Archive for March, 2008
Study Shows Life Was Tough for Ancient Egyptians
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 [...]
Motorola to Split into Two Separate Companies
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 [...]
Printing of Flat-Panel Computer Displays for Building Electronic Devices
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 [...]
Tata Motors Eyes International Presence with Ford Deal
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 [...]
Google Unveils New Plan Devices of “White Space” Wireless Airwaves
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 [...]
Saturn’s Moon Might Have a Huge Internal Ocean
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 [...]
Thickest, Oldest Arctic Ice Is Melting
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 [...]
India Ruled Out Banning Of the Blackberry
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 [...]
Your High-Tech Gadget May Have Pre-Installed Virus
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 [...]
Lithium Ion Battery in Ipod May Catch Fire Easily, Japan Investigates the Defect
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 [...]












