Amazon introduces new Kindle e-reader, HD tablet
September 7th, 2012 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Sep 7 (IANS) Online retail giant Amazon Thursday introduced a new suite of its Kindle devices, from e-reader Kindle Paperwhite with front-lit display to 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD ... Read more...
Posted in World |
China Mobile to offer cloud storage service
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 22 (IANS) China Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile operator by users, plans to offer a cloud storage service to Chinese users by the end of the year, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Google launches ‘cloud’ service
April 25th, 2012 - 4:38 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, April 25 (IANS) Google Tuesday introduced its cloud storage service "Google Drive", which enables users to access files anytime, anywhere through a web-connected computing device.According to Google's official ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
30 percent of global web traffic is porn
April 9th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 9 (IANS) Around 30 percent of all internet traffic is pornography, and the biggest porn site gets over four billion page views and 350 million unique visits ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New technology to drive Internet faster
March 12th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 12 (IANS) Lightning-quick net speeds, more robust connections and a big increase in network capacity at little extra cost may now be possible, thanks to the ground-breaking fibre-optic ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Heat helps break processing speed barriers
February 8th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) You will no longer fret and fume as your computer takes ages to download an important file from the net, required for an urgent meeting already ... Read more...
Posted in World |
China eyes next-generation internet
December 24th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 24 (IANS) China will allow commercial use of its next-generation internet system by 2015 after putting it on trial in 2013, a media report said Saturday.The new system ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Social media catalysed massive Arab protests
September 15th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Facebook and other social media played a crucial role in catalysing massive political protests during the Arab Spring. This has been revealed in an analysis ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
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...
Posted in World |
BlackBerry tablet to hit India within a month
June 11th, 2011 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 11 (IANS) The BlackBerry tablet PlayBook will hit markets in India and 15 other countries within the next month, Research In Motion (RIM) said Friday.The Waterloo-based Canadian company ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
BlackBerry sells 250,000 PlayBook tablets
May 20th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 20 (IANS) BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has sold about 250,000 Playbook tablets in the first month after its launch, says a report here.Launched April 19, the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
‘Complacent’ in Pakistan, Osama had no escape plan
May 13th, 2011 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 13 (IANS) A "complacent" Osama bin Laden, confident that he would not get caught from his hideout in Pakistan, apparently did not have a ready escape plan, US ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Soon, download high-quality movie in 1 min
April 21st, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 21 (ANI): Virgin Media, telecom and cable giant, has said that it will test the world's fastest broadband as demand grows for lightning-quick internet connections.The company said it planned to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
No frenzy crowds to buy BlackBerry tablet on launch
April 19th, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 19 (IANS) BlackBerry maker Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet, launched in Canada and the US Tuesday, received a lukewarm response.Unlike frenzied crowds which lined up before Apple stores ... Read more...
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36 hours of videos uploaded on YouTube every minute
February 16th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (IANS) About 36 hours of videos are uploaded every minute on YouTube, the video-sharing website owned by global search giant Google Inc.A top official of Google India told ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Google receives a staggering 75,000 job applications in one week
February 5th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5 (ANI): As Google launches a huge recruitment spree, the Internet giant received as many as 75,000 job applications in a week, it has emerged.Previously, the company, based in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Gujarat tech city project not just about real estate: Pitroda
January 13th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) Sam Pitroda, chairman of the Knowledge Commission and advisor to the prime minister, said here Thursday that creating an international financial centre was not all about building real ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Scientists design chip 20 times faster than current PCs
December 29th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 29 (IANS) Scientists have created an ultra-fast computer chip which is 20 times faster than current desktop computers.
Modern PCs have a processor with two, four or sometimes 16 ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Now a chip that makes computers 20 times faster
December 28th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 28 (IANS) An ultra-fast computer chip that is 20 times faster than the ones found in the current desktop computers has been created by scientists.Modern PCs have a processor ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Spanish priest arrested on child porn charges
November 13th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 13 (IANS) A 52-year-old priest has been arrested in Spain for allegedly possessing around 21,000 computer files containing child pornography, it was reported here Saturday.The unnamed priest was arrested Wednesday ... Read more...
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Computer scientists shatter ‘terabyte barrier’, set new world record
August 1st, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 1 (ANI): Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, shattered "the terabyte barrier" - and a world record - when they sorted over one terabyte of data ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Semi-portable powerhouses: Laptops to replace the PC
June 21st, 2010 - 9:52 am ICT by IANS
By Philipp Laage
Hanover, June 21 (DPA) Laptops long ago usurped desktop PCs in terms of sales figures. Yet not all laptops are used on the go. Many are intended as a replacement ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Google unveils Caffeine, a new web indexing system
June 10th, 2010 - 12:35 am ICT by BNO News
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – Google unveiled a new web indexing system called Caffeine on Wednesday which provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches, the company said.The new system will ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Bharti-partnered undersea cable linking Japan and US launched
April 1st, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) India's top telecom operator Bharti Airtel Thursday said an international consortium, of which the company is a part, has launched an undersea cable connecting Japan and the ... Read more...
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World’s lightest mobile phone to be sold in Philippines
January 27th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Manila (Philippines), Jan 27 (ANI): The world's lightest mobile phone, Modu, will soon be introduced in Philippines.Modu was included in the Guinness World Records last year as the world's lightest phone ... Read more...
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First law e-book launched in India
January 17th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) It is a treat for tech-savvy book lovers. For the first time ever in India, a law e-book has been launched on wireless e-book reader Kindle.
Kindle is ... Read more...
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Now, log onto Facebook, Twitter for jobs
January 1st, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 1 (ANI): If you're glued to Twitter and Facebook you may soon find a job, suggest media experts.According to consultant Laurel Papworth there were nearly 350million Facebook users across ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Brain overload causing loss of deep thinking: study
December 13th, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Modern humans are so overloaded with information - running into at least 34 gigabytes per day - that they are in danger of losing their ability to feel ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Modern life causing brain overload
December 13th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 13 (ANI): With increasing exposure to media in modern times, an average person is every day exposed to information enough to overload a laptop, reveals a new study from University ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
New long-life battery laptops from Dell
November 8th, 2009 - 9:19 am ICT by IANS
Frankfurt, Nov 8 (DPA) Dell has released two new laptops from the nascent ULV class. The 13z and 15z are members of the Inspiron series and cost $550 and $580 respectively. ULV ... Read more...
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New iPhone apps to study human body in 3-D
October 10th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 10 (ANI): Novel iPhone applications developed by University of Utah researchers could help students, doctors and patients study the human body, evaluate medical problems and analyse other three-dimensional images.The researchers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
World’s most sensitive astronomical camera developed
September 30th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 30 (ANI): A team of scientists has developed the world's most sensitive astronomical camera.The camera was developed by a team of Universite de Montreal researchers In Canada, led by physics ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New faster iPhone to hit US stores June 19
June 9th, 2009 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 9 (IANS) A new, faster version of the popular iPhone will hit US stores June 19, Apple announced as it lowered the price on its existing model to ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Now, an optical disc that can store 500GB of data
April 28th, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 28 (ANI): The General Electric (GE) company has unveiled a disc that can store 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs.According to a report by BBC News, the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 hits snags
March 24th, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, March 24 (DPA) Despite some initial glowing reviews, Microsoft has been flooded with complaints about its new Internet Explorer 8 and has seen early users downgrade to the previous version, ... Read more...
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