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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
NEW DELHI: In what would be a sure dampener for the potential buyers of Apple’s iconic iPhone, Vodafone on Wednesday confirmed that the 8GB model would be priced at Rs 31,000.
In a surprise price-revealing move, Vodafone sent out a SMS to all those who had pre-registered with it during the past few weeks confirming the [...]
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Users looking to try out Microsoft’s SQL Server 2008 can download a fully functional copy free of charge and run it for up to 180 days.
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Thursday made its new SQL Server 2008 database software available for public evaluation via a free download from the company’s Web site.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
The iPhone 3G will be launched in India on August 22, by Airtel. The price though still seems to elude us as they haven’t mentioned anything on that front.
Vodafone, the other service provider to bring the iPhone 3G to India, hasn’t issued any such statements yet. But our source tells us that Vodafone too will [...]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Bangalore: Cell phone maker Nokia said Monday it launched the Nokia 6210 Navigator, a GPS-enabled mobile phone with an integrated in-map compass for pedestrian guidance.
The phone comes with Nokia Maps 2.0 and offers real-time voice and visual guidance using in-built GPS support, the company said. Maps of eight cities including Delhi and NCR, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, [...]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
British teens have been told to reduce the number of text messages (Mobile SMS) they send or run the risk of severe pain in their hands and wrists.
As new research shows that UK mobile users are sending record numbers of SMS messages, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has issued a warning about the dangers [...]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Anna Patterson is Cuil.
Here is Anna Patterson, founder of the “Cuil” search engine which is the rage today. They are the latest search engine to challenge Google for market share.
What an undertaking to launch a new search engine, even a company as well capitalized as this one. Take on Google? Wow. Some of the [...]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Microsoft Windows is undoubtedly the most used and talked about piece of software in the world, and it has been like that for years. As the generations of Windows come and go, and the users’ frustrations multiply; it’s no wonder even Bill Gates said: “What an absolute mess” (Information Week).
That could apply for more than [...]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
What’s it with celebrities and blogging these days? Riding on the success of Big B’s blog site, Reliance ADAG’s BigAdda has now introduced MoBlog, exclusively for the legendary actor.
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Microsoft has finally given in to public demand. The company has decided to offer technical support for Windows XP with updates and security patches for an extended period until April 2014. However, it will not go back on its decision to discontinue Windows XP sales after June 30.
This means that after June 30, Microsoft [...]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The iPhone you’ve been waiting for. Coming soon on Vodafone. To book, sms IPHONE to 56789
(Rs.3/SMS). Select features and services are currently available in India. The Apple logo & iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc. [iPhone3G]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Spice Mobile has launched the D-1100, a dual SIM handset that offers users the ease of being accessible on two different numbers. Spice Mobile claims that unlike other dual SIM phones available on the market, the D-1100 has two live SIMs working at the same time.
The company prefers to call the D-1100 a PDA; the [...]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Apple Inc. said Thursday people have bought more than 5 billion songs from its iTunes online music store.
In addition, Apple said, iTunes customers are now renting or buying more than 50,000 movies daily.
Apple said that based on data from market researcher NPD Group the iTunes store is the largest music retailer in the U.S. based [...]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
LimeWire Publisher’s Description:
LimeWire helps you search for and download files located in P2P networks and share your files.
LimeWire enables individuals to search for and share computer files with anyone on the Internet. It is compatible with the Gnutella file-sharing protocol and can connect with anyone else running Gnutella-compatible software.
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
No sooner has Steve Jobs unleashed the new 3G iPhone at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco than back home, not one but two carriers — Bharti Airtel and Vodafone — have announced, in conjunction with Apple, that they will be bringing the iconic device to India later this year. However, neither has [...]
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
MiLeap Ultraportable Laptops pricelist - April 2008
HCL released prices of MiLeap series of ultra portable laptops. Prices of MiLeap L series and V series have changed, while prices of the rest is the same as before. Here we have given all the models and their prices.
MiLeap X
Intel Celeron M Processor - 900 MHz, Linux Operating [...]
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