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Now, internet facility for rural Bihar

By ians • Dec 16th, 2009

Patna, Dec 16,Thousands of people, particularly youths from rural Bihar, will no longer have to travel to urban pockets to surf the internet as the government is all set to provide the facility at the panchayat level.



Drone attacks may be expanded in Pakistan: report

By ians • Dec 14th, 2009

Washington, Dec 14, Senior US officials are pushing to expand CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan’s tribal region and into Quetta to pressurise Islamabad to pursue Taliban leaders based there, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.



Apple sues Nokia over cellphone technology

By DPA • Dec 12th, 2009

San Francisco, Dec 12, Apple has sued Nokia for allegedly infringing on 13 patents, less than two months after the Finnish cellphone giant charged in a lawsuit that Apple’s iPhone violated 10 of its patents.



Where has all the online activism post 26/11 disappeared?

By Azera Rahman • Nov 24th, 2009

New Delhi, Nov 24, When the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks happened last year, the tremors also shook the virtual world. Filled with rage and a passion to set things right, people, especially youngsters, used the web world to create discussion forums and pledged not to let the carnage be forgotten. A year later, most of these groups have fizzled out.



Thousands of new species found in ocean’s darkest depths

By ians • Nov 23rd, 2009

Washington, Nov 23, An ongoing census of deep-sea animals has revealed an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of species. Deep-towed cameras, sonar and other vanguard technologies have identified some 17,650 species thriving in the darkest deep, a bewildering collection ranging from crabs to shrimp to worms.



Airwaves likely to power plane, car batteries

By ians • Nov 23rd, 2009

Washington, Nov 23, Researchers are turning to airwaves to power batteries in airplanes and automobiles.



Delhi plans new tech-friendly industrial policy

By ians • Nov 2nd, 2009

New Delhi, Nov 1, The new industrial policy of Delhi would be technology driven, permitting hi-tech, sophisticated IT enabled services to boost revenues and deter polluting industries, a government official said Sunday.



Arrested NASA scientist worked on Chandrayaan-1

By ians • Oct 20th, 2009

New Delhi, Oct 20, A senior NASA scientist who has been arrested in the US for alleged espionage was one of the main investigators of an American scientific instrument that flew aboard India’s lunar craft Chandrayaan-1.



Robot surrogate for blind will test visual prostheses

By ians • Oct 20th, 2009

Washington, Oct 20, Scientists have created a remote-controlled robot that is able to simulate the “visual” experience of a blind person who has been implanted with a visual prosthesis, such as an artificial retina.



Year after launch, Google’s phone ambitions ring true

By Andy Goldberg • Oct 19th, 2009

San Francisco, Oct 19, Ever since its stunning success in revolutionising the internet search market eight years ago, Google has been searching for a second act that would help the company diversify.