Category Archives: Technology
Maruti’s latest launch Suzuki Ritz
Maruti has launched its seventh small car. You have to wait for the June issue of BSM for a detailed drive story to know about the Suzuki Ritz.
Bluetooth 3.0 Launched Officially
As reported by PC Magazine, the latest revision to the Bluetooth Core Specification was officially unveiled earlier this week – and it brings some nice new features to the party.
Building on the existing Bluetooth technology, Bluetooth 3.0 increases the speed of data transfer dramatically by piggybacking on available 802.11 wireless network connections – borrowing a [...]
HP Unveils Ultra thin dv2 Notebooks in India
HP has announced the new ultra-thin dv2 notebook in India. Less than one inch in thickness, it weighs 1.64 kg. HP would be selling the dv2 notebook starting at a price of Rs. 37,490, exclusive of taxes.
The HP dv2 notebook has a 12.1-inch, 1280 x 800 pixel, BrightView LED backlit widescreen display. The dv2 is [...]
Tata Nano bookings begin
Bookings for Tata Motors’ much-waited car, ‘Nano’ started across the country on Thursday and will continue till April 25.
“Bookings (for the Nano) began today morning and we hope the response will be encouraging,” a Tata Motors spokesperson said.
The sale of application forms for the Nano started on April 1 and the response has been “very [...]
Verizon confirms plans to sell Netbooks
Verizon Wireless has confirmed reports that it is ready to enter the Netbook market. Spokeswoman Brenda Raney has quoted that the plan is for the company to start selling 3G-enabled Netbooks by the end of the second quarter, or by June.
Unfortunately, Raney could offer little else in the way of details regarding pricing or potential [...]
Tesla Motors CEO: Model S is cheaper
After wowing the auto press with the sleek design of Tesla Motors’ all-electric Model S, company CEO Elon Musk is now making an economic argument to consumers–and, perhaps, the U.S. government–for buying the luxury sedan.
After months of anticipation, Tesla on Thursday took the covers off the Model S, an electric sedan priced at $56,400 but [...]
Pranav Mistry’s “Sixth Sense”
28-year-old Pranav Mistry, a MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) based researcher hailing from Gujarat has created a digital prototype of a “sixth sense” device that is being currently evaluated by corporations including Google, Microsoft, HP and Samsung.
To briefly describe what this sixth sense is all about, we need to understand how the current dissemination of [...]
HP’s latest storage Visualisation Solutions
HP has unveiled a new range of products and solutions that enable organisations to address the short-term cost reductions required by today’s challenging economy.
The new storage virtualisation solutions – StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 6400 and 8400 (EVA6400/8400) and the enhanced SAN Virtualisation Services Platform 2.1 (SVSP 2.1) – will change the economics of customers’ infrastructures [...]
India’s 1st Student Made Satellite
Coming April, India’s student community will get a big morale booster when the country’s first student-made satellite will ride into space on the PSLV, (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) along with ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organization) Risat Satellite.
The “Anusat” has been designed by 37 aerospace engineering students with the help of 10 teachers from the Madras [...]
Belkin’s latest launch
Belkin has launched a new vertical design for its line of wireless routers. This includes the G, N, and N+, and N+ wireless USB adapter. By standing vertically, the router takes up less desk space, giving you more room to work and maximizes ventilation.
The new design includes Wi-Fi protected set-up situated at the front for [...]
IBM buying Sun Microsystems
The chief executive of Dell Inc said on Tuesday that talk of IBM possibly buying Sun Microsystems was providing an “enormous opportunity” to the world’s No. 2 PC maker in the corporate server market.
Michael Dell said such talk created uncertainty over the future of Sun’s Solaris-based servers and accelerated a customer migration to the servers [...]
IE 8 – The New Release
Microsoft Internet Explorer users aren’t rushing to embrace IE 8, the new release of the Web browser that debuted Thursday.
IE 8 has received mixed reviews from testers and early users. There have been published reports that the browser has caused system crashes and some Web sites don’t display properly using the software. The browser also [...]
10$ Laptop – turns out to be a big joke
It turns the much awaited 10$ laptop is nothin more than a ebook reader with a low quality screen.
The hype surrounding the $10 laptop “prototype” with two GB RAM turned out to be a joke when the department of Human Resources
Development announced — during its inauguration in the temple town of Tirupati — that it [...]
Model sues Google to release Blogger account Information
A model targeted by negative commentary by an anonymous blogger is seeking a court order that would force Google to reveal who the person or people responsible are.
Liskula Cohen, in her filing in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, said the commentary on her hygiene and sexual habits on the site was defamatory, malicious and false.
The [...]
British cops encouraged to hack PCs
UK Home office has given more powers to cops to search PCs using trojans, and they call it remote search.
The move, which is in line with the decision of European Union’s ministers in Brussels, has sparked resentment among several civil rights groups and opposition MPs.
According to EU’s recent proclamation, police across different member states [...]
