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IMS designates Pace in numero uno slot
Pace Plc, a renowned name in UK’s set top box market, according to a report by the market research and consultancy firm IMS Research puts the firm in number one position in the industry, after witnessing the entire list of sales of pay TV set top boxes during 2009.
It was a report stated by IMS that makes use of the figures from global sales to calculate the position of the businesses.
Website used to develop nuclear reactors
The element of shock came when a group of amateur scientists via the usage of online science community Fusor.net, are making homemade nuclear reactors.
The entire concept lies to develop reactors to help solve the world’s energy crisis. It employs the process of fission.
Fusion is a process where atoms are forced together, whereas nuclear fission is where atoms are split and this is the method used in the nuclear industry thus making the nuclear reactor.
Fairshare Music latest music charity music downloading service
Fairshare music is a new music sharing service that has a novel concept of helping organisations with half of its profits.
As the reports it functions similar to any MP3 downloading store, but a notable exception comes as the profit margins where half the site’s profits are bestowed to various charities.
The charitable organisations include British Heart Foundation, Great Ormond Street, Oxfam, Sue Ryder, the WWF, NSPCC and Amnesty amongst others.
Apple iPhone tariffs at 3
Apple iPhone 4 has finally been released. V3.co.uk believes that almost a thousand people were present at the launch of the London flagship shop, and reports claim that some of them even had queued overnight.
However, this comes as no surprise, as the record level of pre-orders the phone racked up at the Apple store online – some 600,000 on just the first day alone.
3 has launched its tariffs for iPhone 4 that start at £30 per month (over two years), with 500 minutes (and 5000 3 to 3 minutes), 5000 texts and 1GB of Internet, and the 16GB phone costing £99.
Vizio offers Wi-Fi router and Blu-ray players
Vizio, one of the famed names of US-based consumer electronics company has pronounced the launch of three Wi-Fi-equipped Blu-ray players and has dual-band HD router that employs the usage of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands to maximise speed and range across all types of media and data.
It was further stated that the XWR100 router has been launched to meet the demands of HD media streamed to the latest Blu-ray players and other VIA-enabled devices.
Flood causes havoc in Assam
The ongoing flood situation in Assam is worsening with the passage of each day. It is stated that the water levels of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries rising alarmingly and inundating fresh tracts of land.
Places such as Lakhimpur and Jorhat in Upper Assam are the severely hit areas, situation seems to be turning hazardous in case of several other districts too, officials said.
Delhi soon to get nation’s waste-to-power plant
The nation’s capital will soon have the country's first commercial waste-to-power plant of 16 MW capacity. Aiming at conversion of one third of Capital's garbage into much-needed electricity for six lakh homes, this move falls in place.
In further light of this move Delhi’s Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit today has placed the foundation of the Timarpur-Okhla Municipal Solid Waste Management Project. The project shall convert 2000 tonnes of municipal solid waste in to generation of 16 MW of power.
Monsoon raises concerns of Swine flu, Pune
Monsoon showers in Pune, Maharashtra has brought in mixed emotions and has sparked fears of Swine Flu cases in the city that happens to affect 245th victim of the virus early this week.
It was just last Monday when a pregnant lady expired of Swine Flu in the government Sassoon hospital making it the 32nd casualty of the city out of the 62 deaths reported in the last three months in Maharashtra.
Two injured, several stuck under landslide: Mumbai
The landslide caused due to continuous rains has injured two 21-year-old youths at the suburban Ghatkopar.
The victims Hiralal Talesar and Amrut Umavat soon after the incident were rushed to Rajwadi hospital where they are recuperating. The Fire officials stated that the occurrence of the landslide occurred at 17.30 hours at Vijay Nagar slums at Jeevandaya lane.
A similar incident came from Valmiki Nagar in Kurla at 6.43 am, however no reports of accidents or any causalities came up but 24 houses were evacuated and people were shifted to a temporary shelter for safety purpose.
Government to justify petrol prices hike
This Sunday, the government has published a big advertisement in the newspaper trailing that a small price to pay today, for a better tomorrow, which justifies the hike in fuel prices, recently.
The petrol price hike has already given way to the protests and demonstrations led by the ruling alliance partners and the opposition parties.
Monster releases universal 3D glasses
According to the reports stated by the US based Monster Cable states of its recently launched universal 3D glasses, the Monster Vision Max 3D.
The 3D glasses work on the concept of a shutter-based system which is said to work well with any type of 3D TV system.
It is due to these glasses that aids in 2.4 GHz RF communication, instead of using the standard IR common system used in many of the other brands of 3D glasses.
Intel to roll out Android 2.2 for Atom devices
Intel has proclaimed of porting across the Android mobile operating system onto devices that run using the firm’s Atom chipset.
A representative confirmed that a version of Android 2.2 has been made ready to ship off to developers before the end of summer.
Intel on the other hand is keen on keeping the new variant of Android an open sourced platform, reports APC.
BBC shields its staffing levels
The BBC seems to be tangling itself up with the amount of staff that it aims to send at various occasions to cover events. Presently the current figure for Glastonbury, Wimbledon and the World Cup, is over 750.
Each member of the BBC staff working at these events has a role to play in the production of both TV and radio content.
However, through an early report, it came out through the National Audit Office (NAO) that the BBC does not do enough to show that its coverage of major events actually provides the TV License payer with good value for money.
German Chancellor insists about progress over talks with the US President
The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has insisted that the leaders of Europe are doing a very good job towards the progress of talks with the US over the economic growth issues.
The German Chancellor has told that a mutual understanding may be possible with the US President Barack Obama over the deficit reduction plans at the G8 summit in Canada. The leaders from leading states and countries have participated at the G8 summit.
Leaders across the World arrive in Toronto for G8 summit
World leaders have arrived in Toronto to attend the G8 summit. There will be a top level meeting for three days. The G8 (Group of Eight) industrialized nations and the G20 (Group of 20) top world economies will participate in this summit.
The G8 summit is expected to focus on the security and development of the nations.
In the G20 summit, it is expected that the leaders will discuss about the financial and global economic reforms.
The cost of owning a house has gone down by 4% in past two years
According to a research report, the cost of owning a house has dropped down by 4% in the past two years. This has declined as a result of smaller mortgage payments in Scotland. A study conducted by Bank of Scotland suggests that the cost to run a house fell by 388 Euros.
This cost has dropped to 8562 Euros from 8949 Euros in between April 2008 and April 2010.
The housing costs are now about 28% of the average earnings. It has been reduced from 32% two years ago. A drop of 19% in the mortgage payments equates to around 735 euros in Scotland.
Facebook creates barrier for Twitter app
The number one social networking website Facebook has been accused of blocking the importing capability of Twitter's Facebook app that basically helps to find which of your friends are on Facebook.
"Facebook has notified us that they have blocked the update to our application, and we are working on a resolution with them," Twitter reported to Techcrunch.
Philips 56PFL9954 56 inch LCD TV at £2150
Philips has launched its 56PFL9954 considered to be the first commercially available TV with a genuine, cinema scale TV screen.
The specs of the same come with 21:9 aspect ratio for the first time on a TV, which is ranked as the exact scale of a cinema screen. It is a 56 inch screen that is big enough to give a genuine cinema experience in most living rooms.
25” LCD HD TFT from I-inc
To enhance a better multimedia experience I-inc offers a 25 inched widescreen LCD for the users. According to the reports the full high definition visuals comes with the large screen LCD making the computing experience a much enriched one.
Apart from the beautified screen it offers 2ms video response time that ensures rapid moving action scenes are rendered brilliantly. Picture clarity can be guaranteed by the sharpness offered by the 15,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.
Railways plans Technology express
In a bid to spread the word of awareness about the development of technology in the nation, Indian Railways has decided to release a 'Technology Express' in the near future.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee stated: "We will launch Technology Express soon to showcase the progress we have made in technology. The train will be starting from IIT-Kharagpur and travel across the country," reports came soon after flagging off the Commonwealth Express here.
