Slovakia launches website with e-books
December 23rd, 2011 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) In a first of its kind anywhere in the world, the European nation of Slovakia has launched a new website to provide the public with digitised ... Read more...
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Enviro chips to avoid harmful radiation from mobiles, PCs (Lead, Correcting name in first para)
November 19th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Mobile phones, computers and even granite in your kitchens emit varying amounts of radiation and people should take steps to fend off its harmful effect ... Read more...
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Enviro chips to avoid harmful radiation from mobiles, PCs
November 19th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Mobile phones, computers and even granite in your kitchens emit varying amounts of radiation and people should take steps to fend off its harmful effect ... Read more...
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Russians reach late for work after time switch
October 31st, 2011 - 8:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Many Russians appeared an hour late at work as their mobile devices and personal computers automatically switched to the winter time that was scrapped ... Read more...
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HP to keep PC business
October 28th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Oct 28 (IANS) Hewlett-Packard (HP) Thursday announced that it will keep its personal systems group (PSG) and continue to sell personal computers."HP objectively evaluated the strategic, financial ... Read more...
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RIM ties up with Dolby for its audio technology
September 13th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) Global audio technology firm Dolby Laboratories Tuesday said it has entered into a license agreement with Canadian BlackBerry maker Reserch in Motion (RIM) for using Dolby's ... Read more...
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Iran to conduct cyber-security manoeuvre
August 22nd, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 22 (IANS) Iran plans to conduct a "cyber security manoeuvre" to increase readiness against possible cyber attacks on the country, state-run Press TV reported.The announcement was made by ... Read more...
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Computers replacing dogs’ place in your life
July 27th, 2011 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) Personal computers are fast taking over the place of human beings' long time best friend, the family dog, a British study has found.Researchers have found just ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Technologically, Congress office is most primitive: book
July 3rd, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The party may have helped herald an IT revolution in India. But technologically, the Congress headquarters in the capital is the most primitive among ... Read more...
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IT market to reach $51 bn by 2014: Study
June 14th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 14 (IANS) The Indian IT services and products market is expected to grow at 17 percent till 2014, a research study said Tuesday.According to the study brought out ... Read more...
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Man plants spyware on computers to photograph nude women
June 9th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 9 (IANS) A man in Britain has been accused of planting spyware on several personal computers which enabled him to secretly photograph individuals in their private moments.Computer technician ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
US intelligence examining bin Laden’s PC, electronic equipment
May 3rd, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): The assault team involved in the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has reportedly managed to grab personal computers, thumb drives and electronic equipment during their ... Read more...
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Dell to employ more people, expand India operations
March 22nd, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Dell Inc, the world's second largest personal computer maker, plans to increase investment and hire a few thousand more people over the next one year ... Read more...
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Power-starved Punjab goes for ‘green computing’
February 28th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
By Ritika Jha
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) Punjab, faced with a grim power shortage, is now ushering in a silent technological change - green computing - which can help save energy by use ... Read more...
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Iran to remove fuel from its first nuclear power plant
February 27th, 2011 - 9:24 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 27 (IANS) Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said the fuel placed inside the reactor of the country's first nuclear power plant will be temporarily removed ... Read more...
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Personal computer market grows 26 percent
February 17th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The rise in the commercial demand of desktops and notebooks has led to the personal computers (PC) market in India registering a 26 percent rise in sales ... Read more...
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Microsoft web browser faces security risk
February 1st, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Software giant Microsoft has issued a "critical" alert for millions of people using its web browser Internet Explorer, saying a newly-discovered flaw in the Windows operating system can ... Read more...
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Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant to join national grid in April
January 29th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) chief Ali Akbar Salehi has said the country's Bushehr nuclear power plant is to join the national power grid in early April.Salehi ... Read more...
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Is Britney Spears A Victim Of The Vice Called Technology?
December 6th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
It was only a few days ago that reports were rife about two German boys using the Trojans to hack the personal computers of American stars like Lady GaGa, Ke$ha and ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
India has banned import of second hand computers
November 15th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) India has banned the import of second-hand computers and computer peripherals from May 2010, parliament was told Monday."As per Ministry of Commerce, import of second-hand computers including ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Facebook hopes to dominate the mobile world
November 4th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 04 (ANI): Social networking site Facebook has worked out a strategy by which it can become a dominant force in the mobile world, by making the mobile phone a ... Read more...
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Firesheep Becomes Popular Just After Its Release, Hackers Delighted!
October 26th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The privacy of the Internet users has come under stake once again with a new Firefox extension that has been made available for all. The ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Jiangsu Group tops list of China’s top-500 private companies (Lead)
October 12th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 12 (IANS) China's largest privately owned steel company Jiangsu Shagang Group has topped the list of its top 500 private companies in 2010, a media report said Tuesday.With a ... Read more...
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9 in 10 Apple customers ‘happiest’ computer users
September 22nd, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 22 (ANI): A new survey has found that Apple users are the happiest and most satisfied customers with their products.Researchers found almost nine in 10 Apple customers felt "pleased" about ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Dell dives into US smartphone market
August 25th, 2010 - 6:03 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Aug 25 (DPA) Computer giant Dell launched its first US smartphone Tuesday as it seeks a foothold in the market that is predicted to become even larger than the ... Read more...
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Now, ’super-smart’ robot that cracks jokes, sings karaoke
August 14th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 14 (ANI): A British toy maker has invented a super-smart robot that can learn from the Internet, crack jokes and sing karaoke.Technology enthusiast Tony Ellis, 54, designed the AIMEC domestic ... Read more...
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Personal computers sales grew 18 percent last fiscal
July 28th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Sales of personal computers, including desktops and laptops, saw a 18 percent rise in the last fiscal at over 8.03 million units, an industry lobby said Wednesday. ... Read more...
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One in 10 computers vulnerable to cyber attack
July 23rd, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 23 (IANS) A new report says that cyber criminals attack millions of computers every month and infect approximately 10 percent of them.
Cyber criminals are increasingly making use of "toolkits" - ... Read more...
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More than 277 million Chinese have access to third-generation network
July 16th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, July 16 (ANI): The increasing popularity of devices such as the iPhone and the expansion of the third-generation network have divulged more than 277 million people to access the internet via ... Read more...
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British teenagers held for online bank fraud
July 3rd, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) Two British teenagers have been arrested for selling bank account details hacked from personal computers across the world through internet.
Details of more than 65,000 bank accounts hacked from ... Read more...
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One in ten web users putting personal info at risk
June 7th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 7 (ANI): One in ten Internet users browses the web without sufficient safety thereby putting their personal information at risk, a new study has revealed.The survey, conducted by anti-virus software ... Read more...
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India’s computer sales up 33 percent in first quarter
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) India's personal computer sales touched 2.2 million in the first quarter of this year, registering a growth of an impressive 33 percent, says IDC, a leading technology ... Read more...
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Software piracy declining in China
May 13th, 2010 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 13 (IANS) The number of pirated software and operating systems installed in personal computers in China has shown a decline, official statistics have revealed.
Last year, about 45 percent of the ... Read more...
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Software piracy drops in India, losses still above $2 bn
May 11th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Software piracy levels in India dropped by three percent in 2009, but these still remained high at 65 percent of the total software programmes installed on computers in ... Read more...
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Developing nations will produce more e-waste than developed ones by 2016
April 29th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 29 (ANI): If a new research is to be believed, then developing countries will produce double the electronic waste (e-waste) of developed countries by 2016.The study foresees in 2030 developing ... Read more...
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