Next-gen Toughbook for Indian market

Panasonic the global leader in innovation and technology, unveiled its all-new range of Toughbooks for businesses in India. The launch was held at the Panasonic Experience Centre in Mumbai today showcasing the applications and benefits of Toughbook for different industry segments like, automotive, aviation, telecom, utility, etc. With this launch, Panasonic reiterates its commitment towards its... By

Worldwide IT spend to reach $2.7 tn in 2012

Worldwide enterprise IT spending is projected to total $2.7 trillion in 2012, a 3.9 percent increase from 2011 spending of $2.6 trillion, according to Gartner, Inc. While enterprise IT spending growth is slowing (from the expected 5.9 percent increase in 2011), analysts said its important to note that despite the global economic challenges, enterprises will continue to invest in IT.Peter... By

DoT offers one Broadband license to Qualcomm

Ever since Qulacomms application for ISP licenses in the circles of Mumbai, Delhi, Kerala and Haryana, where it had won BWA spectrum in auctions held last year, had been rejected, the company had been involved in a tug of war with DoT. However, now there is hope that Qulacomms 4G services might take off.According to sources, the Department of Telecom has offered to give one licence to the US... By

Apple close to being a $400 billion company

As Apple heads towards delivering fiscal fourth quarter earnings report, its stock market valuation has started inching towards the magic figure of $400 billion. Apples stock is now trading at an all-time high. For the year to date, the stock is up 31.9%. Over the last two years, the stock has doubled.As of now, Apples market valuation stands at $391.2 billion. The company will reach a valuation... By

To appease users, RIM offers free apps worth $100

BlackBerry maker, RIM has said that beginning October 19 a selection of premium apps would become available to download without charge at BlackBerry App World for four weeks. The company has also announced that it will offer its corporate clients who use the secure "enterprise" network a month of free technical support as an apology for the outage.The freebies are RIMs way of compensating users... By

Laptop theft protection with antitheft service

Infiniti Retail Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of Tata Sons Ltd, in collaboration with Intel has announced the launch of Intel Anti-Theft Service. This first of its kind initiative in India will enable the consumers to safeguard and secure their laptops. Intel Anti-Theft Service will be exclusively retailed at Croma and can be availed across all the stores from today.This Service uses Intel Anti-Theft... By

Simplified identity federation for cloud apps

SafeNet, Inc., a global player in data protection has announced new cloud functionality for its SafeWord 2008 strong authentication management platform. SafeWord 2008, which has become known as one of the simplest OTP authentication platforms to deploy, integrate and manage, now includes identity federation and single sign-on (SSO) capabilities for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications,... By

Only smartphones for Sony Ericsson from 2012

Mobile handset-maker Sony Ericsson said that it would in future focus entirely on the fast-growing smartphone market, as it posted in-line quarterly profits, making no reference to a report suggesting electronics giant Sony would take full ownership.Pretax profit at the company, currently owned jointly by Sony and mobile network gear maker Ericsson, was 31 million euros ($42 million), just... By

iStorm Summit to highlight business for CIOs, CTOs

iValue InfoSolutions is organising iStorm 2011 for the top CIO/CTOs at the Paradise Island, Bali between November 3-5, 2011.The Summit will focus on Application, Network and Data protection and management areas and direct CIOs and CTOs on the investments required to link business and IT strategies, ways to protect and manage critical business assets and differentiators, to ensure profitable... By

RIL plans 4G tablets for Rs. 3000 or less

By early 2012, RIL will launch its 4G services, which will provide data connectivity with speeds of 50-100 mbps. The rates of these 4G services are also expected to be much cheaper than the 3G plans that many operators are currently offering. RIL is in the process of finalising a deal with Walt Disney and UTV Software, which will enable the company to offer games and applications for the younger... By

Is technology hurtling towards Singularity?

This weekend (October 15-16) we had the sixth Singularity summit, which went on for two days in New York City. The star speaker was the radical futurist and prophet of a union between man and the machine, Ray Kurzweil. Singularity is heady stuff. It is quite engrossing to watch Ray Kurzweil hold up a latest smartphone, and declare, This device is a billion times more valuable per constant dollar... By

Table salt can lead to healthier hard disks

You could never have imagined that the humble table salt can enable you to store more data in your hard disks. Scientists have discovered a new manufacturing process, which involves sodium chloride, and can boost the capacity of computer hard disks by six times.The scientists at Singapores Agency for Science Technology and Research have collaborated with the National University of Singapore and... By