held in slave-like conditions on three ranches in the Amazon state of Para, the ... Read more...
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Ecuador signs deals to boost oil output
February 2nd, 2012 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Quito, Feb 2 (IANS/EFE) Ecuador has signed contracts for $1.7 billion in investment - the biggest to date in the country's oil sector - to boost output at a pair ... Read more...
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eBook pirates cash in on Kindle boom
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 2 (IANS) Increasing sales of eReaders is good news for Amazon, which produces the best-selling Kindle and collects 30 percent of the price of downloaded books.
But profits ... Read more...
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How Flipkart broke India’s online shopping inertia
December 9th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Gurgaon, Dec 9 (IANS) It was meant to be a portal that compared different e-commerce websites, only there weren't enough of them in the first place to be compared. ... Read more...
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Apple in price-fixing probe
December 7th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Apple and five of the world's biggest publishers are under investigation for colluding to push up the price of electronic books by as much as 50 ... Read more...
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Jobs biography Amazon’s best-selling book of 2011
December 7th, 2011 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) "Steve Jobs", the only authorised biography of the late Apple co-founder, has climbed to the top of Amazon.com's best-selling books for 2011.The book was released in ... Read more...
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World’s tallest peaks most vulnerable to climate change
December 4th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, Dec 4 (IANS) The Himalayan region which is home to the world's tallest peaks, including Mount Everest, is particularly vulnerable as rising temperatures disturb the balance of snow, ice ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
New technology automatically updates online data
November 30th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Nov 30 (IANS) Popular websites Wikipedia and Tripadvisor rely on public participation to build up their pool of information, in a process known as crowd data sourcing.Even though ... Read more...
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Antitrust suit against Netflix thrown out
November 25th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Nov 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A judge on Tuesday threw out the antitrust suit brought against media streaming outlet Netflix. The suit which was filed in 2009 by eight individuals was thrown ... Read more...
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Apple releases iTunes Match
November 15th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Nov 15 (IANS) Apple Monday released a new version of its media player programme iTunes, adding the much-anticipated scan-and-match service for music iTunes Match.The feature, included in iTunes ... Read more...
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Steve Jobs’ biography to release Oct 24
October 7th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Oct 7 (IANS) US publisher Simon & Schuster said Thursday it will advance the release date of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' official biography to Oct 24.
It ... Read more...
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Amazon launches ‘Kindle Fire’ for $199
September 28th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Sept 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Media reports suggest that Amazon will unveil its tablet, Kindle Fire, and offer it to the public for $199. The device will be the first of its ... Read more...
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Virtual monkeys complete Shakespeare’s works
September 27th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 27 (IANS) Millions of virtual monkeys punching random keys on simulated typewriters have very nearly reproduced the work of legendary poet and playwright William Shakespeare.The virtual monkeys, created ... Read more...
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Shakespearean work recreated by ‘Virtual Monkeys’
September 26th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Sept 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) 99.990% of Shakespeare’s entire work has been recreated by a computer program in a project titled Virtual Monkeys. The project was started last August and it’s ... Read more...
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Man writes book on sex with dolphin
September 26th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 26 (IANS) An American author has written a book detailing his nine-month-long sexual relationship with a female dolphin, a media report said.Malcolm Brenner's book "Wet Goddess: Recollection of ... Read more...
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Mumbai scientist to spearhead green cause
September 25th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) With the UN General Assembly declaring 2011 as the International Year of Forests (IYF 2011), a scientist here has launched a programme to create awareness about ... Read more...
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Amazon planning an e-book rental service
September 13th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Sept 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Amazon is reportedly considering coming out with an e-book rental service. The report claims that the service will be offered in similar fashion to Netflix’s media renting ... Read more...
Posted in Books |
Ecuador toxic alcohol toll climbs to 50
September 3rd, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Quito, Sep 3 (IANS/EFE) The toll from drinking toxic liquor in Ecuador has risen to 50 following the death of two more people, the health ministry said.The ministry also said ... Read more...
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Prince Harry - now in a comic strip
August 26th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 26 (IANS) Prince Harry's "escapades" and his "life and loves" are now the subject of a comic strip.The 32-page comic describes the British royal's life from childhood ... Read more...
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James Patterson is world’s highest paid author
August 19th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) Author James Patterson, who earned $84 million, was this year's highest paid authors on the Forbes list, a media report said Friday.Patterson, 64, is a prolific ... Read more...
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90,000 email addresses hacked from US military contractor
July 12th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 12 (IANS) Hackers have attacked the computer network of a US military contractor and stolen 90,000 email addresses, the Telegraph reported.A wing of hacking group Anonymous said it ... Read more...
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Disney releasing 3 Indian films in North America
June 30th, 2011 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 30 (IANS) The Walt Disney Studios is releasing three films from India - "Do Dooni Chaar", "Once Upon A Warrior" and "Zokkomon" - in North America July ... Read more...
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Machu Picchu, the city that was never lost
June 27th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, June 27 (IANS/EFE) Although US explorer Hiram Bingham achieved worldwide fame for having "discovered" the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, all historical evidence points to the fact that the ... Read more...
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Indian-American White House tech guru leaving
June 17th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama's tech guruVivek Kundra, who spearheaded his administration's effort to streamline the federal government's massive IT infrastructure is leaving in August for ... Read more...
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Apple’s iCloud fetches deals with major record labels
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 3 (IANS) Even before Apple launches iCloud later this week, the Cupertino-based company has signed deals with major records labels for the new music service.Warner Music Group, ... Read more...
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Anger grows over Pakistani journalist’s murder
June 1st, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 1 (IANS) Twitter is abuzz with the brutal murder of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, with one user asking the UN to impose sanctions against the ISI ... Read more...
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Kindle outsells print versions of books
May 20th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 20 (IANS) Sales of digital e-books have outstripped real books for the first time, according to Amazon.
Four years after the launch of electronic novels, the firm announced ... Read more...
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Apple topples Google as top global brand
May 10th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 10 (IANS)The iPad craze has catapulted Apple to the world's most valuable brand, toppling Google, according a study of the global brands Monday.Facebook is the world's ... Read more...
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Gisele Bundchen is world’s top earning model
May 7th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 7 (IANS) Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has been named the world's top earning model by Forbes for the seventh straight year.Bundchen has been topping the list since 2004. ... Read more...
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Facebook ‘to be worth $100b by next spring’
May 3rd, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 3 (ANI): Facebook's earnings are growing faster than the company had predicted in 2010, leading to speculation that it could be worth as much as 100billion dollars by next ... Read more...
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Boss, our IT is ‘horrible’, Indian American IT guy to Obama
April 20th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 20 (IANS) US President Barack Obama's Indian-American IT guy is in full agreement with his boss that the White House is "like 30 years" behind the times ... Read more...
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Calidris 28 to launch health drinks in India
April 9th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Luxembourg-based Calidris 28 Saturday said the company will launch its premium energy drink segment, including two flavours - 28 Black and 28 White - in ... Read more...
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Cover of new book about Sarah Palin revealed
March 15th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Best-selling author Joe McGinniss has released the cover for his new book on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.The cover shows a black silhouette of Palin against a ... Read more...
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Sex book with 200 blank pages outsells Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code!
March 15th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar 15 (ANI): It might be no surprise that a book on sex is a best seller and has outsold both Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code within weeks of ... Read more...
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