Biz-Tech

    Samsung launches high end Omnia phone in India

    New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Just when Apple’s iPhone was dominating the Indian market in the high end mobile segment, Samsung mobile launched its future ready 3.5G (third generation and beyond) super phone, Omnia SGH-i900 here Wednesday.


    UAE to spend $15 bn on IT and communications by 2011

    Dubai, Sep 24 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) expenditure on information and communications technology (ICT) is expected to rise to $14.8 billion by 2011, the Gulf News daily reported.

T-Mobile launches Google phone in US

Sep 23rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology, World

San Francisco, Sep 23 (DPA) Hoping to challenge the popular iPhone and carve out a dominant position in the transition of the internet to mobile networks, Google launched its first mobile phone Tuesday in the US in conjunction with the German-owned carrier T-Mobile.



The computer helper: What you need to know about Chrome

Sep 22nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology, World

Washington, Sep 23 (DPA) Google’s new Chrome Web browser is being hailed as a game-changer. It is fast, has a clean interface and some snazzy features that other browsers do not have.



Deepak Chopra in Windows campaign to counter Apple (See Ad)

Sep 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Popular, Technology

New York, Sep 21 (IANS) New Age guru Deepak Chopra has appeared in an ad campaign by Microsoft trying to counter Apple’s campaign that sought to stereotype Windows as an uncool, stodgy product.



Google enables Indians to build maps of their villages, cities

Sep 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, India, Technology

Google enables Indians to build maps of their villages, cities



Indian IT companies bringing 11,000 migrants to UK every year

Sep 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, India, Technology

London, Sep 21 (IANS) Over 11, 000 foreign workers are being brought into Britain by Indian IT companies every year, prompting a trade union to question if the work permit system is being “abused” in the process.



Playing computer games is beneficial: study

Sep 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Popular, Technology, World

San Francisco, Sep 18 (DPA) A national study in the US has concluded that computer games foster social interaction and civic engagement and that there was no evidence that they incited users to violence.



Google, T-mobile to unveil iPhone competitor next week (Lead)

Sep 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology

San Francisco, Sep 17 (DPA) Google will next week launch the first mobile phone running its Android software in a joint initiative with T-mobile, the companies have announced.
The open-source Android system is seen as Google’s answer to Apple’s successful iPhone and as a key initiative in the internet giant’s quest to extend its dominance to […]



First BlackBerry flip-phone unveiled

Sep 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Popular, Technology, World

Toronto, Sep 10 (IANS) Canadian wireless giant Research In Motion (RIM) Wednesday unveiled its new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone - the first device in the popular flip version.