Archive for August, 2008

Dell introduced business laptops that can run for as long as 19 hours on a single charge.

Dell Latitude E6400 runs for as much as 10 hours on a single nine-cell battery, and an additional battery that snaps on to the bottom of the laptop adds as much as nine hours of battery life

According to announced specifications, The nine-cell battery configuration on the 14.1-inch Latitude E6400 provides 10 hours of battery life and by using Dell’s PowerSlice technology, that can be extended to 19 hours.

Microsoft announced that it has selected West Des Moine,Iowa city as the site for its latest massive data center.

Microsoft’s general manager for data services, said

Decision was made after a careful review of options around the world. Microsoft serves over 500 million unique users in its Web properties every single month.

This site will be Microsoft’s fourth massive data center after Quincy - Washington, San Antonio and Chicago

[ Microsoft to build $500M data center in Iowa ]

American Airlines has launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. This makes Internet-free haven is vanished.

Service available for $12.95 per flight on its 15 Boeing 767-200 planes connecting New York with Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami.

[ American launches in-flight Internet on 3 routes ]

Vodafone and Airtel will be launching the iPhone on August 22 in India. iPhone 3G to cost Rs 31,000 for the entry-level 8GB memory and Rs 36,100 for a model with double the memory in India.

Vodafone opened bookings for the phones in July, have already received booking requests of over 10,000 phones.

The 3G iPhone will have faster downloads, an in-built GPS system and direct connections to YouTube, among other features.