September 2nd, 2010 
nrmodh 
In order to augment cyber and telecom security in the country, Government of India will ask Google and Skype to set up servers in the country and give access to its internet data.
The chief bureaucrat in the Home Ministry G K Pillai on Wednesday said that company who operates communication services in India should have a server in the country for government monitoring. (more…)
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Tags: access, blackberry, company, country, google, government, home, india, ministry, skype 
No Comments » August 24th, 2010 nrmodh 
The folks behind the sure-to-be-a-hit Halo: Reach have a new viral-marketing tool: a giant robotic arm that users can control remotely to create an online monument to a squad of fallen soldiers featured in the upcoming game.
The arm, a Kuka KR 140, is purportedly stashed in some secret warehouse in San Francisco with an LED light on the end of its articulated joints (for all we can tell, it could be a virtual construct, though even that’s still a cool idea).
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August 24th, 2010 nrmodh 
Apple’s put a touch interface on so many of its other products, could an iMac be next? If a patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is any indication, the answer is possibly yes.
Patently Apple, a blog that keeps tabs on Apple’s USPTO filings, noticed an application on Monday that depicts a hinged-screen version of Apple’s iMac desktop that has a touch-sensitive screen. The hinge appears to allow the computer to alternate between a traditional vertical desktop configuration and a flat, iPad-like surface when rocked back on its hinge.
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August 24th, 2010 nrmodh 
SAN FRANCISCO — A high-tech tug-of-war between PC giants Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) over tiny data-storage provider 3Par (PAR) underscores their search for profits beyond PCs.
HP’s bid of $24 a share is 33% higher than Dell’s offer last week of $18 a share, putting the value of HP’s offer at about $1.6 billion.
Shares of 3Par soared 45%, to $26.09, signaling that investors expect Dell — or a third party — to make a higher counteroffer.
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August 22nd, 2010 nrmodh 
While the world holds its collective breath for India to actually mass produce that $35 tablet it’s been trumpeting here lately, the country’s own EC Media International is taking the wraps off of a sparkling new e-reader: the Wink.
This cutely titled device doesn’t look much different than older generation Kindles, but it’ll reportedly support 15 languages and will offer 200,000+ book titles right out of the gate.
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August 22nd, 2010 nrmodh 
We already knew that the Indian Rupee Symbol has been launched on documents, web and keyboards, now on mobile phones also. Lava Mobiles, an Indian mobile phone brand has launched a new mobile handset(Lava B5) that will have the Rupee symbol integrated on the mobile keypad.
The same Lava B5 mobile, which came out with the first full alpha keypad (means having keys in A,B,C,D format instead of normal QWERTY ones) few days back.
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