Huawei unveils world's slimmest smartphone, Ascend P6

LONDON: Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Tuesday launched what it said was the world's thinnest smartphone, which it hopes will take on high-end rivalsApple and Samsung in the global market. Bidding to extend its market reach outside China, Huawei chose London to unveil its Ascend P6, which is just 6.18mm thick the June 18 launch date...

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HTC unveils Butterfly S with UltraPixel camera, Zoe

NEW DELHI: Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has globally unveiled its Butterfly S smartphone, which features technologies that were showcased earlier in its flagship handset HTC One. An upgrade to last year's top-end smartphone Butterfly, the new device has a faster processor, improved camera and offers 25GB of free Dropbox storage. The company...

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Technology Vendors Survey by CIO Association of India

As an appropriate testimony to Dell’s transformation into an end-to-end technology solutions company that drives business outcomes and creative competitive advantage, CIOs have voted Dell #2 in the Most Respected Vendors list. 224 Indian CIOs were asked “Which technology vendor (operating in India) do you respect the most?” a very large...

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Nvidia to license graphics technology: CEO

SAN FRANCISCO: Nvidia chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang said he will license graphics technology to other companies, a new model for the chipmaker that could lead to new business with Apple, Samsung and other mobile device makers.  Huang told the Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco that licensing graphics cores and visual...

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Adobe beats Q2 estimates, Creative Cloud demand up

The company said it expects the number of paid subscribers for Creative Cloud in the current quarter to top the 2,21,000 subscribers who signed up in the second quarter, increasing the total to 7,00,000. The company added 1,53,000 subscribers in the first quarter.  Adobe is the latest traditional software company to make a...

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Google: Internet balloons to help SMBs

SINGAPORE: Google's plans to beam the internet giant balloons sent to the stratosphere could boost small businesses in rural parts of Asia by connecting them online, the company said.  Karim Temsamani, Google's head of Asia Pacific, said in a speech at the Communicasia conference in Singapore, that the internet balloons might also...

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Soon, 3D-printed batteries for your smartphones

WASHINGTON: US researchers announced they have successfully used the three-dimensional (3D) printing technique to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for...

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BigRock and .biz Launch Program to Bring More Indian Businesses Online

BigRock joins hands with Neustar, the registry operator for the .biz TLD, to promote .biz as a preferred choice for Indian businesses Rolls out integrated media campaign to build awareness about getting businesses online Launches TVCs featuring new protagonists in BigRock’s quirky cast of Indian businesses BigRock, one of India’s...

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Quintiles Named a "Best Place to Work in IT" by Computerworld for Fifth Time

Quintiles (NYSE: Q) has been named to IDG’s Computerworld “100 Best Places to Work in IT” list for the fifth time. Computerworld has recognized the top 100 companies for information technology professionals since 1994 based on criteria such as diversity, career development, training and retention. “We are extremely honored that the Quintiles...

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Huawei: No plans to buy Nokia

NEW YORK: Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies said it "has no plans to acquire Nokia," responding to a Financial Times report that it would consider buying the Finish phone maker.  The denial came Huawei's vice president for external affairs, Bill Plummer.  The story on the FT website on Tuesday...

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Experts work on making cybersecurity impenetrable

MELBOURNE: Australian scientists are working on Quantum mechanics which is being applied to computing in order to develop most powerful and impenetrable cybersecurity method ever conceived.  The team behind the new technology has been tasked with creating an impenetrable network for the Australian government, according to a Australian...

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Nasscom: Big gap between hiring and deployment

Nasscom president Som Mittal speaks to TOI about non-linear growth in the IT industry... There have been many issues related to on-boarding of students especially in HCL Techstudents protested in front of their offices. What is your view on this? Educational institutions should work with the industry and see that recruitment period...

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Bharti Airtel slashes 2G data rates by 90%

CHANDIGARH: Triggering competition, Bharti Airtel slashed data usageges by 90 per cent for pre-paid subscribers in Punjab and Haryana, a day after Vodafone lowered datages by 80 per cent for its pre-paid and post-paid customers in three circles.  Airtel said that the Volume Basedges (VBC) on its recharge vouchers for 2G data usage...

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Infoblox Speeds Up Cloud Deployments with New IPAM Plug-In Integration with VMware vCloud Automation Center

Infoblox Inc., the automated network control company, today announced that the Infoblox IP Address Management (IPAM) Plug-in for VMware is now integrated with VMware vCloud Automation Center. As part of the VMware vCloud Suite, the VMware vCloudAutomation Center is designed to enable rapid deployment and provisioning of cloud...

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