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Gmail to get social features to compete Facebook

February 9th, 2010 admin Comments off

According to Wall Street, Google is planning to pimp Gmail to make it  social network place that will  allow users to exchange status and updates with friends and family members. It also let users to share web content links or stories which make it in direct competition with Facebook and MySpace.
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India to build intelligent satellite for surveillance

February 9th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) India is set to develop a dedicated network-centric communication intelligence satellite for detecting conversations and espionage activities in the region, a top defence scientist said Tuesday.

“We are in the process of designing and developing a spacecraft fitted with an intelligent sensor that will pick up conversations and communications across the borders,” Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) director G. Bhoopathy told reporters here.

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Space shuttle: Endeavour lifts off on monday for two-week mission

February 8th, 2010 admin Comments off

Finally, The space shuttle Endeavour lift off from Kennedy Space center early morning on Monday for two weeks mission to the international space station. The shuttle went through light clouds along with Florida coast in a brilliant fashion.
There is six member crew on board delivering a key module to the space station. Crew is [...]

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Decision on illegal telecom towers in Delhi Feb 9

February 8th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Municipal Council of Delhi (MCD) will Tuesday take a call on regularising illegal telecom towers in the capital, an official said Monday.

An MCD sub-committee on framing the policy on erection of cell-towers in the city will submit its report Tuesday.

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Kerala software park land acquisition complete

February 8th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 8 (IANS) The Kerala government Monday said all formalities for acquisition of the remaining 245.89 acres for the development of Technocity, the next phase of Technopark software park near here, has been completed.

With this, Technopark’s total area will spread across 451 acres, which includes not just space for IT-ITES firms but also residential, commercial, hospitality, medical and educational facilities to make it a complete IT city.

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Endeavour heads for space station with new picture window (Lead)

February 8th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

Washington, Feb 8 (DPA) The space shuttle Endeavour lit up the Florida coast before dawn Monday as it blasted off for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

The 1014 GMT start was the final night-time launch for the ageing shuttle fleet, which is to be mothballed later this year.

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In Hollywood, hackers are mostly ‘good guys’

February 8th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

London, Feb 8 (IANS) The word hacker evokes images of a dishevelled teenager, lurking behind a computer monitor, breaking into some top security computer system. But a majority of Hollywood films portray hackers as “good guys”, says a researcher.

There is ambiguity about what hackers do and what their motives are. The mix-up is often blamed on the media for creating a negative view of hackers, but are the movies really to blame?

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China closes ‘biggest hacker site’, arrests three

February 8th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

Beijing, Feb 8 (DPA) Police have shut down China’s biggest website for hackers and arrested three people suspected of selling malicious software and other hacking services, state media said Monday.

The police in the central province of Hubei arrested the three owners of Black Hawk Safety Net, a specialist hacking website that registered more than 170,000 free members, the China Daily newspaper said.

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Disney India aims to boost domestic animation market

February 8th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Undeterred by the failure of their first outing “Roadside Romeo”, the Indian arm of leading animation studio Disney is set to continue making films here to tap the over Rs.17 billion (approx $360 million) Indian animation industry.

While their next offering is Darsheel Safary-starrer “Zokkomon”, they also plan to venture into regional content.

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Shuttle Endeavour launch time canceled and new time set for tommorrow

February 7th, 2010 admin Comments off

NAS has cancels its today’s launch of space shuttle Endeavour citing unfavorable weather. NASA scientist were reportedly completed the final preparation of the space shuttle and had also initiated the countdown for the launched when noticed some clouds in the sky right above the Kennedy Space Center and reluctantly had to canceled today’s’ launch. With [...]

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