The supposedly possible contender of Apple iPad- Joo Joo tablet has been delayed until March 25 due to a “manufacturing error.”
The news was confirmed by the CEO of Fusion Garage, Chandra Rathakrishnan stating that in the eleventh hour the issue cropped up and the product had to be called off. For the ones who had [...]
28
2010
Joo Joo tablet poses in front of Apple
28
2010
China without Google
Scientists of China face consequences as the Search engine has withdrawn services from the country hampering the work schedule which demands a need of English language for their searches outside China.
A research conducted across 784 Chinese scientists by the Journal Nature found that the 80 percent of them needed the search engine to keep a [...]
27
2010
Toyota knew of defects, adjudges panel
In what was termed as a “systematic disregard of Law” by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Toyota Motor was accused of withholding evidence it was required to present in litigations the company had faced, and instead paid higher settlements to complainants to avoid revealing information.
The documents from Lawyer Dimitrios Biller who represented [...]
27
2010
Unions oppose BBC on Asian Network and 6 Music
BBC came under severe fire from the broadcasting union Bectu and the National union of Journalists (NUJ) on Saturday after reports suggested that the company was planning to axe BBC Asian Network and 6 Music to keep its cost under control.
Leaders from both the unions had met BBC Director on Friday. Post meeting they said [...]
27
2010
Batman beats Superman at the auction
Just days after the auction site ComicConnect.com claimed to break world records when it sold an original Superman Comics at $1 million, Batman took no time to steal the show. A rare, high-quality copy of ‘Detective Comics #27’, which marked the first appearance of Batman in 1939, sold for a whopping $1,075,500 on Thursday as [...]
27
2010
Gatorade drops Tiger Woods as brand ambassador
The sports-based drink from Pepsi’s stable Gatorade recently confirmed the fact that it has ended its relationship with Tiger Woods as the brand ambassador for Gatorade. It’s the third major brand to drop Woods from its marketing campaigns in the past couple of months following months of allegations of extramarital scandal, which has played out [...]
27
2010
Antarctic iceberg could end marine life
According to some scientists a massive iceberg has struck Antarctica, blocking another giant block of ice from a glacier.
The Australian Antarctic Division glaciologist Neal Young, had further discovered that the two ice blocks are floating together about 62 to 93 miles off the eastern.
The 97-kilometer long iceberg, equivalent to the size of Luxembourg, had [...]
27
2010
Facebook’s wish granted- a concern for the rivals
Facebook the most popular social networking site has been granted with patents which were long awaited for. It’s a measure that potentially culminates other social network providers at their start.
It’s in line of the fact that laid the foundation stone of social networking, keeping a steady track of their friends and their ongoing activities. To [...]
26
2010
VMW buying Software Assets from EMC for $200 Million
World leader in the information infrastructure and data storage company EMC Corp. and Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware Inc., global leader in virtual solutions from desktop through data center to the cloud has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of some software products and expertise by EMC Ionix IT management business to VMware for [...]
26
2010
Kettle Foods of Salem sold for $615M
Nuts and snacks seller Diamond Foods Inc enter in to an agreement buy premium potato-chips maker Kettle Foods from a London based private equity firm Lion Capital LLP for $615 million all in cash, to double its presence in the growing potato chip market.
With acquisition of Kettle Company will synergies its revenues and expand [...]