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Hanging on a tree branch for a phone call

By ians • Feb 17th, 2010

Bhubaneswar, Feb 17, Just imagine climbing a 30-foot-high tree and hanging on to a branch to make a phone call. This is a grim reality in Maoist-hit districts of Orissa where the extremists have been targeting the towers that relay mobile telephone signals.



BlackBerry unveils new server to access work email

By ians • Feb 17th, 2010

Toronto, Feb 17, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Tuesday unveiled new server that will allow its smart phone users to wirelessly access their work or corporate email “without compromising security.”



Mobile phones to top 5 billion this year

By ians • Feb 16th, 2010

New York, Feb 16, Global demand for mobile telephones remains strong, despite the economic crisis, with the number of individual mobile cellular subscriptions likely to top 5 billion this year, according to the UN telecom agency.



Ex-florist sentenced for changing rivals’ Google map details

By ians • Feb 16th, 2010
Google

Wellington, Feb 16, A former New Zealand florist, who changed the details of her competitors on Google map so that customers could not get to their shops, has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service.



Software enriches real images on museum tour

By ians • Feb 15th, 2010

London, Feb 15, Researchers have developed a digital technology that enriches real images on a virtual tour through ancient buildings, creating a more vivid experience for the museum visitor.



Google, other sites suspended in Iran

By ians • Feb 11th, 2010
Google

Tehran, Feb 11, Iran suspended access to internet sites including Gmail, the Google email service, as thousands of people took to the streets Thursday to mark the anniversary of the Iranian revolution, according to reports.



Google plans superfast internet

By DPA • Feb 11th, 2010
Google

San Francisco, Feb 11, Google plans to build a fibre optic broadband network that will connect customers to the internet at speeds 100 times faster than most existing broadband connections in the US, the company announced on its corporate blog.



Goojje not to change logo despite Google objection

By ians • Feb 10th, 2010
Google

Beijing, Feb 10, Chinese web portal Goojje has said it “will not change” its logo despite US search giant Google’s threat to sue it over copyright infringement, according to a media report Wednesday.



Google takes on Facebook and Twitter with new Buzz

By DPA • Feb 10th, 2010
Google

San Francisco, Feb 10, Google Tuesday launched a set of social networking tools for Gmail users, hoping to coax them to share photos, links and status updates without the need to visit sites such as Facebook and Twitter.



Bangladesh to make cell phones, laptops

By ians • Feb 9th, 2010

Dhaka, Feb 9, Bangladesh has unveiled plans to manufacture cell phones and laptops with the help of foreign companies after witnessing a revolution in the usage of both mobiles and portable computers.