Net Rinse

Though word leaked about two new N-series models, Nokia yesterday officially announced a total of three new phones: the Nokia N96, Nokia N85, and Nokia N79. All these three Symbian smartphones offer high-end multimedia features.

1. Nokia N96: The N96 is a high-end multimedia device with a whopping 16GB of internal memory, which is extendible to […]

Almost after its mega debut a year-ago, Apple Inc’s popular iPhone is back with a face lift and a major price cut. The next-generation iPhone, which will hit the market on July 11, will run on high-speed network using 3G technology.The new iPhone, according to the company, will provide Internet access at twice the speed […]

MUMBAI: Software design services firm Tata Elxsi Ltd plans a capex of 450 million rupees and add up to 1,000 employees in 2008/09, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Madhukar Dev told reporters on Tuesday.
The investment will be for two new development centres in Hyderabad and Coimbatore and to expand the Thiruvananthapuram facility, […]

NEW DELHI: After announcing a tie-up for bringing iPhone, Bharti Airtel and Apple today extended their partnership to launch the 3G version of iPhone in India later this year, for which the booking has already been started.
Soon customers will be able to purchase iPhone 3G at Airtel Relationship Centers. Details of pricing and […]

BANGALORE: The booming Indian information technology (IT) sector is set for a slower growth in the current fiscal due to global economic slowdown, surge in crude oil prices and lower technology spending in the US, a top industry official said.
“The Indian IT industry is projected to grow at 23-24 per cent this fiscal […]

NEW YORK: Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported on Monday.
The move is part of an agreement with New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, to be formally announced on Tuesday, the paper said.
The companies […]

SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp reached an agreement to make available its Windows operating system software for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation’s XO Laptop, the company said.
Microsoft was not part of the project started by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nicholas Negroponte to develop an inexpensive laptop computer for elementary school children in developing […]

NEW DELHI: Motorola and Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari have re-launched the Motorola V9 in Ferrari design.
Packed with Ferrari videos, wallpapers and ringtones, the phone has a 240 x 320 QVGA 262K colour display. The phone features Ferrari’s famous Prancing Horse, and comes with a lamb-skin case that has the Ferrari logo.
With […]

SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and its mobile associates will bring Apple Inc’s popular iPhone to Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines later this year, Southeast Asia’s largest phone company said on Monday.
SingTel said that it, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Globe Telecom Inc and Australian unit Optus had signed the agreement with Apple.
Earlier telecom operator Vodafone had […]

BANGALORE: India’s export-driven software services companies are shifting focus to emerging economies, such as the Middle East and Africa, where technology spending is growing twice as fast as in developed countries.
As the United States, which contributes more than half these companies’ sales, lurches towards recession in the wake of the subprime crisis, companies such as […]