Google is investigating whether one or more employees may have helped facilitate a sophisticated cyber-attack from China that resulted in theft of its intellectual property. Chinese local media reports that some Google China employees were denied access to internal networks after Jan 13, while some staff were put on leave and others transferred to different offices in Google’s Asia Pacific operations. Google has denied rumours that it has already decided to shut down its China offices. Google is going to have talks with the Chinese government, before making any final decision on the matter. Read full story »

Wadja.com, a unique social networking site that uses labels to create people-to-topic connections, has introduced a re-design of its homepage and logo. wadja.com offers a unique messaging service based on shared topics of interest and activities. You can use Wadja.com to follow profile “labels” that focus around the hobbies and group discussions you enjoy the most. With Wadja, you can create your personal, customized, label “tags” and open up a whole new world of messaging. Label conversations can take place over the Web, Email and SMS, and the responses are shared between contacts, or privately with a friend. Read full story »

Google has released a Gmail Tips and Tricks (Gmail Ninja Guide) to save time, increase your productivity, and manage your email efficiently. The tips are divided into four different sections: White belt, Green belt, Black belt and Gmail Master. The tips are made also available as a Printable guide (PDF). Read full story »

The Sony Ericsson Aino is a 3G phone with functionality / features such as 3” TFT touchscreen, slide-out alphanumeric keypad, 8.1MP camera with LED flash, video player, music player, gallery, FM radio, Facebook integration, support for Windows 7 Device Stage and Media Go, Remote Play, Clear Stereo and Clear Bass, DLNA support, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, A-GPS, Walkman player 4.0, 8 GB microSD card and Bluetooth wireless headset. The Sony Ericsson Aino costs Rs 24,000. Read full story »

Mobile phone users in the US have contributed more than $11 million to Haiti Earthquake Relief through SMS donaiton. The Mobile Giving Foundation received up to 10,000 text messages per second. The foundation said more than $11 million has been donated through various text message donation programs. The American Red Cross said it has received more than $9 million in donations from more than 900,000 mobile phone users. Yele Haiti fund had raised $2 million via text messages. Mobile providers have waived fees for customers wishing to send mobile donations. Read full story »

Google Docs is rolling out the ability to upload, share and organize any type of file using Google Docs. You get 1 GB of free storage per user, and you can upload files up to 250 MB in size. You can access your files using Google Docs from any web-enabled computer. Combined with shared folders, you can store, organize, and collaborate on files more easily using Google Docs. You can also search for document files you’ve uploaded or that have been shared with you just like you do with your Google documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and PDFs. And you’ll be able to view many common document file types with the Google Docs viewer. Read full story »

Tata Communications Internet Services Limited (TCISL) and Tomizone have announced a partnership deal by which TCISL will use Tomizone proprietary software to usher in a Wi-Fi revolution in India. Auckland, New Zealand headquartered Tomizone is a leading Wi-Fi hotspot and metro Wi-Fi zone solutions provider across Australasia, India and China. This service enables any Tata Indicom Broadband customer to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot. The software and user authentication systems have been designed in line with the Wi-Fi security guidelines mandated by the DoT. Read full story »

McAfee said that, the recent cyber attacks on Google and 20 other businesses in the US exploited a previously unknown flaw in Internet Explorer browser.All recent versions of Internet Explorer for the Windows operating system, including Windows 7, are vulnerable. Using Internet Explorer in “protected mode” with security settings at “high” would limit the impact of the vulnerability. Read full story »

In a recent blog post titled A new approach to China, Google announced that, Google may shut down their Chinese search engine Google.cn and close down their operations in China. This decision was taken in the wake of the recent cyber attacks on Google and a few other organizations, to get information from Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. The attacks were originated from China. In mid-December Google faced highly sophisticated and targeted cyber attacks on their corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. Read full story »

Nokia Supreme luxury Nokia mobile phone has been launched. It is made by Stuart Hughes, who specialize in producing luxury phones. Only 3 numbers of this limited edition phones will ever be made. It is priced UK £99995 or 75 lakhs Indian Rupees only! The Nokia Supreme encrusted with 12.5 carats of Pink diamonds, 1225 individually set sparkling gems including a 3ct single cut flawless center diamond. The total weight of the diamonds is 15.5ct. Read full story »

As announced by the Minister of Railways in the Railway Budget 2009-10 speech in the Parliament, the first ever mobile ticketing van Mushkil Aasaan for issuing reserved and unreserved train tickets in New Delhi, was launched.
The “Mushkil Aassan” mobile van has been introduced with the idea of taking the issuance of computerized tickets both reserved … Read full story »

Virgin Mobile India launched a high-speed Internet service vFlash in India. The service can be accessed using the vFlash USB Modem priced at Rs 3,499 and offers a storage space of 8GB with surfing speed of up to 3.1 Mbps. The tariff options ranges from Rs 250 to Rs 1,100 per month. The vFlash comes bundled with various features such as vFlash TV, and on-demand download services. The vFlash TV feature is a Live TV service that gives access to 40 popular television channels to the users. The On Demand Service option allow users to download movies, songs, mobile ring tones and wallpapers. Read full story »

Korea Times reports that Korea Telecom KT plans to introduce an upgraded version of Apple iPhone, the iPhone 4G, to Korean market in April 2010. The new 4G iPhone will be equipped with OLED screen, live video chat, removable battery, dual core processor and powerful graphic chips and an additional camera for video calls support. It is discussed that, the reason for an early introduction is deisgned to counter Google’s rush of higher speed smartphones with the open-based Android operating system. Read full story »

Twitterverse has responded to the 7.0-magnitude Haiti earthquake tweeting calls to support various relief efforts by donating via Texting or Online Donation. According to Twitter.com, 4 of the 10 most popular topics posted on Twitter were related to Haiti. Twitter Trending Topics related Haiti earthquake were Help Haiti, Yele, Red Cross and Pat Robertson and Text.To donate $5, text Yele to 501501 and $5 will be automatically charged to your cell phone bill. Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross. Read full story »

A chewing-gum sized Chinese device known as “dual SIM card holder” is now available in the market, priced as low as Rs 50 to Rs 200, which can be placed under the battery of your mobile phone and that has a provision to hold another SIM card, which can be activated whenever there is a need to call. Once installed, you an simply use the new Dual SIM/AUTH option in your phones menu to swap between SIM cards with a simple menu press. Read full story »