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77 mn identities hacked from Sony PlayStation network
New York, April 27 (IANS) A hacker stole the names, dates of birth and credit card numbers of 77 million people who play online games through the Sony PlayStation console,… Read more
TCS quarterly net profit rises 31.1 percent
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) India’s largest software company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Thursday posted a 31.1 percent increase in net profit at Rs.2,623 crore for the quarter ended March… Read more
Reliance Communications launches mobile banking with SBI
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Reliance Communications Wednesday said it has launched mobile banking services for its GSM subscribers in collaboration with the State Bank of India (SBI).
.xxx adult web addresses now online
London, April 19 (IANS) Pornography-only suffix – .xxx – is now part of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the first addresses like porn.xxx, sex.xxx and xxx.xxx are being used… Read more
Scientists develop tool to predict tsunamis, landslides
Sydney, April 18 (IANS) Natural disasters strike when they are least expected, causing untold devastation and disruption of life, besides laying waste huge swathes of land. Now, meteorologists have developed… Read more
NASA may use space station to prepare flights to Mars
Washington, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Work on the International Space Station (ISS) will be the focus of the US space programme for the next decade and will be the first… Read more
BlackBerry to offer ‘super phone’, as shares slip
Toronto, March 25 (IANS) Shares of Research In Motion (RIM) sank as much as 12 percent during after-hour trading Thursday as the BlackBerry maker hinted at less-than-expected results in the… Read more
System that will warn of impending tsunami developed
Washington, March 6 (IANS) Seismologists have developed a system that warns of an impending tsunami only minutes after the initial earthquake, thus helping minimise the death toll by giving locals… Read more
Budget leaves IT sector unimpressed
Hyderabad, Feb 28 (IANS) The information technology (IT) sector is disappointed at Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s union budget for 2011-12 for not extending tax incentives and hiking the Minimum Alternate… Read more
Iran to remove fuel from its first nuclear power plant
Tehran, Feb 27 (IANS) Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said the fuel placed inside the reactor of the country’s first nuclear power plant will be… Read more