Poing, Germany  - PC users should be extremely cautious when installing free software from the internet.

The latest report prepared for the Broadband Forum by research firm Point Topic, reveals that the total number of broadband subscribers globally has reached a whopping 400 million. The report also specifies that the tremendous growth in subscribers is due to technological developments and increased geographical spread. 

If compared, back in the year 1998, there were only 57,200 broadband subscribers globally, in the following 12 months; they increased nearly six fold reaching up to 280,890 in 1999. The customers prefer fast speed broadband connection the most, and reportedly there has been 600,000% increase in the number of subscribers in the past ten years, with a 300% increase in the last five years alone, to now reach 400mn. 

Virgin Mobile surely deserves lots of congratulations for expanding its range of mobile phones, with the launching of its latest addition ‘vKewl’ in the Indian market.

Targeting youth, vKewl comes packed with a 1.3 megapixel camera having video recording capability, an MP3 player, FM radio, MMS, speakers and headsets.

The CDMA-capable phone features vBytes and WAP connection, 1.8-inch display screen with resolution of 176 x 220 pixels , 256 MB flash memory together with 64 MB SRAM.

London, November 22 : An Indian-origin IBM expert has revealed that the company is all set to lead a U. S. Government-funded research project that aims at inventing electronic circuits that mimic brains.

Dharmendra Modha says that “cognitive computing” is a part of the research project that will bring together neurobiologists, computer and materials scientists and psychologists.

He is of the opinion that the the technology resulting from the team’s efforts might prove useful for large-scale data analysis, decision making or even image recognition.

Technology giant Nokia has launched the special edition of ‘Nokia N96’, which has Bruce Lee’s image on the phone, in Hong Kong.

The Nokia N96 Bruce Lee limited edition phone features Bruce Lee’s face, signature on the back panel, and is also comes packed with rare pics of the ace martial artist and actor.

Moreover, the phone also comes packed with several accessories including a Bruce Lee doll and a nunchaku.

Recently, SMS service by Google was introduced dubbed as SMS search. The users can avail a number of services by simply sending an SMS with designated keywords to the number 9773300000. The services include ATM locations, booking a cab or getting the latest cricket match scores.