National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has conducted a survey on Household Social Consumption: Education as part of 75th round of National Sample Survey (NSS). Prior to this, surveys on the same subject were carried out during 64th round (July 2007- June 2008) and 71st round …
BY ITSELF, silicon is not an effective conductor. It does not leave its electrons free for smooth flow of information. To make it less rigid, impurities are introduced into a pure silicon chip. The impurities free an electron or two and make the element a better conductor. This is called …
Chinese officials are retreating from their controversial plan to install an internet filtering system on computers in the country. But only somewhat. The country
FOSSCOM to oppose NASSCOM companies and civil society groups supporting open source software standard in e-governance are planning to form a separate pressure group. They have proposed to form fosscom to oppose the IT industry body nasscom that has been lobbying with the government to adopt proprietary software standards. Free …
Samsung Electronics said on Monday that it would invest 5.4 trillion won ($4.30 billion) in green R&D; and facilities to make the world's largest memory chipmaker a leading eco-friendly company by 2013. Of the total, 3.1 trillion won will be spent to develop co-friendly products, and the remainder on energy-saving …
New power-efficiency specifications being implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday could help consumers purchase energy-efficient electronics while cutting energy costs. The Energy Star 5.0 specification will help customers identify the most power-efficient PCs and PC-related devices, including laptops, desktops and monitors, when making purchases. Products are identifiable …
No more thumb twiddling as you wait for the computer to start computers that could instantly switch on at the desktop mode without the time-consuming process of booting, may now be possible. Researchers have induced a property in silicon
Outdated technology is still being brought into Pakistan in the guise of low-cost refurbished computers. This helps a common man to afford such appliances and at the same time due to limited or no warranty on these machines coupled with incompatibility with latest software the purchase can turn into a …
Despite the fact that dumping old computers in developing countries has been declared as violation of international law, Pakistan was being used as dumping ground for over 50,000 tons of e-waste that hurts local industry and also creates environmental and health hazards. Despite being a signatory to the Basel Convention …
Land administration is not an easy task in India where different methods exist with a lack of effort at bringing commonality into the system of land records. Ensuring transparency, accountability and efficiency in the age-old institutional arrangement is difficult. Thus, computerisation is an effort towards land administration reforms that overcomes …
Delhi: Hardware companies are on the hunt for the best e-waste disposal mechanisms. The waste from discarded computers, TVs and mobiles is projected to grow to over 8,00,000 tonnes by 2012. After Wipro, Nokia and Philips, Hewlett-Packard
SANGEETHA CHENGAPPA BENGALURU The Indian market place with over 35 million small and medium businesses (SMBs), a percentage of which is competing globally, are actively investing in Green IT initiatives. A global study jointly released by IBM and InfoTech Research Group reveals that more than 55 per cent of Indian …
Broad consensus on use of open source software POLITICAL parties may have different ideologies, but when it comes to e-governance they seem to agree on the type of computer software the country needs. The Bharatiya Janata Party
The Department of Information and Technology is likely to notify the software standards policy by May. The policy advocates use of standard open code for software and will boost FOSS. Jaijit Bhattacharya, of Sun Microsystems, a company selling FOSS, said the policy is pragmatic.
Leslie D'Monte & Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi April 23, 2009, 0:56 IST Companies renew pledge to conserve environment, save energy costs on Earth Day. The word
KAUSTUBH KULKARNI They have been travelling to work in air-conditioned cabs and luxurious coaches all these years. IT employees of Pune will now also have to get used to public transport buses. Cost pressures are forcing IT majors like Infosys Technologies, Tech Mahindra and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to opt …
To address the shortage of medical specialists in the country, the health ministry on April 16 launched two telemedicine projects, where an expert from India can diagnose and advise on the complex case of a critically ill Bhutanese patient
