250 employees at Foxconn, Chennai were taken to the hospital after pesticide made them sick. Foxconn is a Taiwan company and has its plant in Chennai,

According to reports, Foxconn plant in Chennai, India had recently sprayed pesticide as a routine scheduled spraying. Sometime after the pesticide was used, 250 workers started complaining about giddiness and nausea. Immediately all of them were taken to the hospital and treated for the symptoms. Most of them were soon released, but eight were admitted to the hospital for observation.

A representative from Taiwan had been sent to Chennai for investigation and he said, it was just an accident and that accidental poisoning of its employees “may have been caused by the routine spraying of pesticide at the production facility.” This year has been very bad for Foxconn, earlier this year, a worker committed suicide after losing a prototype iPhone 4, as well as seeing 11 suicides and several other attempts. These suicides and deaths drew public attention to the working conditions of the company and many were not happy with the working conditions inside. Company announced salary hike to the employees by 20%.

Foxconn has always been in news for one or the other thing, if this continues, I don’t see any good future for the company’s reputation.

After so many criticisms with limited availability of iPhone 4 and non availability of white iPhones, as well as antenna problems, Apple’s earnings have crossed all the expectations according to Wall Street experts. This is because of sales in both iPhones and iPads, sales of Apple computer has increased amazingly. It is 60% more than the last year.

Three million units of iPads have been sold so far, which increased the company’s 78% revenue from April to June. Last year the revenue was estimated around 1.8 billion and this year it has increased to 2.5 billions. And this is the highest earnings of the company in the history. This proves, Apple is Apple, and no one can beat it -no matter how good or bad is the product, just the brand name Apple is enough for the people.

Apple had put all its ‘old models’ in a sale, but even with that situation Apple topped in earnings. Even by putting most of the old models on sale for cheaper prices, the company is pulling in an impressive profit. After the launch of iPhone 4, almost 2 million devices have been sold and it is considered as the most successful product launched by Apple.  Even with the complaints of antenna and reception, iPhone 4 has been just flying off the shelves as soon as they arrive in the market.

iPads and Mac computers are also on sales boom. It seems that, people buy everything that comes in the name of Apple. Well, so far all Apple products in general have been deemed to be good by consumers and sold successfully, and the reason for this may well be constant development of new products and devices.

Internet Giant Google has been negotiating with different online game developers to develop its own social networking service as a rival to Faceboook. Wall Street Journal’s report said, Google has been discussing with several online game makers, which are similar to those working with Facebook. It is not clear why Google is trying to talk with game makers and where exactly the games would go, but according to sources, Google is planning to start its own social networking site which is rumored to be called as “Google Me”. Sounds great to me, so far we have accepted everything given by Google.

In an interview earlier this week with Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, he refused to admit that something like this is going on and he denied to confirm that a social networking service is developing. When he was asked about the unconfirmed news of social networking service from Google, Schmidt said “the world doesn’t need a copy of the same thing.” Recently, Facebook topped in most visited site of U.S and it left Google behind.

Rumors said, Google has been negotiating with Zynga, who is the maker of popular game in Facebook “Farmville”. Farmville attracts more than 60 million users each month. According to an estimation, in 2009m social gaming industry earned about $700 million. Schmidt said, though the deal is not confirmed yet, “you can expect a partnership with Zynga.”

According to a recent report, Sky will fully launch its 3D channel in October 1, but it will be only available to those people who have Sky + HD package and a television which is 3D enabled. Sky’s chief executive said, “As with High Definition, 3D is set to transform the way TV is enjoyed in homes nationwide. Following hot on the heels of the success of 3D cinema, Sky customers will now be the first anywhere in Europe to experience 3D TV from the comfort of their living rooms.”

The 3D station from Sky is the first of its kind in Europe, and it is available in more than 1500 pubs across UK from April, and Premiere League Matches have been broadcast. 3D channel is compatible with Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Song television sets, but this is only available to HD and Sky Package subscribers.

Users with all these features in their television sets should call customer service of their TV if they want to activate the channel. It is not clear, how many people have bought 3D television sets so far, but retailers said, people are showing interest in those kinds of sets.

Research In Motion’s shares that is RIM shares have jumped all of a sudden on Wednesday with a speculation of release of new touchscreen Blackberry next week which could compete with Apple’s iPhone and other smartphones.

Next Tuesday, RIM is announcing the lauch of its BlackBerry 9800 in a joint even with AT&T Inc in NY. AT&T will have all the rights from U.S to sell this exclusive device. BlackBerry 9800 will introduce a new operating system according to analysts. According to critics, the features of phone look outdated, a full slide out keyboard and a revamped web browser is the main feature of this new device. Stocks of RIM have fallen by a third last year, so a smooth launch will be critical according to analysts.

RIM was fortunate enough to launch the product on right time. Since Apple has taken the wrong step by launching iPhone 4 without testing it properly, now the users are complaining about the antenna reception problem. This problem is putting the company in difficult situation. This whole incident has helped RIM’s BlackBerry to capture the spotlight. “This is an opportunity for RIM to respond, not only on the operating system and browser-side, but equally importantly, that they have a nice smooth operating piece of hardware,” Mackie Research Capital analyst Nick Agostino said.

Legalization of iPhone jail breaking issued by US Library of Congress Copyright office is the most searched news on the internet these days. This was an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. According to this new exemption, users can install applications on their iPhones which are not permitted by Apple and other cellphone or smartphone providers.

Apple was completely against this legalization from the day it was made, and until today the situation with Apple is same. Apple said, it just wants its customers to have a wonderful experience with the phone and nothing else. According to Apple, jail breaking or unlocking the phone will affect the quality of experience which they could have had with their device without unlocking the phone.

Apple believes, by jail breaking the iPhone 4, it will not work according to its standards and it may also become unstable with unreliable applications installed with the help of unknown software. It would be like breaking the copyright terms. Apple can deny to support or even refuse the service to devices which they think that have been jail broken. When you purchase the device, you are agreeing to all the terms and conditions of copyright. And by unlocking the phone you are going against the terms and conditions and you may not even get warranty and service for you device.

It is upto the user, if he still wants to do it, after knowing all the consequences of doing it.

Recent news said, Walt Disney Co will purchase start up Playdom for at least $563.2 million, it aims to be a leader in the fast growing market for games which are played on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. This game has attracted more users than traditional video games, and this deal is considered as the richest deal ever.

This deal is expected to close by the end of Disney’s fiscal year in 2010. Playdom is considered as fourth largest developer, it attracts around 42 million players every month especially for the games like “Mobsters” and “Social City”. We all know, social networking sites are the hot places which attracts users. There is no surprise if Playdom is getting popular in video game categories.

John Pleasants, chief executive of Playdom will be joining Disney Interactive Media Group as an executive vice President. He was hired by Playdom in last fall. Looks like Disney is trying to capture the whole market with different ventures. Playdome has a chance of getting more enhanced by the touch of Walt Disney.

We always look for free stuffs everywhere, online and offline. For some things it is fine, but is it safe to use free software for something like unlocking the expensive iPhone? If you search for free software for this process, I bet you can get plenty of option in internet. Just imagine, you spend hundreds of dollars for buying iPhone and you look for free software to unlock it? Is it worth losing iPhone with some free unreliable software? Instead, spend some money and buy a legitimate iPhone unlocking software and apply that.

Many people have used free software to jail break of unlock their iPhones and they were successful in doing that, but it is too risky to do the test on your expensive phones I think. You must be familiar with baseband and bootloader of iPhone 4, it is very different than others. It is impossible to break into bootroom to jail break firmware version 4.0. But if someone after trying for several hours, get into it then its fine, if fails that is also not a problem. But actual problem and very expensive problem appears if he completely damages your iPhone by his free software. These free software often contain worms which can ruin your phone completely and you will not be left with any other choice then dumping it.

So, the safest way to unlock or jail break your iPhone is to buy legitimate software, even if it doesn’t work, you will have your money back and your phone is safe without any worms or damages. Recently jail breaking has been made legal, but that doesn’t mean you should go for free software.

According to recent reports, giant social network Facebook is testing a new ‘delete account’ function which makes it easier for the users to delete their accounts. With this new function you can quit the social networking site permanently. Before this deactivate button was under FAQ section of help center, not it has been moved under the account settings tab, which can be seen as “Deactivate or delete your account”.

When you click on that link, you can permanently get rid of your account from Facebook immediately. Earlier this function did not come into action until the next day after you click it. This feature was limited to only some accounts in testing phase, but soon it will be rolled out to all the accounts of Facebook. “We are constantly testing new ideas,” said a Facebook spokesman.

Facebook faced lot of criticisms this year because of its privacy settings which made users to publicly share more details than they would have thought. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said, they will apply a privacy filter to all the accounts which will protect the information from all parts of the accounts.

Folks!! Be ready for the new Facebook with more features and flexibilities.

New download store for the high street music shop HMV has been launched which is called as “Hmvdigital”, and according to the music analysts, this is the last chance and hope for the company to retain the customers who still buy CD’s. Online store is bringing 5 free songs for new subscribers and selling top 40 songs for 40 pence and even some albums for just 4.99 pounds. The price is almost less than half of what other online music stores have been charging.

Hmvdigital has search capabilities and people can also pre order digital albums and buy downloads as a gift to others. It is selling almost 10 million songs and you will be able to synchronize their purchase into iTunes and WMP by using download manager in the site. According to analysts, this is the last chance and hope for the company to stay in the market. It has to integrate with the experience of high street shop if it wants to keep its customers.

HMV had every chance of becoming UK’s leader in digital music space but it lost the opportunity. Though the company is didn’t seize for the moment, company was scared to accelerate the decline of business. Analysts even said, HMV needs to save what is left and to survive, it has to merge hmvdigital into high street shop experience. Being digital is the only way to keep customers, because no one buys physical CD’s now. And HMV has every potential to get hold of its customers through downloads and digital music.

For people who are concerned about buying Apple iPhones because of its antenna problem can now hop to Samsung’s new Galaxy S Captivate to have the same feeling. It is a large 4 inch, AMOLED screen. Its slim superphone, though it lacks some of the basic features compared to Apple iPhone. Super amenities like 7.2 Mbps 3G connectivity, WiFi, HD video recorder, 5 megapixel camera, 16 GB memory and SWYPE text input. The most important, you can updates from your Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts.

Screen display is more brighter and colors are very accurate compared to iPhone. In iPhone, you can see the home page of ESPN in maroon color, but actually it is red. In Samsung Captivate, you can see the home page of ESPN in red color. Captivate is wider and taller than iPhone and thicker as well. Even being huge in size, everything is made of plastic. So, it is lighter than iPhone in weight.

Only drawback of the phone is backlighting, which goes off when the display is still on. It is pretty annoying when this happens, you lose the light when you are doing something. You can find only two physical controls on the phone that is, volume rocker left side and power switch on right.

Yahoo Japan has signed a partnership deal with Google despite of its 10 year deal with Microsoft Bing already. This move was announced by Yahoo Japan along with the statement of first quarter earnings, this was a shocking news in entire technology world. Earlier deal with Microsoft Bing was signed recently in February. Yahoo Japan is not owned by Yahoo Inc as it only owns 35 percent stake.

Yahoo Japan is a very popular search engine used in the country, it is in the first place, Google is on second place, and Microsoft Bing is on third place, this figure is found by Nielsen Online Net View from October 2008.  This will be a major change in the industry but users will see no difference, since both the search operators will have their own identity.

This deal was announced in 2009, but they were waiting for the green signals from regulators from both the parties before they could start the procedures. According to The European Commission, since Microsoft and Yahoo have captured less than 10 percent of the market in Europe, and Google has captured 90 percent of it, the deal increased the competition in the market.

A special version of web based productivity software which has been designed to meet U.S government security requirements has been released by Google Inc. On Monday Google said, they are the first company which offers emails, calendaring, and other cloud based software products with government approved certification. Google said, it obtained the certification on Thursday, according to this certificate Google can now handle government information.

This government version software will also store email and calendar information on servers hosted within continental United States. And these hosting servers will be separated from other servers which are used for corporate customers for privacy and security matters. “We have a hot product, what we’re doing is knocking down barriers to adoption,” said Chief executive.

According to Google, more than one dozen federal agencies have been already using this new version of software, and they want it to be accepted by local and state governments as well. There is nothing new in this new app, it is the same catalog offered for corporate users but it is government certified and separated. So folks, your favorite Google are going government certified now. Well, can you ask for more?

Well, it is not related to prison in anyways, jail breaking is a term used for unlocking the phones so that they can be used on any networks and services. This whole idea of jail breaking or unlocking iPhones was illegal until now. But with the new exemption by the copyright office of U.S, now you can legally this apply this technique on iPhones, not only iPhones but all cell phones.

This is a good news for people who love to hack iPhones, they can do this work officially now. People used to hack, unlock or jail break iPhones through software on computers, and as soon as the phones go through this process, any apps which are not accepted by Apple can also be used with the phone. Jail breaking process was illegal so far, but no one was arrested or prosecuted for this crime. But there was a fine of $2500 for the person who did this.

Apple is against this legalization and said, it is a violation of copyright terms. This legalization applies to iPads also, and the same iOS software is used in them also. Since apple is against this, it could void the warranty on any phones they can prove that they have been hacked. When a study was conducted, it was found that more than one million users have already unlocked their phones even when it was illegal. So it was better this way, don’t you think??

According to a recent research, majority of the web users in UK do not pay for online contents, instead they would go for another site if the site used by them frequently starts charging them for online contents. 81 percent of people don’t wish to pay anything and only 19 percent said, they are willing to pay for online content. Head of technology at KPMG Europe said, “UK consumers still haven’t come around to the idea of paying for digital content and are clear that they will move to other sites if pay walls are put up…

They are ready to view advertisements and their profile information to be tracked if they are getting the content for free or low costs. When the same question was asked globally, people were not ready for their profile to be tracked for privacy and security reasons. Internet crimes have been rising day by day, so it is better to keep your profile private and instead pay the money for online content they said.

However, 74 percent of consumers are willing to receive advertisements in exchange for free content and this applies to mobile advertising as well. But is it safe for your PC or your own privacy? But paying too much is also not worth. So decide what is important and every person has different preferences, so, it goes according to that I believe.

There are some countries which are still in the queue for iPads, the device has not yet been launched in those countries. And here is the bad news which adds to the waiting, LG, who is biggest supplier for Apple iPad said, it is getting difficult and impossible to meet the huge demand for the device. And so, there is going to be delay in launching the product.

Apple said, demand is huge and increasing everyday, and it is impossible to meet the demand. Apple will delay the launch in those countries because of high demand for the device and limited supplies of components. iPad has been launched recently in Singapore, Hong Kong, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Mexico and Netherlands.

Apple did not reveal the date of launch in other countries yet, it just said, the device will be launched later this year and the local prices will also be revealed later this year. Well, this is a bad news for the people who are eagerly waiting to buy their device from so many days. But the reason for why the launch dates have been delayed is also reasonable. Well, lets see if we are lucky to get it in our country soon!!

Announcement made by Apple saying that, white iPhones wouldn’t be available until later this year has caused a new dissatisfaction among the users. Reports of problem in reception antenna of the phone forced Apple to take back some phones which were already sold and according to them it is getting difficult to manufacture new sets and fix the old ones in whites.

Since its launch in June, almost 3 millions of iPhone 4S have been sold in the market and users said, their handset couldn’t get any signal when they hold it in their left hand, to which Apple responded saying, when they hold it in their left hand, the antenna gets covered and that is the reason for not getting signals. Apple took the responsibility and offered free cases or refund after returning the device.

According to recent reports, Apple is having hard time to come up with same color and thickness in newly manufactured white phones. In a statement Apple said, “White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year.” But black models will be available as usual without any problem.

This is a great news!! You can see “TRON” as a 3D movie now, in 1982 director Steven Lisberger brought audiences to the world of video games through “TRON Legacy” and now in 2010, it is being made into a 3D movie again,  which is going to hit theaters in December. And it will be presented by ever green Walt Disney. Director Joe Karasinski used the same technology as in the movie “The curious case of Benjamin Button” to make the characters look like human. Especially the character Clu, which is played by Jeff Bridges.

Each character has been designed digitally using the technology, Jeff Bridges plays the father as a talented video game programmer and Garrett Hedlund plays his son, 3D cameras have been used the filming the movie. “TRON” video game has attracted more than 4 million users and the movie has been made with the hope of attracting them to theaters.

Jeff Bridges who was in the original movie of TRON also said, at that time, director had to use another person for the role of youger Clu, but now the same person can play young and old no matter how old are you, with the help of digital technology. This is the much awaited movie of 2010, every “TRON” fan that plays the video game 24 hours a day is waiting to see it in 3D version.

New model from Nokia in E series is E73, which is almost similar to E72 except some alterations. At first glance, it is obvious that you think it is E72, but when you look closely you will know the difference. E 73 is designed for both personal and professional use, like all other models of Nokia, E73 also uses Symbian OS. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, FM tuner, 5.0 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, these are the features of new Nokia E73.

Gun metal used to design the phone gives a totally different look to the phone. It makes the phone look stealthier and this makes it different than E72. It is being said that, BlackBerrys are made for suits, but E73 is made for tuxedo, it is very elegant and has a class. Volume up and down buttons is on right hand side of the phone. It has micro SD card slot and USB port, but the disadvantage is, if you don’t have long nails then it will be difficult to pop the cards in and out. You don’t need a charger for E73 since it can be charged with USB.

Like all other phones, E73 also comes with all the accessories like, headsets, charger, data cable, a leather case, car charger and extra pairs of ear gels for headphones. If you go with T-mobile service contract, then you can get this new Nokia E73 for just $70. Everything looks good only except it looks almost similar to E72, but you are going to love it when you have it.

According to a recent report, T-mobile will be getting the iPhone and will soon start selling it in the market. Some reports even say, they will start the sales in couple of months. So, with this news, there is 80 percent chance for T-Mobile to get iPhones. Until now everyone believed that, the largest cellular operator of US, Verizon was getting the iPhone, but the recent reports deny this fact.

Network technology used by Verizon is CDMA which is not feasible with iPhone 4G, whereas T-Mobile and other carriers use GSM technology which is used in iPhone 4G. To make iPhone 4 work with CDMA, a new radio system has to be added to the phone which is a complicated procedure again. Now that AT &T has ended the iPhone sales, people were thinking that, they can have it through their favorite Verizon.

According to reports, T-mobile is not popular among users, but now with new iPhone 4G sales, T-mobile has every chance of attracting new as well as old customers. No matter who gets iPhone 4, whether it is Verizon or T-Mobile, iPhone lovers are going to get one. Only loser here will be AT&T, by ending the sales it already has lost thousands of subscribers.