Microsoft online store lists Kinect motion controller for $150
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 07:46
With Microsoft having started taking pre-orders for its Kinect motion-controller that plugs into its Xbox 360 gaming console, the company’s online store has now revealed that the device’s price – which remained undisclosed during Kinect’s unveiling at the E3 show this month – is $149.
IBM syncs Power-7 servers to trade in deals
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 21:36
IBM has asserted that it will soon include its Power-7 line of mid-ranged servers in future trade-in deals.
IBM's trade-in deal permits a user to exchange their old servers and CPUs for new ones at a discounted rate. And when the above offer merged with Power-7 range, shall seek to boost the sale of server line which was launched in February.
Lane Fox maintains its ‘Champion’ position
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 21:04
UK government has agreed of adhering internet entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox to retain her role as the country's 'digital champion'.
In addition to this, the government has asked her to devise ways to reduce government costs by taking its services online.
Lane Fox the founder of Lastminute. com, said that curtailing the digital divide will be one of her top priorities and will soon sought a way out of this problem.
She further adds that getting every individual on UK online will be economically beneficial to the country on the whole.
AG of US State to Look into if Google’s Street View Violated any Law
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 19:07
The Attorney General of the US State of Connecticut is investigating whether Google violated the ruling by clicking people's personal information from wireless networks, whilst Street View bicycles and cars recorded streets.
Porsche to Come Up with New Model in the Shape of 928
Submitted by Sudarshan Tandon on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 19:03
Porsche appears to have given the clear indication that it aims to create large front-engined vehicle in the form of the 928.
This plan is on the front page of the Porsche Consulting website and appears to reveal a 928 kind car with robust 911 styling hints.
Study: Human Bite Stronger than Chimps
Submitted by Ketan Mukherjee on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 18:58
A new study has discovered that human beings have a better bite than chimpanzees.
The lightly-made human skull is comparatively more potent than at first believed, according to study by the University of New South Wales, made public today.
This denotes that early contemporary human beings did not essentially have to make use of instruments and cooking to process nutrient rich solid foods like nuts.
