London:  God didn't create the universe – it was actually a result of the inevitable laws of physics, British physicist Prof Stephen Hawking has concluded. In his latest book, 'The Grand Design', Hawking said, "Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and...

AN FRANCISCO: Cisco has made a bid to buy Skype for around $5 billion, before the privately-held Internet phone company goes public, the influential Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch  reported. Skype allows users to make free Internet telephone and video calls to other Skype users and charges relatively...

LONDON: The co-founders of Google  are set to get the 'Hollywood treatment' with a feature film on the way. According to Deadline Hollywood, the entertainment industry blog, the film will be based on the Ken Auletta book 'Googled: The End of the World As We Know It' and will...

Bangalore: Facebook has introduced a new location-based functionality called ‘Facebook Places’. Now Facebook users will be able to add their current location to their status updates via Facebook Places. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook, highlighted the three main uses of Places, “Help...

NEW DELHI: Recent visa restrictions imposed by the United States are not compatible with World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulations, a senior Indian governmentofficial said. The US Congress recently passed legislation to strengthen security along the border with Mexico, trying to tackle the politically...

Internet search titan Google, technology giant Apple and software firm Microsoft  are among the most discussed technology brands in India, dominating most of the online conversations, a latest survey has found. According to Digital Brand Index (DBI) for India, compiled by Edelman in collaboration...

BANGALORE: KV Kamath, the man who transformed ICICI from a stodgy, old-school bank into an aggressive and nimble-footed lender, is being considered for the post of chairman at Infosys Technologies, India’s software bellwether. Though Infosys’ board nominations committee has not taken any...

SAN FRANCISCO: IBM Corp andOracle Corp have agreed to end a cross-country legal battle over a 31-year IBM veteran that Oracle chiefLarry Ellison hired away from his arch-rival in June. IBM sued former Services General Manager Joanne Olsen in June, accusing her of violating a non-competition agreement...