New Delhi: From September, your phone will have to tell you how much of a danger it is to your health. A cell phone could ruin one's sex life. A JNU researcher did tests on male rats and found that cell phone radiation seriously reduced sperm count and testes size. But there are other, more obvious parts of the body that are affected by radiation. The phone antenna transmits and...
01:44 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Here is good news for Gmail users. Now, users will be able to conveniently comprehend emails they receive in other languages as Google has announced to roll out the automatic translation feature for all Gmail users over the next few days. "Since message translation was one of the most popular Gmail labs, we decided it was time to graduate from Gmail Labs and move into the real world....
12:52 PM, May 02, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Giving competition to the government's Aakash tablet, Telmoco Development Labs Pvt Ltd has come out with a Tablet PC - Attitude Daksha - a 7-inch tablet variant for Rs 5,399 inclusive of all taxes. Attitude Daksha, touted as the most powerful 7-inch tablet computer for students and professionals, was launched here Tuesday. Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBIC) incubated Telmoco plans to compete in the low-cost tablet PC market where...
11:33 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Soon, while you are watching a show on national television, you might find yourself watching an advert for the mom-and-pop store down your road. In fact, even today while watching some channels, you might be watching advertising that is being aired only in your city. At the same time, your friend in another city who is watching the same show could be watching a different ad. The company behind this...
10:57 AM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Expanding its Galaxy Tab portfolio, Samsung has announced to launch its new tablet " the Galaxy Tab (7.0). The tablet will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is powered by a 1GHz dual core processor. The Galaxy Tab 2 will be available in 3G and WiFi versions. Reportedly, the device will also include 1GB of RAM, a 3 megapixel camera, VGA front camera and HSPA+ connectivity. It...
08:43 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: With no big releases to draw audiences this week, smaller releases like 'Shakal Pe Mat Ja', 'Happi', 'Who's there?' and 'Na Jaane Kabse' were hoping to draw in the audiences between them. But what actually happened, without a doubt, was a box office wipe out. Strikes one in the face when one walks in to an empty movie hall on a Friday evening. 'Na Jaane Kabse' stars new...
02:46 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: The later half of the year has witnessed severe struggle for eyeballs among big films. 'Bodyguard', 'RA.One' and 'Rockstar' have emerged as winners in that hard fought battle while some biggies like 'Desi Boyz', 'Don 2' and 'The Dirty Picture' are waiting for their turn for a showdown. Some small films whose makers did not want to be the victims of promotional overdrive of big budget films have...
07:05 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Chennai: Technology can be glamorous. But can it have a human touch? This is the story of a young IIT engineer who bent technology to give sick children the gift of speech. Ajit Narayanan, founder of Invention Labs, has invented a computer that helps patients suffering from cerebral palsy communicate. The Invention Labs founder said that patients of cerebral palsy are as intelligent, as capable as everyone else. "Patients of...
08:50 AM, Oct 12, 2011
Los Angeles: Irreverent British hit comedy 'Absolutely Fabulous' is returning to television with three new specials celebrating the show's 20th anniversary, the BBC said on Monday. Stars Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley will reprise their roles as raucous, fashion and champagne-addicted PR guru Edina and magazine editor Patsy, along with the other original stars of the 1990s series. The three new shows will be broadcast on BBC television in the...
03:52 PM, Aug 30, 2011
Sodaville, Oregon: A small city in Oregon has kicked out its mayor for not showing up to work. The Albany Democrat-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/q6i2V5 ) that Sodaville replaced 35-year-old Brady Harrington with the city council's president. The newspaper says Harrington missed council meetings in June and July, along with skipping three budget meetings. The new mayor, Nick Heineck, says Harrington was occupied as a firefighter and student, but would not commit...
12:42 PM, Aug 21, 2011
New Delhi: Google Body is a browser application that can map out the entire human body. The high-tech 3D application has been hailed as a breakthrough in the study of anatomy that could revolutionise people's understanding of the human body and even fast-track medical research. The application lets one explore the human body in much the same way you can navigate the world on Google Earth, a virtual globe, map...
12:54 PM, Jul 29, 2011
London: A Briton stabbed his wife at least 100 times, after researching on internet sites like "How to kill someone" and "Top 10 tips on how to commit the perfect crime", a court has heard. Alfredo Merigo, 43, stabbed his wife with a steak knife as their two-year-old son sat near them in a chair. He later left his 40-year-old wife Linda dead on the driveway, the Sheffield Crown Court...
01:01 PM, Jul 27, 2011
San Francisco: Google Inc will shut down a website that offered public access to experimental products, the latest step by the company to refocus resources under Chief Executive Larry Page. Google said it will "wind down" Google Labs, ending many of the projects offered on the site, in a move to "prioritise its product efforts," the company said on its corporate blog on Wednesday. Google said that many of the...
07:24 AM, Jul 21, 2011
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