Wi-fi is based on a networking standard called 802.11 which has evolved to support higher and higher data speeds. Equipment has turned cheaper. Over the past week, I have noticed a dramatic fall in the price of wireless routers and USB networking adapters.
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A laptop for children
This laptop is solar powered, has no hard drive, is moisture, dirt and dust resistant, droppable and its keyboards are waterproof. In short, it is a laptop made for children and costs only $210 or a little under Rs 10,000.
Google starts SMS search for no-Net phones
Search giant Google Inc took the Internet war to a new high on Tuesday by launching an SMS-based service that will offer search services across the country at cheaper rates to those who have mobile phones but do not have Internet connections.
OpenOffice.org 3.0 released by Sun Microsystems
iPhone: It’s a hit with 3 lakh pre-bookings
It’s finally here. Apple Inc’s iconic iPhone debuted in India at the stroke of midnight on Friday to three lakh pre-bookings. Over 10,000 of these bookings were in Mumbai.
Google’s search index hits one trillion page mark
Google announced recently that their search engine has indexed over 1 trillion unique web-pages from all over the globe.
“We knew the web was big,” the article on Google’s official blog begins. “Even after removing those exact duplicates, we saw a trillion unique URLs.” This article also introduced the indexing technology behind the stage.