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Samsung targets Nokia Symbian developers
Written on 11 Mar, 2011 at 7:04 in Tech & science | viewed 11 views times | No Comments
Samsung Electronics is luring developers working on Nokia’s Symbian platform to change sides as the Finnish company is to abandon this platform. Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker, said last month it would replace Symbian with Microsoft’s Windows Phone to... (Continue reading)
Chidambaram may kick out Blackberry
Written on 10 Mar, 2011 at 9:11 in Tech & science | viewed 19 views times | No Comments
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram demanded that Research in Motion (RIM) proprietors of Blackberry sign with India a sovereign service contract similar to the one that they have with China and Saudi Arabia, if they wanted to continue services in... (Continue reading)
Supermoon may cause natural disasters next week
Written on 10 Mar, 2011 at 6:32 in Tech & science | viewed 579 views times | No Comments
On March 19th 2011, the moon will make its closest approach to Earth in almost 20 years, possibly triggering earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other disasters. The phenomenon, called lunar perigee or Supermoon, happens when the moon reaches its absolute closest... (Continue reading)
Bill Gates’ philanthropy costs him richest-man title
Written on 9 Mar, 2011 at 7:40 in Tech & science | viewed 46 views times | No Comments
Bill Gates didn’t lose his title as the world’s richest man last year; he gave it away by plowing billions into his charitable foundation, experts say. Forbes will release its 2011 billionaires list on Wednesday and Gates, investor Warren Buffett... (Continue reading)
Apple feels shareholder heat over Jobs succession
Written on 25 Feb, 2011 at 6:55 in Tech & science | viewed 6 views times | No Comments
Tim Cook, the small-town football fanatic turned steward of the world’s largest technology group, faces a challenge from Apple shareholders unhappy about the company’s succcession planning. Cook, who took over day-to-day charge of the Apple last month when CEO Steve... (Continue reading)
What users should know about new internet protocols
Written on 22 Feb, 2011 at 6:16 in Tech & science | viewed 4 views times | No Comments
Many web surfers don’t know it, but the introduction of new internet address standards might change the way they get online. Since the supply of usable addresses governed by the IPv4 standard (internet protocol, version 4) has been exhausted, IPv6... (Continue reading)
NASA spacecraft, comet set for Valentine’s Day rendezvous
Written on 14 Feb, 2011 at 7:19 in Tech & science | viewed 1 views times | No Comments
In yet another incident of cosmic togetherness, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft would be redirected to pass within 200 kilometers of comet Tempel 1 on the Valentine’s Day. In the heat of the moment, astronomers hope, Tempel 1 will be cajoled into... (Continue reading)
S-band spectrum: ISRO forms panel to probe Antrix-Devas deal
Written on 10 Feb, 2011 at 8:40 in Tech & science | viewed 9 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Government has appointed a high-powered committee to review various aspects of the controversial deal ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix had struck with a private company for lease of scarce S-band spectrum. The two-member Committee, headed by BK Chaturvedi, Member,... (Continue reading)
UFO hovers over Jerusalem
Written on 4 Feb, 2011 at 7:17 in Tech & science | viewed 14 views times | No Comments
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Probe panel nails Raja, seven others in 2G scam
Written on 31 Jan, 2011 at 10:13 in Tech & science | viewed 3 views times | No Comments
The one-man panel that went into the procedures for giving 2G licenses between 2001 and 2009 has identified the officials responsible for lapses in implementing the policy in a transparent and fair manner. Justice (retd) Shivraj Patil Monday submitted the... (Continue reading)
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