Samsung Electronics posts operating profit
July 27th, 2012 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 27 (IANS) Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, televisions, flat screens and handsets, posted its fresh record high of operating profit in the second quarter, ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Luring day-trippers - Delhi’s HOHO buses change gear (Feature) (With Images)
July 15th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The children's laughter and chatter grow as the luxury bus rolls from Qutab Minar. The next stop is Lotus Temple for the bus, begun initially ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
South Korea’s IT exports contract
July 10th, 2012 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 10 (IANS) South Korean exports of information technology (IT) products contracted 5.2 percent in the first half of this year due to slowing global demand and rising production ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Samsung Electronics’ operating profit grows 13 percent in Q3
October 28th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Oct 28 (IANS) Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, televisions and flat screens, said Friday that its third-quarter operating profit grew 13 percent compared with three ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Sony launches world’s first tilting TV
November 18th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 18 (IANS) Electronics giant Sony has launched what is being billed as the world's first television with a screen which can be tilted backwards, which the company says is optimum ... Read more...
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Families now own three to five TV sets in Britain
October 11th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) One in six families own five TV sets in Britain and two-thirds of households have three sets or more.In many homes, it is now the norm to have ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Former Samsung chairman pardoned to boost Olympic bid
December 29th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Dec 29 (DPA) Lee Kun Hee, the former chairman of Samsung Group, was granted a pardon from a tax evasion conviction by the South Korean government Tuesday to help boost the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Dungeon dads wife opens up about life post his arrest
March 16th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 16 (ANI): As dungeon dad Josef Fritzl is set to go under trial today, his wife Rosemarie has for the first time given insights into her life after her ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Bus bombed to test new forensic video camera
March 10th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Would cheap, lightweight video cameras survive a big costly blast and still retain images of the destruction?
That was the question bothering the US department of homeland security as ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Piecing together nuggets on beloved Bangalore (Book Review)
December 18th, 2008 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Book: "Multiple City: Writings on Bangalore"; Editor: Anita De; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.399From Mahatma Gandhi to Winston Churchill, everyone was bowled over by its weather. Today it is called India's tech ... Read more...
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The mouse turns 40!
December 1st, 2008 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): One computer device could be called as being most in touch with humans the mouse, which celebrates its 40th birth anniversary today.The first computer mouse, developed ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Science exhibition on wheels educates millions across 57 cities
June 4th, 2008 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Indo-German Science Express, a science exhibition on a train that was flagged off by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in October 2007, ... Read more...
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NATO online - worms, wars and ethical hackers
May 22nd, 2008 - 9:35 am ICT by admin
By Ben Nimmo
Mons (Belgium), May 22 (DPA) For a room capable of jumping to action stations at the touch of a button, NATO's top cyber-defence centre has remarkably comfortable seats. In a ... Read more...
Posted in World |