Daily Technology Chronicle

Muslims on social networks are sinners RANIA CAIRO: Terming the use of networking sites such as ‘Facebook’ as anti-Islamic, a top Egyptian cleric has issued a fatwa against it saying Mus lims using such cyber platforms must be considered “sinners”. And the cleric went to extent of blaming such sites for growing incidents of marital discords in [...]

Early Windows 7 Testers Must Soon Upgrade or Backtrack The unprecedented number of PC users who installed Windows 7 release candidate (RC) will soon have to decide whether to upgrade to the new OS or face bi-hourly shutdowns and significant hassle re-installing their old version. Beginning on February 15, users of machines running the RC will see [...]

Space shuttle fueling up for Monday launch Endeavour and its six astronauts are to blast off at 4:14 a.m. on a 13-day trip to install the last two main pieces of the International Space Station. Blast-off was originally set for early Sunday morning, but low clouds descended over the launch pad, violating safety rules for flight. Crews began [...]

PayPal temporarily suspends some India services WASHINGTON — US online payments company PayPal has temporarily suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local Indian banks. PayPal, in a weekend blog post on the company website, said the operations were on hold “while we work with our business partners and other stakeholders to address questions [...]

Rajendra Pachauri raises more eyebrows with raunchy environmental novel The Indian head of the UN climate change panel, already under fire over errors in a key 2007 report, is raising eyebrows again after publishing a raunchy novel and accepting help in promoting it from BP and the head of India’s biggest gas producer. The novel by Rajendra [...]

Agni-III hits target, meets all objectives NEW DELHI: India on Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenous Agni-III ballistic missile, which has a range of over 3,500 km and can even strike targets deep inside China. This paves the way for induction of the nuclear-capable missile into the armed forces and consolidates India’s position among a select group of [...]

Environment Ministry has new Panel of Scientists led by former ISRO Chief A panel is launched to enhance the scientific capacity of the ministry of environment and the panel will have five scientists all over the country along with Mr. Kasturirangan. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh sets up the panel led by [...]

EU ready to help IPCC in quality control The European Union (EU) has offered to help the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) strengthen its quality control system, after the climate science panel was revealed to have made a mistake about the timeline melting of Himalayan glaciers. Making it clear that the EU fully supported the [...]

The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 21-30 21 : Jairam Ramesh, 55 Minister for Environment Why He breaks into the list, and in the top 30, because Copenhagen showed he’s capable of negotiating domestic and global political challenges on policy. He put pragmatism in India’s climate negotiations. For six months ahead of the meet, Ramesh made [...]

The IPCC’s problems have been compounded by its imperious attitude The incorrect statement in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the Himalayan glaciers could completely disappear by 2035 is remarkable in many ways. First, how could such a physically implausible claim have entered an early draft of an assessment undertaken [...]

‘Thailand, not India to be export hub for small car’ New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI) Japanese carmaker Honda will make Thailand the export hub for its upcoming small car, which is being designed for the Indian market, according to a top official of its Indian subsidiary. The company’s Indian subsidiary Honda Siel Cars India, is gearing up [...]

Nissan Black Exclusive Edition To Mark 4 Decades of Famous Z Badge Four decades, six generations and over a million cars later, Nissan is set to introduce a special celebratory version of the newest two-seater to wear the famous Z badge-the Nissan 370Z. This black edition is the latest exclusive iteration [...]

Volvo announces launch of premium luxury car S80 in India Volvo Auto India, the automobile manufacturer giant has decided to launch the upgraded version of its premium luxury sedan S80, in the Indian market. Volvo Auto India, the domestic arm of Sweden-based Volvo Car Corporation has aimed this step under its expansion plan. The new upgraded [...]

Volvo S80 sedan comes now in India New Delhi: Volvo S80 comes now in India: Volvo has announced to roll out its Volvo S80 sedan on the Indian roads. This car would be sold to higher class. volvo-s80-sedan-comes-now-in-india It would be available at a price tag of Rs 39 lakh in India, through a network of 12 dealers [...]

Aston Martin Rapide review Billed as Aston Martin’s first four-door, four-seat sports car, the Rapide needs some context. The 1941 Aston Martin Atom had four doors and four seats, as did the 1976 Lagonda and the 1994 Lagonda Virage. There’s also Uli Bez, Aston Martin’ chief executive’s work on the abandoned front-engined 989 Porsche project and [...]

Volvo Auto India to scale up its dealership outlets to 12 by 2010-end Volvo Auto India, which is has reaffirmed that it is quite upbeat about the country’s operations and would also be rolling out its global models in a phased manner, is gearing up to increase its dealership network from 7 currently to 12 by [...]

Maruti Suzuki aggressive overtures to maintain leadership position With the arrival of new models and market hotting up for 2010, Maruti Suzuki the numero uno is pulling out all stops to defend its 50+ per cent market share in the domestic market. There are reports that is reportedly working on a new engine which would replace [...]

Volvo launches new S80 Volvo has launched an updated version of its S80 for the Indian market. The new S80 will cost Rs 38.79 lakhs (ex-showroom, Mumbai) and Rs 37 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi. The New Volvo S80 comes with a hgh-performance, twin-turbo diesel that puts out 205 hp and 420 Nm of torque. According to [...]

Chasing the ‘Ring of Fire’ in the sky from sea cruise The Aquamarine is no ordinary vessel. It is India’s first eclipse cruise, which will sail to Male in the Maldives on January 13 to chase the ‘Ring of Fire’, or the millennium’s longest annular solar eclipse. The eclipse will be seen for the longest [...]

‘India needs an efficient regulator for nanotechnology’ Thiruvananthapuram India should have an efficient regulatory body and well defined protocols for dealing with the deployment of nanotechnology, handling, movement and approval of nano products. There should be an adequate database on toxicity, said Dr Shantikumar Nair, head of the Kerala-based Amrita Centre for Nanosciences. Speaking at an exclusive session [...]

Blackberry Bold 9700 for price Rs.31,990 in India RIM has launched Blackberry Bold 9700 for price Rs.31,990 and Rs. 33,990 in India. The new Blackberry Bold 9700 has better design and improved specifications over Blackberry Bold 9000. Blackberry Bold 9700 is perfect gadget for business class people and premium class customers. Blackberry [...]

Micromax Q5 Dual SIM phone uncloaked Micromax has uncloaked a new handset called Q5 which is bar styled. It is a dual SIM phone (GSM and GSM) with full QWERTY keypad with Track ball. The phone has dimensions of 115×62×12.5mm and weighs 95 grams. The handset is equipped with 2.2 inches QVGA Screen and 320 [...]

‘In India, mobiles may become first screen’ World’s largest mobile phone maker, Nokia, is now planning to make it big in the mobile services space in India. The Finnish mobile giant recently rolled out Nokia Music Store, launched an application store under the banner of Ovi, started global trials in India for services targeted at the [...]

Micromax launches Q5, Dual SIM, and QWERTY Keypad phone in India. Micromax, Gurgaon based mobile manufacturing company announce bar styled Q5 mobile phone.Q5 features with Dual SIM (GSM + GSM), QWERTY Keypad with Track Ball, 2.2 inches QVGA Screen and 2MP camera with video recording facility. Phone has 15MB internal storage and has up to 8GG expandable [...]

BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone now available with Airtel. Research In Motion (RIM) and Bharti Airtel announce the availability of BlackBerry Bold 9700 smart phone for Airtel customers in India. Already Reliance, Tata Teleservices and Vodafone announced the BlackBerry availability of Bold 9700 on their networks. Raghunath Mandava CMO Airtel said at the launch, “Airtel has been a [...]

Nokia unmasks Nokia 5233 touch screen phone Nokia, the mobile giant has unmasked its new touch screen phone named Nokia 5233 for its Indian customers. The new handset supports many features and the best part is it does not burn a hole in the pocket. This new smart phone from Nokia comes at an affordable [...]

Acer Liquid phone overview Acer Liquid is first android based mobile phone from Acer in India. Acer Liquid comes with interesting features notably 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus, video viewing resolution 640×480 pixel, battery with talk time of 5 hours. The new Acer Liquid is priced at Rs. 24,990 [...]

BlackBerry Bold 9700 Is What You Need The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is a smartphone that is offered by T-Mobile as well as AT&T in the U.S. When talking about its screen one should admit that it is amazing. But the screen is small if compare with the predecessor. It is bright enough. As for the keyboard, it [...]

Acer Launches first Liquid Phone with Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor Acer has brought a new liquid phone in India. It’s really liquid due to its unique feature which differentiates it from the other phones. This phone has the world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and is based on the first Android 1.6 high [...]

What are the Features and Specs of BlackBerry Curve 8530 BlackBerry Curve 8530 can be regarded as a refresher of the Curve 83xx in the BlackBerry line up. The device comes with a fashion-forward design that is designed for younger consumers. The trackpad is in place of trackball. It is easy in usage and offers reliable performance. [...]