http://www.cyberzest.com Business is Technology Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:01:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en German conglomerate Siemens has planned to slash close to 2,000 jobs at its various divisions in Germany as part of restructuring measures. These measures are reportedly being taken due to the decline in the market for certain products. According to the German company, as many as 1,140 jobs could be eliminated till the year end at [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/siemens-to-slash-nearly-2000-jobs/ Unconfirmed reports suggest that Twitter co-founder Evan Williams said on Saturday that he has been informed that his microblogging site has now been partially blocked in China. The reports haven’t been confirmed as yet. On being asked for the official word on the same, Williams said, “That’s what I’ve been told.” He further added that the [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/twitter-blocked-in-china/ Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that the company’s earnings in the most recent quarter jumped as mush as 60 per cent. The earnings have reportedly been boosted by the rebound in personal computer sales. During the holiday shopping season back in 2009, the sales of PC industry bounced back after almost a year long rough sales. [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/microsoft-profit-up-60-to-67bn/ Apple Inc.’s chief executive Steve Jobs, on Wednesday unveiled the latest and the most hyped gadget from Apple, iPad! iPad, a touchscreen tablet computer is the latest buzz from the highly innovative company which has shaped up many trend setting products in the two and a half decades. After innovations like the Macintosh computers, iPod, itunes, iPod, [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/ipad-the-latest-from-apple/ Google’s Android operating system has got a clean chit from China’s government! According to the government’s remark on Wednesday, Google’s android phone will face no limits on its use by China’s phone companies as long as it complies with Chinese regulations. The Chinese government has assured that the dispute over the web censorship would not affect their [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/china-says-no-limits-on-use-of-googles-android/ Google has released a better, stable version of Google Chrome 4.0 browser for Windows. The extensions, about 1,500 of them, were already released in December last year for the users of Chrome 4.0 bowers beta version. However, now the gallery is available for all the Windows users. While the extensions are already available for Linux, the [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/google-chrome-40-stable-version-released-for-windows/ Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB announced on Monday the company’s plans to reduce another 1,500 employees this year after reporting a colossal 92 per cent drop in fourth-quarter profits as mobile operators slashed spending. Ericsson reported that the company’s net profit in the October-December quarter was USD 43.4 million (314 million kronor). This was down [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/ericsson-to-axe-1500-employees/ Ericsson AB, the world’s largest maker of wireless networks, has reported a 92 per cent drop in the company’s fourth quarter profit, as the phone companies reduced spending. Ericsson’s net income dropped to USD 43.4 million or 314 million kronor from 3.89 billion kronor a year earlier, the company said in a statement. The Stockholm based [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/ericsson-profit-falls-92/ Popular microblogging site Twitter has temporarily disabled one of the features on its website following a security researcher’s warning of a programming flaw, leaving the login details of the users vulnerable to hackers. Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder, announced that his company had temporarily cut off access to a feature that lets users display Twitter updates on [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/twitter-disables-widgets-over-security-flaw/ India’s largest mobile services provider Bharti Airtel warned the mobile users to avoid responding to any suspicious or fraudulent calls which ask them to provide their personal information. India’s largest telecom operator, Airtel, said that reportedly, some customers are being arbitrarily targeted by callers who pretend to be calling on behalf of the company and inform [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/airtel-warns-of-fraudulent-calls/ The relationship between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is now transforming into a power struggle as both the ambitions and ideas of the technology trendsetters increasingly collide with each other! As both giants, Google and Apple are in a race to tap the mobile market, realizing it as key to success and sales, the high-powered phones [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/google-apple-in-high-tech-battle/ With the technology advancing by every split second, very soon, the prospect of watching live, local TV shows on mobile phones and other portable devices shall also be fulfilled. At the International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, the manufacturers this week are showing off gadgets that can receive a new type of digital TV [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/free-local-tv-soon-on-cell-phones/ As per the speculations, internet search giant, Google Inc, revealed its very own smart phone on Wednesday. With this, the internet giant is aiming to boost its position in the emerging mobile Internet market by exerting greater control over the new generation of Web-surfing devices. This smartphone, dubbed as Nexus One, will be sold directly to [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/google-launches-nexus-one-phone/ According to the reports published in The Wall Street Journal, Apple Inc is all set to announce its very own new tablet device later this month. This report comes amidst building speculation about what could be the company’s revolutionary new launch since the hyped iPhone. Citing people close to the company, the report stated that Apple [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/apple-to-unveil-tablet-in-jan/ Here’s some god news for the Skype users! Here’s another addition to Skype’s voice and video calling technology. It’ll soon be embedded in upcoming high-definition televisions with Internet capabilities! Skype announced on Tuesday that its Internet phone services shall soon be included in Panasonic’s 2010 VIERA CAST-enabled HD TVs and LG’s new LCD and plasma HD [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/skype-to-offer-hd-video-calling-on-new-tvs/ Microsoft Corp. will sell four versions of the forthcoming Office 2010 software for prices ranging from $99 to $499. The product is slated to be released in June. The software giant announced on Tuesday that it will be selling the Office Home and Student edition, which comes with four core programs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, for [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/microsoft-sets-prices-for-forthcoming-office-2010/ Social Networking giant, Facebook said on Monday that it’ll be permanently blocking a website called ‘Web 2.0 Suicide Machine’ that helps users to delete their social network profiles. One of the most popular and the fastest growing social networking website, Facebook, also said that it has even sent “cease-and-desist” letter to another website called Seppukoo.com, which [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/facebook-blocks-social-network-suicide-website/ South Korea’s Samsung Electronics announced on Sunday that its aiming to quadruple its sales of LED-backlit flat panel televisions to 10 million units this year. The world’s leading LCD (liquid crystal display) television maker, Samsung, told that in the preceding year, 2009 it sold 2.6 million of the LED-backlit televisions. These television sets use light emitting [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/samsung-aims-to-quadruple-led-backlit-tv-sales/ On Wednesday, a US appeals court upheld the dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed against the giant Apple Inc., claiming that the iPod was defective and could cause hearing loss. The San Francisco-based US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheald the ruling of a district court, saying, “The plaintiffs simply do not plead [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/apple-wins-ipod-hearing-loss-lawsuit/ Carrying on with it’s legal fight with the American giant apple, Nokia alleged on Tuesday that Apple’s almost all the products violate Nokia’s patents and not just their iPhone. On Tuesday, Nokia also said that the company has filed a complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission. The Finnish phone making giant Nokia, said [...]]]> http://www.cyberzest.com/nokia-blames-apple-for-patent-violation/