Quantum jump for computers

Two recent experiments at the atomic level raise hopes of quantum computing

Intel CPU corrupt

Webcams rein in footloose doctors

Sonepur district improves ranking in rural health mission

Dealing with the discarded: E-Waste management in India

India is the third-largest producer of e-waste after China and the United States. More than 95% of this waste is handled by informal sector

The madness of software patents

India’s patent law excludes software per se, yet over a thousand patents have been granted

Disoriented

Lack of mapping policy is a sign of information backwardness in the digital era

Restrictions are redundant

For the rich

Map monopoly

The Union ministry of defence is paranoid

Tapping into the source

These are the days of frenetic crossborder data networking. Electronic cilia have crawled into almost every nook in the world where information …

Computer for roads

Bytes

The divide will always remain

Website review: http://www.saukaryam.org

Vishakhapatnam residents can register and verify births and deaths online and get the certificates delivered to their residences. Payment of …

Here come the "number-crunchers"

India's attempts at developing supercomputers have not only paid off, they have sparked intense competition.

Software freedom

On Richard Stallman's personal homepage it says, "America means civil liberties. Patriotism is protecting them." Words that sum up the …

Why can't Indians access maps for 43 per cent of their country?

How is it that you can buy a map of India in Paris with details as fine as the location of all tyre puncture shops in Delhi (updated every six …

BYTES

Quick worker

Promising earthquake warning system tested

Each computer leaves a toxic trail

Pakistan mulls ban on e-waste import

Environmentalists endorse it; traders oppose  

Simply unpredictable

Despite using satellites and supercomputers, meteorologists are still baffled by the monsoon, unable to say precisely when it will occur and how …

Sudev Barar on open-source software

Nuchem is a company in Delhi that develops and sells water/effluent treatment technologies, chemicals and laminated panels. Sudev Barar, its …

India rejects Microsoft's Office Open XML

Perfect but not quite

Computer models like the ones that recently simulated conditions in the Chesapeake bay in the US could alter opinions regarding the nature of …

Idling time costs