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ISRO To Launch 10 Satellites Together

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch ten satellites, including eight from abroad, which will be carried by PSLV-C9, on April 28 from Sriharikota. The cluster of satellites being carried on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C9 will also include the advanced remote sensing satellite, Cartosat-2A, which will carry high ...

Software Turns Mobiles Into Wi-Fi Hotspots

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Here's a cool use for a phone that has both cellular broadband and Wi-Fi: Turn it into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot so your friends can surf the Internet on their laptops. A couple startups have created and made available software like this in the last year. But a more established software ...

Emirates Launches First In-Flight Mobile Phone Calls

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Emirates has become the first commercial airline in the world to provide in-flight mobile telephony service to passengers, the company said. The first authorized mobile phone call from a commercial flight was made Thursday at 30,000 feet on board an Emirates Airbus A340-300 aircraft flying from Dubai to Casablanca in ...

Another Feature From Google: Search Within Search

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

The most popular search engine Google added one more feature to its search, where you can search within a search. If you type in popular company/website key words, like 'amazon', 'wikipedia', 'intel', 'microsoft' on Google, it brings up the relevant result at the top and immediately underneath is a second ...

AMD Unveils Energy-Efficient Processor

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

AMD - a leading purveyor of advance silicon modules - has introduced a new Energy Efficient AMD Athlon X2 4850e dual-core processor. At 45 watts, this latest central processing unit enables OEMs to offer differentiated solutions and facilitates higher conductivity for miniaturization and better usability of CPU form factors. 45-watt processor ...

Research: Bacteria Capable Of Generating Electricity

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria capable of generating electricity have discovered that riboflavin (commonly known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of the energy produced by these organisms. The bacteria, Shewanella, are commonly found in water and soil and are of interest because they can convert simple ...

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