India`s manned space mission will have IAF men

New Delhi: When India`s first manned mission to space takes off, possibly in 2017, it will have Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel on board. "Let me promise you one thing, if there is a (Indian) man on moon (read space), it will be from the Indian Air Force," IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major told reporters here. According to sources, the IAF is to train two of its personnel for the mission, in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The proposed manned m...
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Every 30th Indian has a computer

Bangalore: In spite of the annual dip in growth rate of personal computers (PCs) in India, the country now boasts of one PC for every 30 of its citizens. PC shipment in India has surpassed 36 million units mark, representing a significant improvement over March 2007 when the country had boasted of one computer for every 50 Indians. Indian PC market has grown by seven percent in first quarter of 2009 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, according to IDC`s Asia/Pacific quarterly PC track...
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Tektronix enhances the RSA6000 Series Spectrum Analyzers

Bangalore: Tektronix a provider of test, management and monitoring instrumentation announced the enhancements made for its RSA6000 Series spectrum analyzers. The enhancements enable reduced test times with faster measurement speed and lower systems cost making them well suited for spectrum management, radar, electronic warfare and radio communications applications. The increasing need for combining digital computing and traditional RF technologies has introduced new analysis challenges, inclu...
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Tech startups proceed cautiously to weather the storm

Bangalore: The startup companies are trying to survive the recession tide as they know a bright future awaiting the survivors. "Recession makes a startup to pause and have a look around and proceed. Recession prepares a startup for a better future. If a startup does well in the recessionary times it is bound achieve greater success in the future," says Maheedhar, Co-Founder and CEO of Lytecube technologies. It can be said that few sectors have not been affected by recession. Indian mobile ope...
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Google wins domain case against an Indian

New Delhi: Web search giant Google has won a case of a domain name against an Indian at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). A person named Harit Shah of Gujarat had earlier offered to surrender the disputed domain name "googblog.com", for which Google had informed the WIPO that the name was mixing up with its trademarks on which the company already has rights. The domain name has been ordered to be shifted to Google, according to the information available with the WIPO. Earli...
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Microsoft unveils new Internet search engine

San Francisco: Microsoft has unveiled a new search engine named Bing, renewing its efforts to challenge the dominance of Google in the Internet search market. The company said the new service will begin to roll out over the coming days and will be fully deployed worldwide June 3. "Today, search engines do a decent job of helping people navigate the web and find information, but they don`t do a very good job of enabling people to use the information they find," Steve Ballmer, Microsoft`s c...
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Nivio launches World`s first online Windows desktop

Bangalore: Nivio, a computing company launched the nivioCompanion — a tiny set-top box that runs on the internet. Powered by Microsoft Windows, users can access programmes like iTunes, Skype, MSN Messenger or Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint through this device. Nivio has partnered with Bharti Airtel to provide the product with the objective of extending accessibility to computing for those who don`t own a computer. The first stage of the launch will be limited to New Delhi and the National...
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Printing from BlackBerry, thanks to team in Bangalore

Bangalore: The nine member team in Hewlett-Packard (HP) Labs, Bangalore, has been in the limelight by developing a new printing technology. Christened CloudPrint, this technology will enable users to print from a BlackBerry by using any printer. "Our team from Bangalore made this technology possible," said Sridhar Solur, Principal, Office of Imaging and Printing Group-Chief Technology Officer, HP. Solur was addressing the media from London via telepresence and by using CloudPrint he could print ...
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UN scales down food aid to North Korea

United Nations: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling down its food assistance to North Korea due to lack of funding, the global food agency has said. "The number one reason of why we have to scale down our operations (in North Korea) is a lack of funding," WFP spokesperson Bettina Luescher told a press conference here Thursday. "When we launched the operation in October, we were hoping we could feed six million people but the funds have simply not come in," the official said. T...
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Loyalists throng to welcome re-opening of Bangalore`s Coffee House

Bangalore: "Old habits die hard," with these words septuagenarian Ramesh Shankar and his friends raised their `special` coffee cups, welcoming the re-opening of popular Indian Coffee House with a new address at Church Street in Bangalore. More than a month after its closure, the hugely loved cafe re-opened Monday. Since then, it has been almost inundated with visitors, mostly old timers and loyalists who literally swear by its special filter coffee, scrambled eggs, bread-butter toast and dosa...
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