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  • India's longest broadband terrestrial education grid launched IANS - Sat, Jul 12

    Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 (IANS) Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar inaugurated the country's longest broadband terrestrial education grid connecting the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM-Kerala) and Nagaland University here Saturday.

  • Google Street View may become a burglars' paradise ANI - Sat, Jul 12

    London, July 12 (ANI): Security experts fear that internet giant Google's Street View project, a follow-up to the popular Google Earth that will let people view their home on the net closer up than ever before, may end up helping burglars in planning their next job.

  • Why You Don't Need A New iPhone
    Why You Don't Need A New iPhone Forbes - Sat, Jul 12

    Brian Caulfield, Forbes.com
    Confession: It's been easy to warn folks away from buying an iPhone this year. A newer, better phone was clearly on the way. And last month Apple proved the predictions true by introducing a cheaper model loaded with GPS and a zippier wireless connection that will go on sale Friday, July 11.

  • New Oz technology may make web surfing 100 times faster ANI - Thu, Jul 10

    Melbourne, July 10 (ANI): Australian experts have developed a new technology that they claim can make web surfing 100 times faster in the near future.

  • New 'security patch' software tackles major internet security breach ANI - Wed, Jul 9

    London, July 9 (ANI): Computer giants like Microsoft, Sun, and Cisco are distributing new software to tackle a major security glitch in the internet addressing system.

  • Pushy techies try to cash in on Nihita-Sobhraj romance IANS - Tue, Jul 8

    Kathmandu, July 8 (IANS) Though their romance landed criminal mastermind Charles Sobhraj, 64, and his 20-year-old fiancee Nihita Biswa in a raging controversy, it has proved to be a golden goose for a bunch of enterprising techies.

  • Coming soon: Cars with wireless Internet ANI - Mon, Jul 7

    Melbourne, July 7 (ANI): Carmakers in the US and across Europe are vying to be the first to launch a vehicle with the facility of wireless Internet onboard.

  • Inventor of DNA fingerprinting sees funny side of it IANS - Sun, Jul 6

    Helsinki (Finland), July 6 (IANS) The scientist who invented DNA fingerprinting in 1984 can't help but see the lighter side of the technology and says it has acquired an entertainment angle now, given the high-profile cases it is used for.

  • 'Open access can vastly help Indian science' IANS - Fri, Jul 4

    Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) Can India make the most out of its investments in scientific research to spur its growth and promote domestic talent through the Open Access route, a global expert in the field says.

  • Dishonest Oz students outsource Computer Science assignments to cheap Indian programmers ANI - Thu, Jul 3

    Sydney, July 3 (ANI): More and more Computer Science students in Australia are turning to programmers in countries like India to have their assignments completed cheaply, and university staff say that they are powerless to detect and prevent such acts.

  • Personalised marketing e-mails may chase away prospective customers ANI - Wed, Jul 2

    Washington, July 2 (ANI): A new study suggests that firms using personalised marketing e-mails containing people's names, hobbies, and other personal information to pitch sales may be at risk of losing prospective customers.

  • With 'Nazi news', blog played super prank on media IANS - Tue, Jul 1

    Panaji, July 1 (IANS) A blog run out of Goa anonymously has claimed credit for misleading large sections of the Indian media by planting an untrue story about a 'Nazi' being held along the state's border with Karnataka.

  • The World's Most Wired Countries
    The World's Most Wired Countries Forbes - Tue, Jul 1

    Who's tops in broadband access and cellular connectivity? Not the U.S., which barely makes it into the top 10.

  • Film downloads help buffs discover movies at home IANS - Mon, Jun 30

    Darmstadt (Germany), June 30 (DPA) A perfect couch potato set-up, with chips and the remote in easy reach, is pointless when there's nothing good on TV. But where a lack of good TV would have once meant running to the video store, nowadays home viewers can turn on their computer to download one of their favourite movies.

  • In online gaming, it's time for raids IANS - Mon, Jun 30

    Hamburg, June 30 (DPA) One identical image appears on 20 computer monitors scattered across Germany: a dragon, with a group of figures in the foreground preparing to face off against him.

  • Move over '.com' and get ready for '.sex', '.hotel' or '.sports' ANI - Fri, Jun 27

    London, June 27 (ANI): Come 2009, and almost any word will be able to replace ".com" in a Web page address - thanks to a decision made by the organization that manages the technical underpinnings of the Web, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, (ICANN).

  • India to connect with African hospitals, universities IANS - Thu, Jun 26

    New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Displaying its prowess in the field of information technology, India will be setting up an e-networking infrastructure in 53 African nations to share its expertise in the field of medicine and education.

  • 'Time reversal' method may facilitate wireless broadband communication under the sea ANI - Thu, Jun 26

    London, June 26 (ANI): American and Italian researchers say that a technique called 'acoustic time reversal' can facilitate wireless broadband communication under the sea, a task that has been difficult to accomplish thus far because water molecules absorb radio waves.

  • Now, a website that shows you your post plastic surgery looks ANI - Wed, Jun 25

    London, June 25 (ANI): Want to know your post- cosmetic-surgery look without actually going under the knife? Well, then just log on to 'Lift Magic,' a website that provides an improved version of you at the click of a mouse.

  • What's To Love About LinkedIn?
    What's To Love About LinkedIn? Forbes - Tue, Jun 24

    Melanie Lindner, Forbes.com
    In the Internet age, keeping pace means cultivating contacts at a mean clip.


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