Infotech

Tailor-made search tools for the web
02 Feb 2012
For companies, customer feedback is a matter of strategic importance. Smart apps developed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft for the semantic analysis of user opinions from the web help businesses keep an eye on feedback
Scientist to create safer flight systems
25 Jan 2012
Simulating firefighting operations on a PC
02 Jan 2012

TCS pips RIL to emerge India’s most valued firm
30 Dec 2011
Tata Consultancy Services commanded a market value of Rs2,28,153 crore even as RIL’s market cap fell to Rs2,27,083 crore, in afternoon trading on the BSE

Lenovo unveils new high performance PCs
25 Mar 2011
Lenovo has launched a new range of laptops and high performance PCs based on the second generation of Intel Core processors for Indian consumers
Intel Develops new 32 nanometer Chip
11 Dec 2008

Intel developing self-sustaining sensors for the future
08 Dec 2008
Intel is developing self-powered microchips that could be implanted in the human body, a mobile phone, a building, or anyplace else where people wish to gather information

35 per cent Microsoft Vista users downgrade to XP
20 Aug 2008
In a survey of more than 3,000 computers, more than one in three new machines with pre-installed Windows Vista had either been downgraded by vendors such as Dell, or by customers once they bought the PC
Intel looks at how computers will transform the globe over the next 40 years with World Mural Project
19 Jul 2008

Amazon unveils new online TV and movie store, Video on Demand
18 Jul 2008
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to replicate the success of his bookstore by launching a new online store of TV shows and movies called Amazon Video on Demand
BenQ launches a designer laptop
14 Jul 2008

IT software and services exports to touch $50 billion this fiscal
09 Jul 2008
Software and services exports from the country grew 28 per cent to cross $40 billion in 2007-08 and is set to grow by 21-24 per cent to touch $50 billion in fiscal 2008-09

Microsoft tries to force Windows Vista’s acceptability, stops selling XP
01 Jul 2008
Microsoft Vista may have its fair share of detractors, including some of Microsoft’s closest allies in the past, but the Redmond giant seems determined to increase its acceptability among PC users by discontinuing with Vista’s predecessor XP effective yesterday.

Intel refuses to upgrade to Vista; Microsoft feels cheated
01 Jul 2008
In a landmark decision that can potentially affect Vista’s acceptability in the PC world, Intel has decided not to upgrade its corporate computers from Windows XP to its much-publicized successor.
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
10 Feb 2025
Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.

The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES

Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
27 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.

As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.

The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)

The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.

Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!

COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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