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Polite Gates brushes off 'abrasive' Jobs' jab

Microsoft founder Bill Gates coolly parried some harsh criticism from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, in an interview with ABC television, saying their professional rivalry was positive.

China accused of hacking computers at Japanese embassies

A virus that infected computers at Japanese overseas diplomatic missions had been designed to send data to servers in China, a report said today.

RIM sets up facility in Mumbai to help with surveillance

Research In Motion has set up a facility in Mumbai to help the government carry out lawful surveillance of its BlackBerry services.

Google expects to continue with its acquisitions

Internet giant Google Inc has spent more than $500 million for as many as 54 acquisitions and asset purchases so far in 2011.

Sony buys full control of Sony Ericsson

Sony is paying Ericsson 1.05 billion euros in cash to take full control of the company

RIM delays Playbook software update to Feb

The tablet will ship without the Blackberry messenger (BBM)software, the company said in a blog post on its website.

Kuwait launches programme to take textbooks online

Kuwait has launched a programme to replace textbooks with e-books in order to make reading exciting, fun and appealing to students.

Facebook is 'building shadow profiles of non-users'

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) claims that users are encouraged to give out personal details of non-users, like names, phone numbers and email addresses, which Facebook uses to create "shadow profiles" of those people.

Jobs' simple designs influenced by zen Buddhism, intuition by India

The seven months that Steve Jobs spent wandering in India in search of spiritual enlightenment were "not a waste of time", his biographer has said, with the late Apple co-founder telling him his time in India taught him "intuition".

Google, PE firms mull bid for Yahoo - WSJ

Google Inc has spoken to at least two private equity firms about possibly helping them finance a deal to buy Yahoo Inc's core business, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Technology no more limited to Tier I cities: Deloitte

In the latest list of the 50 fastest-growing Indian companies in the Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) space, Deloitte said 14 percent of the Technology Fast 50 winners this year are from Tier-II cities.

RIM's operating system BBX in patent trouble

A New Mexico firm claims the "BBX" name is protected by trademarks it holds and is threatening to take legal action against RIM unless it stops using the moniker.

Mango-powered handsets is Microsoft's answer to Apple and Google

Microsoft Corp, will launch Mango-powered handsets from top makers including Nokia and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in coming weeks.

Intel offers Pakistan sharia-compliant laptop loans: Report

Intel, whose scheme will be compliant with sharia, or Islamic law, is also considering expanding the scheme to other emerging markets.

Get a free BlackBerry Curve with your PlayBook this festive season

Smart device maker Research-In- Motion today said it will give a free BlackBerry Curve on the purchase of its tablet PlayBook during the festive season.

Samsung, BigFlix launch video-on-demand service

My Movies will be available for users of Samsung Galaxy S, SII and Galaxy Tab 750 offering consumers full length feature films, trailers, TV shows and music videos up to first 2,000 hours.

Delhi airport is now on Facebook, Twitter

With an aim to establish better communication with passengers through social networking sites, the Delhi Airport has registered its presence on Facebook and Twitter.

Planning a trip? New app lets friends help

he app, called Trippy, links the users with friends in their social networks who have information on a particular city, either through living, studying, or traveling there, who can offer recommendations.

Samsung requests sales ban against iPhone4S in Oz, Japan

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday that it has filed preliminary injunction motions in Australia and Japan requesting the courts to stop the sale of Apple Inc's iPhone 4S in an escalating legal battle between the two technology giants.

Samsung President to attend Jobs memorial

President and chief operating officer of Samsung Electronics, Lee Jae-yong, has been invited to Apple Inc's private memorial service for Steve Jobs on Sunday.

Apple in talks with Hollywood studios for movie streaming: Reports

Apple is negotiating with Hollywood studios to put movies on cloud servers, which would help users stream those movies on Apple devices such as iPads or iPhones, media reports said.

After three days of torture, BlackBerry services are finally restored

Since Monday, scores of BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA), Canada, Latin America and US were facing problems in accessing the e-mail, messenger and other online services on their smartphones caused by a core switch failure.