Gates, Buffett China charity meet a success
Sept. 30: After a night of wining and dining 50 of China’s richest people in the name of promoting philanthropy, Mr Warren Buffett and Mr Bill Gates told a horde of journalists on Thursday that the bi
Earth-like planet may harbour life
Sept. 30: It might be a place that only a lichen or pond scum could love, but astronomers said on Wednesday that they had found a very distant planet capable of harbouring water on its surface, thus p
Video hints at executions by Pak Army
Sept. 30: An video showing men in Pakistani military uniforms executing six young men in civilian clothes has heightened concerns about unlawful killings by Pakistani soldiers supported by the United
Generals in Pak push for shake-up of government
Sept. 29: The Pakistani military, angered by the inept handling of the country’s devastating floods and alarmed by a collapse of the economy, is pushing for a shake-up of the elected government, and i
IE lets through tough cookies
San francisco, Sept 20: If you rely on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer’s privacy settings to control cookies on your computer, you may want to rethink that strategy.
Large numbers of Web sites, includ
Russia, Norway resolve boundary dispute
Sept. 16: Russia and Norway resolved a long-running boundary dispute in the Arctic Ocean on Wednesday that may help open a portion of the frozen sea to offshore oil and gas development.
The two count
3-D printing spurs a manufacturing revolution
San Francisco, Sept. 14: Businesses in the South Park district of San Francisco generally sell either Web technology or sandwiches and burritos. Bespoke Innovations plans to sell designer body parts.
TCS learning centre in Kerala soon
Tata Consultancy Services has said it will set up a new learning and development campus in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The new campus will house upto 10,000 professionals and will offer TCS learning c
At Nokia, the shake-up continues
New York, Sept. 14: A shake-up at the top of Nokia continued on Monday after the company said the head of its smartphone business would be leaving.
Nokia, which is the largest maker of mobile phones
MS plugs policy after Russia misuse
Moscow, Sept. 14: Microsoft announced sweeping changes on Monday to ensure that the authorities in Russia and elsewhere do not use crackdowns on software piracy as an excuse to suppress advocacy or o