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Study Shows Life Was Tough for Ancient Egyptians
Written by admin on March 31, 2008 under News | View Comments
CAIRO–Researchers have found evidences for an underprivileged and sick population who were working under severe conditions which is controversial to the earlier images of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna that was known for its abundant wealth and prosperity, a study has found.
Tell el-Amarna remained as the capital city of ancient Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten,who derelicts most of the Egypt’s ancient gods in favor of the Aten sun disk and played an imperative role in a developing new and more significant style of art.
Akhenaten, who lived in Tell el-Amarna for 15 years, ruled Egypt between 1379 and 1362 BC.This ancient city was almost neglected,soon after his death and during the reign of the famous pharaoh Tutankhamen.
Motorola to Split into Two Separate Companies
Written by admin on March 28, 2008 under Business, News | View Comments
CHICAGO–Motorola announced on Wednesday that it is going to separate its struggling mobile phone manufacturing business from other operations to form two individual publicly traded companies.The Company had faced much pressure from investors’ side. Company came in to this decision after a two-month strategic review of its businesses.
The US based company had arrived at this conclusion after facing strong objection from the billionaire investor Carl Icahn,continuously for two years,who has been very much annoyed with Motorola’s declining phone sales.
Printing of Flat-Panel Computer Displays for Building Electronic Devices
Written by admin on March 27, 2008 under Computers, Technology | View Comments
The new findings on printing the electronic devices can break through a new light on the technology and production of the delicate wiring and tiny components needed for flexible screens.This will help to produce Flat-panel computer displays by using novel inkjet printing equipment-demonstrated by Japanese scientists.
The researchers said “The technique is effective in printing the dots of one micron in diameter and it can be used to create intricate circuits.”The technique has been used for manufacturing tiny components and delicate wiring which are essential for flexible screens.“But the new inkjet head is able to produce 1,000 times smaller than standard printers”–Said the researchers.
“The present new findings demonstrates the possibility of inkjet technology in the making of electronic device applications,the technique provides better presentation of printed circuits,”-reported by the University of Tokyo in National Academy of Sciences.This new technique differs from traditional electronic devices.Traditionally, the inorganic materials are used to produce semiconductors.These inorganic materials do not have carbon,such as silicon.
Tata Motors Eyes International Presence with Ford Deal
Written by admin on March 27, 2008 under News | View Comments
MUMBAI/LONDON–Indian automobile giant Tata Motors Ltd shows its presence at international level by acquiring the British luxury car units,Jaguar and Land Rover from the US carmaker Ford.Tata has to pay $2.3 billion for the purchase of these luxury brands,where as Ford has to pay $600 million to the pension fund of Jaguar-Land Rover.
Tata has been discussing with Ford since it leads the race to buy Jaguar and Land Rover.The sale was confirmed by Tony Woodley,joint leader of Unite,the largest trade union of Britain, which had backed the Indian automobile giant in its bid.
“Tata views this deal in positive terms as it is able to make an international presence, instead of being a company which focuses only on its home market,”said Mohit Arora,the managing director for India at
Google Unveils New Plan Devices of “White Space” Wireless Airwaves
Written by admin on March 26, 2008 under Google, News, Technology | View Comments
Washington – Google revealed plans for a class of wireless devices to work on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves on Monday.The company sought to ease worries that this might get in the way of wireless microphones or television broadcasts.
In explanation filed with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), Google Inc summarized plans for low-power devices,which make use of local wireless airwaves for accessing the”white space”between TV channels.One of the Google official named the plan as” Wi-Fi on steroids or Wi-Fi 2.0.”"The airwaves can give enormous social and economic gains if efficiently used,”the Internet leader said in its comments.
In the long run this set of Wi-Fi devices might give data transmission speeds up to billions of bits/second,which is far greater than the millions of bits/second to be had on most of the existing broadband networks.People could do things like watching movies on wireless devices and other things,which are at present difficult on slower networks, said Rick Whitt of Google’s Washington telecom and media counsel.
Saturn’s Moon Might Have a Huge Internal Ocean
Written by admin on March 22, 2008 under News, Technology | View Comments
Washington – Titan, the fascinating moon of Saturn known for its dense atmosphere and layer of clouds may have a big ocean of water and ammonia lying deep below its surface, scientists reported on Thursday.
Astronomers did not directly see the ocean but they told that observations done by the Cassini spacecraft suggests the existence of an ocean, maybe 60 miles beneath titan’s surface.
Titan is the 2nd largest moon in the solar system only behind Ganymede, the moon of Jupiter and it is also the largest moon of Saturn. Titan has a diameter of around three thousand two hundred miles, which is greater than that of the dwarf planet Pluto and the planet Mercury.
Thickest, Oldest Arctic Ice Is Melting
Written by admin on March 19, 2008 under News | View Comments
WASHINGTON – The Arctic is losing its oldest, toughest and thickest sea ice at a quicker rate than in previous years. It is not a good indication for the future of the Arctic ice cap, said NASA.
The melting of ice cap continues since the end of the Arctic summer, regardless of cold weather across the northern hemisphere.
“Thickness is a sign of long-lasting ice cap, and at this moment, it’s not looking good,” said Walt Meier of the National Snow and Ice Data Center tin an interview.
The satellite data reveals that warm 2007 summer saw the smallest ice covered area ever recorded in the Artic region, and scientists warns that the condition could remain the same in 2008 also. The ice level of Artic region is declining at a faster rate over the last three decades especially in the last year, when it recorded its lowest level. Scientists told that this situation is created by human-generated climate change.
India Ruled Out Banning Of the Blackberry
Written by admin on March 14, 2008 under News, Technology | View Comments
NEW DELHI – India ruled out banning Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry
services at this point of time, but the security aspects would be scrutinized, said a top official in the telecoms ministry.
The Ministry of Home Affairs had raised objections on the services of Blackberry, saying that the data for Blackberry’s services is hosted on servers outside the country and the emails sent using it could not be intercepted or traced.
“There is no question of banning at this point. We want to settle this issue at the earliest,” said Siddhartha Behura, the Secretary of Telecom in an interview.
“We are not interested in saying that BlackBerry will not be used in India,” he said. The department of telecom wanted the BlackBerry services to continue, he added.
Your High-Tech Gadget May Have Pre-Installed Virus
Written by admin on March 14, 2008 under News, Technology | View Comments
Most of the today’s hot trendiest gadgets, ranging from iPods to navigation systems are coming to markets with some unnecessary extras from the factory — pre-installed viruses. Some of the viruses can steal passwords and may pave way for hackers and make computers spew spam.
Computer users have been cautioned about virus attack while opening suspicious e-mail attachments or downloading Internet porn. But now they are at a newer risk of getting affected by a digital infection just by plugging a new thing into their PCs.
Some of the most widely used tech devices such as digital picture frames sold by Target and Best Buy stores, Apple iPods, TomTom navigation gear etc may cause a digital infection while connecting it to the PC.Chinese factories, which forces most of the companies to keep the prices low, is the common source.
Lithium Ion Battery in Ipod May Catch Fire Easily, Japan Investigates the Defect
Written by admin on March 13, 2008 under News, Technology | View Comments
TOKYO – Japan investigates the reason for the defect in Apple Inc.’s iPod after the emission of spark while recharging the digital music players, said a government official.
The reason for Japanese government conducting the investigation is to find out the cause why an Apple iPod nano gets overheated and emit sparks while being recharged.
An official at the trade and economy ministry, which administer the product problems, said a defect is suspected in the lithium-ion battery of the iPod Nano, model number MA099J/A.
The ministry has asked Apple Japan to investigate the cause of the incident. “It is suspected that the incident happened by the product itself,” said the official at the trade and economy ministry.
