Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category

Dell Releases Adamo XPS: World’s Thinnest Laptop

Monday, November 9th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_430" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Dell Adamo XPS Side view"][/caption] Dell officially launched the Adamo XPS, the highest-end version of its designer ultra portable. Dell says it expects to "begin taking orders and shipping the Adamo XPS in time for the holidays." The ultra thin luxury laptop starts at $1,799. The system is ...

Verizon Wireless Set To Rollout 4G In 2010

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Verizon Wireless completed its first successful Long Term Evolution (LTE) Fourth Generation (4G) data call in Boston based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard; the company also announced that it had earlier completed the first LTE 4G data call based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard in Seattle. While Verizon ...

Internet Connection Speed: The Top 10 Countries

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

At the end of 2008, approximately 19 per cent Internet connections around the world were at speeds greater than 5 Mbps — a 21 per cent increase over the average global connection speed at the end of 2007. -- UPDATE : For the latest report(2009-2010), click here: Broadband Internet Speeds 2009-2010: The ...

Dive Into The Ocean With New Google Earth 5.0

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Continuing the trend of online search, Google launched a new service that allows Internet users to explore the depths of the oceans from the comfort of their homes. Google Ocean expands this map to include large swathes of the ocean floor and abyssal plain. Users can dive beneath a dynamic water surface ...

India Unveils World’s Cheapest $10 Laptop

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

The 'world's cheapest laptop', developed in India, was unveiled by Union Minister for Human Resources Development Arjun Singh at the Tirupati temple on Tuesday evening. The laptop, jointly developed by several organisations, such as the University Grants Commission, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, will ...

Technology In 2008, Some Important Trends And Events

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

A number of technologies have exploded throughout 2008, improving and influencing our daily life. Here is a quick look at some of the technology events that happened during 2008. Big Bang Experiment: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing beams of ...