World's first Firefox OS smartphone hits stores

MADRID: Spain's Telefonica is offering the world's first smartphone with the Firefox operating system to compete with devices running Google's Android and Apple's iOS.  The ZTE Open smartphone goes on sale in Spain this week for 69 euros (about $90) and will soon be available in several Latin American countries.  The device...

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Govt releases National Cyber Security Policy 2013

NEW DELHI: With an aim to protect information and build capabilities to prevent cyberattacks, the government released the National Cyber Security Policy 2013 to safeguard both physical and business assets of the country.  "...policy is a framework document and it gives you a broad outline of what our vision is...the real task...

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Google digital book case: Setback for authors

Google notched a legal victory in its bid to create the world's largest digital books library, winning the reversal of a court order that had allowed authors challenging the project to sue as a group. A panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said Circuit Judge Denny Chin prematurely certified a class of authors without...

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How to reorganize video library in iTunes 11

While iTunes 11 automatically sorts movies and television shows purchased the iTunes Store into the correct content library, new videos imported other sources often get filed automatically in the Home Videos area because the program needs more information about the clips.  Start by clicking on a video you want to move. Go to File...

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BSNL to become leading operator again: CMD

DHARAMSHALA: State-run BSNL is expanding network capacity and it will become a leading telecom operator again, its chairman and managing director RK Upadhyay said.  "We lagged behind other private companies, as we could not purchase the required equipment in the last 4-5 years due to many reasons. Now everything is okay and tenders...

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DoT proposes new definition for crossholding norms

NEW DELHI: The internal committee of Department of Telecommunications ( DoT) working out the mergers and acquisitions norms for the telecom industry has once again proposed a new definition for crossholding norms.  The new definition, third one to be proposed, seeks to bar a telecom company holding any equity in its 'competitor'...

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Narayana Murthy's advice to entrepreneurs

MUMBAI: Bring the bad news early to win the trust of investors this was a piece of advice Infosys chairman Narayana Murthy offered small business entrepreneurs.  "Bring the bad news early and pro-actively to your investors. I always say, let the bad news take the elevator, good news can take the steps," he told an SME award event...

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Yahoo buys mobile app start-up Bignoggins

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA: Yahoo has bought Silicon Valley start-up Bignoggins Productions as part of its quest for more bright ideas in mobile applications.  The acquisition of Bignoggins on Monday announced is the latest in a series of mostly small deals that Yahoo has completed since the internet company hired Marissa Meyer as...

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GlassTesla brings Model S remote control to Google wearable

An unofficial Tesla Google Glass mashup brings remote control of the coveted electric car to Google’s wearable computer, with GlassTesla bringing unlocking, location, and auto-climate control to the head-mounted display. The app, handiwork of Sahas Katta, can show currentge status of the Model S as well as offer control over starting and...

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Apple dynamic display-bezel tech could liberate iWatch and iPad mini

Apple is exploring active phone and tablet bezels that would be able to dynamically change between giving a place to grip and extending the interface, maximizing the potential display space for small-screen devices that possibly includes the iWatch. The research, detailed in a new Apple patent for “Electronic device, display and touch-sensitive...

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DoT to set up security lab to test network gear

KOLKATA: The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to set up a state-of-the-art security lab to test network gear used by mobile phone companies as it failed to reach an agreement on the proposed funding model with Tech Mahindra and Wipro. The two were interested in setting up such a certification facility.  Both the companies...

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Apple plans new solar farm in US

Apple said it plans to build a new solar farm with NV Energy for power supply to its new data centre in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its goal of having its data centres run on renewable energy.  Apple and other technology companies such as Amazon.com and Microsoft, that build and run computer server farms have come under...

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Microsoft TechNet is dead, long live MSDN

Software enthusiasts and IT professionals alike have been googly-eyed over Microsoft‘s TechNet subscription service for years, but after 15 years of providing early access to new software for subscribers, Microsoft has decided to shut down the service. The company will no longer take new susbcribers or renewals after August 31, and they...

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7 apps to increase your productivity

A number of us work home or on the move. Here's a ion of apps that keep track of what we're supposed to do, log in remotely, share files and invoice customers... Eternity Time Log Lite This is a time management app. It promises to help you time your work, rest and play — and these are the main categories loaded into its activities...

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Overflowing inbox? These apps can help you

TORONTO: Buried under emails? Losing control of an overflowing inbox? New apps are designed to help consumers deal with seemingly endless streams of electronic mail.  Three apps, Dispatch and Boxer for the iPhone, and Boomerang for Android devices, try to make email management on smartphones fast and simple.  Another...

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Review: Huawei Ascend G510 and Ascend Y300

NEW DELHI: Huawei, the fourth biggest smartphone manufacturer at last count, is riding the Android wave to success. To its credit, the company has unveiled a host of cool devices to its credit, such as the world's slimmest smartphone and a 6.1-inch monstrosity that costs 'just' Rs 24,900. Among the smartphones that this Chinese manufacturer...

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BlackBerry starts exchange scheme to push Z10 sales

NEW DELHI: BlackBerry has started a month-long programme allowing users to trade their older mobiles for the newest model Z10 for hefty discounts of up to Rs 11,000 as the smartphone maker seeks to push sales.  "Customers across 17 cities will get discount of up to Rs 11,000 if they buy BlackBerry Z10 under this scheme. We have...

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Toshiba to increase NAND flash chip production

TOKYO: Toshiba on Tuesday said it will expand a NAND flash memory chip production facility in Yokkaichi, in central Japan, with construction to start in August of this year and be completed in the summer of 2014.  Toshiba said it will spend nearly 30 billion yen ($300 million) for the expansion.  Toshiba's incoming president...

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Yahoo to shut internet search pioneer AltaVista

LONDON: Internet company Yahoo is reportedly going to shut down the services of pioneering search site AltaVista on 8 July.  AltaVista was hugely popular when it was launched in 1995 because it had indexed 20 million web pages and developed its own 'crawler' technology that did the job of finding web pages and logging what was...

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Zynga CEO Mark Pincus steps down

SAN FRANCISCO: Zynga's decision to bring in the head of Microsoft's Xbox business to replace founder Mark Pincus is a bold stroke that was hailed on Wall Street, but it still leaves questions as to who is ultimately inge at the troubled game-maker. Don Mattrick was personally recruited by Pincus. But Pincus holds on to 61 per cent...

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