Windows 8 for desktop computers and tablets will ship in 2012, and an upcoming Windows Phone 7 update will include 500 new features, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Monday at a developers conference in Japan.
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May 25, 2011
Fall TV Season: Ashton Kutcher says he's 'won lotto' as new star of 'Two and a Half Men'
The newest cast member of "Two and a Half Men" found his way to Carnegie Hall Wednesday.
Twitter acquires TweetDeck for over $40 million
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, an application for organizing the display of tweets, for more than $40 million in a mix of cash and stock, according to sources close to the deal.
May 24, 2011
German scientists beat data transfer record
Computer users who despair over slow Internet connections should take heart -- German scientists have broken a speed record, sending data contained on 700 DVDs over a single laser beam, in one second.
True Interesting Story - Dr. Vijay Mallya
An Indian man walks into the New York City bank and asks for the loan officer.
He tells the Loan Officer that he was going to India for some business for 2 weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.
He tells the Loan Officer that he was going to India for some business for 2 weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.
New deadline set for the end of the world - Another Joke or May be ?
Evangelical priest Harold Camping has set a new date for the world’s end as he backtracked from a prediction that ‘Judgement Day’ was supposed to come last Saturday.
May 23, 2011
What if any US citizen had to buy only American products ?
It might be supremely patriotic to stop purchasing imports, but the consequences for US consumers and the economy would be devastating.
May 22, 2011
Facebook, Apple pressed on mobile privacy
WASHINGTON: A high-tech Wild West where location data, including some gleaned from teenagers' mobile devices, is scooped up and sold without consumers' consent needs to end, lawmakers told a panel of tech companies.
Is BlackBerry-maker RIM going the Palm way?
NEW YORK: Some investors are betting Research in Motion's stock is in for more pain, even after a rough three years.
Girl with tumour ‘saved by toothbrush’
A two-year-old girl diagnosed with a deadly cancer may have been saved by her £3 toothbrush.
Apple signs cloud music service deals - Google and Amazon Inc left behind in the race
NEW YORK: Apple Inc is close to launching an online music storage and streaming service after reaching deals with three of the four major labels and is expected to wrap up the fourth in a few days, according to several people familiar the plans.
Google shuts down newspaper scanning project
NEW DELHI: Google has pulled down the curtains on its ambitious project to digitise the world's newspaper archives. Launched in 2008, the project currently has digitised material from almost 2,000 newspapers.
Tata lashes out at Ambani's billion-dollar home, British managers
London: Ratan Tata appeared to be in an uncharacteristically sombre and caustic mood when giving an interview to the Times, London on Saturday, May 22.
Obama: would raid Pakistan again if militant found
(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama would approve a new incursion into Pakistan if the United States found another leading militant there, he said in a BBC interview broadcast on Sunday.
May 20, 2011
How God is managing the 2011 rapture
After all the speculations and a lot of days thought of to be Judgment days. We must all conclude this is how God is managing the system and all the working on one of his planet Earth.
May 16, 2011
Meet next Android OS: Ice Cream Sandwich
Android for mobile devices.
The California-based Internet titan planned to release Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of the year and promised that it is being designed to run smartphones, tablets, and any other Android gadgets.
The California-based Internet titan planned to release Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of the year and promised that it is being designed to run smartphones, tablets, and any other Android gadgets.
May 11, 2011
Microsoft confirms takeover of Skype
Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype.
The deal will see Microsoft pay $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for Skype, making it Microsoft's largest acquisition.
The deal will see Microsoft pay $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for Skype, making it Microsoft's largest acquisition.
Facebook profile access 'leaked' claims Symantec
Access to hundreds of thousands of Facebook accounts may have accidentally been leaked because of a flaw in some applications.
May 10, 2011
Pak security tips Osama whenever US troops approached: Wikileaks
LONDON: American diplomats were told that one of the key reasons why they had failed to find Osama bin Laden for years was that Pakistan's security services tipped him off whenever US troops approached, according to claims made in leaked US government documents obtained by Wikileaks.
May 9, 2011
Flight diverted in US after man tried to open plane's door
HOUSTON: A Chicago-bound Continental flight was diverted to St Louis after a passenger tried to open an exit door to get out of the plane mid-air.
Tatas begin export of Nano car
NEW DELHI: Tata Motors has started sending its small car Nano to overseas markets, with shipment of 498 units in April this year and a formal announcement of starting exports of the 'people's car' is expected soon.
Android users sue Google
LOS ANGELES: Two Android phone users sued Google Inc over claims their phones secretly recorded and stored data about their movements.
Microsoft co-founder accuses Bill Gates of $40B loss
NEW DELHI: Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen has fired yet another salvo at Bill Gates. Allen has accused his friend, now 'seemingly' foe, of causing him $40 billion loss. This time, Allen has blamed Gates of not letting him invest in internet giant AOL which could have earned him over $40 billion.
May 7, 2011
May 6, 2011
Will Microsoft buy BlackBerry to take on Apple?
Toronto, May 6 (IANS) With its newly launched PlayBook tablet failing to make a splash and this week's bold announcements about updating its aging smart phones not enthusing investors, speculation has begun that Microsoft may soon buy BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM).
Syria troops deploy ahead of 'day of defiance'
More than 500 Syrians are thought to have been killed in seven weeks of protests
Syrian troops are reported to have deployed in the suburbs of Damascus and in towns to the north of the capital.
Syrian troops are reported to have deployed in the suburbs of Damascus and in towns to the north of the capital.
Dates are out! Metallica India gig on Oct 28, 30
New Delhi: Thrash pioneers Metallica on Monday announced the dates of their India gig on their website. The band is slated to perform on October 28 and 30 in Delhi and Bangalore respectively during their inaugural India tour.
Flexible phone made from electronic paper to debut
A prototype flexible smartphone made of electronic paper has been created by Canadian researchers.
The PaperPhone can do all the things bulkier smartphones can do such as make and take calls, send messages, play music or display e-books.
The PaperPhone can do all the things bulkier smartphones can do such as make and take calls, send messages, play music or display e-books.
US and Europe plan new spaceship
Europe and the US could be building a spaceship together later this decade.
Shane Warne to retire from cricket after IPL season
Australian spin bowling legend Shane Warne says he will retire from professional cricket at the end of the current Indian Premier League campaign.
May 4, 2011
Ratan Tata returns to showbiz
Ratan Tata wants to try his luck at the entertainment industry once again. The business tycoon whose first brush with Bollyland was with a box office dud titled Aetbaar (2004) starring Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, now wants to make a comeback with a multi-pronged business plan. And it's not just films. He is also funding Broadway style musicals by casting desi talents.
No apology for violating Pak air space: White House
WASHINGTON: US would not make any apology for its unilateral military action against al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden at his hideout in Pakistan, the White House has said.
Wayne Rooney misses Manchester United training session - Rooney worry for Reds
Wayne Rooney will be assessed by United just hours before the Champions League semi-final second leg clash with Schalke, as the striker tries to overcome the injury that kept him out of Tuesday's open training session at Carrington.
May 3, 2011
Microsoft co-founder accuses Gates of taking his credit
LONDON: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has described his bizarre working relationship with Chairman Bill Gates, and claims it was him, not Gates, who had visionary ideas for the company.
Attrition trouble: Infosys to hire more in US, China
MUMBAI: Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's second-largest software exporter, plans to step up hiring in the US, China and other overseas markets as it seeks to check rising employee turnover and boost profit.
'Comeback King' Ganguly back in IPL with Pune Warriors India
KOLKATA: Ignored at this year's IPL auctions, former India captain Sourav Ganguly made a dramatic return in the cash-rich league on Tuesday signing for Pune Warriors India in place of an injured Ashish Nehra.
Embarrassed Pakistan says not part of US operation to kill Osama bin Laden
WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD: Pakistan's president acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that his security forces were left out of a US operation to kill Osama bin Laden, but he did little to dispel questions over how the al-Qaida leader was able to live in comfort near Islamabad.
May 2, 2011
Twitter user reported live about raid that killed Osama
NEW DELHI: Sohaib Athar, an IT consultant, was liveblogging the raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed by the US military. And, for nine hours, he did not even realize he was doing so.
Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden dead - Barack Obama
Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama has said.
May 1, 2011
Why the poor want to stay very poor on paper
Poverty has declined from 37.2% in 2004-05 to 32% in 2009-10, according to preliminary Planning Commission estimates based on consumption surveys of the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO). Some welcome the news; others complain that fast growth has not reduced poverty fast enough. Still others, notably economist Surjit Bhalla, pour scorn on the data, and imply these have been fudged to exaggerate poverty.
AIEEE question papers leaked, test postponed
NEW DELHI: Question papers of the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) were leaked in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday forcing the CBSE to postpone the test by a few hours. Immediately after the question papers were leaked, the CBSE postponed the two exams which were scheduled to begin at 9:30 am and 2:00 pm today, a senior HRD ministry official said in New Delhi.
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