[caption id="attachment_19627" align="alignleft" width="259"] Antivirus Softwares[/caption] SAN FRANCISCO: The anti-virus industry has a dirty little secret: Its products are often not very good at stopping viruses. Consumers and businesses spend billions of dollars every year on anti-virus so

Chhota or Little Pakistan is what a nondescript grimy slum area in Nalla Sopara near Mumbai is called on electricity bills generated by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution company. This shocker came to light when locals submitted these power bills as proof for unique identification or

The spell of bone-chilling cold continues in Delhi, a day after the national capital witnessed its coldest day in 44 years. The maximum temperature dropped to 9.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. This was 11 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature yesterday was 4.8 degrees. At Palam, on the fring

NEW DELHI: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday lost his grudge battle with Governor Kamla Beniwal over the appointment of Justice R A Mehta as Lokayukta with the Supreme Court on Wednesday upholding her choice and rejecting Modi's objections as misplaced. A bench of Justices B S Chauha

NEW DELHI: Here's some good news for Samsung fans in the country. Samsung Galaxy S III, the current flagship model of the company, has received a price cut and is now available for Rs 30,490 on the internet. The official prices of the 16 and 32GB versions of the device are Rs 32,540 and Rs 35,600, r

KOLKATA: It's not always that a member of the losing team runs away with the Man-of-the-Match award. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's heroic 113 made for a closer contest in Chennai, but it didn't win India the opening ODI against Pakistan. In a cricket-crazy country where the individual is often saluted m

While dismissing the Gujarat government's petition challenging the Governor's authority to appoint Justice R. A. Mehta the Lokayukta, the Gujarat High Court passed strong strictures on Chief Minister Narendra Modi, terming his efforts to stonewall the appointment of the anti-corruption ombudsm

A weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid the economy-threatening “fiscal cliff” of middle-class tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts late Tuesday night hours before financial markets reopened after the New Year’s holiday. The bill’s passage on a 257-167 vote i

New Delhi: The New Year may usher in loads of cheers for job seekers, as companies are likely to hire up to 10 lakh employees and dole out pay hikes in the range of 10-15 percent to high-performers, say experts. As per the estimates of human resource consultants, hiring will definitely see an upt

New Delhi: The third version of low cost tablet ‘Aakash’ will be a delight for its users as developers are likely to equip it with a SIM slot and more exciting apps, all within the existing price band. About 50 lakh ‘Aakash 3′ tablets are expected to be rolled out in the next phase, the global te

New Delhi: India is expected to have close to 165 million mobile internet users by March 2015, up from 87.1 million in December 2012 as more people are accessing the web through mobile devices and dongles, a report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Indian Market Research Bureau

As the new year begins, the Apple rumours are back. According to this TheNextWeb report, developers have shared references to the next Apple OS: iOS 7 and it seems the Cupertino-based company is already testing out some apps on the next version of its mobile OS. The report states, The sources pro

The Internet which has transformed the lives of billions of people across the world, turned 30 on Tuesday. The computer network officially began its technological revolution when it fully substituted previous networking systems on 1 January, 1983. Known as “flag day”, it was the first time the US

If Kingfisher Airlines would like to forget the year gone by, Air India, the other beleaguered airline, had some good news come its way. The government, in its capacity as the airline’s owner, finally decided to infuse Rs 30,000 crore by way of equity, restructuring of existing loans and according s

New Delhi: Bone chilling cold and icy winds left Delhiites shivering on Wednesday as the national capital experienced the coldest day in the past 44 years with day temperature plummeting to a record 9.8 degrees Celsius. The sharp dip in mercury level made life tough for people who found it very d

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Gujarat government on Thursday said it would soon implement the verdict of the Supreme Court upholding the appointment of Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta as Lokayukta even as Congress alleged it kept the anti-corruption ombudsman post vacant using ‘delaying tactics’. The judgemen

NEW DELHI - A fast track court to try sexual offence cases against women was on Wednesday inaugurated in New Delhi by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir who advocated speedy trial of the case relating to the December 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old girl. The CJI, who justified the public reaction

[caption id="attachment_19554" align="aligncenter" width="268"] Syed Asif Ibrahim[/caption] New Delhi- Syed Asif Ibrahim and Alok Joshi today took over as new chiefs of the country's top snoop agencies Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing. The Appointments Committee of the Cabine