German Tribune

Bonn-based telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has reported first-quarter earnings that beat their analysts’ estimates, thanks to better-than-expected performance by its US subsidiary T-Mobile.

Deutsche Telekom’s revenue slipped 1.1 per cent to 14.43 billion euros, but earnings were at 4.48 billion euros ($5.8 billion), higher than analysts’ average projection of 4.4 billion euros.

Net earnings halved to 238 million euros, mainly due to a charge of nearly 500 million euros related to job cuts.

A compound found in garlic is effective in keeping the common bacteria that causes food poisoning and the effectiveness is about 100 times, according to scientists. The bacterium is called Campylobacter.

Flesh and poultry both are seen having Campylobacter and in recent years there has been a rise in cases of food poisoning and one reason for this is serving pink chicken liver pate.

In what marks the latest news on the Android 4.0 `Ice Cream Sandwich' upgrade front, Motorola has recently confirmed that its Droid Razr handset will be upgraded to the latest Android version in the second quarter of the year.

US network provider AT&T has clarified the limitations of its "unlimited" data plans, saying after using a certain amount of data customers would experience throttled Internet service.

AT&T confirmed that anyone who gobbles up more than 3GB of Internet data in a single cycle would experience slowed down Internet speeds or would have to pay extra.

The country's second-largest wireless carrier announced the new policy apparently to target customers who consume a lot of Internet data, usually through heavy viewing of videos and other content on their mobile phones.

According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, a new bill - sponsored by California State Senator Alex Padilla - has been introduced in the California legislature to officially legalize driverless cars, and also test them on the roads.

The bill would chiefly entrusts the California Highway Patrol with the task of developing rules and regulations which would pave the way for the testing of driverless cars on public roads; initially by automakers, and ultimately by consumers.

Against the backdrop of the fact that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks went mainstream in 2011, security vendor Radware has stated in its new Monday-released report that it is chiefly the Anonymous hacking group which popularized DDoS attacks with its widespread distribution of easy-to-use DDoS tools like low-orbit ion cannon.

In what marks LightSquared’s latest barrage against the global-positioning system (GPS) industry, the probable hybrid network operator Tuesday filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking it to commence a proceeding on how some GPS receivers should be regulated.

The request which LightSquared has filed with the US regulators chiefly underscores that need for developing technical standards for the GPS receivers which are the root of the arguments pertaining to the country-wide wireless service proposed by LightSquared.

US children seem to be under the clutches of obesity with one out of five being obese. By adolescence the chances of US kids being obese are five times more as compared to their peers. This leads to them having more social, medical and academic problems.

Investigations on the effect of family intervention for parents of kids who have problems related to behavior was studied by Laurie Miller Brotman, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the New York University and her team.

Oil slipped on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Monday as Greece's unresolved debt crisis and prevailing economic uncertainty in the region discouraged investors.

Futures for March delivery slipped as much as 0.6 per cent, or 63 cents, to $97.21 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. As of 10:09 a. m. Singapore time it was trading at $97.25 per barrel. However, the prices were still up 11 per cent from the last year.

On February 3, the contract jumped $1.48 to $97.84 per barrel. It was the highest close since January 31.

According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)’s late Monday report, with AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile having fallen through, the two companies have recently filed for the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s approval for the transfer of $1 billion in wireless airwaves from AT&T to T-Mobile.