Android 3.0 "Honeycomb," which could accelerate Androids presence in the tablet market, could also complicate Microsofts Windows tablet plans. – Google Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb, could complicate
Microsofts nascent tablet efforts.
Scheduled for a media unveiling Feb. 2 at Googles Mountain
View, Calif., headquarters, Honeycomb has been designed with larger screens in
mind, including a retooled, tablet-friendly virtual keyboard and…
Serbian Finance Minister Diana Dragutinović said Friday that she expected the total budget revenue in 2011 to exceed earlier forecasts by about RSD 10bn.
“Based on these two months – December of last and January of this year – I can accurately predict the revenue in 2011,” she said, adding that she was almost certain it would be “at least RSD 10bn higher than planned.”
Verizon said it’s moving smartphone customers to its $30 unlimited plan. The plan reporteldy initally will include iPhone users, but only for a short amount of time. – Verizon Wireless has been preparing to launch a Code Division Multiple Access version of the Apple iPhone for nearly as long as consumers and the media have been speculating that the carrier would offer one, executives said during the carriers fourth-quarter earnings announcement.
“Weve been prepar…
The Singapore-based manager plans to give investors in Artradis AB2 Fund their money by Feb. 28, said co-founder Stephen Diggle. The firm hopes to return money in its Artradis Barracuda Fund by the same date as it awaits investors’ vote to wind up the fund, he said in an interview today. The volatility funds are “substantially in cash,” he said.
NASA works to gather financial support for a final space shuttle launch tentatively planned for late June. – As the space agencys storied space shuttle program winds down, NASA announced it has “baselined” the STS-135 mission for a target launch date of June 28. The mission would see space shuttle Atlantis deliver supplies to the International Space Station, including a replacement for a malfunctioning pum…
Cosco Corporation (Singapore) says it has not received any proposal nor is it currently in any discussions with any party regarding a proposed asset injection.
The announcement was made in response to recent research reports which raised the possibility of a restructuring effort by parent company Cosco Group that would see it inject its 19% interest in Cosco Shipyard Group and its 100% stake in Cosco Shipbuilding Industry Company, which owns two shipbuilding yards in Nantong and Dalian, into the company.
Cosco asked for a trading halt this morning to put forward the SGX statement
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The China District Energy Fund, which has gathered US$115 million ($147.3 million) in commitments, will invest in electricity plants that also generate and sell heat to end-users, providing a second source of revenue.
Li Ka-Shing’s Hutchison Whampoa, the world’s biggest container-terminal operator, will sell deep-water port holdings in Hong Kong and southern China, hubs of record global trade, in what may be Singapore’s largest-ever initial public offering.
The company will retain a stake of about 25% in the trust that will own terminals in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong province, port operations along the Pearl River and shipping-support businesses, it said in a statement today.
The construction of the rail link to Pingxiang, a city near China’s border with Vietnam, will start in the second half of this year, the paper said citing the local development and reform commission.
Adobe Systems is integrating local storage-management features in its Flash Player with the user interface in browsers such as Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. – Adobe Systems has changes in store for its Flash Player as part of an effort to improve user privacy.
Those changes will start with new integration between popular Web browsers and Flash Players management features for LSOs (local shared objects).
“Since local storage allows sites and apps to …
Singapore will raise down payment requirements for second mortgages and extend the period homeowners must hold properties to avoid a sales tax as it steps up efforts to curb speculation after prices rose to a record.
Individuals with more than one mortgage can only borrow up to 60% of a property’s value, down from 70%, the government said in a statement yesterday. On loans to entities other than individuals it will be reduced to 50% from 60%. Sellers will now have to pay a stamp duty for all homes and land sold within four years of purchase, from three years.
Virgin Mobile will reportedly stop offering its $40 unlimited 3G Broadband2Go data plan. With AT&T having cut off the data hogs and Verizon wavering, Sprint now stands alone. – Virgin Mobile is the latest carrier to cancel its unlimited
wireless data plan.
The carrier will stop offering
its $40 all-you-can-eat 3G Broadband2Go data plan after Feb. 15, PC World has reported, writing that Virgin
said it needs “to implement network controls to ensure optimal experience.”
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The Obama administration wants the tech industry to take the lead in creating a trusted online identity ecosystem. – Talk of private and public partnerships for Internet security are a common
refrain, and the calls were heard yet again Jan. 7 when federal officials
announced plans for a new office within the U.S. Department of Commerce to
coordinate federal efforts to support the creation of a trusted
online …
Even though Omi “Chatur” Vaidya is getting plum offers in Bollywood, the actor has no plans of shifting base from Los Angeles to Mumbai. “I have a house in LA and my wife is getting her PhD and for the next two years she is going to be there. Plus, my family is also there; [...]
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