Tech

A company called UrtheCast is helping Earth-bound commoners view their planet in a way that they have likely never witnessed it before - streamed in high definition, in nearly real time from space. Check out video.

Microsoft Corp is making its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of 'cloud' computing this week, as it takes the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite.

Samsung’s new Series 8 range of LED-backlit, LCD TV is finally here. The new UA55D8000 is a TV with everything from 3D to downloadable apps bundled in a very pretty package.

Want to know if you are beautiful or not? Don’t worry, as a new iPhone app will give you this answer. Top agency Select Model Management has launched an application called Model Potential which will scan your face and tell you about your looks.

With all its jaw dropping stuff that the 140 character revolution has archived, Twitter does have some truly gut-wrenching irritants. So, Dear dorks on Twitter: here is an open letter just for you: Have fun. From Rajiv Makhni.

From gaming to the thinnest smartphone, Androids, and much morea, all the excitement and fun is waiting for you. Check out the best gadgets you can get hold of this year.

Internet usage is India is growing and driving its growth is the obsessive usage of social media by 15 to 24 years olds - reveals a recent State of the internet report by Comscore with special focus on India. Rashmi Chugh writes. The definitive guide to internet trends

Technology giant Google, having conquered the internet and the world around it, is taking on a new challenge: violent extremism.

Think your smartphone couldn’t get any smarter? Brace yourself: you’re in for the ride of your life. If you use a smartphone, hold on tight: this year. Many of last year’s top-end smartphones packed in at least a 1 GHz processor but 2011 promises to be the year of the dual-core smartphone.

After Apple’s second-generation iPad launched earlier this year with dual-core processors, it was inevitable that the technology would trickle down to mobile phones as well. Beating Apple at its own game, Samsung is among the first manufacturers in India to sport a dual-core processor in its Google Android handset, Galaxy S II.

Can you sue a search engine? That’s the question on everyone’s mind ever since Delhi-based  business bigwig and filmmaker Arindam Chaudhuri filed a lawsuit of Rs. 50 crore against Google and three other publications.

Four-week contest in farming game will see players receive seasonal fruits like mangoes and oranges as reward

Acer’s flagship tablet, the Iconia Tab A500 is the cheapest around, sports USB connectivity and a large screen, it’s not light though.

An Utah man, who held a woman hostage at a motel for 16 hours, constantly updated his family and friends on Facebook through status messages and pictures during standoff with SWAT teams.

James Bond’s amphibious Lotus Esprit plunging into the Sardinian sea could now be a reality by 2040. Two futuristic concept vehicles, the ASQ and Hydron, which can travel on both land and water, are being touted as the vehicles of the future where climate change has altered the landscape.