The 3 Skypephone will cost about $100 and be available in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Macau, Sweden, and the U.K.
Skype has introduced a mobile phone that will enable callers to dispense with their computers and make free calls to other Skype users as they move about nine countries including the U.K. Skype, a unit of eBay (NSDQ: EBAY), teamed up with mobile operator 3 in the effort.
Singer Mariah Carey has advised struggling celebrities Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears to focus on important things in life rather than bother about what tabloids write about them.
Carey, 37, has undergone her own trials when she suffered a breakdown in 2001 but is grateful to her belief in God for helping her get through, reports contactmusic.com.
The tenth edition of the BangaloreIT.in 2007, billed as Asia’s biggest ICT event, got off today on a subdued note thanks to the political crisis in the state. The event was a damp squib as it hardly evinced any interest from the IT enthusiasts on the first day.
The lack of interest was also evident as there was only a thin crowd of the technology workers, captains of IT industry, students of IT and the common man as the venue of the exhibition — Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) — is located far away from the IT campuses and the city centre.
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BANGALORE: VSNL, a national player in the retail broadband and internet market, plans to commercially roll out WiMax services in Bangalore to retail customers over the next two months.
VSNL, which planned to preview retail WiMax at the BangaloreIT.in event being held in the city, “would use this platform to showcase the WiMax services and its unique value added services to engage with potential customers and channel partners”, according to Prateek Pashine, VP, Planning, VSNL.
Port St Lucie (Florida) (PTI): Indian-born Swede Daniel Chopra claimed his maiden US PGA Tour title by winning the USD 4.5 million Ginn sur Mer Classic on an enthralling fifth day at Tesoro Club here on Monday.
Resuming at the 16th hole after the fourth day’s play was suspended due to rain, the 34-year-old returned a roller-coaster two-under 71 to clinch the title with a total of 19-under 273.
Mohali (PTI): The sale of tickets for the second ODI cricket match between India and Pakistan here on November 8 would commence on November 1, the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) said here on Monday.
The tickets have been priced in four denominations of Rs 300 for General Block, Rs 1,000 for the VIP Block, Rs 5,000 for thtickets have been priced in four denominations of Rs 300 for General Block, Rs 1,000 for the VIP Block, Rs 5,000 for the Terrace Block and Rs 10,000 for the air-conditioned lounge, PCA Treasurer G S Walia said in a statement.
Roger Federer won his seventh tournament of the season yesterday, beating the unseeded Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4 to successfully defend his home-town title in Basle and ensure he finishes the season as world No1 for a fourth consecutive year.
Federer had not dropped a set in any of his previous seven meetings with the world No29 and the Swiss Indoors final proved predictably straightforward. “It’s been a fantastic week, having the support of my home crowd behind me all the way,” said Federer after receiving a standing ovation at the tournament where he once worked as a ballboy. “Securing the No1 ranking for the year and doing it here is particularly special.”
South Africa took six Pakistan wickets for just 20 runs off 36 balls to achieve a sensational win and clinch the five match one-day series by 14 runs. Pacemen Albie Morkel finished with 4-44 and Makhaya Ntini grabbed 4-61 as the tourists pulled off a sensational victory from the jaws of defeat as Pakistan were dismissed for 219 in 46.3 overs.
“It is fantastic to win both Tests and one-dayers and this was an incredible win. We took huge catches and the ball swung in the end and helped us to take those last wickets,” Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, said.
Ranchi: Indian cricket team’s skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been nourishing hopes of setting up a cricket academy in Jharkhand but the busy cricket schedule ahead has put his project in limbo.
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“Immediately it is very difficult, because there is Pakistan series. (And) next six months also, we are playing cricket,” Dhoni said when quizzed on his plans for the academy.
MUMBAI: “I flew a long way to see how you party in India. I am sure you party hard,” boomed Beyonce Knowles before kicking off a powerful two-hour performance at the MMRDA grounds at the Bandra Kurla Complex on Saturday evening. Backed by an all-female band called Sugamama, Beyonce raised the temperature a notch higher with her hip-hop songs pepped up with cheerleaders swaying to the beats.
The bootylicious singer performed some of her best chartbusters like ‘ Crazy in Lov e’, ‘ Baby Boy’ and ‘ Beautiful Liar’ in front of a relatively thin crowd-the grounds were only half full. To make matters worse, the concert started almost an hour late, by which time the crowd was restless.
