News snippets

FOSS on poll agenda

A new Word for Microsoft

Tablet causes insomnia

Digital Devices>> Sleep Disorders • Australia

Databank inaugurated

Techno rainbird

NASA develops computer model to track origins of rain

E-waste in real space

Unscientific disposal of old computers irks Bangalore

Is Windows 2000 an unsafe platform for online money transaction?

Captain speaking

New IT industry body proposed

The standard is open, almost

e-governance software platform may not be open-source

Computers piece lore

Digitisation>> History • Israel

Hi-tech control

Quantum jump for computers

Two recent experiments at the atomic level raise hopes of quantum computing

Intel CPU corrupt

Webcams rein in footloose doctors

Sonepur district improves ranking in rural health mission

Disoriented

Lack of mapping policy is a sign of information backwardness in the digital era

Restrictions are redundant

For the rich

Map monopoly

The Union ministry of defence is paranoid

Computer for roads

Bytes

The divide will always remain

BYTES

Quick worker

Promising earthquake warning system tested

Each computer leaves a toxic trail