LG announces Cookie Fresh GS290 smartphone
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 08:17South Korea’s LS has introduced its new Cookie Fresh GS290 smartphone, featuring a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display.
The Cookie Fresh GS290, which will hit the UK stores from the start of April, will allow social networking via Myspace, Facebook and Twitter integration.
The new handset is equipped with a decent 2 mega pixel camera and comes in 10 different colors including, pink, blue, purple and silver.
Asus unveils EEE PC 1005PR netbook
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 07:27EEE PC 1005PR, the most recent netbook from Asus, has been designed to satisfy all netbook enthusiasts.
Asus’ new device come with a new feature called Super Hybrid Technology that presents a battery life of 11 hours under normal usage.
EEE PC 1005PR can handle 720p High Definition owing to a 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 resolution display. It is also equipped with a Broadcom BCM 70015 HD Decoder.
Consumer Focus urges government to promote money-making sites
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 07:26A fresh study conducted by Consumer Focus has said that the Government must boost its actions to make poorer UK citizens to know how the internet can generate money for them.
The consumer watchdog prepared a report entitled Broadband Minded, in which it recommended the promotion of money-making sites such as eBay.
The report found that online savings were of limited relevance to lower income group as many of them lacked debit cards or bank accounts to enjoy the benefits.
UK retail sales jumps 2.2% in February
Submitted by Sunil Kumar on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:41Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street, figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed.
UK retail sales recovered month-on-month by 2.2 per cent in February after January's tough weather conditions that kept people away from the High Street, the British Retail Consortium said.
In January, like-for-like sales dropped more-than-expected 0.7 per cent due to cold weather and return of VAT to its pre-recession level of 17.5 per cent.
Public trust in climate change falling
Submitted by Shamsher Singh on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:33People are losing trust in research works relating to climate change due to recently exposed errors in a report about the global warming.
Skepticism over the climate change reports may pose difficulties for the Congress which wants to pass climate legislation.
Recently, officials in Texas and Virginia filed challenges to the finding of the Environmental Protection Agency which claimed that manmade greenhouse gases threaten health of the public.
House prices fall as supply outshines demand
Submitted by Sunil Kumar on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:15More properties were put onto the market for sale during February, which eased the shortage of homes in the UK market.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said the number of houses for sale outstripped inquiries from potential buyers.
The RICS posted an increase in the number of agents reporting a supply increase rather than a decline from -20 per cent in January to 15 per cent in February.
World's rarest camellia still blooming
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:12One of the rarest flowers in the world is still pleasing the world with its beauty.
The Middlemist's Red camellia, which braved the battle of Trafalgar, has been blooming for over two hundred years.
The Middlemist's Red camellia is considered to be one of the only two examples of variety all over the world. One of the two is at the Duke of Devonshire's conservatory at Chiswick in west London, while another is at Waitangi in New Zealand.
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