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With no hurry whatsoever, the current 'best' carrier of 3G platform seems to be a bit reluctant in approach for 4G. It is stated that the wireless carrier has vastly improved on performance when it tagged up with smarphone subscribers.

With respect to the current 4G debate Ralph De La Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility, said his company has ample number of wireless spectrum holdings across the nation to switch over to LTE, if the situation arises for the faster HSPA+.

At present the HSPA clicks over a speed of 7.2 Mbps, HSPA+ can go upto 10 mbps on a consistent basis.

An ultimate offering from Microsoft came in the form of cheapest Windows 7 edition for students. The company announced at throwaway prices. Windows 7 Home Premium would now be available for £39.95 for the students.

As the new price tag is valid for students only it would be shipped with a single software license to avoid fraudulent applications and would contain the DVD and a serial key directed to the user's address.

O2 the telecom operator from UK joined the league elites, including Vodafone and Orange, in promoting the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. But it's only in black. It has made Xperia available from online partners like Mobiles. co. uk or dial-a-phone.

The phone is available at the best possible rate of £30 a month featuring unlimited texts and 600 minutes, but oddly enough, with no free unlimited internet access.

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. posted 37 per cent rise in its earnings for the fourth quarter. The better than expected results surfaced as sales of notebook PCs and TVs zoomed up on back of falling prices, the company reported.

The best part of the announcements made by the company in Thursday is that this quarter represented the retailer's 17th consecutive market share gain. Interestingly, its biggest rival Circuit City Stores Inc. closed many of its stores last year.

Bajaj Auto expects the year 2010 to be better in terms of sales. The company expects to see rise in sales both on the domestic side as well as in the export front.

As per the announcement made by Bajaj on Thursday, it plans to sell 2.9 million units during FY 2010. Out of this nine lakh will be done on the export side.

It expects that the growth trajectory will be maintained during the next year too. As per its plans, Bajaj has set a target of selling 4 million vehicles next year. This means a 40 per cent rise over the target that it has set for current year.

Indian pharmaceutical company Lupin on Thursday launched its new medicine for degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis, Hyalgan. It's an injectable liquid drug to relieve a patient from pain caused from osteoarthritis, a company statement said. The drug is injected directly into the knees.

Nearly 12 per cent of the population in India is affected by osteoarthritis, which is a major health problem in the country today among the 25-30 age group. As revealed by a survey at present the market for such medicines worth nearly Rs. 150 crore, Lupin said in its statement.