Provides the latest RSS feeds for Computer Services News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page India Gazette.com http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/cat/52079c37c3706e15/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 00:48:27 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:48:27 -0400 30 A new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future "optoelectronic" circuits for sensors and information processing has been created. The electrode is made of silver nanowires covered with a material called graphene, an extremely thin layer of carbon. The hybrid material shows promise as a possible ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214711115/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:05 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214711115/scat/52079c37c3706e15 (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft's "iPad vs. Windows" campaign now includes iPad vs. Surface RT. Is Microsoft picking the right fight? On the back ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728175/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:10 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728175/scat/52079c37c3706e15 earlier this week out of Moore, Oklahoma is a sobering reminder that dangerous weather comes in many forms and you often don't know where the next disaster may strike. Even now, many states are being pounded by heavy storms as the cleanup from the tornado in Moore is still underway. Recently, I collected a few weather apps that are great for ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728818/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:08 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728818/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Xbox One . We now know a lot about it, but as with most game console launches, we were left with a few unanswered questions that my colleague Dan Ackerman summed up nicely in his ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728223/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:28 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728223/scat/52079c37c3706e15 The U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday said it won't review a final ruling that found Microsoft to be in the clear of infringing on patents held by Motorola Mobility, which Google acquired last year. The ruling ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214727035/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:40:59 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214727035/scat/52079c37c3706e15 the reveal of the Xbox One this week , one particular claim about Microsoft's new console caught my ear. Marc Whitten, the executive in charge of Xbox Live, the company's online gaming network, charted its historical progression. "When we launched Xbox Live in 2002, it was powered by 500 severs. With the advent of the 360, that had grown to over 3,000," Whitten said. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725905/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:30 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725905/scat/52079c37c3706e15 (Credit: PRNewsFoto/Microsoft) For years we've heard about the ever-widening appeal of video games and game-playing devices. Women gamers, senior gamers, casual gamers, and even the kind of social/mobile gamers who would never refer to themselves with the dreaded G word. But, when it was time to reveal its first major gaming hardware of the post-iPhone era (the first-gen iPhone was ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725781/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:11 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725781/scat/52079c37c3706e15 There's big, then there's really big, and then there's colossal, which might be a good word to use when describing a near 46,000-pound Lego X-Wing that made a triumphant debut today in New York's Times Square. The full-size replica, about 42 times the size of the Lego "Star Wars" X-Wing (#9493) set available on store shelves, celebrates the debut of Cartoon ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724235/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:14:44 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724235/scat/52079c37c3706e15 IDG News Service (New York Bureau) - Human interaction with computers could improve with the new Kinect for Windows sensor, which will be better at recognizing gestures, motion and voice. Developers will be able to write applications with the sensor, announced Thursday by Microsoft, that bring voice, gesture and other forms of natural interaction to computers. The sensor follows the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724270/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:08 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724270/scat/52079c37c3706e15 The European Commission is spending 5 billion euros to coordinate and advance the processor industry in Europe. The goal: a fifth of worldwide ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721164/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:23 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721164/scat/52079c37c3706e15 After getting Siri to do its critical work, Microsoft releases another ad comparing the iPad and Windows 8 tablet. Guess which comes out looking ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721120/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:23 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721120/scat/52079c37c3706e15 (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft will finally deliver a Kinect sensor for Windows sometime next year. The company announced Thursday that the Kinect for Windows sensor will use the same set of technologies key to the new Kinect sensor for ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721121/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:21 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721121/scat/52079c37c3706e15 More than a decade ago, at a vintage computer fair in Silicon Valley, Dag Spicer had an opportunity to buy an original Apple-1 for $2,000. He passed. Any regrets? Not really, he said. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214722609/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28:29 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214722609/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Researchers in California say having a computer in the home has little effect on how well teenage students do in school. Robert Fairlie and Jonathan Robinson, conducted a two-year experiment at the University of California, Santa Cruz, involving more than 1,000 middle-school and high-school students across California's Central Valley, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Some ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721001/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:44 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721001/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Microsoft's Bing is morphing from a "mere" search engine into more of a service that will power next-generation devices -- Windows Blue PCs and tablets, as well as the Xbox ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719526/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:25:49 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719526/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Combo chips offer Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and FM radio all in one package. This second generation of 5G Wi-Fi chips includes the same features as Broadcom's current lineup but integrates more components to keep costs ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719604/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:17:49 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719604/scat/52079c37c3706e15 ChannelAdvisor pulled off its IPO, raising $81 million. So far, the shares are up about 34% to $18.70. That's pretty good in light of today's bear move in the markets. "I got the kernel of the idea for ChannelAdvisor while ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719375/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:56 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719375/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu May 23, 2013 12:15pm EDT * Shares jump as much as 39 percent * Investors bet company will benefit from global e-commerce growth * ChannelAdvisor plans to help companies sell through Alibaba marketplaces By Alistair Barr and Tanya Agrawal May 23 (Reuters) - ChannelAdvisor Corp shares soared as much as 39 percent in their market debut on Thursday as investors bet the e-commerce software company ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719725/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:15:45 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719725/scat/52079c37c3706e15 The Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Tafo in Kumasi, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, has made personal donations of four sets of brand new computers, valued at GH3,000, to two basic schools in his constituency. The donations form part of the MP's efforts at enhancing quality of education through Information Technology in the constituency. The beneficiary schools are the Salafia Islamic Basic ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717661/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:43 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717661/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Signet Jewelers Ltd ., the largest specialty retail jeweler in the U.S. and U.K., said Thursday that sales in the first quarter of the company's 2014 fiscal year increased 10.4% year-over-year to $993.6 million. Same store sales increased 6.4% compared to an increase of 1.2% for the same period in the prior year. E-Commerce sales rose 40.7% to $31.1 million. Operating income increased 10.4% ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716209/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:55:29 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716209/scat/52079c37c3706e15 reported record results for its fiscal year ended March 31. For the year, Lenovo captured sales of $34 billion, a 15 percent increase from the prior year. Earnings hit $635 million, up 34 percent. And its PC shipments grew by 10.2 percent, compared with an overall industry drop of 8.1 percent. Lenovo's 15.5 percent market share for the year put in within reach of stealing the top spot from ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714909/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:41 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714909/scat/52079c37c3706e15 India's application development and maintenance business will take a hit if a provision of the U.S. Senate immigration bill becomes law, and some experts say the restrictions will drive more outsourcing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714917/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:18 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714917/scat/52079c37c3706e15 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Yahoo is clearly aware that many Flickr users are unhappy about the photo-sharing site's new look and layout. On Monday, ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714561/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:29 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714561/scat/52079c37c3706e15 snapped up by Dropbox earlier this year , has redesigned its app for the iPad. The new app, which currently only works with Gmail accounts, has the same functions as the old app, it lets users organize their email using swipe motions with the ultimate goal of reaching "inbox zero." Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood said there were a lot of requests for an app designed specifically for ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714562/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:27 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714562/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Summary: The Kindle Fire represents a real threat to the Android tablet landscape not because of the Amazon logo, but because of its highly disruptive ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214711932/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:43 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214711932/scat/52079c37c3706e15 ABOUT 80 per cent of the primary school teachers in Kenya are computer illiterate. Knut national executive council member Karinga Munuhe has called for teachers to be trained before the free laptops promised by the Jubilee government are distributed next year. "Many of the teachers mostly from the rural areas have little knowledge on the use of computers," he said. Munuhe said more ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214708319/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:28:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214708319/scat/52079c37c3706e15 To placate security concerns over its attempt to acquire Sprint -- and over use of Chinese gear in Sprint's network -- the Japan-based firm would allow for board member who'd oversee compliance with security ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214707951/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:33:45 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214707951/scat/52079c37c3706e15 (Credit: Tesla) In what could be viewed as a shot in the arm for U.S.-made electric cars, Tesla has repaid a government loan nine years early. "Today, Tesla Automotive repaid the entire remaining balance on a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy nine years earlier than originally required," the U.S. Department of Energy said in a statement Wednesday. That clean-energy ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214706165/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:54 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214706165/scat/52079c37c3706e15 /enpproperty--> BEIJING - Once described as "China's Amazon," e-commerce website Dangdang.com is finding itself fighting to stay afloat due to rabid competition. The company started selling leftover stock on May 7 despite of an earlier strategy aimed at middle and high-end clothing. CEO Li Guoqing told the Beijing News that his company is struggling to balance its expansion. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214705960/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:25:14 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214705960/scat/52079c37c3706e15 a new Windows 8 ad sees Microsoft take Siri hostage, tie her up in a chair, and make her tell the truth. The truth as Microsoft sees it, that ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214704139/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:06 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214704139/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Hewlett-Packard is thinking a lot more about Android these days. CEO Meg Whitman focused on new Android products during the company's earnings conference ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214702903/scat/52079c37c3706e15 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:45:25 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214702903/scat/52079c37c3706e15