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BlackBerry maker Research in Motion launches counterattack against iPhone

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion launches counterattack against iPhoneFor the past few years, BlackBerry, a phone and an Email device could be found clipped to the belts of high-powered professionals. However, it seems that the same device is not working for the company anymore, with iPhone picking up bigger market share. 

Motorola MOTO VE66 phone announced

Motorola MOTO VE66 phone announced The latest MOTO VE66 phone that has enhanced CrystalTalk audio technology has been announced by Motorola. The new phone has many exciting features like a 5-megapixel camera, MP3 player-like navigation, crisp images and an amazing audio experience. The slider set also has the first widgets integration that offers users seamless access to favorites like sports scores, stock tickers or RSS feeds. 

Oral Spray Launched for Diabetics

Oral Spray Launched for DiabeticsShreya Life Sciences announced the launch of the world's first oral insulin spray as an alternative to the insulin injections. Launched under the brand name, "Oral Recosulin", the spray is a recombinant DNA human insulin buccal spray and has been approved for marketing in India while in the U. S. it is in Phase 3 of the trials. Mr Ram Shelat, Director Shreya Life Sciences said, "It has been approved for marketing in India. We are waiting for price approval, and by the first week of December, it will be available in the Indian market."

Maruti launches A-Star

Maruti launches A-StarThe largest Indian passenger car maker Maruti Suzuki, launched a new car model A-Star on Wednesday. A-Star is developed at the Manesar facility of the company and it is the fifth model in A2 segment. The car would also be exported in Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Africa. The company has set a target to sell 50,000 units of A-star in Indian market while one lakh units would be sold in international markets. The company is optimistic to export 2 lakh units by 2010-11.

New price set by Microsoft for $99 security suite: free

MicrosoftRecently, Microsoft announced that from June 2009, it will stop making its antivirus and security product, OneCare, and instead replace the same with a free download program called "Morro".

The good thing for users is that they will get all the services of Morro, free of cost, while, earlier for OneCare they had to pay $99, plus $US10 a year to subscribe to a virus update service.

"Morro will provide comprehensive protection from malware, including viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojans," said Microsoft in a statement.

‘Most advanced’ processor unveiled by Intel

Intel i7 processorsIntel, the chip making leader, has launched its first quad-core solution, which it claims as its most advanced processor, for the desktop PC, achieved with 45 nanometre silicon technology.

The i7 processor, flowing from the design hitherto codenamed 'Nehalem' has taken a world record 117 points in the popular industry benchmark, SPECint, almost doubling the 'memory bandwidth' of previous Intel offerings in this class.

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