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Tata Motor’s “Air Car” – now in 2nd phase of Development

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World’s first Air car may be on its way in the coming years.  As discussed earlier, Tata Motors had signed a license agreement in Jan 2007 with Motor Development International (Luxembourg) to use their Compressed air technology to power the cars. Now a press release from Tata Motors says the first phase (proof of the technical [...]

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Epic Browser: The amazing Indian Browser

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The world of browsers has a new kid on the block – Epic Browser.  It is billed as an “Indian Browser”.  It is a product of Hidden Reflex, a software product company in Bangalore.  Hidden Reflex was founded by Alok Bhardwaj. Bhardwaj was a mergers & acquisitions investment banker for technology and other companies. He [...]

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Modi’s Innovative Solar Energy Initiative by Using Narmada Canals

Narmada Canal being Covered

Just as Modi’s critics go on ad nauseum with their mindless criticism, he goes on working on ways to improve the lot of his people and state. Not only is he pragmatic and not prone to unnecessary Government – he is also pretty innovative. Or rather he has created an atmosphere in his state such [...]

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The Hacking Wars and the coming “March Storm”

The Anonymous Hacktivists

Unbeknownst to many, there is a virtual war going on. Hackers vs the US Government. Recently, computer hacking group LulzSec has been brought down by the FBI, when they arrested some of the top guys in that group. They did so by introducing a mole named Hector Xavier Monsegur aka Sabu. He collaborated with FBI [...]

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Rare footage of Steve Jobs sharing his beginning in the Computer industry

Steve Jobs

Very few people in the history of technology have impacted the world as profoundly as Steve Jobs had done. Until his death recently, he had reinvented the world of computing many times. From Apple to NeXT to iPod and iPAD and iPhone. It is always interesting to listen to such a genius discuss his beginnings. [...]

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Internet could come down on March 8

Internet is off?

A malware called DNSchanger Trojan has infected many computers and many are still corrupted.  What does it do? It alters user DNS settings, such that it starts pointing users to malicious DNS in data centers in Estonia, New York, and Chicago. The malicious DNS servers can do many thing such as: fake, malicious answers, altering [...]

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UPenn Prof Vijay Kumar unveils “Self Guided Agile Flying Robots” which Swoop and Swarm together

Vijay Kumar at TED

University of Pennsylvania professor Vijay Kumar showcased a set of autonomous, agile and decentralized flying robots which can not only do maneuvers that are difficult for any machine but also communicate between themselves to not only fly in formations but also do complex tasks of lifting stuff many times their wait.  Interestingly, the robots used [...]

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Indian Users Trump US Smartphone Users in Net Access

Smartphone Usage

Interesting finding from a survey conducted by IPSOS and Google about the smartphone usage by customers in US and India.  It seems that when it comes to using the Smartphones to access the internet, more in India are using it and more frequently, than those in the US. 94% Indian smartphone users use it to [...]

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Don’t get addicted to Twitter, its Unhealthy: Twitter’s Co-founder

Christopher Stone, Twitter's co-founder

After some debate about the utility of sharing in only 140 characters, Twitter has emerged as one of most powerful social platforms.   According to some studies, people stay logged on for 12 hours addicted to the stuff being shared. But is that healthy?  The co-founder of Twitter himself doesn’t think so.  He thinks you [...]

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Facebook updates analysis can predict success in Jobs and Academics

Huh!?  Now it is possible to predict your success or failure in academics and job by analyzing your FB profile updates!  Better be careful!! Your Facebook profile holds more valuable information about you than you might think. Researchers spent about 10 minutes looking at photos, wall posts, comments, education, and hobbies on Facebook profiles, while [...]

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