Microsoft buying Skype for $8.5 billion
Microsoft is buying Internet voice and video leader Skype for $8.5 billion dollars in a move aimed at boosting its…
Meet Dell Latitude E series laptops
NEW DELHI: Dell has unveiled the new Latitude E-series family — the Latitude E5420, E5520, E6220, E6320, E6420, E6520, E6420…
Apple pips Google as world’s most valuable brand
LONDON: Apple has overtaken Google as the world's most valuable brand, ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader,…
Indian BPOs accused of conning Australians
CANBERRA: The call centres in India are reportedly targeting Queenslanders in the latest scam to separate them from their money.…
Mobile handset imports rise 48% in Pakistan
KARACHI: Pakistan's imports of mobile handsets swelled to reach Rs 33.5 billion, during the fiscal year July 2010 to March…
USB stick-sized PC for just $25
How about a computer as small as a USB stick? Yes that's exactly what UK-based game developer David Braben has…
Motorola Atrix: ‘Most powerful’ smartphone with biometrics
LONDON: It's a phone, a laptop, a PC and recognises its owner by his fingerprint. Motorola's Atrix is being marketed…
Salary hikes at MNC R&D centres
MUMBAI: Multi national research and development companies that saw a drop in global R&D investments in 2010 are likely to…
Why Google, Facebook are fighting over Skype
NEW YORK: As two Internet powerhouses slug it out to tie the knot with Skype, Facebook looks likely to be…
Bing to power BlackBerry phones
WASHINGTON: Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer announced that the US software giant's Bing search engine and maps would be the…