Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his government was putting in place a national network to facilitate sharing of knowledge and information among higher educational institutions of the country.
“We are putting in place an Integrated National Knowledge Network that would have nodes to all major institutions of higher education and learning,” Manmohan Singh said in […]
British scientists have created a biological robot controlled by rat brain neurons that may eventually help them develop treatments for diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer.
“This new research is tremendously exciting as firstly the biological brain controls its own moving robot body, and secondly it will enable us to investigate how the brain learns […]
Security researchers are still trying to work out exactly who is responsible for the cyberwar tactics that have knocked many Georgian government Web sites offline. While Georgian officials blamed Russia, many security experts have pointed the finger at the Russian Business Network (RBN), a shadowy outfit — that may no longer even exist — which […]
Logitech today introduced the V550 Nano, a wireless laser mouse designed for Mac laptop users on the go.
The V550 Nano features a Clip-and-Go dock for attaching the V550 Nano to your laptop. This dock is a peg with an adhesive back that sticks to the outside of your laptop. The mouse itself has a hole […]
Napster Inc posted a bigger quarterly loss on Monday as the number of its paid subscribers declined, and the online music service predicted revenue to be mostly flat in the current quarter.
Napster’s fiscal first-quarter net loss grew to $4.38 million, or 10 cents a share, compared with $4.24 million, or […]
Napster Inc posted a bigger quarterly loss on Monday as the number of its paid subscribers declined, and the online music service predicted revenue to be mostly flat in the current quarter.
Napster’s fiscal first-quarter net loss grew to $4.38 million, or 10 cents a share, compared with $4.24 million, or […]
Google Inc said on Monday it has resolved an issue with its contacts system that caused many users of its Gmail service to have trouble accessing their online e-mail.
The problems began at about 5 p.m. EDT and an announcement on the company’s Gmail “Help Center” site said the issue is now […]
IBM announced new software and services for mobile workers Friday, including applications for the iPhone and Blackberry devices. The Armonk, N.Y.-based company cited a surge in mobile devices as an important new market for traditional desktop, storage and server vendors.
IBM’s internal research by its Institute for Business Value estimates that more than one billion people […]
It’s a puzzle worthy of The Riddler: Why is there no video game based on “The Dark Knight“?
For the first time in the film-franchise’s history, the caped crusader flew into movie theaters without a video game attached to his utility belt. Despite a plethora of “Dark Knight” action figures, bobbleheads and T-shirts sweeping in Bat-dollars […]
Like cars, buildings and airplanes, browsers can have concept models. That’s the idea behind Aurora, a new “concept browser” from the Mozilla Foundation.
Emanating from the Mozilla Labs initiative, where users are encouraged to offer new browser ideas, the concept is available in video visualizations. In the videos, Aurora envisions a variety of new interaction models […]