Big India plans for next-gen Finnish power company
September 13th, 2012 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Helsinki, Sep 13 (IANS) Finnish power generation company Fortum, which focusses on low emissions, resource-efficiency and energy security, sees energy-hungry India as a market with huge potential."India is important for ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Airtel unveils 4G service in Bangalore
May 7th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 7 (IANS) Telecom major Bharti Airtel Limited Monday launched its 4G service in this tech hub, offering high-speed wireless broadband service to access high-definition video streaming, rapid photo ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Sam Pitroda to help modernise Railways
September 21st, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Close on the heels of an expert panel on safety last week, the railways Wednesday announced another one headed by technocrat Sam Pitroda to ... Read more...
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Pakistan lags in broadband service
August 23rd, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 23 (IANS) Pakistan lags in providing broadband services, a meeting here has been told.The meeting on upgrading the country's telecom sector was chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
China may approve new nuclear plants
April 22nd, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 22 (IANS) China may approve new nuclear plants, which were put on hold following the devastation at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, a media report said Friday.The Fukushima nuclear ... Read more...
Posted in World |
NASA pays for development of lightning-proof ‘magic skin’ for aircrafts
April 9th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): NASA has awarded four research groups a total of 16.5 million dollars to research better airline technology, and one involves the development of lightning-proof "magic skin" for aircrafts.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
India issues two millionth UIDAI number using Morpho’s technology
March 16th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): Morpho, a high-technology company that provides identification, today announced that its technology has enabled the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue its two millionth identification ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Morpho helps issue unique identity to 3.5 million people
March 16th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Safran group subsidiary Morpho, which is providing the technology for issuing the 12-digit unique identity numbers under the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Wednesday ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Now plastic turned into power conductor
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 23 (IANS) Plastics used in insulating power cables can be made to conduct electricity with the help of a thin metal film, opening the way to plastic electronics. Applying this ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Nuclear power sector target too ‘aggressive’, says expert
February 9th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Feb.9 (ANI): An "over-aggressive" target for the nuclear power industry by 2020 may harm the sector's healthy development, an industry expert from the National Development and Reform Commission's (NDRC) think tank ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Philips launches new range of television
October 13th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Philips Wednesday launched a new range of LEDs, LCDs and ultra slim TVs, which it said would redefine the premium television market in India.The company unveiled ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
China tests first fourth generation nuclear reactor successfully
July 22nd, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, July 22 (ANI): China has succeeded in testing its first experimental fast reactor, using the mostly homegrown fourth generation nuclear technology. It has become the eighth country in the world to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
China’s new n-reactor to be more fuel efficient
July 22nd, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 22 (IANS) The development of China's new nuclear reactor which could increase utilisation of fuel up to 70 percent succeeded in a critical test Wednesday.
The experimental fast reactors that run ... Read more...
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China to construct 10 nuclear reactors using ‘AP1000′ third-generation technology
July 6th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Baijing, July 6 (ANI): China, which is currently building the largest number of nuclear power stations worldwide, is expected to use one of the most advanced technologies 'AP1000' for constructing 10 of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
World’s tallest tower saves 3,200 KW daily
April 4th, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, April 4 (IANS) Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, saves up to 3,200 KW of energy every day by tapping solar power to heat the 140,000 litres of water required ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Counting duplicated genome segments now possible with new computational method
August 31st, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 31 (ANI): Counting copies of duplicated genome sequences and doing initial analyses of their contents are possible with the aid of a new computational method, according to a study.Led ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Canada okay for Nortel sale likley
August 20th, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Aug 20 (IANS) The Canadian government, which is reviewing the sale of Nortel's wireless business to Swedish telecom major Ericsson after protests by opposition parties and BlackBerry maker ... Read more...
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BlackBerry cries foul as its bid for Nortel is scuttled
July 21st, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, July 21 (IANS) Playing up the nationalist card, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Limited (RIM) has cried foul over the denial of the right to bid for the ... Read more...
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Regulator plans securities trading using wireless technology
May 28th, 2009 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Thursday proposed to extend the Internet trading facility in securities on exchanges by enabling the use of wireless ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Kerala IT firm gets two more foreign airline clients
April 10th, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (IANS) Later this year, Air New Zealand and Austrian Airlines will start using iCargo CRA, a revenue accounting solution for cargo carrying airlines developed by the city-based IBS Software ... Read more...
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BBVA and Finacle from Infosys sign a strategic global partnership
May 28th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by admin
Madrid/Bangalore/London, May 28 (ANI/Business Wire India): Francisco Gonzalez, BBVA Chairman and CEO, and Nandan Nilekani, Infosys Technologies Co-Chairman, emphasize the importance of this agreement for the development of the transformation and ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Pricing may lower CO2 emissions from electric generators
April 29th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): Levying a charge on carbon dioxide emissions from electric generators may help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, suggest scientists.The study led by Jay Apt from Pennsylvania suggests that ... Read more...
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Sequence used by NVIDIA for accelerated signoff for latest GeForce GPU
February 8th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by admin
Santa Clara, Feb 8 (ANI/Business Wire India): Sequence Design's CoolPower technology was used by NVIDIA Corporation in the recently announced GeForce 8800 GT design, a 65nm 754-million-transistor GPU.
Advanced CoolPower accelerated chip timing ... Read more...
Posted in Business |