Archive for September, 2007

On 26 Sep 2007 , within minutes after trading began, the India’s Sensitive Index rose above the 17,000 mark on continued buying by overseas funds and hit a record.

Following is the time line of sensex rise in Indian stock market history.

1000, July 25, 1990
2000, January 15, 1992
3000, February 29, 1992
4000, March 30, 1992
5000, October 8, 1999
6000, February 11, 2000
7000, June 20, 2005
8000, September 8, 2005
9000, November 28, 2005
10,000, February 6, 2006
11,000, March 21, 2006
12,000, April 20, 2006
13,000, October 30, 2006
14,000, December 5, 2006
15,000, July 6, 2007
16,000, September 19, 2007
17,000, September 26, 2007

Apple warned on Monday that iPhone owners who have used unauthorized programs to unlock the cellular service feature of their handsets may end up with a phone that does not work.

Since the iPhone made its debut in June, hackers have posted a number of methods online to make it possible to use iPhones on cellular networks other than that of AT&T, the exclusive official carrier.

Apple executives say they have discovered that many of those unauthorized unlocking programs damage iPhone software.As with any Apple product, hacking will void the warranty of an iPhone, Apple said.

Philip W. Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president for worldwide product marketing, said in an interview. “It’s unfortunate that some of these programs have caused damage to the iPhone software, but Apple cannot be responsible” for those consequences.

Vijay Mallya, the chief executive of India’s fast-growing Kingfisher Airlines, has purchased a 50 percent stake in Epic Aircraft, a maker of small planes based in Bend, Ore.

Kingfisher has been expanding rapidly and ordered dozens of new Airbus planes at the Paris air show this summer. Kingfisher is the first Indian airline to place an order for Airbus’s giant A380 aircraft. Continue reading…

Following global fashion magazines Cosmopolitan and Elle, Condé Nast’s fashion magazine Vogue hits Indian Newsstands .

Conde Nast, the US magazine group is the owner of Vogue.

Vogue magazine features and articles, fashion show coverage, celebrity style, fashion trend reports, party and award show etc

Conde Nast has hired Priya Tanna, formerly of DNA and Times of India, to be the title’s debut editor-in-chief, and named Arjun Mehra, formerly publisher of L’Officiel in India, as the new Vogue’s publisher.