Partner to launch Classmate PCs in India

Developed to aid students in their classroom learning, the PC features an Intel Processor 900 Mhz, WiFi and Ethernet connectivity, water-resistant keyboard, a 7-inch LCD screen, 215 MB and 512 MB RAM with 1 GB and 2 GB flash memory. With the Classmate PC, Intel-HCl will also offer note taker and digital pens.Furthermore, Intel is also working with Educomp, leading educational service provider, for the design, development, prototype creation and proof of concept of Classmate PCs.“It is priced in the sub-Rs 18,000 range but it also includes the cost of installing supporting connectivity infrastructure, teachers’ training and customized integrated learning solutions through our tie-up with content developers and education service provider. Later, the cost will go down further,” said Rajendra Kumar, HCL Infosystems Executive Vice-president.Classmate PCs will be retailed through schools and HCL Infosystems and also by Intel OEM partners Wipro and Zenith shortly in August-September 2007. It is expected to deploy 3,000-5,000 such PCs over the next nine months to a year.

Was Michael Jackson Healthy Or Falling Apart During His Final Days? Depends On Who’s Talking

LOS ANGELES, In his final days, Michael Jackson was robust and active Or dangerously thin and frail. Begging for access to powerful prescription drugs. Or showing no signs of ever having used them.
It depends on who’s talking.

A dizzying collection of puzzle pieces about Jackson’s health and habits has come to light since his death on June 25. With as much as a month before a toxicology report determines the cause, more are sure to emerge.

LOS ANGELES,

La Toya Jackson reportedly believes her brother Michael was “murdered.”

In new reported interviews with Britain’s News of The World and the Daily Mail’s Sunday edition, Michael’s older sister allegedly told the publications that she believes several people were involved in her brother’s death.

Sensex India: Stock Market Today

Sensex crashes by 253.24 pts


Mumbai, Jul 10 (UNI) The Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today crashed by 253.24 points to settle in red at 13,504.22 on heavy offloading in select stocks by foreign institutional investors (FII's) and mutual funds in view of weak global cues.
A sell-off in index heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) triggered a sharp fall on the bourses in the last hour of trade.
Power, realty and capital goods stocks also dropped.
However, IT stocks held firm after IT bellwether Infosys Technologies raised the lower end of its annual forecast in dollar terms, a leading broker said.
The BSE 30-share Sensex touched below the 13,450 mark and the S&P CNX Nifty fell below the psychological 4,000 mark. The market breadth turned weak in contrast to a positive breadth earlier in the day. Weak global markets and lower US index futures dented sentiment.
The market pared gains after a firm opening triggered by better-than-expected Q1 results from Infosys before trading hours.
The Sensex slipped into the red after moving between positive and negative terrain in mid-morning trade. A bout of volatility was witnessed in early afternoon trade. The market surged in mid-afternoon after Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said the rise in industrial production in May 2009 is not a surprise and the worst is over for industrial output.