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Sunday, December 16, 2007
India set for mission to moon
India's unmanned mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1 is all set for launch in April 2008.The ground infrastructure for the mission is being set up by Indian Space Research Organisation, (ISRO), in the rural outskirts of Bangalore. And now, installation of a giant antenna is complete and it is all set to begin performance tests.It would seem to be an unlikely place from which to provide tracking and...
Sunday, December 9, 2007
NASA to Attempt Space Shuttle Launch on Sunday
NASA will attempt to launch the shuttle Atlantis and a European-built lab toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday despite suspect sensors inside the orbiter's orange external tank, top mission managers said today. Atlantis and its STS-122 crew are set to rocket spaceward from their seaside launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at about 3:20 p.m. EST (2020 GMT) with stricter flight...
Friday, November 30, 2007
Google rolls out mobile locator
Internet search leader Google Inc is testing technology that will find the location of people using its mobile mapping service, even if the phone making the connection isn't equipped with a GPS receiver.The new tracking feature introduced is being touted as an added convenience because it will enable people on the go to skip the task of typing a starting address on a mobile handset’s small keys when...
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
How to speed up your computer
Everyone has experienced a slow pc at some point in their life. It can be one of the most frustrating things in the world when it takes ages to open applications or perform simple tasks. There are things in which you can do to keep the speed of the pc in good condition.Firstly the main thing to check for is the processor, a processor can only handle so much and once it reaches its peak there’s not...
Monday, October 1, 2007
GPCRs: Exploring New Paradigms
As one of the largest and most diverse protein families in nature, the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily play important roles in a variety of biological and pathological processes such as development and proliferation, neuromodulation, angiogenesis, metabolic disorders, inflammation, and viral infection. Not surprisingly, it is one of the most targeted protein families in pharmaceutical...
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Are we "Livin" or just "Survivin"?
Apoptosis is regulated by death domain (DD) and/or caspase recruitment domain (CARD) containing molecules and a caspase family of proteases. A novel CARD domain containing protein was recently identified and designated ARC for apoptosis repressor with CARD (1). For more details read out the article:The inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family protects cells from self-execution by blocking the relentless...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Vodafone prepares to battle Apple iPhone
With Apple claiming that the innovative iPhone has already reached the coveted 1 million unit sales point – less than three months since its June 29 launch – it’s safe to say that the touch-screen handset is already a storming success. Therefore, as the device’s European release looms, it’s perhaps unsurprising that network giant Vodafone is readying itself for war by spreading an impressive content...
Iphone software unlock finally in the wild
TODAY MARKS D-DAY for the legions of buyers keen to get their hands on an Iphone, but not so keen to sign up to two years of AT&T service - the day that the unlock hits the virtual shelves of retailers across the globe.Iphone Sim Free, the company behind the unlock, has frustrated users over the past three weeks by demonstrating a software-based unlock - which doesn't require a user to take apart...
Monday, September 3, 2007
Google News to Host Wire Service Stories
Articles from the AP, AFP, U.K. Press Association, and the Canadian Press will appear directly in Google News pages.Google Inc. took another step Friday in its continued attempts to improve its relationships with wire services, when it announced a program to host full articles...
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Nikon enlists new cameras, faces in battle vs Canon
Nikon Corp`s newest advanced cameras and a lineup of fresh faces will help it outrun rival Canon Inc in a scramble for loyal fans throughout Asia, Nikon executives said on Thursday. The precision-equipment maker said it would hold on to at least a 40 percent market share...
Saturday, August 18, 2007
IBM Desktop Hindi Speech Recognition Software launched in India
Software giant IBM gas developed a speech recognition software in Hindi. The company hopes that this development will help physically challenged and less literate Hindi speakers to access information using a variety of applications. Called the Desktop Hindi Speech Recognition technology, this software was developed by the IBM India Software Lab jointly with the Centre for Development of Advanced...
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Rare river dolphin 'now extinct'
An extensive survey of its habitat failed to find any sign of the baiji A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now "likely to be extinct", a team of scientists has concluded. The researchers failed to spot any Yangtze...
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Phoenix spacecraft launches to Mars
The NASA mission embarks on a 10-month journey to the Red Planet's north pole, where it is expected to be the first to sample the water of another world. By John Johnson Jr., Times Staff Writer August 5, 2007 NASA's Phoenix spacecraft launched Saturday morning from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a 10-month journey to the north pole of Mars, where it is expected to be the first craft to taste...
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Hybrid cars are big in Berkeley - how far behind it is the nation?
As Berkeley goes, so - eventually - goes the nation. As frightening as this may sound to some, it's a fact borne out by history. Opposing the Vietnam War, spearheading ecological concerns, mandating energy-efficient buildings, banning smoking in public places, demanding equal access for the disabled - these causes were all dismissed as "Berkeley radical thinking" in their time. Today, they've...
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Think twice about clicking on that e-card
Spammers launched a widespread attack on e-mail inboxes this month. But instead of trying to lure users into opening a corrupted attachment, they're concealing a computer virus in a link to an online greeting card. Last week, the FBI warned consumers about greeting-card spam; earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission held a summit on the growth of malicious e-mail. Symantec, an antivirus company,...
Sunday, July 15, 2007
`Red ring of death': What's wrong with Microsoft's Xbox?
There are seven stages of grief: shock, denial, anger, bargaining depression, testing and acceptance. But with the Xbox 360, which has been giving a significant number of its owners grief, Microsoft last week moved directly from the first stages to the last -- from denying...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
IE or Firefox: Who's to blame for newest browser zero-day?
Both browsers must be present for the vulnerability to be exploitedConfusion reigns around a zero-day browser vulnerability made public yesterday, with four researchers or organizations squaring off over whether Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer or Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox...
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Affair with iPhone cools when handset breaks
After four days with phone, trouble in paradiseA customer at an Apple store at Southpark Mall in Charlotte, N.C., examines the new Apple iPhone during the first day of sales for the device June 29. View related photosvar hasRelatedPhotos = 'false';if (hasRelatedPhotos=='true'){var...
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Microsoft plans job portal in India
NEW DELHI: Microsoft Corp yesterday announced that it was in talks with partners in government and industry for a job search portal.The company said that it plans to launch a job search service this year for the country's nearly 400,000 engineers graduating every year....
Thursday, June 28, 2007
BBC web downloads set to launch
The BBC's on demand TV service, the BBC iPlayer, will launch to the public on 27 July, the corporation has revealed.UK users will be able to download popular shows over the net seven days after broadcast to watch on their PC.Later this year, the service will also be available...
Friday, June 22, 2007
Banned video game is 'fine art'
The US publishers of a video game banned in the UK and Ireland have described it as a "fine piece of art". Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick said Manhunt 2 had his full support and that consumers should decide for themselves. "The Rockstar team has come up with a game...
Monday, June 18, 2007
Human genome further unravelled
A close-up view of the human genome has revealed its innermost workings to be far more complex than first thought.
The study, which was carried out on just 1% of our DNA code, challenges the view that genes are the main players in driving our biochemistry.
Instead,...
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