News for 'gadgets'

Check out these navigation devices!

Check out these navigation devices!

Rediff.com30 Nov 2009

With mobile phones and laptops boasting of embedded maps and GPS features, one would think that personal navigation devices (PND) would make a graceful exit from the market.

Look: Most expensive mobile for 5 million pounds!

Look: Most expensive mobile for 5 million pounds!

Rediff.com15 Oct 2010

Lay your eyes on the world's most expensive phone -- an Apple iPhone 4, which is enclosed in 500 flawless cut diamonds, equivalent to 100 carats.

70 call centre workers in Mumbai held for duping US citizens

70 call centre workers in Mumbai held for duping US citizens

Rediff.com6 Oct 2016

The staffers posed as US Internal Revenue Service department officials, making a daily turnover of Rs 1.5 crore.

How to choose the right cordless phone for your home

How to choose the right cordless phone for your home

Rediff.com22 Sep 2010

A low-down on the points to consider when choosing the right cordless phone for your home.

400 kg explosive, 1700 detonators seized in poll-bound Jharkhand

400 kg explosive, 1700 detonators seized in poll-bound Jharkhand

Rediff.com10 Nov 2014

In a major haul, security forces seized 400 kg of local explosives and over 1,700 detonators during an anti-Naxal operation in poll-bound Jharkhand on Monday.

Washington, NYC buried under record snow

Washington, NYC buried under record snow

Rediff.com11 Feb 2010

Washington and several cities in America's East Coast set a record since 1899 for snowfall after a blizzard slammed the region on Thursday for the second time this week.

Lost by air travellers: Laptops, blackberry phones

Lost by air travellers: Laptops, blackberry phones

Rediff.com3 Feb 2010

The goods, including jewellery, blackberry phones, foreign and Indian currency, expensive watches, laptops and I-pods, shoes and jackets, were found at the domestic and international terminals.

Will India ride the mobile apps boom?

Will India ride the mobile apps boom?

Rediff.com25 Aug 2010

A peek into the industry that is mobile apps and its future in India.

A simple whack to silence a ringing phone!

A simple whack to silence a ringing phone!

Rediff.com15 Jan 2010

Feel embarrassed when your phone starts ringing amid an important meeting? Help could be on the way -- as American scientists have developed a device that would enable you to silence the gadget by just "whacking" it.

'Cell phones may stave off Alzheimer's disease'

'Cell phones may stave off Alzheimer's disease'

Rediff.com7 Jan 2010

American scientists have claimed talking on mobile phones can actually improve one's memory and help fight against Alzheimer's disease, contrary to earlier findings that over use of the electronic gadgets may cause brain cancer.

New Year gifts set to get chic, again

New Year gifts set to get chic, again

Rediff.com28 Dec 2009

Indian corporate gifting companies are set to laugh all the way to the bank this New Year.

LG plans green makeover in Indian facility

LG plans green makeover in Indian facility

Rediff.com22 Jul 2010

South Korean giant LG Electronics is working on using technology to revamp its product line by next year, based on three key parameters.

Why it doesn't make sense to buy the iPad...yet

Why it doesn't make sense to buy the iPad...yet

Rediff.com1 Jul 2010

If you are one of those swayed by the iPad and are itching to get one, our advice to you is simple: wait. Why? Because of these very valid reasons...

The A-Team is big dumb fun

The A-Team is big dumb fun

Rediff.com25 Jun 2010

If you've been craving a good time at the movies watching an action adventure, The A-Team is a good bet for you this weekend.

5 ways to make your child financially smart

5 ways to make your child financially smart

Rediff.com10 Nov 2009

Use this Children's Day as an opportunity to gift financial literacy to your child. In the long run this will be more valuable than anything else.

This new James Bond museum has the 'licence to thrill'

This new James Bond museum has the 'licence to thrill'

Rediff.com18 Jun 2018

Set to open on July 12, the museum will allow visitors take a journey through the cinematic world of Britain's deadliest spy.

CISF cover: What the pvt sector will pay

CISF cover: What the pvt sector will pay

Rediff.com29 Jun 2009

The government has decided to charge the private sector the same rates that are applicable to Public Sector Units (PSUs) for providing CISF cover.

iPad? Ummm no...it's iPed!

iPad? Ummm no...it's iPed!

Rediff.com1 Jun 2010

Pictures of iPed posted on YouTube shows it is even packed in look-alike iPad box.

SMS alert for kitchen gas leaks

SMS alert for kitchen gas leaks

Rediff.com17 May 2010

In a bid to prevent rising kitchen fires, a group of young innovators, technologists and engineers has developed a cooking gas alarm and SMS system to prevent accidents due to leak either from stove or rubber pipe.

Top 10 tablets in 2015

Top 10 tablets in 2015

Rediff.com19 Aug 2015

Take your pick. We have listed the best ones ranging from Rs 14,000 to Rs 55,000.

9 including minor arrested for links with Islamic State

9 including minor arrested for links with Islamic State

Rediff.com23 Jan 2019

The arrests followed searches in Amrut Nagar, Kausa, Moti Baug and Almas Colony areas in Thane's Mumbra township and in Aurangabad's Kaisar Colony, Rahat Colony and Damdi Mahal areas on Monday late night and Tuesday early morning.

The Oberoi in New Delhi is scaling luxury to new heights

The Oberoi in New Delhi is scaling luxury to new heights

Rediff.com3 Jan 2018

The iconic hotel opens after Rs 6-billion revamp

Shopping on TV comes of age

Shopping on TV comes of age

Rediff.com4 May 2009

From jaded showbiz personalities endorsing 'divine gemstones' and miraculous 'weight reducing products' at unearthly hours to 24 hour shopping channels, the virtual retail market on the idiot box has come of age.

The ultimate routine to fight BURNOUT

The ultimate routine to fight BURNOUT

Rediff.com23 Oct 2019

Stay away from your phone until you are done with breakfast. Respond to your e-mails at fixed times. Read a book or practise five minutes of mindfulness.

SPG braces itself to prevent shoe-attack on VVIPs

SPG braces itself to prevent shoe-attack on VVIPs

Rediff.com20 Dec 2008

The latest gadget in the armour of Special Protection Group, the crack commando force that protects the Prime Minister and four other VVIPs, are electronic stunners that look just like an ordinary laptop.

'Pak negotiating with US for 14 more F-16 jets'

'Pak negotiating with US for 14 more F-16 jets'

Rediff.com27 Mar 2010

Pakistan is negotiating with the US to get 14 F-16 combat jets in addition to the 18 fighters whose delivery will begin later this year, air force chief Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said on Saturday.

Reader reviews: Nokia C3, Apple iPad and HTC HD2

Reader reviews: Nokia C3, Apple iPad and HTC HD2

Rediff.com13 Oct 2010

Get Ahead readers Vishal and Saurabh review Nokia C3, HTC HD2 and iPad. Both are self-avowed gadget geeks.

Chennai techie helped NASA find Vikram lander on moon

Chennai techie helped NASA find Vikram lander on moon

Rediff.com4 Dec 2019

On October 3, Subramanian, a Chennai-based mechanical engineer, had tagged the Twitter handles of NASA, LRO and ISRO in a tweet, asking, "Is this Vikram lander? (1 km from the landing spot) Lander might have been buried in Lunar sand?"

Scrap service tax to security providers: Assocham

Scrap service tax to security providers: Assocham

Rediff.com10 Mar 2009

In a representation to the ministry of finance, it has demanded that labour-intensive security agencies should no longer be enlisted under the category of service providers and brought under the category of auxiliary service providers so that they could avail of tax benefits.

HTC One M9+ is a killer phone but slightly expensive for Rs 53k

HTC One M9+ is a killer phone but slightly expensive for Rs 53k

Rediff.com8 Jun 2015

HTC One M9+ has a sharp display. Viewing angles are perfect and watching vidoes on the device is a treat.

Reader speak: 'iPad won't click with Indian users'

Reader speak: 'iPad won't click with Indian users'

Rediff.com29 Jan 2010

We invited readers to share their opinions on Apple's latest launch --the iPad. Here's what they had to say!

NIA busts ISIS module in Hyderabad, 11 arrested, explosives, Rs 15 lakh cash seized

NIA busts ISIS module in Hyderabad, 11 arrested, explosives, Rs 15 lakh cash seized

Rediff.com29 Jun 2016

The NIA sleuths also recovered weapons, ammunition, urea, acid, some chemicals, electronic gadgets and other incriminating material besides Rs 15 lakh in cash from their possession, officials of the NIA and Hyderabad Police said, adding the youths were working at the behest of IS handlers.

Tamil treatise Thirukkural goes digital

Tamil treatise Thirukkural goes digital

Rediff.com9 Jun 2009

Thirukkural, the famous ancient Tamil treatise which embodies values that are ever relevant and unchanging, is now available in a digitised audio format. All 1,330 couplets, authored by sage-poet Thiruvalluvar about 2,000 years ago, can now be played in audio form along with commentary on comprehensive interpretation using an electronic gadget resembling a DVD player, thanks to an initiative by a Chennai-based woman entrepreneur.

This car will cost you just 4 paisa per km!

This car will cost you just 4 paisa per km!

Rediff.com12 Jan 2010

Chetan Maini names the company Reva, after his mother. Over the next seven years, Maini and his men research electric cars, register five patents and try to develop insights into the consumer's mind.

Q comes to Bollywood

Q comes to Bollywood

Rediff.com19 May 2009

A look at some Bollywood attempts at gadgets and gizmos ala the Bond genius.

How Lashkar's terrorists are tech savvy

How Lashkar's terrorists are tech savvy

Rediff.com18 Dec 2008

The Lashkar-e-Tayiba runs a dedicated technology laboratory in Muzzafarabad, Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The lab has been operational for the past six years. It has a dedicated team, which imparts training to men chosen for terrorist operations.

Employer-backed health insurance not enough

Employer-backed health insurance not enough

Rediff.com18 Aug 2009

The corporate health policy ceases under following circumstances: The company winds up; you resign or you are terminated from the company; you retire from the services at the age of 60; the company decides to withdraw the health policy benefit to employees, i.e. there is no law that the company should provide health policy to employee; most corporate policies also have restrictive covers.

Security on high alert following Art 370 decision

Security on high alert following Art 370 decision

Rediff.com6 Aug 2019

The government has also told the state governments that "special care" should be taken of Jammu and Kashmir residents and students residing in their state.

Why terrorists used satellite phones

Why terrorists used satellite phones

Rediff.com5 Dec 2008

A satellite phone, popularly known as the sat phone, is a mobile phone which uses satellites, not landline or cellular broadcasting towers, to make or receive calls.