Oakland : Apple was sued last week over claims that its iPad easily overheats, then suddenly switches itself off. In a complaint filed with an Oakland, Calif. federal court last Friday, a trio of plaintiffs accused Apple of everything from fraud and deceptive advertising to violations of California’s consumer protection and unfair business practices laws [...]
Vancouver : Shares of BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion Ltd jumped early on Wednesday on speculation it is set to unveil a long-awaited touchscreen handset designed to battle Apple Inc’s popular iPhone. RIM is expected to announce the launch of the slider 9800 handset at a joint BlackBerry-AT&T Inc event in New York next [...]
New Delhi : The four-member inquiry committee, probing the sex scandal that has rocked Indian women’s hockey, has submitted its report to Hockey India. “We have received the report from the committee. We will study and discuss the report thoroughly and accordingly give our recommendations and submit it to SAI tomorrow,” Hockey India Secretary Narinder [...]
New York : Facebook, the social network created in the dormitories of Harvard six years ago, said on Wednesday that it now had 500 million members. The company has grown at a meteoric pace, doubling in size from a year ago and pushing international competitors aside. Each month, Facebook says, more than 30 billion photographs, [...]
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI) Annual food inflation inched up to 12.81 per cent for the week ended July 3, while fuel inflation shot up to 14.27 per cent, reflecting the hike in oil prices. In the previous week food inflation was at 12.63 per cent and fuel inflation at 18.02 per cent. While vegetable [...]
New York: BMW lifted the veil this week on its planned battery-powered car, in an indication that it is serious about building a new class of vehicle and delivering substantial numbers to showrooms by 2013. BMW, the German carmaker, created Project i in late 2007 with the goal of building a car for urban areas [...]
New York: Amazon.com is not giving up on its large-screen Kindle DX. The company introduced a new version of the black and white e-reader on Thursday morning, dropping the price to $379, from $489. The device encloses the 9.7 inch display in a striking dark graphite frame. The company says the DX uses a new [...]
THE NEW offering from Motorola is a beauty with brains. The new Droid X from Motorola is being offered by Verizon Wireless. The Motorola Droid X has a large 4.3-inch touch screen, an 8-megapixel camera and a 1-GHz TI processor and runs Android. “You have essentially a personal supercomputer,” Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said [...]
THE ALL new Apple iPhone 4has arrived in the market and yes it is two days earlier than its official release date. The device has arrived in advance for some of the people. A video was released that show that the device is being unboxed and used. One of the persons who received the iPhone [...]
A day after Kolkata’s prestigious school La Martiniere’s principal, Sunirmal Chakravarthi, admitted to caning 12-year-old Rouvan Rawla and apologised to the school board, the school’s alumni came out strongly in support of him and the board. “Mr Sumiran Chakarborty has protected himself amply in his interviews yesterday. He has clearly stated his stand and has [...]
Apple sued over ‘overheating’ iPads in US
RIM set to unveil ‘iPhone killer’ next week
Women’s hockey sex scandal: Panel submits reports
Facebook tops 500 million users
Food inflation rises to 12.81 pc; fuel prices up 14.27 pc
BMW offers preview of battery powered carAmazon introduces new Kindle DX with lower price