[4 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
People who engage in “Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing” (WILB) are more productive than those who don’t, a study showed in Australia. The study found that 70% of the 300 workers surveyed engage in “WILB.”
Those workers who are surfing the Internet for fun at work place–within a limited period or less than 20 percent of their total time, are more productive by about 9 percent,” according to the study’s author, Professor Brent Coker, from the University of Melbourne’s Department of Management and Marketing.
The reason for the productivity increase …
[3 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
IBM, the largest server manufacturer, followed by HP, Dell and Sun, has cut the price of its takeover bid for Sun Microsystems Inc. to nine to 10 dollars a share from 10 to 11 dollars a share. The latter had agreed to go for a lower price “in return for stronger commitments from IBM that it will finish the deal even if it faces acute regulatory scrutiny.”
According to the newspaper, the combined companies would be 42 percent of total server market revenue and 65 percent of the market for …
[3 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Gmail unveiled a new labs add on (the fifth this month) that manages the search tool services, whenever you type search messages for a specific person, it will automatically begin to give suggestions for contacts of who you’re trying to search for.
This same system is also applied for remembering any of Gmail’s search operators, so when type in what date range the message should be from, what kind of media an attachment should be (like videos, pictures, or zipped files), or simply searching things by file name, every time it …
[3 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Earlier, we knew that scientist designed Adam robot that could be controlled by human thought alone. Now news comes of a bot that doesn’t need to bother with any human thought at all.
Researchers believe that it is to be the first machine to independently come up with new scientific findings. Adam appears to be doing impressively well for a young scientist, performing scientific research automatically, without the need for further human intervention.
Earlier it is reported that Adam autonomously supposed that certain genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae code for enzymes …
[3 Apr 2009 | One Comment | ]
LG Electronics launched its Front loading washing machine model, Steam Tromm for the Indian consumer. This machine is a perfect blend of Features and Design and positioned for Premium Seeking and Feature Maximisers consumer segments. Steam Tromm will be available in 9/5Kg in dark red and black colour and it is priced at Rs. 70000/- ($ 1400)
Steam Tromm works on Direct Drive Technology which demands negligible maintenance and has a low noise level. Another splendid feature is the enhanced wash quality with Steam which is unique in nature. This ensures …
[3 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Swiss Co., IdiomaX LLC, launches the mobile translation software for smartphones, pocket PCs and PDAs. This is the only mobile translation software that works with smartphones, this changes the translation landscape by broadening the market to include vast numbers of smartphone users.
Paolo Ravizzini, the CEO of IdiomaX L.L.C., believes that any company can benefit from operating the IdiomaX Mobile Translator 5.0; He further added that this software’s instant translations permit communication in real time with clients or colleagues who speak a different language.
This software allows the user …
[2 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
After more than four years of development, Opcoders has now released GraphicDesignerToolbox Version 1.0 — a Mac OS X-based graphics editor for generating textures, composing logos, photo manipulation, text effects and web graphics.
This version of GraphicDesignerToolbox is targeted at professional web designers and artists. “Because you can work with bitmaps and vectors,” “it’s possible to make a wide range of graphics spanning from seamless tiling textures to vector logos.” said creator Simon Strandgaard.
In addition to virtual drawing tools and layers, it provides adaptable building blocks that allow for extensive tweaking …
[2 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Staff writer
Microsoft Corp, the world’s largest software company launched Windows Server 2008 Foundation, a new range of server systems for small companies, into the market on Thursday.
This Windows Server 2008 Foundation software can accommodate up to 15 users and will cost less than $1,000 for the hardware and software combined, the company said.
Analysts believe that the Microsoft’s new offering Windows Server 2008 Foundation costing less than $1,000 has grown four times faster than any other price range for comparable single processor servers.
Windows Server 2008 Foundation software will be sold …
[2 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Samsung Electronics launched an advertising campaign, “Ctrl P” to strengthen its brand among a business-to-consumer (B2C) market in particular for its mobile phones and televisions and raise awareness of the company’s printer offering.
The “Ctrl P” stands for “easy manageability” of business customer’s printing infrastructure through Samsung’s printing solutions. The “Ctrl P” campaign will run in 14 global markets, Australia, Canada, China, North America, Russia and Singapore and eight European countries.
Samsung’s printing devices and solutions portfolio are easy-to-use and enable organisations to manage their printing fleet centrally, minimising maintenance, while offering …
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