Archive for May, 2008

Reliance digital, the IT consumer arm of Reliance Retail, plans to open 150 digital stores and 60 iStores in India.

While iStores would sell the complete range of Apple products, Reliance Digital outlets will sell a wide gamut of electronic consumer goods.

After launching its second iStore in Hyderabad, the company officials said 50 to 60 such stores would be rolled out in 20 top cities in the next 18 months.

Customers also have access to dedicated after sales service and troubleshooting through an in-house service arm called ResQ.

Remarkably resilient firehouse Centennial Bulb—a four-watt, curlicue carbon-filament lightbulb has been burning for 24 hours a day, seven days a week for more than a century — according to The Los Angeles Times .

The bulb uses four watts of power, and its carbon filament is protected by an airtight seal.

At 107, Livermore centennial lightbulb is still a real live wire [Los Angeles Times]

India , the Asia’s third-largest economy’s inflation soared to 7.83% for the week ended May 03, 2008 from 7.61% - a 44-month high .

Earlier, Indian government banned cement export and non-basmati rice export , reduced import duty on some items and imposed export duty on some steel items to control the surging prices.

Indian engineering students have created a virtual computer that can be accessed from anywhere in the world. All it needs is an internet connection.

K Ansar and PP Ismail, final year computer science students at an engineering college in Kerala, have set up www.bloxtr.com , the prototype of a virtual computer in which you can store your documents, favourite music, pictures and even videos.

According to the creators, bloxtr is just a project and they are hoping for investment by corporate firms for the further development of their prototype.

[ Don’t have a laptop? Try the virtual computer ]