This summer will be more exciting with Nokia and Warner Bros Pictures joint effort to bring superhero "Man of Steel" closer to the movie enthusiasts through exclusive applications.


With new apps, Nokia brings 'Man of Steel' closer to audience


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Every rose has its thorn. The saying seems to have lost its meaning in Himachal Pradesh.


Himachal centre develops roses minus thorn!


As US counter-intelligence agents have begun a probe into how information about secret government surveillance programmes was leaked, a new survey shows that more than half of Americans are fine with one of them.


Most Americans fine with phone tracking: Survey


Apple Inc. has unveiled an operating system for its iPhones and iPads that will radically overhaul how users' touchscreens look, a top company official said.


Apple unveils new operating system, refreshed MacBook Airs


A Delhi court Monday granted bail to suspended cricketer S. Sreesanth, his Rajasthan Royals teammate Ankeet Chavan and 17 bookies who were booked under the provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the IPL spot fixing scandal.


Bail granted to Sreesanth, 18 others


Software giant Microsoft has officially announced its entry in Myanmar, partnering with Myanmar Information Technology Pte Ltd., state media reported Sunday.


Microsoft enters Myanmar market


The Indian government should enact clear laws to ensure that increased surveillance of phones and the Internet does not undermine rights to privacy and free expression, Human Rights Watch says.


Indian monitoring system threatens rights: rights body


Schools in Britain may soon conduct competitions to break secret codes, aimed at developing the next generation of cyber security experts, a report said.


British schools to hold code-breaking contests


Washington, June 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Data technology developed by Russia is fighting suspicion to compete in US markets, developers said, amid mushrooming revelations about secret US government data surveillance programmes.


US data surveillance report hits Russian technology


Moscow, June 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has plans to launch four more satellites for the Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) by this year-end, the Aerospace Defence Forces head said Saturday.


Russia set to launch four satellites


Moscow, June 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, said Friday that she disapproved of space tourists and would be prepared to leave retirement to undertake a one-way trip to Mars.


At 76, Russian cosmonaut wishes Mars trip


President Barack Obama Friday defended the newly revealed government surveillance programmes as a small price to pay for keeping America safe from terror attacks.


Obama defends telephone, internet snooping


Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Friday the digital technology has opened up vast global markets for start-up businesses in the travel and tourism sector, and that young entrepreneurs need to take advantage of it.


Technology great enabler of small tourism businesses: Chandy


The two telecom ventures headed by the Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, Friday announced yet another accord -- this time to share the nation-wide telecom towers infrastructure of Reliance Communications.


Ambani brothers in new deal, this time for telecom towers


The information and broadcasting ministry plans to launch an SMS campaign to sensitise cable TV subscribers in phase I and phase II cities about the need to fill the Consumer Application Form (CAF), an official release said Friday.


SMS campaign planned to sensitise cable TV subscribers


Kolkata is all set to host a web magazine fair Saturday that will bring together 40 online portals from India and abroad.


Kolkata to host web magazine fair


Nine months after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Kochi Metro Rail Project, the first step towards this dream project was taken Friday at a gala ceremony here.


Finally, work begins on Kochi Metro


Amid a furore over reports of a leading phone company sharing its records with the government, a media report said US intelligence agencies operated a much broader data-mining programme.


US spy agencies mined internet data: Reports


With an eye on India's vast market, a leading US trade group has engaged two powerful firms to lobby for changes in the proposed comprehensive immigration reform bill to attract skilled technical professionals from India.


US trade group lobbies for free entry of Indian techies


Ricoh, a global leader in imaging devices, has inked an agreement with Vayavya Labs, a startup based here, for tweaking the performances of its devices using Vayavya's DDGen system.


Ricoh licenses Indian startup to tweak components


Tokyo, June 5 (IANS/EFE) Japan's two main airlines, JAL and ANA, have been ordered to thoroughly inspect all of their Boeing 787 Dreamliners after last weekend's discovery of a problem with one of JAL's planes, Transport Minister Akihiro Ota said.

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