Category Archives: News

TouchFire Keyboard accessory for iPad

  One of the common knocks against Apple’s iPad is its keyboard. The entire premise of the iPad is its large, Multi-Touch keyboard, but some call the feature a roadblock to content creation. Wepreviously profiled a slim, convenient Logitech keyboard that will “kickstart your your transition from consumption to creation” on the iPad. Over the […]

Facebook launches ‘App Center‘ in India, six other countries

    Facebook has launched its application centre — App Center — in India and six other countries, a move that will help users to find games, music services and media content easily. The social networking giant had launched the App Center in the US last month. “The App Center is now available to everyone […]

New iPad Arrives in China on Friday, July 20

  Apple has only just begun to address the consumer electronics market in China, but it is seen by many industry watchers as being integral to Apple’s continued growth. On Tuesday, Apple announced that it will finally launch its current-generation iPad tablet in China on July 20th, and pricing will align with U.S. pricing. Apple’s […]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Gears up for 2013 Release

  RHEL 6 was officially released in November of 2010, and with Red Hat Enterprise Linux receiving a major update approximately every two years, RHEL 7 is due to be released sometime in 2013. Tim Burke, vice-president of Linux Engineering at Red Hat, noted that key themes for RHEL 7 will include data center operational […]

Microsoft to buy display maker Perceptive Pixel

    Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday that Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) would buy Perceptive Pixel, a developer of large touchscreen displays whose customers include cable network CNN. Ballmer did not disclose the terms of the deal at Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, where he announced it. Perceptive Pixel was founded in […]

Yahoo India sets up Grid Computing Lab at IIT Madras

  Yahoo India R&D in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT- Madras) has announced the launch ofYahoo Grid Computing Lab at the IIT- Madras campus. This cluster of high-end servers at the lab will allow researchers to access web-scale data and conduct research on big data andcloud computing systems. Cloud services empower […]

The 20 Best iOS And Android Apps Of 2012

  Halfway into 2012, there are now more than 1.2 million mobile applications available to download to iOS and Android devices. With so many options literally at our fingertips — including dozens of worthy titles introduced to us each day — the task of compiling a mid-year “best of” list of new apps is more […]

Security :Internet may go down for thousands on July 9

Internet may go down for thousands on July 9 The warnings about the internet problem have been splashed acrossFacebook and Google. Internet service providershave sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website. But tens of thousands of Americans may still lose their internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their […]

Where Google Is Going Next: 5 Things You Need to Know

On the last day of the Google I/O developers conference, we sat down with engineering director Peter Magnusson to digest the introduction ofCompute Engine, which adds Google-scale processing power to the company’s list of cloud offerings designed to take on Amazon Web Services. Here are the announcement’s five key implications: 1. Forget Web vs. Native. […]