China launches website for farmers
March 26th, 2012 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 26 (IANS) China has launched a website that will help grassroots organisations promoting innovative agricultural technologies among farmers.Currently, 133,000 such organisations with 11 million members operate in China. ... Read more...
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Sam Pitroda to interact with ’social innovators’
January 12th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Tech czar Sam Pitroda will lead nearly 100 young 'social innovators' at a daylong session here Jan 21 to discuss how technology can make ... Read more...
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China issues warning on Valentine’s Day computer viruses
February 14th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 14 (IANS) Technology experts in China have warned internet users to be alert against computer viruses based on the Valentine's Day theme.The China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Centre issued ... Read more...
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Move to block Internet pornography at source from entering Brit homes
December 20th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 20 (ANI): The British government has called a meeting with the country's biggest broadband providers in a bid to curb Internet pornography from entering the homes of people with children.Ed ... Read more...
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Counter Indian military spending, Pakistan urged (Lead)
September 7th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) The Pakistan government was Tuesday urged by a leading newspaper to spend more on military needs so as to counter what it said was an Indian challenge.
Saying ... Read more...
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‘Why is Pakistan not conducting any missile tests?’
September 7th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) While "enemy India" has conducted three missile tests within this year alone -- the latest being of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile, Pakistan has not conducted any ... Read more...
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Internet access should be a fundamental right: Aussie experts
May 31st, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 31 (ANI): Internet has become such an integral part of people's lifestyle that technology experts in Australia are calling for access to it to be enshrined as a fundamental right.The ... Read more...
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Bangladesh bans Facebook
May 30th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has "temporarily" blocked access to popular social networking website Facebook, after a man was arrested for uploading satirical images of many politicians, including the ... Read more...
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Samsung Cautions About The Possible Side Effects Of Watching 3DTV
April 16th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Apr 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Samsung Electronics, which is the biggest electronics firm of the world, has made an announcement that has created a sensation among the gadget lovers and technology ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Apple iPad will take time to hit Indian market
April 4th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayank Aggarwal
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Craving to get your hands on the Apple iPad? Wait for a while as it will be still some time before it becomes available ... Read more...
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Pune blast shows advance in terror technology: Experts
February 16th, 2010 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) The material used in Saturday's Pune blast that killed nine people is substantially different from what was used in the deadly serial blasts in Ahmedabad in 2008, and ... Read more...
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Women take longer to get the joke but enjoy punchline more than men
February 2nd, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 2 (ANI): Women take longer time to understand jokes but enjoy the punchline more than men, a new study claims.Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, experts at Stanford University ... Read more...
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Women use more brain power than men to understand jokes
January 31st, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 31 (ANI): Women take longer time to understand jokes but enjoy the punchline more than men, a new study claims.Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, experts at Stanford University ... Read more...
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25 Football World Cup matches to be broadcast in 3D
January 6th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 6 (ANI): Viewers will be able to watch 3D broadcast of part of the 2010 football World Cup matches after sports broadcaster ESPN decided to film 25 of the matches ... Read more...
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Panasonic Toughbook 30 Selected By GCN Magazine As Top Product Of 2009
December 20th, 2009 - 7:05 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec.20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) 2009 is a year that has witnessed the arrival of several breakthrough technological products. This year the netbooks made their presence felt and touchscreen mobiles became the ... Read more...
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Nehru Stadium to miss Dec 31 deadline, will be ready by March
October 26th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Reconstruction of the 27-year-old Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will miss the Dec 31 deadline and the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Commonwealth ... Read more...
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Tech experts fail to conquer Conficker worm
September 22nd, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sep 22 (ANI): Technology experts worldwide are finding it "almost impossible" to defeat the Conficker worm, which has infected more than 5 million computers and could even knock down the internet ... Read more...
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ATM machines to become disable-friendly soon
August 28th, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Electronic devices like ATM machines that have made our lives easier are likely to become accessible to disabled people too.
The information technology ministry has approved a ... Read more...
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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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Mobile manufacturers agree on standard phone charger
June 30th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 30 (ANI): Some of the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturers have agreed to adopt a new universal standard of phone charger in an effort to be more environmentally friendly.Until ... Read more...
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CEOs blamed for computer attacks at workplaces
February 9th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Its the CEOs who are responsible for any data that has leaked because of unprotected networks in offices, say technology experts.In order to prevent the network from ... Read more...
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Googles GDrive system may render personal computer history
January 26th, 2009 - 11:41 am ICT by ANI
London, January 26 (ANI): Search engine giant Google will soon come up with a system that may make the personal computer virtually redundant, predict technology experts.
The GDrive system will merge ... Read more...
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Obama, McCain computers attacked by unknown foreign hackers
November 7th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 7 (ANI): Unknown foreign entity or organisation sought to gather information on policy issues of US presidential elect Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain by hacking their ... Read more...
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Web searches classified into three categories
April 11th, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 11 (ANI): Internet technology experts have shown that searches conducted using Web search engines can be classified into three categories, namely informational, navigational, and transactional.Jim Jansen, assistant professor in ... Read more...
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Computerised toothbrush makes oral hygiene a game
April 5th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr.5 (ANI): Technology experts at the National Taiwan University have applied a "learning through play" approach to make it fun for children to brush their teeth.Hao-hua Chu and his ... Read more...
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Using the internet as a knowledge tool
March 30th, 2008 - 9:33 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) India's National Knowledge Commission is laying special emphasis on the internet to act as a "powerful and democratic source of information and knowledge" and is planning to ... Read more...
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Dundee is the brainiest city in Britain
January 18th, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by admin
London, Jan 18 (ANI): The British city of Dundee is the brainiest town in the UK, and one of the seven brainiest places in the world, according to experts.The city received the ... Read more...
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