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 …
Those virulent troublemakers The number of computer viruses is increasing all the time. Like Y2K prophets of doom, virus bogeys also capitalise on the fear of the uninformed. But most fears are unfounded. The International Computer Security Association ( www.icsa.net ) points out that only one in 30 computer users …
this was the message received by hundreds of thousands of e-mail users across the world on Friday, March 26. It had come with the subject "Important message from...' followed by the name of a familiar person, and contained a Microsoft Word document named "list.doc'. As soon as the document was …
the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( fbi ), arrested David L Smith, a New Jersey resident, responsible for developing the e -mail computer virus Melissa. Smith was held after the state police and the fbi conducted a joint investigation and traced him through his America Online account. Melissa has caused …
It ran along with the railroad. It was a symbol of the strength of many empires. Binding territory by holding it together with thin wires. It was the telegraph: the communication link between district headquarters, towns and states. When the radio came, a universally accepted combination of dots and dashes …
exactly how intelligent is artificial intelligence ( ai )? Scientists say if, during a computer-human being dialogue, the computer can actually fool the person into believing that he or she is talking to another person and not a machine, then the ai program is intelligent enough. So far, all ai …
scientists have used magnets for everything. Protecting buildings from collapsing during earthquakes, levitating high-speed futuristic trains and for numerous other applications. Now, they are trying to levitate microchips. Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( mit ), usa , believe that using magnets to suspend these chips will halve …
Busy people will now be able to carry a portable version of their Personal Computer (PC) database in a memory card as small as a credit card. Rex Pro slots into a laptop computer, or connects to a desktop PC through a docking station. The card copies address lists, diary …
AYURVEDIC CONCEPT: The Himalayan Drug Company (HDC) has launched its nternational range of ayurvedic health and personal care products in India. The product is branded as ayurvedic Concept'. According to the company official, the company had already launched the product in the US. "We launched the Ayurvedic Concept in the …
Four states in the US have passed laws barring lawsuits against state governments for problems related to the year 2000 bug. These states fear an onslaught of litigations over who is responsible for the Y2K problem. Computers that have not been programmed will confuse the year 2000 with the year …
Easy dissemination of information and global access are two of the Internet's key strengths. Ironically, these are also its biggest weaknesses. Anyone any corner of the globe can sneak into important government files and documents, and then do whatever they want with these. Hackers, as these Internet fiends are called, …
IF YOU find being buried under the mice, keyboards and all the other computer paraphernalia a little cumbersome then take heart, because you are not alone. Irritated by a clutter of similar electronic gadgets an his desk, a researcher at the Tokyo-based Sony Computer Laboratories devised a quick and easy …
ORDINARY postal services, now commonly referred to as 'snail mail', took a back seat with the advent of electronic or e-mail. Users with e-mail facility prefer to by-pass the various irritating hurdles 'snail mail' is prone to with a single key-stroke on their computers. But in this age of faster-than-eye …
saying brain surgery is a delicate business would be an understatement. Cut a little bit more here and the patient might end up blind, deaf or perhaps even paralysed. So knowing what lies beneath the tissue surface could be a life-saver. But right now, the only way surgeons can do …
your telephone stops working, television conks out, bank account statement goes berserk and your computer? Well, it is dead. Welcome to the first day of the 21st century. The y2k syndrome has wrecked havoc on every computer and computer networks all across the planet. Can doomsday scenarios such as these …
revamping prozac: US firm Eli Lilly is revamping its blockbusting anti-depressant drug Prozac in a bid to fight off competition from generic drug makers. The Indianapolis-based company has struck a deal with a small drug firm, Sepracor, to reformulate the anti-depressant. A molecularly-altered version of Prozac, based on a single …
take big, complex machines and make them small. That, in a nutshell, is the essence of nanotechnology. But not just small, so very small that nanoengineers need powerful microscopes to even see them. And since the mid 1980s, nanotechnologists have periodically astonished us with micrometer-sized turbines, gears and other pieces …
Computers and virtual reality were a huge hit in video game arcades and air force training when gamers and trainee fighter pilots went inside virtual simulators flying virtual fighters and battling virtual enemies. Now the same aerospace simulation technology is being adapted to plan weddings in Japan. NEC, Japan's electronics …
Ask children who playa lot of video games and they will tell you. Realistic video games and flight simulators induce a form of motion sickness, admits Hughes Electronics of Los Angeles, USA. Most lose the ability to perceive depth for a time after they leave the simulator, and later see …
IDLENESS has a hefty price tag, inform old proverbs. And in this age of electronic gadgetry, that price tag has become even heftier, inform US-based scientists and researchers. Electrical and electronic gadgets such as televisions, compact disc (CD) players, videos and burglar alarms are consuming more energy in stand-by mode …
STEP aside professor, your computer is about to make an important invention. Yes, intelligent computer programs are beginning to make discoveries of their own, as well as saving valuable research time. Stephen Muggleton, a computer scientist at the University of York, UK, has been working with molecular biologists at the …
