Preparing for MobileMe's June 30 Shutdown

What's happening to MobileMe?
The core services provided by MobileMe have been completely rewritten and are now part of iCloud. MobileMe will no longer be available after June 30th, 2012. To continue to have mail, contacts, and calendars kept up to date automatically and free of charge, and to enjoy the new services that iCloud provides, MobileMe members must move their accounts to iCloud before June 30th, 2012.
In addition, iCloud includes the following new services:.............
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iBerry Auxus AX01 Android ICS Tablet – Price Specifications & Features

iBerry Auxus AX01: Currently we have seen a 3G and SIM enabled tablet by iBerry named as Auxus AX03G. Here is the details about Auxus AX01 tablet PC.
Launch date - Available in India launched on July 2012.
Price -  5990 Indian rupee
Specs attracted -  Gaming tablet
Rating - 6.0 out of 10
SIM card Slot – No............
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'Leap second' 1 July to keep in step with slowing globe

The ever-so-slight slowing of Earth's rotation means a leap second must be added to our clocks every few years to keep atomic clocks in sync with Earth, shown here in an image taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts in December 1968.
Leap second was added to the International Atomic Time clocks to help the Earth catch up from slowing down. Earth has started to slightly slow down at a non-uniform rate, possibly from the molten core, the rolling of the oceans, the melting of polar ice and the effects of solar and lunar gravity.
the world's official timekeepers will add a leap second for the first time in 3½ years..................
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Mozilla launches better, stronger, faster Firefox for Android

Mozilla has just released the latest version of Firefox for Android in the Google Play store, and while there aren't a ton of new features, it does promise to bring improved speed across the board. In addition to improved rendering and load times, Mozilla claims the whole interface has been significantly sped up — so zooming, panning, and launching the browser should all be quicker than before. In fact, Mozilla claims that its benchmarking tool finds the new Firefox to be about twice as fast as the stock Android browser.
Super Fast
We redesigned Firefox for Android to make it a screaming fast and personalized upgrade to mobile browsing that lets you take your Web..............
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Most kids online worldwide fear bullying‎

In the laundry list of universal kid fears -- monsters, nightmares, kidnappers, mean big kids -- we may soon be able to add cyberbully.
According to data collected by Microsoft's Safety & Security Center, 54% of kids worldwide say they worry about being bullied online, and nearly 1 in 4 say they have experienced online bullying.
Additionally, 24% admitted to having bullied someone else online.
Online bullying is still less frequent than off-line bullying in almost all the countries included in the report............
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Nexus Q specs, price, and availability

One of Google's surprises yesterday was the Nexus Q media streamer, a product that sees the company expanding into the living room with its own branded hardware. The Nexus Q differs from competing devices in that it only serves as a conduit. It has no UI of its own; you control the Q with your Android smartphone or tablet, and the sphere then streams audio and video content down from the Google Play Store (it can also be used to route YouTube content to your television). We spent some time with the device today, and while there are some nice stylistic touches, we did find the device to be somewhat lacking in its feature set and ease of use.
The Q comes in a two-piece cardboard box, packed with a thin instruction pamphlet and a power cable. The device itself is smaller than you..............
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Google's +1 button to add content recommendations

+1 gets conversations going. Click the +1 button to give something your public stamp of approval. Then, if you want to share right away, add a comment and send it to the right circles on Google+.
The next time your friends and contacts search on Google, they could see your +1. You’ll help them find the best stuff on the web – and you might just start up another conversation!
The right time, the right people..............
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Google Nexus 7 tablet officially announced, starts at $199

Google has just announced its Nexus 7 tablet and we have been among the lucky few to get a play with the latest piece of Nexus kit. The tablet was announced at Google I/O 2012 in San Francisco.
Priced at just £159 for the 8GB model, or £199 for 16GB, it is one of the cheapest and most powerful tablets available, or will be when it lands in mid-July. Manufactured by Asus, you'll be able to pre-order and buy the 8GB direct from Google Play, however Asus will sell the 16GB version through its own channels.
It also sports the latest version of Google's Android operating system, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. So how does it handle?
The Asus Nexus 7, Google's first tablet in the Nexus family, is here. You're looking at it right now. We just got our first hands-on pictures of the...................
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Sarabjit Singh to be released from Pakistan prison: Reportsl

After being on the death row for 20 years over bombing charges, Indian national Sarabjit Singh is being released with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari today commuting his death sentence.
Zardari commuted Sarabjit's death sentence to life term which he has already completed having been in jail beyond 14 years. Therefore he is being released.
The 49-year-old Sarabjit, convicted and sentenced to death for alleged involvement in a string of bombings in Punjab in 1990 that killed 14 people has maintained his innocence and said that his was a case of "mistaken identity"........
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iBall launches dual-SIM Andi 3e and Andi 4d starting Rs.6,990

iBall has launched the Andi 3e and Andi 4d smartphones in India, both of which run Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The Andi 3e sports a 3.2-inch capacitive LCD display, a 650MHz processor, a  3.2-megapixel camera, bluetooth, GPRS and flaunts dual-sim capabilities. This device costs Rs 6,990. The Andi 4d on the other hand is billed a higher end model and features a 1GHz processor, a 4-inch capacitive display, a 5-megapixel camera, a suite of sensors and dual-sim capabilities. The Andi 4d costs Rs 9,490.
Only recently, Spice had released its Stellar range of smartphones which includes the Stellar that also features similar set of specs and dual sim capabilities when compared with the Andi 4d. That said, the Spice Stellar is slightly a more pricey proposition at Rs 9,999, but the company is..............
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McAfee: Sneaky teens, What they're really up to online

Doing some Web searches you want to keep extra private? Try private browsing, Do Not Track, and other tools.
A reader commenting on a Q&A about the rise in behavioral tracking for targeted advertisingasked a great question: How does one browse sensitive subjects without being tracked via cookies?
For most Web activities, many people won't be bothered that they are served up ads for cars or even acne cream if they have been reading news about the newest Tesla or visiting dermatology Web sites. But what about when someone is researching a hereditary or embarrassing medical condition that one would not want revealed to advertisers, shoulder surfers or, worse yet, insurance companies?............
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HTC Desire C launched in India for Rs.14,999

The HTC Desire C may be the end of an era for low-end handsets from the Taiwanese firm, as it has recently come out and said that it's not doing "cheap, cheap phones" anymore.
Perhaps slightly confusingly named for those who are aware of HTC's back catalogue of handsets, the Desire C actually usurps the Wildfire S at the bottom of range – instead of filling the higher-end remit of the Desire handsets of old.
As the Desire C does prop up the rest of HTC's handset range it's no surprise that it can be picked up from £130 (around $200) on PAYG, or for free on contracts starting at £13 per month for two years..........
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BlackBerry Porsche P'9981 at Rs 1.39 lakh

Research in Motion, along with Porsche Design has launched the new P’9981 luxury smartphone in India today. Research in Motion, of course is known for making business smartphones and also the PlayBook tablet. They’ve joined hands with Porsche Design to make this phone. While it’s been out for a while in other countries, it’s finally landed in India now. There’s some powerful hardware under the hood of this new P’9981 smartphone. Qualcomm’s MSM8655 SoC powers this design, it’s powered by a 1.2GHz processor with 768 MB of RAM at its disposal. There’s 8GB of storage space and that can be expanded right upto 32GB using a microSD card.
The ultra-premium BlackBerry Porsche P'9981 is priced at Rs 1,39,990. On this highly aspirational phone, RIM India managing director Sunil Dutt told PTI that the phone is about power, style and aspiration.................
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Websites unblocked after HC clarifies

If you are sick and tired of your internet service provider frequently blocking some popular websites, you can relax now. The Madras high court has ruled that its April 25 order against internet piracy should not be used to block the entire website; only specific web links should be blocked.
On an appeal filed by a group of internet service providers, the court in a June 15 order clarified that the content owners should give ISPs the specific web links through which the copyrighted material was being shared so that the ISPs could block them. Following the HC order, most of the websites blocked by ISPs, except Piratebay, have become accessible again..............
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Window phone : Announcing Windows Phone 8

Taiwan's HTC Corp. announced yesterday that it has joined various other mobile device makers in backing Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, extending the two companies' long mobile partnership.
The world's No. 5 smartphone vendor said it will bring new Windows Phone 8 smartphones to market later this year, as the Taoyuan-based company has sold more than 40 million phones using Microsoft software over the past 12 years.
Windows Phone 8. Officially announced this morning in San Francisco, it’s the most advanced mobile OS Microsoft has ever made and will arrive on new phones later this year................
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Xolo X900: The first Intel inside phone at Rs. 22,000/-

Xolo X90 is not merely a product coming out from Lava, but it is importantly Intel's entry (or should we say re-entry) into the smartphone segment. Intel used to have a processor for PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant) way back in 1996.
So let's look at how Intel has fared in creating a smartphone that can challenge not just other brands but to challenge ARM which is somewhat default processor architecture provider for all smartphones. Meanwhile, another version of this phone called the Orange San Diego is now making its way to shops in Europe and this is just the beginning as you’ll be seeing a lot more devices running an Intel processor by the end of this year.............
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Facebook to Buy Face.com

Last month there were reports that Facebook was planning to buy facial-recognition site, Face.com, an Israeli start-up for reportedly $100 mn. Now in a blogpost, Face.com’s team has confirmed the acquisition.
Facebook has acquired Face.com! Our mission is and has always been to find new and exciting ways to make face recognition a fun, engaging part of people’s lives, and incorporate remarkable technology into everyday consumer products. If you’re anything like us, Facebook is a part of your life every single day. We keep up with our friends and family, share interesting (or mundane) experiences from our daily lives, and perhaps most importantly for us, we share a LOT of photos................
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Tablets: Microsoft Surface RT Overview & Specs

The mystery has been solved! Or should we say revealed?
Microsoft last week announced plans for a secret event in Los Angeles this evening. The company offered no indication as to what it could possibly be planning to show us, but rumors suggested Redmond was preparing to debut an own-brand tablet. Needless to say, Microsoft's didn't disappoint, with not one but two versions of a new tablet called the Microsoft Surface. The first is an ARM powered device based on Windows RT, while the second is a full Windows tablet based on Intel technology.
The ARM-powered Microsoft Surface is 9.3mm thick and has a 10.6-inch display as well as a kickstand that flips out of the back of the device's.................
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Google reports 'alarming' rise in censorship by governments

Web giant says it received more than 1,000 requests from government officials for the removal of content in the past six months, complying with more than half.
Google reports it has seen an "alarming" rise in government requests to censor Internet content in the past six months.
The Web giant said it received more than 1,000 requests from governments around the world to remove items such as YouTube videos and search listings. The company, which said it complied with more than half the requests, released a catalog of those requests as part of its bi-annual Global Transparency Report..........
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Changeable lens for iPhone?

A US patent application made public on Thursday hinted that Apple may be toying with the idea of letting picture-loving iPhone users change lenses for the smartphone cameras.
Apple's application for a "back panel for a portable electronic device with different camera lens options" included a diagram reminiscent of an opened iPhone with labeled parts.
The application described a design to let users change lenses that typically are fixed in the backs of smartphones to act as eyes for cameras.............
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Despite the company having a strong bring your own device

Businesses must accommodate demanding tech-savvy employees who want to bring their own devices (BYOD) to work, or risk having a sub-standard workforce, says Marc Randall, senior vice president and general manager at Avaya Networking.
"If you don't embrace BYOD, you're not going to be able to attract employees. If you're too restrictive, it won't be the number one reason they leave, but they will leave because they feel you're not innovative enough. And without BYOD (and mobility), the organisation won't be productive enough and then you will be letting people go."
As a networking vendor Randall has an interest in helping companies adopt BYOD, but according to a recent Gartner report, the trend is real............
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Opera 12 launched with new features, Themes and Do Not Track

Less bloat, better plug-in management, faster site loading, and smarter security badges are the hallmarks of Opera 12, but the browser no longer feels as innovative as it once was.
A little bit behind schedule, Opera 12 makes its public debut today with numerous changes that mostly focus on faster browsing. But where the Norwegian browser used to take the lead on feature development, it now feels more like an understudy.
You can get Opera 12 for Windows (download), Mac (download), and Linux (download). There's nothing explicitly wrong with it. In fact, version 12 makes a number of good improvements..........
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Microsoft Revamps Hotmail to Take on Google

In the hope of bringing back millions of users, software giant Microsoft has revamped its email service Hotmail, which has a striking resemblance to Gmail in its design.
Hotmail, the world’s biggest email service, is being rebooted in the hope of bringing back millions of users - thanks to a striking resemblance to Gmail.
Newmail has a clean look which recalls its Google adversary, right down to font which has been used for labels................
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Idea introduces ID 918 dual-SIM Android smartphone for Rs. 5994

Idea Cellular has launched a dual-sim Android smartphone called the ID-918 in India for Rs 5,994. The device packs in a 3.2-inch capacitive display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a micro-SD card slot, built-in social media apps and has the Idea TV app pre-installed on it. The device runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
Idea is offering data services worth Rs 2,300 with Rs 259 pack. The Rs. 259 pack offers free subscription to Idea TV for 3 months and 2GB of data download per month for 3 months,  for both prepaid and postpaid customers.............
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Motorola Razr Maxx coming on June 24 at Rs. 31999

The Motorola Razr Maxx (also known as the Droid Razr Maxx) is all set to hit Indian shores on June 24, 2012 via online site.
We have been using the Motorola Razr for quite a long time now. It's a phone that we've honestly fallen in love with. It's styling is unique and interesting, it's tough without looking like a builder's phone and it's been a sturdy and reliable companion.
Apart from the battery. The battery is dreadful.
Take the Razr out for the day, listen to some music, surf the web, and by early evening you'll be down to 20 per cent battery and in a flap in case..........
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Sony unveils Android ICS based Xperia miro

Sony unveils Android ICS based Xperia miro The Xperia miro, Xperia tipo, Xperia tipo dual and Xperia ion HSPA
Sony tooday announced a pair of colorful, entry-level Android handsets that are expected to ship in the third quarter of the year.
Called the Xperia Miro and Xperia Tipo, the two devices should make for a decent first smartphone experience. Both run Ice Cream Sandwich, feature 800MHz processors, and come with Sony's custom software enhancements.
The newly announced Xperia miro, tipo and tipo dual will all ship with Android 4.0, despite each having underwhelming specifications, whilst...............
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HTC Desire C vs V, HTC Desire C available in India at Rs. 14299

After recently launching the photography-oriented One family of smartphones, HTC has introduced not one, but two new additions to the Desire family.
Called the Desire C and V, the new handsets run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS and come with Beats Audio technology. Both devices come with only 4GB of internal storage, but this is expandable via a microSD card. In addition, HTC is bundling 25GB of free Dropbox space for two years............
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Soon, Now you can 'print' your own shoes

Have the perfect dress for the night out but no good heels to go with? Don't worry. A new technology that promises to revolutionize wardrobes in the future is in the works and will allow you to quickly and cheaply 'print' your own perfect shoes at home.
According to trend forecaster Jane Monnington Boddy, a director for market analyst Stylesight, within the next decade or so you'll be able to quickly and cheaply 'print' your own perfect shoes at home. "This will revolutionize wardrobes," she said. "It really is the future of fashion."
It’s the most frustrating scenario. You’ve got the perfect dress to wear tonight, but none of your heels look quite right with it. A frantic dash to the..............
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United Nations Considering Global Internet Tax

The United Nations is considering a new Internet tax targeting the largest Web content providers, including Google, Facebook, Apple, and Netflix, that could cripple their ability to reach users in developing nations.
The European proposal, offered for debate at a December meeting of a U.N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union, would amend an existing telecommunications treaty by imposing heavy costs on popular Web sites and their network providers for the privilege of serving non-U.S. users, according to newly leaked documents..............
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Security & Privacy: hacker allegedly stealing 44,000 credit card numbers

In an international hacking case, a Dutch man appeared in U.S. federal court today and pled not guilty to stealing at least 44,000 credit card numbers, according to the Associated Press.
Apparently, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
David Benjamin Schrooten, aka "Fortezza," is being targeted by federal prosecutors for allegedly hacking into computers and stealing massive amounts of credit card numbers. Once he obtained the numbers, he allegedly sold them in bulk quantities via different Web sites. The 44,000 is.................
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Backup And Restore Your Entire Gmail Account with Gmvault

For most of us Gmail account is precious virtual goods which we can’t afford to lose. It is a nightmare to even think of losing emails, chat conversations and important attachments stored in our Gmail account. Though you can always setup multiple Gmail/other email accounts and use it as backup of important emails by setting auto forward filters.
The other way to create backup of your Gmail account is by setting up Outlook or similar email clients with IMAP/POP facility. If you are not comfortable with any of these backupmethods then here nifty tool, Gmvault which you may like to use for creating backup of your entire Gmail account..............
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New MacBook Pro Leaked Photos Indicate Same External Design

A user on Chinese forum WeiPhone has posted (via MacRumors) photos allegedly showing off the logic board placed in the new MacBook Pro that is to be announced tomorrow at Apple’s keynote opening this year’s WWDC. According to the leak, the MacBook Pro is set to feature a NVIDIA GT 650M graphics chip with 1GB GDDR5 graphics memory.
Another forum user analyzed the new logic board and put it side-by-side with the logic board on the current 15-inch MacBook Pro. As you can see, both logic boards have very similar layouts and the position of the GPU are the same on both units............
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What is the best/most accepted way to divide the work between the developers?

My team and I are rebuilding a site we developed around ten years ago, and we want to do it in Agile. After I've spent a lot of time reading (probably not enough), I am having trouble with the question of how to divide work between developers.
I'll be more specific and say that the site is divided into separate modules which don't have much integration between them. What is the best/most accepted way to divide the work between the developers?
This Q&A is part of a biweekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 80+ Q&A sites................
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Motorola DEFY XT and DEFY MINI: Motorola launches two smartphones

Motorola has introduced two new mid-range Android smartphones - Defy XT and Defy Mini, in India. Sporting the water-resistant body, both these Defy series handsets come in candy bar form factor and feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 series processor. The Motorola Defy XT is a mid-range smartphone that will retail at the recommended price of Rs 16, 190 while the Defy Mini is the entry level Dual-SIM handset to retail at a recommended price of Rs 11, 490.
Perfectly suited for the Indian users and environments, both these handsets come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread running with the MotoSwitch 2.0 user interface. The new MotoSwitch 2.0 UI learns from the way user uses the phone and adapts to provide better options. Priced at Rs..............
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Apple iOS 6: What's Needed, What's Coming

We know very little about iOS 6, the next version of the iPhone and iPad operating system that is likely to be unveiled at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference next week. So this is a list both of what we know, and what we want. But, there's still one key feature that Apple isn't likely to improve enough to catch up with Android.
While iOS 6 will reportedly include Apple's new 3D Maps app, Facebook integration, an update to Siri, and a revamped mobile iTunes store, the platform still has one big weak spot: Alerts............
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1955 - Zenith's Flashmatic Remote Control

First TV Remote: Inventor Claims Remote "The Greatest Thing Since The Wheel" Working for Zenith in the early 1950s, Eugene Polley's Flash-Matic early-era remote control was seen as an almost magical device. The futuristic ray-gun shot a beam of light at photo receptors located at the four corners of the television screen, giving TV viewers the ability to change channels and turn on and off the picture and sound for the first time without leaving their seat.
On Sunday, the wireless innovator passed away at the age of 96.............
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E3 – Splinter Cell: Blacklist surprises at Microsoft's press conference‎

Microsoft and Sony packed their E3 press conferences with fountains of blood and shotgun blasts to the head. Maybe that's what it takes to sell games -- but sales figures say it's not working.Blacklist trailer was a mano-a mano murder fest (you need to enter your age just to watch it online), featuring multiple headshots that were helpfully slowed down, Matrix-style, so you could really see the brains go flying. Plus, carotid-slashing, garroting, and skull bashing, all in amazing new pseudo-realistic style. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was roughly as you might expect, horrors of war-wise; and the protracted "Tomb Raider" trailer, while admittedly mesmerizing, bashed around a vulnerable, prequel-era Lara Croft to such a degree that you kind of wanted to cry...........
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Facebook App Center Launches With Over 600 Facebook

Facebook has unveiled App Center today, an "App Store" for iOS and Android that features both native and web apps that utilize Facebook integration in some way. The App Center features (only) 600 apps, and Facebook will offer personalized recommendations, presumably based on its social knowledge of each user. App Center will be featured prominently in the mobile on iOS and Android, Facebook's full dekstop site, and on Facebook's mobile site.
Facebook points out that it drives traffic to apps, pushing users to the iOS app store 83 million times in May. In that sense, it's not proper to think of the App Center as a direct competitor to traditional app stores. With only 600 apps, the App Center is hardly a comprehensive listing of...........
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Hackers shut down India telecom operator's website

Hacking group Anonymous says it has attacked the website of a state-owned telecommunications provider in India for allegedly censoring content on the Internet.
The corporate website of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, which caters to the major Indian cities of New Delhi and Mumbai, has been down for at least six hours Wednesday. The virtual gheraoing of official websites went up a notch on Wednesday, with online hackers Anonymous claiming to have taken down the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) website through a distributed denial of service attack.............
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Microsoft unveild new software called Xbox SmartGlass

At Microsoft's E3 Press conference today the company unveiled SmartGlass technology giving users the ability to sync information across multiple devices.
There was something revolutionary on display at Microsoft’s pre-E3 media briefing on Monday.
Not the games: They were a familiar mix of stealth/action, action/adventure, wave-your-arms-around motion control, shooters, shooters, and shooters. The most interesting stuff was what was happening around the games. Microsoft’s decade-long plot to take over your living room is finally coming to fruition.........
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3D buildings in Google Earth launching Q4 2012

Google Maps has made a bundle of announcements today and it looks as though it is continuing to put mobile first with its latest enhancements.
Google Building Maker
Learn how to make 3D models of buildings around the world for Google Earth. Position building blocks on top of aerial images to quickly create realistic looking buildings. Then save your buildings to the 3D Warehouse for inclusion in Google Earth. This online tool is free and easy to use.
Google Earth will now provide 3D models of entire metropolitan areas on mobile devices. It sounds cool, but Nokia of course provided its maps in 3D pretty early on............
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Sony Waterproof Handycam HDR-GW77VE

Waterproof camcorders have traditionally been popular in the pool but less compelling on land, given the somewhat-cumbersome designs, so-so image quality and form-factors that aren't necessarily more comfortable than a similarly equipped smartphone. This may describe nearly every pocket cam you've considered, but not Sony's new Handycam -- instead, think of the HDR-GW77V as a high-end camcorder you'll want to use everywhere, that happens to be just as rugged as it is practical. The camera packs the standard ruggedized punch, with a waterproof rating to 16 feet, the ability to survive a five-foot drop and a dustproof housing (though that's typically a given for tightly-sealed cams). You wouldn't think to take still photos with your camcorder, but Sony wants you to just that -- to the tune of 20.4 megapixels. The Handycam's 10x optical zoom lens can capture static frames just as easily as motion, with features like optical SteadyShot and Sweep Panorama, though the 1/3.91-inch CMOS.................
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Micromax launches Android-based 'A45 Punk' at Rs. 5499

Micromax A45 is a Bar phone weighing 120g. It′s dimensions are 115MM x 63MM x 13MM . The talk-time of the phone is Up to 4.5 hours. The phone operates at frequencies of GSM 900 / 1800 MHz. The Phone has a Display of 3.5 inches (8.89 cms), TFT Capacitive Multi-touch Screen, 65K Vivid Colors. This model comes with Camera of , 2.0 Mega Pixels Camera with , Digital Zoom
Micromax A45 Punk Superfone
Going through the specifications and features of the Micromax A45 Punk Superfone its with 3.5 inches capacitive touchscreen display providing...............
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How to set up successful blog and how to win online small business

To be a successful blogger, it’s not just the quality that is important. The quantity (or, at least, frequent enough regularity) is at least as critical. After all, regularly writing interesting articles is the core of this business, so you need to be persistent at doing it.
However we all know bloggers who had a very good start, but after some time they do not publish anything anymore. Chances are good that it happened to you in the past. It happened to me for sure, and this is so frustrating! Doing all these efforts and not being persistent enough to reap the rewards…
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Social network releases new data shows trending topics tend to change rapidly

What is a Trend?
Twitter Trends are automatically generated by an algorithm that attempts to identify topics that are being talked about more right now than they were previously. The Trends list is designed to help people discover the 'most breaking' breaking news from across the world, in real-time. The Trends list captures the hottest emerging topics, not just what’s most popular. Put another way, Twitter favors novelty over popularity.
What makes a trend a Trend?
Twitter users now send more than 95 million Tweets a day, on just about every topic imaginable. We track the volume of terms mentioned on..................
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European researchers found a way to help paralyzed rats learn to walk again

Wearing a robotic harness, paralyzed rats have been made to walk again, according to a new study—albeit with an oddly upright, humanlike gait and while stimulated by judicious jolts of electricity and chemicals.
It's the first time severely injured spinal cords have been reawakened, say researchers, who add that the technique might hold some promise for disabled people.
A five-year study out of the University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology demonstrates that a simple chemical cocktail can revive the "innate intelligence" of the spinal column in rats...............
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Samsung Galaxy S III Available From Five U.S. Carriers in June

Samsung means business. The consumer electronics giant has just announced sales of its Samsung Galaxy S III flagship Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone for five U.S. carriers starting in June.
Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular will all receive variations of the Galaxy S III this month, but Samsung isn't sharing the exact pricing and release date for each carrier just yet. What we do know is that $200 is the lowest price of the bunch.
What's incredibly interesting (and what CNET had predicted) is that the U.S.-based version, like its HTC One X rival, will carry a 1.5 GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor as opposed to the 1.4GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos processor that's used in the global release..............
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Acer will all unveil Windows 8 tablets at Computex

With four months to go before the final version of Windows 8 is expected to land, the parade of devices putting its faith behind Microsoft's next operating system has officially begun.
Acer got the ball rolling Monday at the Computex 2012 trade conference in Taipei, unveiling a bevy of Window 8-enabled devices. The company unveiled a pair of ultrabooks running Windows 8 -- considered a key combination to sparking growth in the PC market.
Acer has launched it’s Windows 8 All-In-One U Series PCs at the Computex 2012 in Taipei. The series includes  the 27-inch Aspire 7600U, and the 23-inch Aspire 5600U. These PCs are being called as the ones with world’s thinnest form factors in all-in-one series PCs because the Aspire.............
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E3 2012: Wii U GamePad revealed by Nintendo

Yesterday during a streaming video conference, Nintendo detailed the final version of the Wii U controller, which it is calling the Wii U Gamepad. Nintendo has made some notable tweaks and revisions to the prototype version detailed last year at E3, adding a new NFC reader and writer, motion and gyroscope sensors, and fully-independent infrared TV remote functionality. The thumbsliders have been replaced by analog thumbsticks, which now support L3 and R3 inward depressions. Nintendo has also made adjustments to the controller's ergonomics and dimensions, adding new handgrips on the bottom, making the Gamepad wider, and adjusting the button layout. The Wii U Gamepad and the Wii U console were shown in both black and white variations, though its unclear if the company will offer other color selections as well...........
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