British pop star Lily Allen to sue Apple.

(PTI) One of the British pop star Lily Allen is on the headlines. Not for any concert, but she gonna sue the Technology giant Apple after her laptop, produced by the company, was hacked.

The 25-year-old who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Sam Cooper, filed a lawsuit against Apple in the London High Court last week, reported Sun online.

Lily Allen recently found out that her laptops have been accessed without her permission and tried without success to determine the identity of the hacker.

After the company failed to help her, Allen decided to take them to court.

British pop star Lily Allen to sue Apple.

Boeing plans to enter Space Tourism.

USA Boeing on Wednesday announced it plan to enter the growing that it was entering the space tourism business which will be big blow for Obama's plan to motivate NASA to concentrate on Space Tourism.

The new business may take off as early as 2015, would most likely launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida to the International Space Station.

Recently, Obama administration has proposed turning over to private companies the business of taking NASA astronauts to orbit, and Boeing and Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas won an $18 million contract this year for preliminary development and testing of a capsule that could carry seven passengers.

"We're ready now to start talking to prospective customers," said Eric C. Anderson, co-founder and chairman of Space Adventures, the space tourism company based in Virginia that would market the seats for Boeing.

Boeing plans to enter Space Tourism.

USA going Gaga over its outsourcing policies. Now, 'Made in America' Bills passed by US House.

(PTI) USA is going crazy in its Outsourcing policies. In another protectionist measure primarily aimed at China, the US House of Representatives passed two different bills that mandate the Congress and the Department of Homeland Security to purchase only US-made goods.

The Congressional Made in America Act, introduced by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, requires the Congress to buy goods and services made in America for the first time in nearly seven decades.

Similarly, the Berry Amendment Extension Act, introduced by Congressman Larry Kissell directed the Department of Homeland Security to buy clothing, tents, and other products made in America.

“These two bills, unanimously passed by the House, will help in creating American jobs and expanding America's manufacturing sector,” said Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

USA going Gaga over its outsourcing policies. Now, 'Made in America' Bills passed by US House.

Bharthi's Airtel says it will starts its 3G services from December.

Bharti is expecting to launch its 3G service by December this year. 3G spectrum will allow telecom operators like Bharti Airtel to provide mobile users data at high speeds allowing them to watch movies, games and a host of new services on their phones.

3G allows high-speed mobile broadband access, enabling users to download full length movies, make video calls and watch live television programmes.

To try and keep tariffs low Bharti is looking at customised plans for different users and would be looking to sell talk time bundled into small affordable packages.

Bharti which paid over Rs. 12,000 crore for the right to provide 3G services in 13 circles in the country however agrees that keeping tariffs low will be a challenge.

Bharthi's Airtel says it will starts its 3G services from December.

Whopping Rs. 1 crore to open an account at Selected SBI.

(PTI) State Bank of India (SBI) is now aggressively targets for the crorepatis.

The government lender has inaugurated first-of-its-kind branch for high networth individuals (HNIs), where it takes minimum Rs. 1 crore to open an account, and that too on an invitation only.

Kohinoor Banjara Premium Banking Centre (named after the famed Kohinoor diamond that was discovered here), spread over 4,000 sq ft, offers specialised banking facilities like relationship managers, 24/7 lockers, extended banking hours, doorstep pick-up and drop facilities, in addition to pampering customers with five-star amenities at the branch.

"We have opened as many as 50 accounts so far. We are confident of opening another 150 by the end of the current fiscal," SBI Chief General Manager Shiva Kumar told PTI.

Whopping Rs. 1 crore to open an account at Selected SBI.

Now Indian Govt will be demanding data from Google and Skype.

Indian Government will now turn its focus to the Skype and the Gmail.

A notice will be sent to them on Tuesday on getting the Government access to their data.

Skype and Gmail may face the heat as the Government will demand access to their data.

BlackBerry services won't be banned just yet - the Home Ministry gave BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) 60 days to provide access to its messenger and email services.

Over the next two months, the Home Ministry will study the feasibility of RIM's new proposals which will be operationalised immediately.

Now Indian Govt will be demanding data from Google and Skype.

India 3G spectrum allocation to start from Sept 1: Govt

(PTI)The government on Friday said the telecom operators, who had bagged 3G spectrum in the auction held recently, would be allocated airwaves from September 1, paving way for launch of high-speed mobile broadband services.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) had set September 1 as the deadline for allocating spectrum, as per the schedule of auction, which fetched the government over Rs. 67,000 crore for selling 3G frequency.

There are, however, apprehensions in the industry as the defence forces are yet to vacate spectrum in several areas, as the alternate network for them is still not ready.

India 3G spectrum allocation to start from Sept 1: Govt

Chip maker Intel Corp buys security technology firm McAfee Inc

( Reuters ) Chip maker Intel Corp said it would buy security technology firm McAfee Inc for $ 7.68 billion in an effort to make security technology a strategic focus.

Intel said it would pay $ 48 per share in cash for McAfee in its biggest acquisition ever. The price is a 60 percent premium to McAfee's Wednesday closing price. McAfee would become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel's software and services group.

Vijay Rakesh, an analyst at Sterne Agee, said he was surprised by the size of the premium but added that the deal showed Intel's willingness to move from hardware to software and services.

"I think people were probably (expecting) some smaller acquisitions from Intel. It's definitely -- even by Intel's standards -- a pretty big acquisition for them." said Rakesh.

Intel said the boards of both companies had approved the deal and it expects it to close once it gains McAfee shareholder approval and regulatory clearance. It did not provide a specific timeframe.

Chip maker Intel Corp buys security technology firm McAfee Inc

First Look: India coin with Indian Currency Symbol on it.

Here is the image which is doing rounds in the internet. It a Ten rupees coin with Indian currency symbol embedded on it. India currency symbol was selected by the India Govt recently after a nationwide contest making every citizen involve in it. At last five design was shortlisted and atlast the symbol you see was selected and designed by D Udaya Kumar.know more about INR

First Look: India coin with Indian Currency Symbol on it.

Mobile devices rapidly overtaking PCs

This is not astonishing to know that mobile devices will out number PC's in terms of share since high processing (now 1 GHz is on roll soon there will be 2 GHz...(motorola has announced)).

There are billion-plus phones sold per year. The number of active subscriptions, which is greater than half of the human population.The hundreds of thousands of apps for apple and android which is keeping the user hook to them.

Based on their respective numbers, the companies below represent the biggest OS vendors in both the smartphone and desktop space on earth. What's interesting is that, with the explosion of iOS devices and Android over the past year and the relative stagnation of the desktop market, mobile OS shipments are approaching that of desktop OSes. In fact, smartphones may be surpassing desktop OS shipments right now. I'm going to attempt to prove that below.

Mobile devices rapidly overtaking PCs

Ousted HP CEO to get $40 million pay cheque

(Associated Press) Whatever Mark Hurd did that cost him his job as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest technology company, it wasn't enough to cost him a payday that could top $40 million.

Meanwhile, with little still known about why an actress and HP contractor threatened Hurd with a sexual-harassment lawsuit, stockholders took a $9 billion hit Monday, and HP's 300,000 workers were left to wonder about its future.

HP insisted that the problems it uncovered with the CEO's behavior were limited to falsified expense reports for his dinners and other meetings with Jodie Fisher, who helped organize HP events from 2007 to 2009 and greeted executives at the gatherings.

Ousted HP CEO to get $40 million pay cheque

Newsweek sold, End of News Magazine Era?

The Washington Post Co will sell Newsweek to 91-year-old audio equipment magnate Sidney Harman, who promised to retain most of the US weekly's 350 employees and give it a couple of years to reverse losses.

The founder of Harman International Industries Inc won the well-known news magazine after an auction that had drawn bidders including Fred Drasner, the former publisher of the New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report, and OpenGate Capital, owner of TV Guide.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though the Washington Post Co said it will retain Newsweek's pension assets, liabilities and certain employee obligations. The newspaper publisher bought Newsweek nearly 50 years ago, but decided to shed the venerable but unprofitable magazine this year.

Newsweek sold, End of News Magazine Era?

NDTV started using the 'Ra' Indian Rupee symbol in its Website Portals.

After the announcements of Indian Rupee symbol, many Indian were eager to use Ra symbol in there website. For the temporary Banglore based firm announced a font where we can use the symbol. You can download it here.

NDTV, India's leading Pvt Media firm had already started using the 'Ra' symbol in its website. You can see in their Website portals, preferably in business website where rupee is used for all the interpretations.

NDTV started using the 'Ra' Indian Rupee symbol in its Website Portals.

Apple becomes world’s most valuable brand

Global technology major Apple tops the Forbes list of the ‘World’s Most Valuable Brands’, ahead of giants Microsoft and Coca Cola. The Forbes Top 50 list of the world’s most valuable brands, compiled by the magazine, is dominated by 32 US firms. The top nine brands in the list were from the US. No Indian company features in the list.

Tech major Apple, which topped the list, “is a company that has faced setbacks before and bounced back to become the world’s most valuable brand — worth $ 57.4 billion,” Forbes noted. The magazine further said, “Apple shows just how a brand can survive and thrive even when a parent company stumbles. Apple’s sales in the late 1990s plummeted 46 per cent over a four-year stretch while the company lost money seven times over eight quarters.”

Apple becomes world’s most valuable brand

India agrees to buy 57 Hawk jets worth about $800 million

British Aerospace has won a Rs 3,640 crore ($800 million) order to provide the Indian Air Force and Navy with 57 additional Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers.

The final terms and conditions for the contract were signed in the presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is in India on an official visit.

India has already contracted BAE to supply 66 Hawks for the Indian Air Force. The jets are being assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics in Bangalore (HAL).

India agrees to buy 57 Hawk jets worth about $800 million

Zynga, makers of Farmville and Mafia Wars now have more than 100 Million users

Is this mean that people are being addicted to virtual world ? Zynga, makers of popular online games like "Farmville" and "Mafia Wars" stats show that. Zynga has announced it has crossed 100 million registered users who play their games. The suprising part is that it just took almost two and half years in reaching this milestone. NewYork Time got a chance to interact with Mark Pincus, Zynga's 44-year-old founder after reaching this milestone.

In a pep talk this month, Pincus told his company's newcomers that he had set out to build an enduring Internet icon, one that was synonymous with fun.

"I thought, it's 2007, and this can't be all that the Internet is meant to be," he said. There has to be more than "a garage sale, a bookstore, a search engine and a portal," he added in a good-natured putdown of the Web giants eBay, Amazon, Google and Yahoo.

Zynga, makers of Farmville and Mafia Wars now have more than 100 Million users

Google search share slips: Report

(Reuters) - Google's dominance in search market is at saturated point? According to the research firm Strategy Analytics (SA), Google's position on the global online search market slipped slightly in the second quarter, as it retreated from the Chinese market, said on Friday.

Google's market share fell to 69.7 percent in the June quarter from 71.1 percent in the previous three months.

"Google's search revenue growth continues to slow down as the Western search market reaches maturity and Google struggles to gain share in the fastest-growing Asian markets," said Martin Olausson, analyst at Strategy Analytics.

"As a company, it will become increasingly more important for Google to find significant new revenue streams in order to offset decelerating growth in search," Olausson said.

Google search share slips: Report

Aviation Boom: $ 47 Billion worth deals were signed this year at Farnborough Airshow,

Aviation sector seem to recovering faster then expected after the recession which effected almost every economy in the world. A total of $47 billion worth of deals were struck this year at Farnborough Airshow, the event's organizers announced Friday.

This is far less compared to 2008's record-breaking $88.7 billion worth of orders.

"To see over $47 billion dollars worth of business done and the quality of the business transactions at the show is a testament to the endurance of our sectors, their positive contribution to UK and world trade as well as the significance of the show itself," said Ian Godden, chairman of A|D|S, the UK's AeroSpace, Defense and Security trade organization in a media release.

Steven Udvar-Hazy making a thrusty comeback with his new venture, Air Lease Corporation, striking a series of multibillion deals with Boeing, Airbus and Embraer.

GEKAS, the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, also embarked on a spending spree, announcing deals with Airbus for 60 A320 family aircraft and Boeing for 40 Next-Generation 737-800s.

Aviation Boom: $ 47 Billion worth deals were signed this year at Farnborough Airshow,

Microsoft Sells 175 Million Copies of Windows 7 in Nine Months

As apple annonced their best profit earning this Quarter so does the Microsoft. Microsoft had announced their record-breaking Q4 earnings report, mostly driven by sales of Windows 7 and Office 2010. Microsoft is reporting that more than 175 million copies of Windows 7 were sold in just nine months, making it the fastest-selling OS in the company’s history.

Just a month ago, the company announced that it had already sold 150 million units, or seven copies of Windows 7 per second.

The sale of 175 million copies in just nine months is just mind blowing since, on average, about 20 million copies sold per month.

Microsoft Sells 175 Million Copies of Windows 7 in Nine Months

No 'Bajaj' for their popular bike brands?

Rajiv, who is the Managing Director of the firm while addressing shareholders in its annual report for 2009-10, Rahul said it pleased him that the company is leveraging its key brands to maximise profits.

"Your Managing Director often says that while products may generate market share, brands provide pricing power and create higher profits. I am increasingly tending to agree with him," the senior Bajaj wrote.

His comment is in contrast to the opinion he expressed earlier about the changes brought in by his son on the branding front.

Rajiv had said the 'Bajaj' name will be done away with from the motorcycles as the brand has been diluted, having presence from electricals to insurance to automobiles.

No 'Bajaj' for their popular bike brands?