Technology - general

Facebook goes Indian with new interface

09 May 2009

Infosys ties up R&D with Cambrigde University, eyes acquisitions in US

27 Mar 2009

Infosys and Cambrigde will undertake collaborative research in engineering, management and business, and architecture and pharmacy

Bristol-Myers, Syngene open new R&D facility

24 Mar 2009

Germany to boost R&D ties with India

19 Mar 2009

Ericsson achieves 500 mbps broadband speed on ordinary copper wire

19 Mar 2009

Ericsson has successfully demonstrated broadband speeds of over 500 mbps on ordinary copper wires.

Indian scientists discover 3 ‘alien’ microbes

18 Mar 2009

GE opens new research lab in Bangalore

12 Mar 2009

ZillionTV enables viewers to earn from watching TV ads

05 Mar 2009

The system features a rewards programme: the more commercials one watches, the more points one earns.

Sun-power your appliances

27 Feb 2009

Medtronic to acquire 2 medical device makers from venture funds

26 Feb 2009

NEC achieves low-temperature print fabrication of CNT transistors on plastic films

23 Feb 2009

Universal cellphone charger to help cut emissions: GSMA

18 Feb 2009

Hollywood star Tom Hanks may switch on the LHC later this year

17 Feb 2009

Actor Tom Hanks has agreed to turn on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) once it has been fixed.

Samsung develops solar-powered touchscreen phone

13 Feb 2009

Scatec Solar executes pilot project for solar power generation in rural India

10 Feb 2009

MTNL launches 3G mobile phone services in Delhi

05 Feb 2009

IBM to build supercomputer 20 times faster than the current No.1

04 Feb 2009

IBM has signed a deal with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for building a new supercomputer with a computing power of 2 million laptops - equivalent to the combined speed of the 500 fastest computers in the world today.

Digital TV transition in US may be deferred to June

24 Jan 2009

Discovery of Methane Reveals Mars Is Not a Dead Planet

16 Jan 2009

Robots to soon start teaching in UK schools

10 Jan 2009

Continental flies Boeing 737-800 on biofuel for 90 minutes

09 Jan 2009

Continental Airlines yesterday conducted a test flight on a  Boeing 737-800 for 90 minutes with one engine flying only on biofuel derived from algae and jatropha plants, with astonishing results

HCL Technologies: At the cutting edge

07 Jan 2009

HCL Technologies has developed proprietary technology that now allows it to offer image processing solutions for a whole range of applications, including high resolution images from satellites.

Toshiba enters solar photovoltaic systems

05 Jan 2009

PM wants private sector to boost scientific research

03 Jan 2009

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today called upon the private sector to help boost scienific development in the country, by providing a "new wave" of investments.

M&M feted for Scorpio as PM gives away Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards

22 Dec 2008