No more romantic films: Abbas Tyrewala

No more romantic films: Abbas TyrewalaMumbai, Jan 13 - Writer-turned-director Abbas Tyrewala has decided not to make a romantic film again after the debacle of "Jhootha Hi Sahi" last year and is already writing an espionage thriller.

Says the disenchanted director, "Everyone has romance within himself. So do I. But everyone has a sense of humour too. It doesn't mean you should make a comedy. After 'Jhootha Hi Sahi', I never want to return to the romcom. It's just not my scene."

India might develop third Antarctic station in 2012

Kapil-SibalIndia's third permanent station in Antarctica, "Bharati", would soon be developed and fully functionally running accommodating 70 scientists and claimed that the back satellite pictures on ocean conditions back home in real time.

A shipment carrying heavy apparatus in the Antarctica will be constructed at a cost of Rs 200 crore, "Bharati" and at the same time with an accompanying earth station to acquire satellite images and transmitting them back to India in actual time. It is further claimed that the Larsemann Hills on the eastern coast of Antarctica.

Google Goggles a bird’s eye

google-gogglesGoogle's latest version of Google Goggles offers adequate information to beat a Sudoku champ at her own game.

Presently Google pronounced that Goggles 1.3 client for Android, that comprises of instant barcode scanning and print ad recognition. And with an additional supply, Goggles 1.3 can also help you cheat on Sudoku.

Initially started on Android phones in December 2009 and on iOS in October 2010, Google Goggles comes with a visual recognition app that helps users to photograph objects and at the same time receive relevant Google search results. It also works with Google Translation.

Nokia N8 (AT&T): a brief analysis

Nokia-N8Nokia N8, the recent most promising device from the Finnish handset maker, the brawny phone comes in an anodised aluminium body and comes in varied versions comprising of orange, blue-green, dark grey and silver white.

The anodised aluminium casing comprises of the body scratch proof, which we believed like along with the scratch resistant gorilla display.

The mobile comes for review was green in colour. N8 comes in a complete touchscreen device; most of its front which comes with a 3.5 inch AMOLED screen with support for 16.7 million colours.

BlackBerry in no haste to release the latest OS

rim-black-padChief executive officer of Research In Motion, Mike Lazaridis, has claimed that the firm has plans to release BlackBerry phones that makes use of its latest QNX operating system and run on multi core processors.

Lazaridis further stated that Research In Motion is keeping its base on future. He stated that due to battery life and cost issues, it will be considered optimum for RIM to wait for appropriate hardware before it releases BlackBerry's with multi core processors.

Tata Communications to acquire US-based BitGravity

Tata-CommunicationsIn a press conference today one of India's major communication companies, Tata Communications, conveyed that it has agreed to acquire BitGravity which is a company that provides network for content delivery over the Internet.

The deal happened at an undisclosed price and other details of the entire deal also remained undisclosed. The transaction when completed will be giving, Tata Communication (Netherlands) a 100 percent ownership of BitGravity.

The new company will be operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of, Tata Communications.

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