Finally the much hyped iPhone has been launched in India. A college student called Swati from Mumbai has become the first customer of the iPhone. She apparently bought it from Sahara Mall in Mumbai. For more iPhone Buzz, keep watching this space.

Vodafone has finally announced its prices for iPhone 3G. It is 31,000 for 8GB model and 36,100 for 16GB model. So what do you say? Are the prices too high or does the iPhone deserves this price tag. Tell me your views.

Google is planning to pull the plug on Google Pages and concentrate more on Google Sites. So they have stopped accepting new registrations. Existing users however can still use till Google pulls the plug on it. They will be migrated to Google Sites by Google itself.

In a significient step today, telecom regulator TRAI allowed ISPs to offer unrestricted Internet telephony services, a move that will further increase the competition in the domestic long distance segment and will result in lower STD tariffs.

Rapidshare has banned all the IP’s of BSNL from accessing its site. Keep watching this space for more updates.

Update: Rapidshare is back!!!

Its official now!!!Firefox 3 has managed to set a Guinness World Record for the “Most Software Downloads in 24 hours”. The final figure is 8,002,530 downloads at present. Congrats Mozilla on this feat.

My certificate to help Firefox set the Guinness World Record for “Most downloaded software in 24 hours”. Despite the delay in availability of the download (I got it around 11pm IST) and the server overload problem that day, it was well worth it to help prove Firefox to be the best browser on the planet.

The co-founder of Microsoft and one of the driving force in the company, Bill Gates spends his last day at the office on Friday. Bill Gates who was famous for his boyish face and nerdy manner epitomized the US software colossus. However Gates, aged 52, will remain the chairman of the Microsoft board

Vodafone has opened up pre-registrations for iPhone 3G in India. All you have to do is send an SMS “IPHONE” to 56789 (Rs 3 per SMS) or book online on Vodafone’s website.

Idea Cellular, the Aditya Birla Group firm is on the verge of taking over Spice Communications, as the talks have reached the “advanced stage”. If the merger happens then Idea Cellular will become the 5th largest mobile operator in India after Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone Essar and BSNL unseating Tata Teleservices.