Personal Technology

Motorola to Acquire Soundbuzz

Schaumberg, Illinois, based Motorola Inc. is all set to expand its mobile music operations in Asia by acquiring Soundbuzz Pte. Ltd. Soundbuzz is an online music retailer based out of Singapore, and Motorola is hoping this move will help push its offerings in the domain of mobile music upwards in Asia.

Motorola unveils the 2nd generation Razr

Motorola undoubtedly dug out a lot from its first generation of Razr phones but such a successful model could not be terminated soon, so the cellphone manufacturer that is desperately seeking similar

Is Your Email Out of Control?

If time is money, then email is one of my biggest expenses. With more than 4,000 emails -- past and present -- crowding my inbox, it sometimes feels like my email is driving me, rather than vice versa.

Will iPhone be followed by a gPhone?

After all the swirl surrounding the launch of the iPhone by Apple (the iPhone was finally launched, but not by Apple; instead it was launched by Linksys), now there are rumors of Google planning to launch its own Google Phone.

India tops global online population growth

India is witnessing a sharp growth in online population with total number of internet users, aged over 15 years, rising 7.8 per cent to 18.02 million in June 2006 from 16.71 million in March 2006, a l

Microsoft Issues Warning about PowerPoint Virus

The world’s leading software company, Microsoft, has warned users about a virus that sets up a ‘keystroke log” program when an e-mailed PowerPoint file is opened.

According to computer security experts, the rigged PowerPoint presentation is sent from a gmail address and includes 18 slides purporting to contain "humorous" images about love between men and women.

Using Chocolate to generate electricity!

“Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.” Following this very philosophy Microbiologist Lynne Mackaskie and her colleagues at University of Birmingham in the UK managed to power a fuel cell by feeding sugar-loving bacteria chocolate-factory waste.

"We wanted to see if we tipped chocolate into one end, could we get electricity out at the other?" she says.

Teenager charged with making threats on MySpace.com

A suburban Chicago teenager was charged Monday with allegedly threatening the life of a school administrator on his MySpace.com blog, police said.

A 14-year-old boy from Aurora - a city off northeast Illinois on the Fox River west of Chicago has been charged with harassment through electronic communications. The teen is facing felony charges for threatening the life of a school official on MySpace.com.