Information technology
New big data survey shows potential for business
13 Dec 2012
Study finds security indicators sacrificed to accommodate small screens
07 Dec 2012
How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous websites, reveals new research
Speeding algorithms by shrinking data
23 Nov 2012
Quantum physics to help fight cyber crime
01 Nov 2012
Fundamental particles of light, known as photons, can be used to verify security and authenticity of any transaction or communication with a ‘digital signature’
ORNL debuts Titan supercomputer
30 Oct 2012
Quantum computing with recycled particles
23 Oct 2012
US to deploy robotic tuna to report fishy activities at harbours
24 Sep 2012
The BIOSwimmer robot, featuring fins and a flexible tail, will be able to inspect vessels including oil tankers, besides monitoring activities along American harbours to prevent terrorists or smugglers from sending in weapons and other contraband
Intel finds hot oil helps servers keep their cool
11 Sep 2012
Intel recently completed a year-long test using a liquid cooling technique in which servers were placed in a custom-server rack filled with mineral oil
Researchers uncover the full scale and weaknesses of the monitoring of illegal file sharers
07 Sep 2012
Making Web applications more efficient
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 01 Sep 2012
A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast
Computing in the net of possibilities
23 Aug 2012
The complex network computer processes information in a fundamentally new way – and could one day rival today's computers
Intel hires hackers to secure cars from computer viruses
21 Aug 2012
Intel Corp has tasked a group of top hackers at a West Coast garage to look for electronic bugs that could make automobiles vulnerable to lethal computer viruses
New software helps deliver more silent drives
18 Aug 2012
Smart wireless power outlets
14 Aug 2012
Writing graphics software gets much easier
04 Aug 2012
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation