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71-hour countdown commences for RISAT-1

Written on 23 Apr, 2012 at 15:34 in Tech | viewed 260 times | 0 Comments

Chennai:The 71-hour countdown for the launch of 1,858 kg RISAT-1, India’s radar imaging satellite, the heaviest one to be lifted by ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle commenced this morning. “The countdown for radar sensing satellite RISAT-1 started on Monday morning at... (Continue reading)

Some corals could survive global warming

Written on 31 Mar, 2012 at 18:03 in Tech | viewed 290 times | 0 Comments

Washington: Some corals could survive global warming, say scientists. An international team, working in the central Pacific, has discovered that coral, which has survived heat stress in the past, is more likely to survive it in the future, the PLoS... (Continue reading)

Essar & Loop promoters appear before court, move bail pleas

Written on 31 Mar, 2012 at 11:48 in Tech | viewed 309 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi: Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, named as accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, on Saturday appeared before a Delhi court. Essar group promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P... (Continue reading)

Centre hopeful of opening Kudankulam power plant ‘very soon’

Written on 3 Mar, 2012 at 18:20 in Tech | viewed 609 times | 0 Comments

Chennai: With pressure mounting on the Tamil Nadu government to ease the acute power situation, the Centre on Saturday hoped that it would “very soon” commission the Kudankulam nuclear power project as the state government was “very very positive” to... (Continue reading)

We have removed objectionable contents: Google

Written on 1 Mar, 2012 at 16:39 in Tech | viewed 491 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi:The U.S.-based search engine Google Inc on Thursday told a Delhi court that that it has aleady removed alleged objectionable contents from its web posts as it was aware of its responsibility as a service provider. The search engine, in... (Continue reading)

Nirupama Rao:Indian IT companies employ over 1 lakh in US

Written on 18 Feb, 2012 at 14:41 in Tech | viewed 615 times | 0 Comments

Washington: Indian companies have invested more than $26 billion in the US in the last five years and the IT companies employ more than one lakh people in that country, New Delhi’s top diplomat in Washington has said. “Indian companies are... (Continue reading)

Facebook can un-friend CEO Zuckerberg ‘at will’

Written on 12 Feb, 2012 at 13:58 in Tech | viewed 954 times | 0 Comments

Washington: Facebook can terminate services of its chief Mark Zuckerberg at any time for any reason, or even without a reason, but the social networking giant’s founder and CEO also enjoys similar exit rights. As per Facebook’s employment agreement with Mr.... (Continue reading)

Facebook discloses details on bonuses

Written on 9 Feb, 2012 at 10:57 in Tech | viewed 579 times | 0 Comments

New York: Facebook’s top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 per cent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a Wednesday regulatory filing. Facebook Inc. said in a filing with the... (Continue reading)

IT czar Aneesh Chopra leaving White House

Written on 28 Jan, 2012 at 11:53 in Tech | viewed 599 times | 0 Comments

Washington: Aneesh Chopra, President Barack Obama’s first IT czar and the highest-ranking Indian-American in the White House, is stepping down after three years of groundbreaking work aimed at advancing the government’s technology agenda, amid reports that he... (Continue reading)

Twitter to censor tweets in individual countries

Written on 27 Jan, 2012 at 15:06 in Tech | viewed 526 times | 0 Comments

San Fransisco: Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility announced on Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter’s commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands... (Continue reading)

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