Indian IT Business is likely to be numbed by Europe Financial Crisis.

With the Crisis in European Business Circuit which is likely to hit the Business of Indian IT Firms, thanks no such problem is faced from the US which contributes more than half of its business

Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies and Wipro Ltd face uncertainty on orders from Europe - the second-biggest market for the sector after the United States.

"There has been no major impact on volume growth due to the crisis," said Harit Shah, an analyst with brokerage Karvy Stock Broking. "It could have an impact going forward, especially due to the euro. We will have to watch for what the management has to say."

Indian software services firms are ramping up investments to grow their market share in Europe, which accounts for about a third of their revenue.

Indian IT Business is likely to be numbed by Europe Financial Crisis.

Google hold the privacy of some important person who are working in White House and US Congress.

Here is a Eye Opening claim by a leading advocacy group that Google's Street View project may have collected personal information of members of Congress, including some involved in national security issues.

Google admitted it mistakenly collected information, transmitted over unsecured wireless networks, as its cars filmed locations for mapping purposes.

Google said the problem began in 2006.The issue came to light when German authorities asked to audit the data.The search giant said the snippets could include parts of an email, text, photograph, or even the website someone might be viewing.

Google hold the privacy of some important person who are working in White House and US Congress.

More than 5 Billion Mobile Phone Connections Worldwide.

According to the reports of Wireless Intelligence, more than 1 Billion new connection were added in just one and half (18 months) year, which mean now there are more than five billion connections worldwide.

In many regions, penetration exceeds 100%, where there is more than one connection per person in the country.

"If you just take the UK in 1987, when the first mobile companies launched, an industry insider predicted a maximum of 10,000 phones.

"Now almost every adult, child and domestic pet seems to have one, given that 30 million phones are sold every year in the UK," he said.

More than 5 Billion Mobile Phone Connections Worldwide.

China renew Google Internet licence.

I don't know what China wants to prove with renewal of Google's licence to operate in China, the internet giant has said.

Google gave no details of the licence renewal.

There had been speculation China would revoke the licence after Google began redirecting Chinese users to its unfiltered search site in Hong Kong.

But last month, Google said it would no longer automatically redirect users in a conciliatory move towards Beijing.

China renew Google Internet licence.

Viennna, Venue for the exchange of Spies between US and Russia.

This exercise is said to be biggest spy swap since the Cold War, between US and Russia in an exchange at Vienna airport.

BBC's Bethany Bell in Vienna witness the spy swap on runway, which was similar to Hollywood flick.

Both planes landed at Vienna  airport and were parked side by side. One plane brought 10 Russian agents deported from the US after a court hearing at which they admitted being agents for a foreign country. The other was said to have brought four people convicted of spying in Russia but given a presidential pardon after they signed to admit their guilt.

Both planes took off again after about 90 minutes.

Viennna, Venue for the exchange of Spies between US and Russia.

Pirate Bay Hacked by Argentina Hacker.

An Argentinian hacker named Ch Russo claims that he and two associates have found several SQL injection vulnerabilities in The Pirate Bay’s database, which granted him access to all user information, including usernames and e-mails.

According to KrebsOnSecurity, who spoke with Ch Russo on the phone, the hackers did not modify the user data or give it away to a third party. They did, as they say, consider how much this info would be worth to various anti-piracy outfits such as the RIAA.

“Probably these groups would be very interested in this information, but we are not to sell it. Instead we wanted to tell people that their information may not be so well protected,” Ch Russo said.

Pirate Bay Hacked by Argentina Hacker.

CNN Senior Editor loses job for praising Lebanese cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.

Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs Octavia Nasr agreed to leave the company after tweeting that she “respected” Lebanese cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, who is often credited as being an inspiration for the Hezbollah militant movement.

The tweet, “Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot,” erupted a slew of reactions on Twitter. Two days after the tweet, Nasr tried to explain her tweets and apologize in a blog post.

CNN Senior Editor loses job for praising Lebanese cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.

iPhone app developer Jason Ting make $ 1,400 with iAds in one day.

iPhone app developer Jason Ting reveled that in just one day, iAds generated almost $1,400 in revenue for his free iPhone 4 app.

Yesterday, Ting’s app was unleashed on the App Store. It’s a program that lets you turn your iPhone’s flash  a new feature for the iPhone 4 into an LED flashlight at will. While the app did solidly on its first day of sales, what impressed Ting most were the stats for the free, iAd-supported version.

Ting reports that the free app alone generated $1,372.20 in revenue on Day One. The app’s eCPM (that’s “effective cost per thousand,” meaning the amount of revenue you earn per 1,000 impressions) was a whopping $147.55 — for those of you who don’t work in advertising, this eCPM is highly unusual.

iPhone app developer Jason Ting make $ 1,400 with iAds in one day.

UnKnow facts of Apple Inc.,-mashable.com.

1. The First Apple Logo Featured Isaac Newton

The Newton logo was designed by the lesser-known Apple founder Ronald Wayne (the guy who sold his stake — that today would be worth $22 billion — to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak for $800)
The rainbow apple, designed by Ron Janoff, replaced Sir Isaac and remained the symbol of the company for many years until the simpler monochromatic apple logo was introduced in 1998.

UnKnow facts of Apple Inc.,-mashable.com.

Starting a business is faster in India than China

It takes as many as 46 days for a foreign company to set up business in the country, which is faster than in countries like China and Brazil but far longer than the 7-14 days it takes in the US and Britain, says a World Bank report.

Even among the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations, Russia has an edge as it takes just 31 days for starting foreign-owned business, said the Bank's Investing Across Borders (IAB) 2010 Report that covers 87 countries.

It takes 166 days for foreign companies to set up shop in Brazil and 99 days in China.

Starting a business is faster in India than China

Captalist Apple to enter Communist China for Market Push.

In China, most fans of apple's products here have been buying their iPhones, iPods and Mac computers from smugglers who operate through underground electronics markets. The company has few sales outlets in the country and only one Apple Store, a branch in Beijing.

Apple set to open a flagship Saturday in Shanghai, one of its largest stores in Asia to raise its profile in the world’s biggest mobile phone market and tap more directly into China’s fast-growing consumer electronics market.

Apple intends to open 25 retail stores in China over the next two years, starting with the Shanghai outlet, which it previewed for reporters Thursday.

Captalist Apple to enter Communist China for Market Push.

Inactivity doesn't lead to childhood obesity

Obesity may lead to inactivity, but inactivity does not lead to obesity, says a new study.

A new report from the EarlyBird Diabetes Study suggests that physical activity has little, if any, role to play in the obesity epidemic among children.

Obesity is the key factor behind diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer.

EarlyBird is based at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth in Britain and has been observing in detail a group of school children for 11 years.

Inactivity doesn't lead to childhood obesity

Dolphins to treat autistic children in China

IANS: A marine amusement park in China has purchased four dolphins, but they are not intended for amusement. The mammals will be use for treating children suffering from autism.

Autism is a neural disorder characterised by impaired social interaction and communication as well as repetitive behaviour.

The dolphins, bought from Japan with five million yuan ($738,000), have begun working with young patients after a month's adaptation and training, Mr Chen Rujun, chief inspector of animals at the Royal Ocean World in Fushun city in Liaoning province, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

Dolphins to treat autistic children in China

Sweet drinks reduce stress and aggression

Sweet drinks such as sugary tea help to reduce stress at work, and make people less likely to be aggressive or argumentative, psychologists say.

According to a study, the energy boost provided by the sugar enables the brain to maintain control over its impulses, meaning people can prevent themselves from reacting spontaneously when under stress, reports telegraph.co.uk.

Tests on volunteers, some of whom were given lemonade sweetened with sugar and some with artificial sweetener, showed that those who had drunk sugar performed better under pressure.

Sweet drinks reduce stress and aggression

Samsung favours Wimax tech for mobile broadband .

PTI: South Korean electronics and telecom firm Samsung on Wednesday said that it is in talks with operators for setting up their networks and indicated that most of them are likely to opt for Wimax technology for offering mobile broadband services.

Mobile operators are looking at two separate technologies for offering mobile broadband services. These are Wimax and Long Term Evolution (LTE).

Both Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex (TD-LTE) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) are broadband wireless access (BWA) are similar but rival technologies.

Samsung favours Wimax tech for mobile broadband .

IPL 4 is all set be guided by Yesteryear Cricketers

After the exile of Lalit Modi, IPL governing body had decided that Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri, all of whom led India will be taking decision which will determine the future of Multi Billion Dollar game.

The former captains who will decide how the league will shape up have tossed interesting thoughts at the eight existing franchisees to draw out their ideas before laying down the rules for the crucial auction that is to be held in August or September.

Retention of players, the salary cap and the format may go through a revolutionary process before all conditions are agreed upon by the eight existing franchisees and the two new teams (Pune and Kochi).

IPL 4 is all set be guided by Yesteryear Cricketers

Petrol prices may change every fortnight in India, similar to West Countries.

State-owned oil firms may opt to revise petrol prices every fortnight to reflect changes in the global oil market in the free pricing regime that kicks in from next week.

Petrol prices were freed from government control last month resulting in a Rs 3.50 per litre hike in rates in Delhi, but modalities of subsequent retail price adjustments were left to the industry to deliberate and decide.

Sources said Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum on Thursday began consultations on modalities like the frequency or interval at which prices will be revised and if the PSUs should have uniform rate that would change on same date.

Petrol prices may change every fortnight in India, similar to West Countries.

Internet Explorer gaining its share steadily.[PIC]

In the Browser war, Mozilla and Opera having a stable hold, Safari moving upwards, and Chrome building its market share. Mozilla Firefox is the leader with it's market share, if the statistics is to be believed, firefox is loosing its share and its being captured by Microsoft's IE.

Internet Explorer having a potential growth of approximately 0.5% from May to June. That's not all; the graph also shows Firefox losing half as much what IE gained, and Opera giving room of rest of the percentage to IE.

Internet Explorer gaining its share steadily.[PIC]

Bluetooth 4.0 specifications revealed, expected in devices by Q4 2010

While developing the Bluetooth 4.0 Core Specification, SIG’s primary focus areas were low power consumption using new ‘low energy technology’, apart from enhanced range and multi-vendor operability. They seem to have achieved what they set out to do, and claim that it will allow for several years’ worth of usage on standard coin-cells. This will allow for very small and low cost devices to incorporate Bluetooth as a connectivity option, as it doesn’t require large batteries to power it. This ‘low energy technology’ feature of Bluetooth 4.0 promises to have “new  applications in  health care, fitness, security and home entertainment”.

According to the Executive Director of SIG, Michael Foley, "Bluetooth wireless technology can now, with the hard work of our members and our world-class qualification program, really do it all.”

Bluetooth 4.0 specifications revealed, expected in devices by Q4 2010

Scientists develop a brain chip that could potentially defeat paralysis and more.

Researchers in the UK are on the verge of producing a technology that might allow paralysed patients to operate bionic limbs via a transmitter brain implant. The technology relies on tiny microprocessors that will sense nerve impulses, decode the signals, and then transmit them to the bionic limbs. All this takes place wirelessly, which makes it unique compared to other experiments in the field, which actually required a wire to be attached to the processor.

While the idea behind this technology has been there for a while, the means with which to actually decode impulses and relay them intelligibly has been missing. Perhaps the most important aspect of the new technology are the decoding algorithms which give the chips the ability to recognize which impulses will control which limb, rather than the relaying of the signal aspect. In fact, this is a potential step towards an actual integration between microprocessors and the brain, which has thousands of potential applications, from physical training to data storage, augmented reality to internet connectivity. In fact, the zenith of the technology will be to provide an artificial link between the limb and the brain, bypassing the damaged nerves (or centers) that are causing the paralysis. A possible way to do this would be by transmitting signals from the brain implant to another implant, a stimulator in the spinal cord.

Scientists develop a brain chip that could potentially defeat paralysis and more.