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Yahoo officials accused of resume padding
In his quest to shake up the board of Yahoo, Daniel S. Loeb is pulling out all the stops, including the college transcripts. In a letter sent to Yahoo’s board on Thursday, Mr. Loeb, the founder of the hedge fund Third Point, said that Yahoo’s chief executive, Scott Thompson, had falsified his resume; to include [...]
PlayThru hopes to kill text captchas with game-based authentication
At their worst, captchas are impossible to decipher; at their best, they’re… fun? A startup called Are You a Human has developed PlayThru, an alternative to text-based authentication. Instead of requiring the user to type some blurry, nonsensical word, PlayThru has them play a mini-game, such as dragging and dropping a car into an open parking [...]
Nutritional Scale helps you control your diet
How many of us actually bother to read the nutritional label that is printed on the box of snacks and cereal that we picked up at the supermarket? I suppose if we are too lazy to do so, or are one who is on the other extreme, calculating calories with each and every single morsel [...]
Court drops Google India from objectionable content case
A court in Delhi Thursday dropped the Indian unit of Google from a civil suit regarding alleged objectionable content on its websites, but retained the parent company, the lawyer for the plaintiff said. Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and other Internet companies have been named in separate civil and criminal suits filed in Delhi courts over [...]
what is the Premature For India
India’s biggest telecom service provider (Mumbai: BHARTIARTL) launched 4G earlier this week. The launch might have made put India on the global 4G map far ahead than most countries, however, not many are convinced if the technology makes real business sense currently. (See India Welcomes 4G Services.) While earlier India has been a follower on [...]
first in India 4G services
Telecom major Bharti Airtel Tuesday launched broadband wireless access (BWA) services based on 4G technology here. With this launch, the firm became the first player to launch the 4G service in India. The high speed service was inaugurated here by union Communications Minister Kapil Sibal. A successor to the 3G and 2G families, 4G is [...]
Mizzu Movies,Honeycomb tablets
you the one to own a Honeycomb tablet, looking for a enhanced movie and video management system? If yes, then Mizzu, earlier known as Mizzu Movies is the perfect Android application for you which helps you to manage your favorite movies and television shows. The application recognizes movies automatically with title, cover art and plot [...]
No April release for Galaxy S3 from Samsung
It looks as if fans of Samsung phones will have to wait a little longer for the much anticipated S3 handset, as the company has come out with a Twitter denial in response to reports that the Galaxy S3 was set for an April launch. The report citing April as the scheduled release date for [...]
Hand-held gadgets to deal with Delhi Jal Board ’s
Hand-held gadgets to deal with Delhi Jal Board ’s meter reading flaws Drawing flak for massive billing errors, thanks to the manual reading and recording of water meters, Delhi Jal Board is now upgrading its technology. The water utility is acquiring automatic hand-held meter readers that will be able to capture data from a [...]
Progress Software to groom engineering students
Progress Software will help three engineering colleges in setting up incubation centres in Hyderabad. These centres would provide office space for third year students to work on their project ideas. Besides helping colleges, the company would interact with students to guide them on their project roadmap. “The idea is to find talent quite early and [...]