The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, has set the ball rolling for web addresses in scripts othter than Latin. This will allow Uniform Resource Locators(URLs), as web addresses are called in vertual parlance, in languages other than English, including Hindi, Tamil or Bhojpuri.
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Google, the world’s largest search engine, and one of the biggest internet brands,is understood to be eyeing opportunities in the third generation of mobile telephony, or 3G, in India.
Sources in the industry say Google is looking at broadband wireless access(BWA) in the country and may participate in the auction with an Indian partner. BWA ia also known as Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access, or WiMAX.
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A lot is being said about Apple’s iPad that was launched on Wednesday. Many had planned the device saying it is just a little more than gient iPhone. TheiPad, though, is better defined by what isn’t there. So, here is what iPad doesn’t have..
Who doesn’t like to play games? Everyone enjoyes playing games and spend a good time. In the last decade, many games became so popular that they are played today also.
I have a good news for the gammers who like to play new games. Here are the top 10 most awiated games to be launched in the year 2010.
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The company behind the magic jack, the cheap internet phone gadget that’s been heavily promoted on the TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that’s sure to draw protest from cellular carriers. The new Magic Jack’s users, without permission, radio frequencies for wich cellular carriers have paid billions of dollars for exclusive licences. YMax Corp., which is based in palm beach, Florida,said this at the International Consumer Electronics Show that it plans to start selling the device in about four months for $40, the the same price as the original magicJack. As before, it will provide free calls to US and Canada for one year.
MNP or Mobile Number Portability is delayed.The government had set December 31 as deadline for the implementation of the MNP regime for the metros and June 2010 for the non-metros.But it seems unlikely that the telecom operators are prepared for that because of lack in time to upgrade the technology, tariff plans and billing among others.
The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if you’re listing to starboard–and pass that information along to applications running in the browser.
That’s because the browser will be able to detect the orientation of laptops and mobile devices equipped with accelerometers that can tell which way is down. The reason for the work: Web applications running in the browser will be able to use the information, useful for labyrinth-type games with virtual marbles rolling around boards, and any number of other gaming situations.
What would happen if you decide to print all the sites on the net today? I got a very interesting presentation as an answer for this question. Read it, share it!

