Microsoft has announced the worldwide availability of its new Windows 7 operating system. Windows 7 offers a streamlined user interface and significant new features that make everyday tasks easier and allow people to get the most out of computers of all styles and sizes.

A basic home version of Windows 7, available only in emerging countries such as India, Windows 7 Home Basic is priced at Rs 5,899 excluding taxes. Windows 7 Home Premium is Rs 6799, Windows 7 Professional is Rs 11199 and Windows 7 Ultimate is Rs 11799.

If you are upgrading from Windows XP or Windows Vista,the price will be lesser than the Full Retail version. For ecample, Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade costs approximately 4,500 Indian Rupees, while the Full Retail version of Windows 7 Home Premium edition costs you INR 6,799/-

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BSNL launched a Special Tariff Voucher (STV) for ‘One Sec pulse’ under 2G prepaid mobile service. The STV is priced at Rs 45 with zero talk time. The STV offers all Local calls within the telecom circle at 1paisa per second and all STD calls at 2 paisa per second. SMS costs 60 paisa for a local p2p sms and Rs 1.20 for a national SMS. This tariff will be valid for 30 days. Read full story »

The Acer beTouch E101 has a 3.2″ touch screen and a scroll wheel. It is internet ready and provides direct link to social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Blogger. The home screen is very much customizable. The beTouch 101 also comes with alternative colored battery covers. The approximate price of Acer beTouch E101 is Rs 14,500 in India. Read full story »

TATA DOCOMO announced their association with Microsoft to launch the new generation Windows Mobile 6.5 smart phones with its GSM mobile service. The first key models will be launched are Acer Be Touch E101 and Acer Neo Touch S200. Windows Mobile 6.5 supports rich HTML e-mail, improved Outlook Mobile and Office Mobile programs, and improved security and device management for IT managers. With WIndows Mobile 6.5, customers also get access to apps such as Microsoft My Phone, which allows users to access, manage and back up their personal information on their device to a password-protected Web-based service. Read full story »

The Wireless Power Consortium is a cooperation of Asian, European and American companies from different industries, works on setting the international standard for interoperable wireless charging. Why do we still need to plug the power cable in our phones and gadgets? Everything else is wireless. Today each product comes with its own wireless charger. We got rid of the last wire, but created a jungle of incompatible charging stations. The consortium demands that the charging station will work with products from many companies, and will work with next year’s products as well. Read full story »

Amazon launched “Amazon Mobile Payments Service (Amazon MPS)”, which enables existing Amazon customers to use the payment and shipping information in their Amazon.com accounts to make purchases from their mobile devices. Customers will experience easy purchasing with Amazon’s 1-Click checkout on their mobile phones. Amazon MPS can be used within a native mobile application or on a mobile website. Amazon MPS enables you to get a payment authorization from your customer while on a mobile website or within a mobile application, make one-time payments, enable easy 1-Click purchases, refund completed payments, and cancel transactions. Read full story »

Twitter has partnered with Bharti Airtel, the largest mobile operator in India, to allow the Indians to send tweets at the standard SMS rates and receive tweets for free. The SMS deal helps mobile phone users who does not have wireless Internet or data plans. To try Twitter in your Airtel mobile phone, send START to 53000. Read full story »

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of Samsung Blue Earth, an environmentally friendly mobile phone with a full touchscreen. Samsung Blue Earth combines the latest multimedia features and stylish design harmoniously, while achieving lower energy consumption and incorporating eco-friendly materials, without sacrificing advanced features. Blue Earth is made from Post Consumer Material (PCM), which is extracted from water bottles, helping to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions during the manufacturing process. The device, including the charger, is free from harmful substances such as Brominated Flame Retardants (BFR), Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and Phthalate. Read full story »

BSNL offers various data plans for 3G data access. With the Trial Pack, subscribers can enjoy the 3G data connection for 15 days and if they are satisfied, they can select one of the prepaid or post paid plans.
Trial Pack
The trial pack offers 15 days of 3G data usage to try this new service. The … Read full story »

Nokia India introduced a scratch card offer “Khareedo Now Ya Pachhtaao” targeted to all the new customers. The new customers purchasing one of the following Nokia phone during this Diwali season may receive up to Rs. 10 lakh cash back. The scratch card offer is valid on any of the 11 models namely 5030 XpressMusic, 2330 classic, 2700 classic, 7210 supernova, 5130 XpressMusic, 6303 classic, E63, 6700 classic, 5800 XpressMusic, E71, and N97. Read full story »