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Elizabeth Woyke, Forbes.com
Got a pink BlackBerry Pearl? Chances are, you're a busy, 30-something mother who wields the phone like an electronic Filofax. The Pearl's compact design, speedy access to e-mail, and electronic calendar and to-do list make it a perfect fit for on-the-go Gen X moms, says Jonathan Steuer, a vice president at cultural trends researcher Iconoculture.

Kalpetta (Kerala), May 12 (IANS) Transparency is the name of the game. The names of job seekers, the wages they are paid and many other details of employment under the government's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) will soon be made available online in a Kerala district.

Washington, May 11 (ANI): Software as a service and cloud computing might not ring a bell for many today, but that's what is going to rule the roost in future for corporate giants. And with Google unveiling a re-branded Web Security for Enterprise, it has raced ahead of Microsoft in taking a major step towards the future.

Washington, May 11 (ANI): The latest video scoring viral gold on YouTube is of a handful of agile hipsters effortlessly hopping, leaping and even back-flipping into their 'Levi Strauss' jeans.

Sramana Mitra, Forbes.com
Alchemy refers to a medieval science that turns metals into gold. As our planet depletes natural resources at a frantic pace, one brand of alchemy that will become critical to humanity's survival is technology that turns sea water into drinking water.

San Francisco, May 9 (DPA) An advertising alliance between Yahoo and Google was viewed as increasingly likely Friday after Google CEO Eric Schmidt said a two-week test had been a 'brilliant' success.

Melbourne, May 9 (ANI): According to a survey, cyber bullying is affecting more than one in five young Aussies.

London, May 9 (ANI): MySpace, the world's most popular social networking site, has announced that it plans to give users the option of sharing their profiles and other personal information with other Web sites.

Yahoo! India, a leading global Internet company, today announced the launch of a new concept for Yahoo! India Search called Glue Pages Beta, available exclusively at www.yahoo.in.

Washington, May 6 (DPA) Go shopping for a notebook computer today, and you're likely to focus on the specs that manufacturers tout: dual core processor, large screen, size, and lightweight.

Ahmedabad, May 5 (IANS) City-based Nethotzone Monday announced that it would launch a free internet kiosk at an agricultural fair being held in Vadodara to provide valuable information to farmers free of cost.

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Chinese officials Monday dismissed as 'baseless' reports that their government was involved in cyber warfare targeting Indian computer networks and stressed that such activities were not in sync with the developing trust between the two countries.

Mobile alerts, flashlights, heart monitors and global positioning data: cellphones are chock full of security features that protect us.

London, May 1 (ANI): You might be happily enjoying your daily dose of social networking on Facebook, but according to an investigation, a loophole on the site can allow identity thieves to access your personal details.

Melbourne, Apr 30 (ANI): Google will no more be the plain, 'formal' looking page, for it has undergone a celebrity makeover and so, you can now 'glam up' the iGoogle homepage with the work of your favourite celebs and artists.

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Buoyed by the response to its initiative in reaching out to young Indian innovators to enable them translate their ideas into commercial products, US aerospace major Lockheed Martin is extending the programme beyond its original two-year timeline.

Washington, April 24 (ANI): A Dutch researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology has developed algorithms for wireless networks that focus on optimising communication to a central point in such networks, by minimising processing times and the communication costs.

Elizabeth Woyke, Forbes.com
The Nokia 1200 will never win a beauty contest. Slightly clunky, with a basic candy bar shape, the phone is pure practicality, from its monochrome black-and-green screen to its plastic one-piece keypad. Industry commentators have been catty, describing it as "plasticky" and "sad-looking.

Melbourne, Apr 22 (ANI): YouTube sure has entered people's lives in a 'big' way - a woman has uploaded her divorce rant to the video-sharing website, making it the world's first YouTube divorce writ to millions of people.