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Here's all the latest in the world of gadgets and gizmos that you may have missed this month beginning with how Research In Motion is tempting you to buy the PlayBook.
The Dallas Mavericks overcame a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to stun the Miami Heat 95-93 on Thursday and even the NBA Finals at 1-1 apiece.
Noting that a decision would be taken soon on whether to allow the BlackBerry Enterprise Mail or not, Home Minister P Chidambaram said he expected that Research-in-Motion (RIM), manufacturer of the smart phones, would be able to find some solution.
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From Venice and the tower of Pisa, dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites are deeply threatened by rising sea levels, researchers warned Tuesday. According to a study by researchers at the University of Kiel, in Germany, all but two of 49 United Nations-recognised icons of human civilisation rimming the Mediterranean Sea risk being damaged by the rising watermark, soil erosion, or both, with few options for protecting most of them.
Blackberry has asked for 18-24 months to provide a complete solution for interception of its Enterprise Mail, but with a condition that its services would not be banned, a guarantee that the government declined to give.
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Faced with August 31 deadline to address the country's security concerns, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Friday said it was "optimistic" of resolving with the government the issue of lawful interception of its services.
Saudi Arabia has allowed Research In Motion (RIM) to continue BlackBerry services in the kingdom.
A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake capable of tremendous damage struck southern Chile on Saturday, shaking buildings in the capital, the US Geological Survey said.
While the brand is facing stiff competition from Apple's iPhone and Google's Android platform in the consumer market and is likely to come face to face with renewed competition in the enterprise market from Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 in early 2011, Frenny Bawa, managing director, RIM India, is confident of staying ahead of the pack.
RIM, maker of BlackBerry, has signalled its intention to cash in on this trend by buying QNX Software Systems -- a key software supplier, to some of the world's leading car companies, including Volkswagen, BMW and Hyundai.
Blackberry, in partnership with Vodafone, has come up with an in-your-face kind of campaign that makes no reference to the controversy.
Chidambaram also made it clear there would be no compromise on the security of the nation in the operations of Research In Motion -- makers of Blackberry -- and other service providers like Google and Skype.
Toughening its stand, the Indian government has conveyed to the BlackBerry makers to install its server in India for tracking its messenger and enterprise mail service as the offer made by it to provide data from its Canada-based server could be detrimental to national security.
India is estimated to have over 11 lakh (1.1 million) BlackBerry users.
RIM's statement comes at a time when Indian security agencies have warned the company to provide the technology to monitor contents or face a ban on its operations.
According to a recent journal published by the controller general of patents designs and trade marks, Canada-based Research In Motion, who manufacture the popular Blackberry smartphones, has sought a patent for wireless systems providing a mechanism for resource sharing. After getting a patent in India, RIM would have exclusive right over the invention in the country.
A militant ambush near the highway of Qazigund town in south Kashmir's Kulgam district left 4 Central Reserve Police Force troopers injured on Saturday evening.
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A Georgian luger died in a horrific crash on a training run on Friday, casting a shadow as Vancouver opened the Winter Games with a daredevil snowboarder, an aboriginal welcome, and Wayne Gretzky lighting the cauldron.
Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old Georgian luger, died after a horrifying crash in training on Friday, casting a pall over the Winter Olympics hours before the Games were to be declared open.
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Togo's soccer team flew home on Sunday after the deadly ambush of their team bus but the sports minister said they hoped to return to Angola, where Africa's biggest sports tournament got underway.
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The jovial RJD chief, known for his earthy humours, apparently could not digest that his party drew a blank in its stronghold Bihar and also in the neighbouring Jharkhand.
Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday, nursing his car's worn tyres to the finish in a nail-biting victory worthy of the team's late great Niki Lauda.
US-based Web portal Yahoo! Said its personalised Web service for mobile devices called "Yahoo! Mobile", present only in eight countries globally, has been made available to users in India.
Mahatma Gandhi's items, including his pocket watch, a pair of sandals, a plate, a bowl and his rimmed glasses, were sold at an auction by New York-based Antiquorum Auctioneers on Thursday. UB Group Chairman Vijay Mallya reportedly bought the items for $1.8 million.Preliminary reports suggested that Mallya may hand over the items to the Indian government.
When Barack Obama lands in Delhi for the Republic Day celebrations, he will be taken along the city's prime esplanade in a vehicle fitted with a special night-vision system, tear gas cannons, steel wheels, a blood bank holding the president's blood type and its own oxygen supply. Obama's Cadillac limousine, or the 'Beast', as the US Secret Service likes to call it, will be used to ferry him during the course of his visit to India. Obama's, however, is not the only fortress on wheels that will trundle down Rajpath. Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels in a BMW 7-Series 760Li Security Edition Here is a comparison between Obama's Cadillac and Modi's BMW
Reliance Communications Ltd and Research In Motion on Tuesday announced the launch of BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone in India.
The government is believed to have issued instructions to mobile service providers like Bharti Airtel, Reliance and Vodafone not to route certain Blackberry services unless the required monitoring system was put in place.According to officials in the Department of Telecom (DoT), Blackberry licensor Research-in-Motion (RIM) has sought time till April 18 to address issues raised by it relating to lawful interception of content sent through Blackberry device.
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Despite the meetings, exchange of letters and reports that made more than 400,000 users of Blackberry services twitch, the Department of Telecommunications has washed its hands clean. Denying reports of a spat between the DoT and Canada-based provider of BlackBerry services, Research in Motion, a senior department official said, "We have always backed our operators, and this is no different."
India may not charge import duty on personal artefacts of Mahatma Gandhi, which were bought by liquor baron Vijay Mallya in an auction at New York. Moreover, the country is also going to relax import restriction on all items of historical significance of Indian origin.A pair of steel-rimmed spectacles and sandals, a Zenith pocket watch, an eating bowl and a plate went under the hammer in New York and the UB Group chairman successfully bid for them for $1.8 million.
James Otis, who owns the personal belongings of Mahatma Gandhi including the iconic round glasses that are being put on auction on Thursday, has said that he is prepared to reach a financial settlement with the Indian government and take the items off the auction block. "But if the (Indian) government announces some major scheme for the poor, I will even donate these items," he added.
A pair of the distinctive circular metal-rimmed glasses of Mahatma Gandhi, along with his sandals and pocket watch, will be on sale at an auction in New York. The items are of huge interest and expected to well exceed the estimate of 30,000 pounds at the March 4-5 auction, the Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. The sandals were given to a British army officer in 1931 prior to the Round Table talks in London that were held to discuss Indian self-rule, the report said.
The government is likely to refer the controversial issue of Blackberry mobile phones to the Telecom Commission to decide whether operators can continue offering this service. The issue of Blackberry was raised after Tata Teleservices recently said they have been denied the permission to offer this value added service by the Ministry of Home Affairs due to security concerns. Telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone & Reliance are offering Blackberry services to users.
