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Tablet causes insomnia

Digital Devices>> Sleep Disorders • Australia

Databank inaugurated

Techno rainbird

NASA develops computer model to track origins of rain

Finally, firm no to software patents

The Patent Office has clearly said software patents can only be granted if linked to novel hardware

Unravelling science for the lay person

NCSTC-Network, a voluntary organisation, links and helps smaller organisations working to demystify science for the masses and dispelling blind …

"Culmination of the IT revolution"

Ashok Jhunjhunwala, professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, is the man behind the wireless local loop technology cor dect and the …

Computers piece lore

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Hi-tech control

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

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

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 …

Quick worker

Promising earthquake warning system tested

Simply unpredictable

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

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

The Microsoft way

Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage