Despite crackdown, ragging continues in Chennai colleges

The senior students have devised many ways of harassing first year students by forbidding them to wear branded clothes and forcing them to go their home unreserved.

Despite the stringent measures adopted by the government and colleges, still ragging continues in many private institutions. Often, the practice crosses the line of mere ragging and takes the form of bullying and even violence.

A first year mechanical engineering student has rightly said that they are not allowed to go to shopping malls and cinemas during the first year. The seniors enforce these rules strictly and ensure that they are put to maximum pain during their initial first year. Also added that the first year students were strictly prohibited from interacting with their classmates, especially of the opposite sex, on campus or outside.

A student from an Engineering College near Old Mahabalipuram Road said that even in cases where bullying crosses the limits of endurance, most students remains silent because they have paid huge capitation and course fees.

One of the student also expresses his helplesness stating that the amount which their family send for their personal use are even sometimes forcefully taken away by their seniors. Noone was allowed to keep any money with themselves after paying the hostel fees.

SS Rao, Registrar of Sathyabhama College said that they were closely monitoring all the colleges. State Higher Education Minister P Palaniappan recently said that the government is considering the feasibility of setting up a state level helpline to take complaints directly from ragging victims, in line with the national desk of the University Grants Commission.

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Google TV is coming to Europe early next year, in 2012

Google will launch the TV service in Europe, already available in US, which enables customers to access the internet on TV using a browser, said the president of Google, Eric Schmidt.





The event will take place early next year. Much of the the TV industry, as news broadcasters and telecom operators, look cautiously and often accuses Google as they "steal" revenue from advertising without contributing to the costs of creating content.

'Hundreds killed' in Syria protest during Ramadan

A rights group said on Wednesday that a total of 473 people were killed during protests in the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Syria.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the death toll comprised to 360 civilians and 113 members of the security forces and the army.

The civilians comprised of 25 people aged under 18, 14 women and 28 who died in detention or under torture. Almost daily protests has taken place against the regime of  President Bashar al-Assad, since mid-March, in the face of  crackdown which according to the UN has resulted in the death of at least 2,200 people.

The observatory said that the security forces had returned the bodies of 13 people to their families, at least five of whom were still alive when they were arrested in early August.

Amnesty international said in a seperate report that it had heard of 88 deaths in the custody between April 1 and August 15, including 10 children aged between 13 and 18.

Amnesty added that there is no evidence that any kind of torture was caused or conributed to the deaths, citing signs of violent burn marks, beatings and cuts.

Some had been mutilated before or after death in particularly grotesque  ways apparently intended to strike terror into the families to whom their corpses were returned.

Reported by  AR

Land grab charge: Fourth ex-DMK minister arrested

On Wednesday, the former higher education minister K Ponmudi became the fourth minister in the DMK government led by Muthuvel Karunanidhi to be arrested on land grabbing charges. Ponmudi was arrested from his Villipuram residence, about 160 km south of Chennai.

According to the Villipuram police report, Siga Educational Trust belonging to Ponmudi, took over the land allotted for children's park and community hall without proper authorisation.

AIADMK's trade union wing leader Narayanasamy lodged a complaint of land grab.

Police sources told over phone that the police surrounded the Ponmudi's residence early on Wednesday morning.

Tension prevailed in the area as several DMK workers congregate ouside the former minister's residence when police came to arrest him.

Ponmudi told the press that the AIADMK government was filing false charges against him of land grabbing.

The other ministers arrested in land grab cases since the AIADMK came into power in May are former transport minister KBN Nehru, former agriculture minister Veerapandi Arumugam and former handlooms ministerNKKP Raja.

The government has former various land grab cells in 30 districts and has set up fast track courts to process the land grab cases. In the state, over 450 cases has been registered so far.



Google has implemented the fastest Internet connection in the world

Google has set up an experimental internet network capable of transfer speeds up to 1 Gb per second, 100 times the speed used until now.

The network is still in beta in Silicon Valley and enables a network download speed of 300 Mbps and 150 Mbps and is also known as the fastest internet network in the world.



Thus, according to tests, a 95 MB movie trailer was downloaded in about 9 seconds. The classic ​​internet speed is up to 13 Mbps.



The new service introduced by Google with a more advanced optical fiber is already in place for over a month in Palo Alto, California.

Threat to Windows. Operating systems which can run in the cloud

Google said it is launching an operating system that all your data will be loaded into a personal account online. Apple came up with a similar system, iCloud.



The idea to put your data in the cloud is not new. Instead of physical hard disk, there will be a virtual cloud that will store your photos, favorite music, files and personal documents. That will happen with the launch of laptops that will work with Chrome OS operating system.



Steve Jobs presented ICloud, which will provide, for the beginning, a space of 5GB (about 400 pictures, books and documents and about 700 songs).



In fall, those who want a bigger cloud, to put more data online, can buy more space from Apple. Such data storage services already have Microsoft and HP.



Even if Chrome OS operating system that only works via the Internet has just been announced, there was already a pretty big competition, there are some programs more than five years.



Here are the most common: CloudMe, EyeOS, Glide and JoliOS.



All of this, at least with one year before Windows 8.

Samsung will launch in a few years the first 3D TV with Android

Samsung is working on a new generation of TVs which will come on the market in the next 4-5 years. One of the firm's future projects is Samsung MSTV, a gadget that combines a futuristic design with a spectacular new multimedia technologies.

Samsung MSTV will run a Google Android operating system, which will allow the synchronization of all the gadgets in the house, from the game console to video camera and mobile phone, and also surfing the web and access the entire suite of Android apps.



Samsung MSTV will be the first TV in the world that allows the user to change the screen size according to need: 22,32,42,46,55, 64 inch.



They can be easily changed, the stand adapting the programs to the new dimensions of the screen almost instantly.



All screens will be touch screen so it will work just as tablets, without the necessarily need of a remote control.

Nokia 701

Nokia launches 701 Symbian Belle

Nokia 701 Features:

Style meets performance
Smart design. Powerful hardware.
Nokia 701 is all about style and performance. On the outside, the stainless steel finish with fine satin texture brings a high-quality look and feel. The super bright 3.5” ClearBlack display produces stunning picture quality from almost any angle, even if you’re outdoors. On the inside, there’s a powerful 1 GHz processor and 8 GB of internal memory - expandable up to 40 GB. 

Home screens designed by you
Everything you need in one place
This is where it all happens. A fresh, new look with up to six home screens bringing everything important right to you, including friends, Facebook posts, music and much more. And you decide how they look. Change wallpapers and add shortcuts for your favourite apps. You can also add great new email and radio widgets - mini apps you control right from the home screen.

NFC built in
Share and connect instantly
NFC offers an easy way to share and connect without any wires or hassle. And it couldn’t be simpler. All you do is touch another NFC-enabled phone to share a great photo or video with a friend. You can also connect instantly to any loudspeakers or accessories supporting NFC, such as Nokia BH-505 Bluetooth Stereo Headset. Just one tap and you’re connected.

8 MP camera and HD video
Capture life in HD
With Nokia 701 you’ll never miss a photo opportunity – the large 8 MP sensor gives you great results every time. Switch to HD video to shoot your movies in stunning high definition, and enjoy them again on the ultra-bright ClearBlack display. Plus you can make your shots picture perfect with Photo editor, then share them through email or upload straight to Facebook.

Free maps and navigation
Find and share new places With Nokia Maps you always know exactly what’s happening around you. Instantly find the best of everything in your city - cafés, shops, hotels and much more. Millions of places reviewed and rated worldwide, with expert tips from Trip Advisor and Lonely Planet. And best of all, Nokia 701 comes with free lifetime walk and drive navigation including turn-by-turn voice guidance.

Apps and HD games
The best apps around
Many of the best apps around come preloaded on your Nokia 701, like apps for Facebook and Twitter as well as apps for business, maps, email and more. But this is only the beginning. At Store there are apps for everything, from travel to messaging to the latest games – with more and more added every day. Apps that make life a bit better, a bit easier or just a bit more fun.

Nokia 701 Specifications :
Software and applicationsSoftware platform and user interface
Symbian BelleJava MIDP 2.1 Qt 4.7.3, Web Runtime 7.2
HTML 4.1 Software updates over the air (FOTA) and over the internet (FOTI) Flash Lite 4.0OMA DM 1.2, OMA Client provisioning 1.1Personal Information Management (PIM) Detailed contact informationMultiple calendars with meeting request support To-do list NotesRecorder CalculatorClock Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes ApplicationsPreloaded applications
Phone switch
Music Player
Social client for social network feeds
Nokia Maps
Browser
Ovi Music
Store
Vlingo
Microsoft Communicator Mobile
Shazam
Adobe PDF reader
WebTV widgets
Angry Birds Magic with NFC
Asphalt 5 with NFC PC applications :
Nokia Suite
Gaming
Use the touch interface to play gamesDedicated graphics processor with OpenGL 2.0 enables 3D graphicsNative and Java gamesUse the accelerometer to play gamesNFC for multiplayer gamesPreloaded .
Angry Birds Magic with NFC for unlocking new levels
Asphalt 5 with NFC for multiplayer gaming More games available for download at Store
Nokia 701 Gallery:Nokia 701 in 3 different colours

Berated by Head Matser, girl commits suicide

A standard VII student committed suicide in Warangal district following the apparent hurt cused by the admonishing she received from her headmaster. Kanuganti Swapna aged 12 years, consumed pesticide at her home in Pandikunta Village in Mulugu mandal and died on her way to Mulugu government hospital  on Thursday.

Relatives staged a dharna in front of the government zilla parishadhigh school in Pandikunta with her body on Friday, alleging that Swapna ended up her life after she was beaten up by the school head master B Sadananda Rao. They demanded adequate compensation and suitable action against the school management. However, Sadananda Rao denied that he had punished the girl in the classroom.

All this began when Swapna broke a fight with her classmate R Anusha over sharing of seat on the bench. The girls started shouting against each other. Anusha reportedly lashed Swapna, who fell on another student named J Mounika. Upset over this, Mounika warned the girls and rushed to th HM and made complaints against the two girls. Sadananda Rao came to the class and reportedly slapped Swapna. Afer he left, both the girls clashed again.

Before leaving the classroom in then evening, Swapna said to Mounika that it was because of her that the HM had come out and cautioned them.

Also angry Swapna had told Mounika that she would commit suicide and for that the HM and she would be held responsible.

 Later in the evening, she went home and consumed pesticide. After telling the parents about the extreme steps, she even went to Mounika's residence to tell her about her action. She later came back home and collapsed. Her parents- Mallaiah and Uma rushed her to the Mulugu government hospital where the doctors declared her brought-dead.

When contacted, Sadananda Rao denied slapping Swapna and said that he did not raise his hands against the student rather he had just warned her to behave properly in the classroom. He added that, he had said so only to restore order between the two girls as both of them were clashing and fighting since afternoon.

Sources said that no case has been filed so far and the school authoritie are negotiating with the family for the amount of compensation required. The body was later sent to the hospital for an autopsy.

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Team Anna rallies behind Kiran Bedi on privilege issue

Team Anna Hazare on Tuesday rallied behind its key member Kiran Bedi who is facing a breach of privilege notice in Parliament for making controversial remarks against MPs, warning such move will be  perceived by the people as lawmakers seek way to pay revenge on them.

A key team memmber, Arvind Kejriwal said that the entire team is solidly behind Bedi. He said that she will respond to the notice as and when the notice is received. The notice has not been received so far and it does not constitute the breach of privilege of Parliament.

Prashant Bhushan, Lawyer and another Anna Hazare Team member said the move to serve a notice to Bedi was unfortunate as she had not said anything which could be termed as a breach of privilege.

He claimed that there had also been talks that he and another member Arvind Kejriwal will also get privilege notices.

Bhushan told the reporters that perhaps the MPs are thinking that our fight is against MPs as we talk about their corruption. People will find it as a way for the MPs to seek revenge.

Bedi, the former IAS officer said on Monday that she was not going to apologise and  was prepared for any punishment.

In contrast to Bedi's stand, actor Om Puri, who was facing the breach of privilege notice, apologised for using derogatory remarks to put down the political class.

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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: High Court stays execution of 3 killers

Three killers of Rajiv Gandhi, before ten days they were to be hanged, today they got a repreive from the Madras High Court which stayed their execution for eight weeks even as the Tamil Nadu Assembly in an exceptional unanimous resolution appealed to the President to re-consider their mercy pleas.

A bench comprising of Justices C Nagappan and M Satyanarayanan issued notices to the Centre, stopping the execution set for September 9, the State government and the Police, observing that there had been a delay of 11 years in the disposal of their petitions seeking Presidential moderation.

Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan lodged in the Vellore jail, who were convicted and sentenced for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi during an election rally at Sriperumpudur on May 21, 1991 by an LTTE suicide bomber.

Ram Jethmalani, who pleaded their case, told the reporters after the court paased the interim order that the High Court is doing justice and stayed the execution.

Jethmalani, Colin Gonsalves and R Vaigai, appearing for the three convicts, while disposing of their mercy petitions violating Art 21 of the Indian Constitution contended it as inordinate and inexplicable delay.

Shortly before the High Court order, the Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution moved by Jayalalithaa requesting President Pratibha Patil to re-consider the mercy petitions which was rejected earlier this month.

A huge crowd which was present outside the court applauded the interim order that was keenly awaited by the leaders of several political parties and human rights groups who have launched a campaign to save the lives of the three convicts.

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2G Scam: Court to decide Raja, Kanimozhi charges on Sept 15

Delhi Court will decide on September 15 whether to put A Raja, Kanimozhi and 15 others on trial for their alleged role in the 2G Spectrum scam, which according to the CBI has caused a loss of Rs.30,984 crore to the public exchequer.

Special CBI judge O P Saini said today after special CBI Prosecutor U U Lalit wrapped up his final argument, rebutting the plea of innocence by all the accused, including three telecom firms, two bureaucrats, nine corporate honchos and a film maker.

Lalit wrapped up his argument while pleading to the court to frame charges of corruption and other penal offences against all the 17 accused and to put them on trial for their alleged roles in the case.

While concluding his argument, Lalit told the court that Swan Telecom and Unitech got the licences despite their complete ineligibility to get the same.

He said that both the companies off-loaded their shares soon after getting the licences and acquired around RS.73,000 crore in the process.

The special public prosecutor, appointed by the Apex Court  to prosecute the case, however clarified that there is no evidence or material available on record to indicate that there was any quid pro quo by Unitech Wireless Pvt Ltd.

He added that they are conscious so far as the Unitech is concerned, and found nothing to show any money trial against them. He later said that there is no quid pro quo as far as money exchanging hands is concerned in relation to Unitech.

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Sankararaman murder case: Plea says new tapes point to attempts to bribe judge

The Madras High Court stayed the trial in the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati and his junior Vijayendra Saraswati are the prime accused.

Justice K Saguna had stayed the trial for eight weeks while hearing a petition filed by P Sundararajan, who alleged the tapes of the conversations, indicated attempts by the Kanchi seer to bribe the judge who was hearing the case. The trail was being held in the Puducherry sessions court.

Sankararaman, Manager of Varadaraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram, who was murdered on the temple premises on September 3, 2004. Though five persons subsequently surrendered, it was emerged during the investigation that they were not the real accused. Jayendra Saraswati was arrested two months after the murder. Later, the junior seers were arrested.

As per the police reports, the murder was an attempt to stop Sankararaman, who used to work in the mutt before he fell out with the seers, from exposing the financial irregularities in the mutt. The Supreme Court shifted the trial to Puduchery from a Chengalpet court after the senior Shankaracharya alleged that a fair trial could not be held in Tamil Nadu.

Sudararajan's petition said some tapes purportedly containing conversations between the Kanchi Sankaracharya, his aide, two mediators, the Judge and his representative ahd emerged in the public domain recently. It said that the tapes pointed to payments made and talked about.

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Which web application can be faster than an earthquake?

Well... faster that earthquakes is Twitter, of course, at least in a viral video.







What do you think, is twitter that fast?

Yeddyurappa appears in Special Lokayukta Court

The former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, appeared for the first time in Special Lokayukta Court on Monday after the Karnataka High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea earlier this day. Though he had been asked to be present before the court on Saturday, he sought exemption on health grounds.

 Mr. Yeddyurappa filed a bail plea before the court, along with other accused, including his sons B.Y Raghavendra, MP and B.Y Vijayendra; son-in-law R.N Sohan Kumar; and the former Muzrai, S.N Krishnaiah Shetty. The court is proposed to hear his bail plea on September 7.

Mr. Yeddyurappa became the first former Chief Minister ever to appear before this court in a corruption case.

Legal activists Sirajin Bhasha and K.N Balraj ahs summoned Yeddyurappa and six others in connection with two cases, involving  six instances of alleged land grab and misuse of power. The two had filed cases of sorruption against Yeddyurappa and his kin and associates.

The Karnataka High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in one of the cases of land denotification that had allegedly resulted in pecuniary benefits to his family members.

Justice L. Narayana Swamy said that even though no further investigation was required in the particular case (related to three instances of land denotification at three locations in Bangalore). The court noted that the "same government" even after Mr. Yeddyurappa demitted office as Chief Minister,  is in power.

It said that a large number of witnesses, according to the complainant in this case, are government servants including IAS officials, working in various capacities.

The High Court also refused to accept  Mr. Yeddyurappa's argument  that the Special Lokayukta Court had already formed an opinion against him, hence he did not approach the court for availing anticipatory bail.

The High Court examined the Governor's sanction and the three instances of de-notification mentioned herein the complaint and found that it cannot be in any way termed mechanical or malafide sanction accorded by the Governor and stated that there is no prima facie case against the petitioner.

Meanwhile, Mr. Yeddyurappa had withdrawn  his petition filed in the High Court challenging his indictment by the Lokayukta on the charge that he had received illegal gratification from a mining firm.

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Social Sims might become the most popular game on Facebook

Social Sims, published last Thursday, has already 4.6 million daily users, according to AppData, a service of Inside Network traffic measurement. Social Sims online game is already in 10th place among the most used Facebook applications and 6th place among the most accessed Facebook games, surpassed by Zynga hits CityVille, Farmville, Empires & Allies, Texas Hold 'Em and Pioneer Trail.

Statistics shows very well, considering that Social Sims appeared only a week and all the data show that Social Sims could exceed Cityville, the leader of games on Facebook with 14 million daily players, sometime in September.



Variants before Social Sims sold over 140 million copies as proof that the game tends to cause "addiction" to its users. The difference between Sims Social and previous versions of Sims game is that the other Sims from the game belong to friends on Facebook.



Social Sims start by creating an avatar custom own Sim, which is placed in an environment that resembles a doll house. This environment can be extended by winning Simoleans and must be cared, fed, went to bed, the bathroom and must also answer "its social needs."

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Downstream areas alerted as Narmada water rises

As per the report of an official an alert has been sounded in the low-lying downstreams areas of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada following huge flow of water from Madhya Pradesh.

They said the alert was sounded on late Saturday in Tilakwada and Nandod taluks of the district and some taluks of Vadodara and Bharuch district after water began overflowing.

District officials had been asked to remain alerted as the dam was overflowing due to the inflow from upstream, which was around 3 lakhs cusecs since Saturday night.

Officials said that on Sunday morning, the inflow had decreased and the dam was overflowing at 126.90 m.

Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Managing Director S. Jagdeesan said on Sunday that meanwhile, the 1,450 MW power stations at the dam site started generating power at their full installed capacity for th first time this monsoon due to the inflow of water.

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Libyan rebels free more than 10,000 prisoners

A rebel military spokesperson on Sunday said that more than 10,000 prisoners were held by the regime of Kadhafi have been released since the rebels captured Tripoli, but nearly 50,000 are still missing.

Ahmed Omar Bani at a press conference stated that the number of people arrested over the past few months is estimated at between 57,000 and 60,000.

He also expressed his deep concern over their fate and said that many people in Tripoli are now discovering mass graves around former detention centres and the prison in Abu Slim.

Abu Slim, a generally pro-Kadhafi neighbourhood, has seen fierce fighting between rebels and Kadhafi loyalists.

 When asked whether the missing rebels were killed, he said that it would be catastrophic if it turns out they were killed.

We now have the individuals who knows what has happened with the prisoners in  Tripoli and these individuals are currently being sought by our liberation forces.

Bani warned that they have invited anyone who has information on prisoners to come forward or they will be considered considered complicit in these crimes.

It is high time for those who claims to have been too frightened to speak to come forward and testify about the crimes which were being committed.

The battle for Tripoli is almost over and the rebels are mess up to get the capital back on its feet, but sporadic gunfire could still be heard overnight in the city.

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Nations victory, thousands begins march from India Gate

Thousands gathered today evening at India Gate to celebrate the victory of Anna Hazare's campaign against anti-corruption  which took the nation by storm. Anna Hazare on Sunday broke his 12 day fast declaring that electoral reforms will be his top priority in the agenda.

After a few days of protest by Anna, festivities began last night after the Parliament  passed a resolution agreeing the three demands of Anna Hazare on Lokpal issue, which reached a climax when the Gabdhian accepted a glass of coconut water from the Dalit and a Muslim girl named Simran and Ikrah at 10:20 am, breaking his 288 hours of fast that began on August 16.

As a symbol of his victory, victory flags were put up in almost every house in his village in Maharashtra as people who assembled outside the Yadavbaba temple where he lives, said they were eagerly waiting to see their 'Hero' come back home very soon.

Hazare's close aide Datta Awari said that they are also eagerly waiting for his return. He is their hero and want to give him a hero's welcome.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra modi was quoted saying that those who taken Naxalism and terrorism should learn from Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign as it has reinforced confidence in the strength of non-violence which is inherent in the "DNA of Indians".

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the ending of the fast by Hazare was a victory of the people's power and showed the resilence of parliamentary democracy.

Dr. Ratna Magotia who had been fasting along with Anna Hazare for the last 12 days said that so as to express solidarity with Hazare, 17 people had been fasting at Azad Maidan and added that there is no words to express his happiness and this victory is a victory of common man.

India Against Corruption which superheaded the agitation said they were elated over the victory. Mannan Gandhi, a member of the IAC said Hazare supporters poured onto the streets in Kolkata distributing sweets and singing the national song.

West Bengal CPI-M secretary Biman Bose said that ending of fast by Anna Hazare is a good decision and they are happy for the implementation of an effective Lokpal Bill.

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Latest Anti-Fingerprint Technology for iPhone 5

The current coatings for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are not effective and lasts for a month but this new patent filed by Apple is apparently more effective in protecting the touch screen devices from smears.

The Physical Vapor Desposition technology will reportedly protect your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch from fingerprints and avoid the need to constantly wipe out your device. This new technology coats the screens of your touch device with an oil resistant ‘oleophobic’ coating.

This technique applies thin films of vaporized materials onto i-device’s surface. This special coating comes in liquid form inside a pressurized bottle and is purged by an inert gas to avoid its contact with air, heat or humidity during the manufacturing process, before it is applies to the device’s surface.

Report - iPhone 5 to be a dual-mode world phone

Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 will support access to both CDMA and GSM networks, allowing it to operate in most countries around the world, a source tells TechCrunch.

An unidentified app developer reportedly pulled information from registration logs that show two distinct mobile network codes (MNC) / mobile country codes (MCC). These codes, which are believed to have been entered by testers of a single device using Apple's upcoming mobile operating system iOS 5, are unique mobile network identifiers belonging to Verizon and AT&T, TechCrunch said.

Apple now caters to both companies, but the devices are not designed to operate on each other's networks; Verizon's works on the CDMA standard, while AT&T's iPhone 4 operates on a GSM network, the dominant global wireless technology and the standard in Europe.

While the iPhone 5 has been long rumored to be a CDMA/GSM world phone, Verizon's iPhone has always had this capability, although it's not activated. Teardowns of the device showed that it sports the Qualcomm MDM6600 chip, the same chip that's used in the Droid Pro world phone.

TechCrunch concluded that a dual-mode phone would suggest that the iPhone 5 would not support LTE. However, Apple's latest developer builds for iOS 5 contain a snippet of code that mentions LTE, according to enthusiast site MacRumors, prompting speculation that the company may be testing 4G internally.

The hotly anticipated next edition of Apple's smartphone is expected to be released in October

iPhone 5 Test Page on Apple.com Leaked

Latest iPhone 5 Pictures got Leaked on Apple.com Website and some anonymous person took screenshot of that web page on that time in Apple head quarters. Enjoy Apple iPhone 5 Real Pictures.

iPhone 5 - Apple to Capture Consumers Again

Online shopping site PriceGrabber found that Apple still has what it takes to win consumers over with its smartphone offering. The company recently surveyed consumers about the upcoming release of the iPhone 5and found, specifically, that 35 percent of the respondents plan to buy the new device upon its release.

James Brown, the Senior Director of Merchant Accounts with PriceGrabber, told us that the survey also revealed that 51 percent of consumers planned to purchase it within the first year, 14 percent within the first month, and 7 percent within the first week.

Consumers may expect more user friendly apps interface, Longer version of battery usage and yes not the least, Lower price for sure.

Although the exact date of the iPhone 5 release has not been made public, it is expected to be available sometime this fall.

Are you planning to buy the iPhone 5?

According to a report issued today by the Wall Street Journal, Sprint will join AT&T and Verizon in offering iPhone handsets starting this fall with the launch of Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5 handset.

Sprint is currently the third-largest wireless carrier in the country, behind Verizon and AT&T respectively. With more than fifty million customers, Sprint represents a huge new market for Apple and its wildly-selling iPhone. After launching the first iPhone handset exclusively with AT&T, Apple has continually moved to add new carrier partners to continue its push to become the number-one smartphone manufacturer in the world.

Interestingly, the United States was the first country to receive Apple’s iPhone in 2007, but the last to drop carrier exclusivity which only happened in January of this year with the launch of the CDMA iPhone 4 handset on Verizon. The rumor mill has been speculating that Sprint and T-Mobile were possible new carriers that would be on board following the launch of the iPhone 5; this new report from a source as reputable as the Wall Street Journal seemingly confirms it. As T-Mobile is currently in merger negotiations with AT&T, it’s likely that subscribers will have access to the iPhone in the future anyway.