When the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) came back online a few months back, scientists knew that their IT system had to be flexible in order to process the wide lattice of information. As the world’s most powerful particle accelerator geared up for operating well beyond its previous best performance, [...]
When Haiti was rocked by the country’s strongest earthquake in its 200 year history, a lot of aid was rushed in from various parts of the world. And as devastation offers opportunity for help which can come in any form, Information Technology could not be left far behind. Natural calamities often invite groups that bring [...]
“Don’t be evil” is the informal corporate motto (or slogan) of Google, originally suggested by Google employees Paul Buchheit and Amit Patel at a meeting. Buchheit, the creator of Gmail, said he “wanted something that, once you put it in there, would be hard to take out,” adding that the slogan was “also a bit of a jab at a lot [...]
Cisco Systems Inc, the world’s top maker of network equipment, introduced a router that it says can handle 12 times the Internet traffic of the nearest competing product.
Cisco has announced the ‘CRS-3′ a 322Tbps router, which it says will give us all the video and other high-speed communications we need. Cisco had promised to [...]
Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in US this week. Meanwhile Sony will start selling 3-D TVs in June.
Associated Press reported, Samsung Electronics Co. announced Tuesday that it is selling two 3-D sets. Combined with the required glasses and a 3-D Blu-ray player, the prices start at about $3,000 for a [...]
Google introduces their new Geocoding Web Service. Geocoding – finding the geographical location of a given address – is one of the most popular features of the Google Maps API.
In a blog post Google said, The Google Maps JavaScript API v3 introduced a new format for geocoding responses that offers a number of improvements over [...]
We live in a world where almost everything seems to be owned by someone else. The free world is captivated by the words Copyright, trademarks and Patents. The cartoon below is a true representation.
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Ever since it was unveiled, iPad has managed to be hog the limelight for all reasons possible. From criticism to launch date, it sure has got everyone talking. The first ever iPad ad was aired in the Oscar 2010. For all those waiting to buy the machine and happen to turn deaf ears towards all critics, [...]
Google Chrome as a web browser is new,neither in the market nor to us. But it is yet another significant milestone in Google’s path to world dominance. Chrome introduces some novel ideas to the otherwise drab concept of browsing. Its speed and lightweight nature imbibed in a simple and easy interface has caught up with [...]
The 3D thing is on the rise now. Just after the movie ‘Avatar’ grossed in quite a few millions in the opening week (thanks in no small part to the spectacular 3D version), then new movie ‘Alice in Wonderland’ has surpassed it this week, again owing to the fantastic 3D effects onscreen.
Now, if 3D movies [...]
