Several years after Tel3, Pingo and Reliance rolled out their card-less phone services to India, VSNL is rolling out a similar me-too international calling service for South Asian immigrants in the U.S.

Dubbed Trueroots, the service was unveiled at a function on August 16 in New York City.

The per minute rates for the calls, which are to be carried on VSNL’s fiber optic network, were not disclosed.

Trueroots includes a prepaid recharge option, PIN-less dialing for up to Continue Reading…

Feeling the heat from Nikon, Canon has launched two new digital SLR cameras - EOS40D and the EOS-1Ds Mark III.

The EOS40D is aimed at the amateur and semi-professional.

 Highlights of the EOS40D include:

* 10.1 MP APS-C CMOS sensor
* 6.5fps, 75 JPEG image burst
* High precision wide area AF
* 3.0″ LCD with Live View mode
* DIGIC III processor
* EOS Integrated Cleaning System
* Picture Style
* Magnesium alloy body
* Compatibility with all EF/EF-S lenses and EX Speedlites

The EOS40D is expected to cost $1,300 (body only). 

Canon also rolled out the Continue Reading…

Silicon Valley start-up Tilera has launched a new processor called TILE64 that contains 64 programmable cores, each capable of running the open source Linux operating system.

TILE64 is the first in a family of TILE Processor chips that can supposedly scale to thousands of cores.

Tilera executives claim that TILE64 delivers 10X the performance of the Intel dual-core Xeon and 40X the performance of TI’s DSP.

Tilera’s CEO Devesh Garg argues that existing multicore technologies cannot scale beyong a handful of cores.

The highlight of the TILE architecture is the startup’s iMesh Interconnect, which Continue Reading…