According to Exame Informatica – via TechEye, the ‘minor’ legislative update proposed by the Portuguese Socialist Party in Portugal. The proposal would have consumers paying an extra €0.2 per gigabyte in tax, almost €21 extra per terabyte of data on hard drives. Devices with storage capacities in excess of 1TB would pay an aggravated tax of 2.5...
India’s e-commerce industry has seen moving from one high to another and with the latest rumors that Walmart has been looking to grab a piece of action over the country’s e-commerce industry. According to a report from Business Standard in India, the company is “actively exploring” India’s growing online commerce space with a view to tapping its potential. The company earlier has expanded widely by moving into a number of international markets in order to grow its presence outside of the US. Walmart’s senior vice-president...
China’s ZTE which last month sold Iran’s $130.6 million powerful surveillance system, a new document revealed that ZTE planned American computers sale to Iran, Reuters reports. It was part of an 8 million Euro ($10.5 million) equipment-supply contract, dated June 30, 2011, between ZTE and a unit of the consortium that controls the Iranian telecom. The documents...
With AllThingsD D10 conference going to take place next month on May 29th, the publication announced that Apple’s CEO Tim Cook making his first speaking appearance at a non-Apple event – kicking off the conference as an opening speaker. He certainly has a lot to discuss even after all, then whether how well the new iPad is doing or the ongoing Foxconn labor condition...
Information Week reports that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday that it will offer a $2 million prize to anyone who can build a robot that capable of using human tools that range from hand tools to vehicles. Robots will be required to complete a number of discrete tasks, including traveling across rubble, removing debris from...
Over the news rounding up this morning that Iranian government shifting Internet to Intranet, the reports suggesting the denials have begun to rolling, according to AFP. A statement from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said, ”The report is in no way confirmed by the ministry” and is “completely baseless,” adding that it served only,...
According to an International Business Times report, Iranian authorities are going to shut down the access to Internet by August. Information and Communications Technology minister Reza Taghipour stated that a national Intranet is being introduced in order to provide a “clean Internet” to the country. Phase one of this massive closing of the world wide web over...
It is an interesting piece of news – have you been in love with space, space shuttles, astronomers, planets and a long list – is yes than this news-cum-information suits perfect for you. The Broad Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) has posted the Space Shuttle Columbia Telescope for sale on eBay for $7 million – Yes I just put it up the news that it is on sale. Sounds,...
The New York Post is reporting that the New York City is planning to install 32-inch, internet-connected touchscreen displays in some 250 phone booths. The plan will start rolling starting from next month and will roll out for all 12,800 phone booths in the city. These screens will display local neighbourhood info like nearby restaurants, stores, attractions, and...
The US Department of Defense will donate “hundreds” of surplus robots to police departments as early as this summer. Dan Arnold of the Defense Logistics Agency announced that along with surplus rifles and vehicles, military ‘bots will be made available through the 1033 Program, which provides surplus goods to law enforcement. Other agencies, like fire departments,...
