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TwitterThe Telecom regulator TRAI today announced Rs 19 as the portability fee for shifting a mobile number to a different mobile operator.
Porting a mobile number means Changing Your Mobile Service Operator Without Changing Mobile Number, hence retaining all your important contacts.
The port transaction fee will be Rs 19 & the subscriber cannot be charged above [...]
Change your Mobile Operator by paying only Rs 19 while retaining your mobile number
November 30th, 2009 No Comments
How Facebook gives rise to new words
November 28th, 2009 No Comments
With the advent of new modes of communication, such as Facebook, language and social interaction have gone through a major change, says an expert.
Recently, the New Oxford American Dictionary picked the Facebook term “unfriend” as 2009 Word of the Year.
Ananda Mitra, professor and chair of the Department of Communication, has now revealed how technology influences [...]
India embarks on e-tracking of crime project
November 25th, 2009 No Comments
The government is interconnecting about 14,000 police stations and 6,000 police offices across the country for an IT-enabled sophisticated tracking system in crime investigation and detection of criminals, parliament was told Tuesday.
The total estimated cost of the nation-wide project, called Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), is estimated to be Rs.2,000 crore, Minister [...]
Excess salt intake linked to higher risk of stroke
November 25th, 2009 No Comments
Intake of high amounts of salt is linked to much higher risk of strokes and cardiovascular disease, says a new study.
The study looked at the relationship between the level of habitual dietary salt intake and the occurrence of stroke and cardiovascular disease by reviewing 13 prospective studies from Britain, Japan, the US, the Netherlands, Finland [...]
Google expects new operating system to be running low-cost computers by 2010 holiday season
November 20th, 2009 No Comments
SAN FRANCISCO — Consumers will have to wait until next year’s holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.’s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.
Google set the late 2010 target date Thursday during its first preview of a much-anticipated operating system that eventually may mount a [...]
Protect yourself from employment identity theft
November 14th, 2009 No Comments
Did you know that 15% of identity theft is employment-related fraud? Think about it — businesses have access to a wealth of information that thieves can use to their advantage. Many businesses don’t dispose of this information in a secure manner, so your personal information is there for the taking.
This risk occurs also when you [...]
Best 10 Mobile Phone Within Rs. 8,000 in India
November 11th, 2009 No Comments
The mobile phone market is always abuzz in India with new and newer mobile phones launching everyday. The prices of the mobile phones are getting slashed each day by the manufacturers to stay in competition with others. We have already written articles about the top camera mobile phones under Rs. 5,000 in India and about [...]
India, Bangladesh face off in 2011 World Cup opener
November 9th, 2009 No Comments
India and Bangladesh, two of the co-hosts, will contest the opening game of the 2011 World Cup in Mirpur on February 19. The fixtures were announced at an ICC event in Mumbai on Monday.
The first game in Sri Lanka will feature the hosts taking on Canada in Hambantota, a new venue, on February 20. Pakistan, [...]
Google introduces JavaScript programming tools
November 7th, 2009 No Comments
With a project called Closure Tools, Google plans to start helping developers who aspire to match the company’s proficiency in creating Web sites and Web applications. Google is a strong proponent of using JavaScript to write Web-based programs, which is a part of its Web-centric ethos, reports CNET News.
Indeed, the company has pushed the language [...]
Trick: Restart only Windows, not your Computer
September 27th, 2009 No Comments
Installed a new software in Windows – need a restart?
Your Windows is acting slow and you want to go for a restart.
So what are you waiting for? just click on the button to restart the machine… err not quite. You needn’t restart your machine to restart your Windows. You heard me right. How on earth [...]
ISRO set to launch 7 satellites in 1200 seconds
September 23rd, 2009 No Comments
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch seven satellites in 1,200 seconds, similar to the launch in April 2008 when it launched 10 satellites, on Wednesday from Sriharikota.
ISRO will put six nano satellites and one major ocean satellite into orbit, as the final 51 hour countdown began on Monday morning. Out of the six [...]
Tech experts fail to knock down internet worm
September 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Finally, a worm that could knock down global internet is here. Even tech experts have failed to conquer this deadly worm called Conficker, which has already infected five million computers, and may soon crash the internet in all countries.
So dangerous is the threat, that the world’s largest computer security companies have joined together with governments [...]
Contestants on Big Boss 3?
September 18th, 2009 No Comments
Bigg Boss keeps getting bigger. Sources have now revealed the names of famous celebs as the possible contestants for Season 3. Celebs being approached include Sherlyn Chopra. If that happens, viewers will finally get to see Sherlyn in the Bigg Boss house after missing the opportunity last year. Sherlyn was approached by the channel after [...]
Pressure Points for Headaches
August 28th, 2009 No Comments
All of us have experienced headaches some time in our life. That headache normally could be for any reason – tension, not eating right and many others. Depending on the severity and frequency there could be other major underlying causes of headache. But this article is not going to deal with these headaches, which are [...]
