New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): Proof that Internet use in China is rapidly rising can be found in the fact that registrations for Internet addresses ending in '.cn' have surpassed those for the global '.net'.
London, June 19 (ANI): The city of Philadelphia in the United States has come up with a novel solution to fight speeding motorists - the use of optical illusions that simulate road humps to fool drivers and get them to put less pressure on the accelerator.
Melbourne, June 19 (ANI): While internet auction sites like eBay gain much popularity among internet buyers, those who sell goods on such websites are being warned not to put their addresses in the advertisement, for this can make it easy for the thieves to swipe off the listed products.
London, June 19 (ANI): Internet addiction is turning into a clinical disorder, with more and more people visiting hospitals to curb the time they spend on the web, says a leading psychiatrist.
Washington, June 19 (ANI): Researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are working on a robot that can walk without help and makes decisions for itself
Washington, June 19 (ANI): A new computerized method, called IM2GPS algorithm, devised by Carnegie Mellon University researchers, can tell where a particular photo was taken by matching it to similar GPS-tagged photos in the Flickr online photo collection.
London, June 17 (ANI): Automated landing on aircraft-carriers can be made possible if both the ship and the aircraft are in sync with each other via GPS, say scientists.
London, June 16 (ANI): In a shocking revelation highlighting music piracy amongst youngsters, a new survey has found that on an average, teenagers and students carry over 800 illegally copied songs each on their iPods.
Washington, June 15 (DPA) Computers hate heat. So this summer, be sure to think about keeping your computer cool. Computer components themselves run hot, and yet they're not designed to operate above a certain temperature.
London, June 14 (ANI): Your luggage will not be the only thing that will be looked into when you walk into an airport security check, for now security officials will also be able to scan what lies under your clothes!
Washington, June 13 (ANI): Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have started using the Roadrunner supercomputer built by IBM at their facility to mimic extremely complex neurological processes.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): Security and law enforcement officials may soon get a new technique to fight terrorism - a universal detection system that can monitor the air for virtually all of the major threat agents that could be used by terrorists.
London, June 13 (ANI): US experts warn that compressed web phone calls may be easy to bug.
Researchers John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, point out that many service providers are due to implement a flawed technology to compress Internet (VoIP) phone calls so that they use less bandwidth.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Computer scientists at the University of Michigan say that they have updated software called 'saucy' to enable it to find symmetries in complicated equations within seconds in some cases.
London, June 12 (ANI): British researchers have come up with a new design that may give rise to the world's smallest printer, and even shrink computer memory.
Helsinki (Finland), June 10 (IANS) The 1.15 million-euro Millennium Technology Prize aims at 'recognising and inspiring' innovations that promote 'quality of life' and is not a parallel to the Nobel Prize, says the Technology Academy in Finland that has instituted the award.
Washington, June 10 (ANI): Indian researchers have a new idea to boost security surveillance, and recognition of terrorists and outlaws.
Washington, June 8 (ANI): With fuel prices soaring, there is a need to look for alternatives to petrol, gas and diesel, and the answer to the problem lies in 'air'- literally so- as scientists have now developed cars that actually need air as a fuel, promising to run at great speeds.
Washington, June 8 (ANI): Cutting through the sky sooner than the speed of sound is not a far-off dream anymore, for three big companies are developing private planes capable of supersonic flight. And to own one such supersonic jet, all you need to have is a good bank-balance.
London, June 7 (ANI): A wireless antenna, which is small enough to be worn discreetly under clothes and allows doctors to monitor illnesses and injuries remotely, is closer to becoming a reality.
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