Chile is top country in Latin America for broadband
byBogota, June 7 (IANS/EFE) Chile has the highest 2-megabyte broadband Internet penetration rate for landline and mobile connections in Latin America, a report released…
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US spy agencies mined internet data: Reports
byWashington, June 7 (IANS) Amid a furore over reports of a leading phone company sharing its records with the government, a media report said…
India, Germany sign development cooperation accord
byNew Delhi, June 6 (IANS) India and Germany Thursday signed an umbrella agreement on financial and technical cooperation in the field of energy, environment…
June rocket launch delay not to affect India’s other 2013 probes
byChennai, June 6 (IANS) Even though the June 12 rocket launch has been put off to June-end or the first week of July because…
Why BlackBerry Q10’s Rs.45,000 pricetag is a bad idea
byBlackBerry today launched the Q10 in India — the second of the two BB10 OS-based handsets that were first shown at the company’s global…
NASA plans to launch satellite to explore Sun
byWashington, June 6 (IANS/EFE) Preparations are underway for the June 26 launch of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, to explore the sun’s…
Delhiites encouraged to produce electricity using solar panels
byNew Delhi, June 5 (IANS) To encourage the residents of Delhi become self-sufficient by producing their own electricity through solar panels, a bike-a-thon was…
Ricoh licenses Indian startup to tweak components
byBangalore, June 5 (IANS) Ricoh, a global leader in imaging devices, has inked an agreement with Vayavya Labs, a startup based here, for tweaking…
Tharoor commends quality research by CSIR-NIIST
byThiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Union minister Shashi Tharoor Wednesday commended the research carried out by the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)…
Kenya to increase broadband access
byNairobi, June 5 (IANS) Kenya plans to increase the country’s broadband access to 20 percent by the year 2017, a top official said. Communication…