Despite having posted the quite favorable 2009 second quarter results, there are indications that Apple is cutting costs in order to battle out the impact of the still-ongoing financial meltdown - laying-off full-time retail employees being one of the practical measures undertaken by the company.

In its 10-Q form filed with the SEC, Apple has made a mention of 14,000 full-time retail employees at the end of the last quarter; though the number of employees mentioned in the same document, for the December 2008 quarter, was 15,600.

That RealNetworks' last September-launched product RealDVD is in troubled waters is obvious - it is being tested in court, as lawyers arguing for the Hollywood studios alleging that RealNetworks violated copyright law!

The sale of the $30-priced RealDVD, which could copy retail DVD content onto one hard drive and up to five devices, was blocked by a federal Judge, after only a few thousand sales, as Hollywood raised objections against it.

You will shortly see the face-lifted versions of the Octavia RS and Octavia Scout in the Indian Market. The manufacturer of luxury cars, Skoda Auto has unveiled updated versions of its Octavia RS and Octavia Scout cars.

The face-lifted versions of the Skoda Octavia RS and the Skoda Octavia Scout feature a slew of design changes and new technological solutions, such as an air quality sensor for the Climatronic air conditioning system and a new illumination system.

Almost a month after its launch in the App Store, 'Bump' - the social networking application that facilitates the transfer of contact information between iPhones and iPod Touches - has become a part of iPhone's history on Thursday, by becoming the one-billionth app to be downloaded from the App Store.

Interestingly, Bump is the first App Store offering coming from Bump Technologies, a development shop of three ex-Texas Instruments employees - David Lieb, Jake Mintz, and Andy Huibers,. In order to support a social connection, the initially-free Bump app makes use of the accelerometer of the iPhone or iPod Touches, Internet connection, and location data.

Some leaked details about Windows 7 Release Candidate indicate that Microsoft has made minor tweaks and added some new features to the new operating system. The new features introduced to Windows 7 Release Candidate include a feature that will help a Windows 7 PC to stream media from home to any Internet-connected Windows 7 PC. Furthermore, the Windows 7 OS will support a virtual Windows XP environment for running legacy Windows XP apps.

Ace veteran director Bharathiraja has decided to return the prestigious 'Padma Shree' award that was awarded to him by Indian Government.

Bharathiraja take this decision in order to show his disapproval over its inactiveness on the Sri Lankan Tamil matter.

The strike, organized by the Tamil film fraternity Eelam support movement, was held at South Indian Film Chamber Theatre on Thursday, April 23, and saw lots of zealot Tamilians from the film society.

The participants speak against the administration for not controlling the killing of Tamils in Lanka.