Technology

    Apple unveils revamped iPod range, market not enthused

    New York, Sep 10 (IANS) Apple, the consumer electronics giant, has unveiled new versions of its popular iPod music player, but failed to deliver the surprises that finicky investors have come to expect from CEO Steve Jobs.


    Google is 10 years old, and growing

    New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) When Larry Page and Sergy Brin, two geek graduates of Stanford University, started a search engine called BackRub, they had no idea it would go on to become Google, the world’s biggest search engine, and would land them in Forbe’s richest peoples’ list.

3G trials in Delhi by September end

Sep 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, India, Technology

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The state-owned telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) will conduct trials of third generation (3G) services by the end of this month in Delhi and launch commercially in December, the government announced Thursday.



Indian IT workers not needed in Britain: government panel

Sep 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, India, Technology

London, Sep 9 (IANS) Information Technology (IT) technicians from India and other countries outside Europe are no longer needed in Britain, a British government panel said Tuesday.



Skypephone S2 Mobile Phone with Free Skype Calls

Sep 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Popular, Technology

A new well designed and futuristic handset 3 Skypephone S2 has been launched. This device provides Facebook, Google and Windows live Messenger.



Collider experiment: Youtube’s largest hit

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology, World

London, Sep 10 (IANS) Nearly 40 videos on YouTube explaining the various aspects of the Hardon Collidor experiment to unravel the secrets of the Big Bang have so far had in excess of three million hits, majority of them coming since Wednesday morning.



Airtel, VISA in tie-up to sell iPhones on instalments

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, India, Popular, Technology

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Teleom operator Bharti Airtel, in partnership with VISA, will offer easy finance options to VISA cardholders of four major banks for purchasing the Apple iPhone 3G, the company announced Sunday.



Steve Jobs’ obituary blunder

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, India, Technology

New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Return from the dead. No, this is not the title of the latest Mummy movie, but this is exactly what happened when Bloomberg, world famous financial newswire, decided to publish Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs obituary last week.



India begins process to auction 3G airwaves Monday

Sep 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, India, Technology

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Indian government is set to begin here Monday the process to e-auction radio frequencies for telecom operators to start third-generation (3G) mobile services across the country and fetch the exchequer over Rs.400 billion ($10 billion).



US firm unveils plastic e-newspaper

Sep 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology, World

San Francisco, Sep 9 (DPA) A company called Plastic Logic Monday unveiled a lightweight electronic newspaper device that is the size of a piece of standard printer paper and can be updated automatically over wireless connections.