News channels back on cable networks in Ahmedabad
After facing a blackout in Ahmedabad for showing the Tehelka sting expose, the seven news channels are back on air since late Saturday.
Aaj Tak, NDTV India, NDTV 24X7, IBN7, CNN-IBN, Tez and Headlines Today were put off air since 26 October.
Cable operators were ordered by the District Collector of the city, Dhananjay Dwivedi, to put the channels off air, following Tehelka’s ‘Operation Kalank’ sting expose of the Gujarat riots.
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IBM to recycle silicon wafers for solar industry
(Reuters) – International Business Machine Corp said on Tuesday it has developed a silicon wafer recycling system that may help ease the refined silicon shortage that has limited output of solar energy panels.
IBM said it can remove intellectual property from discarded scrap semiconductor wafers made out of silicon. It can then sell them to the solar industry which uses the silicon in photovoltaic cells that generate electricity on rooftops.
Every day about 250,000 wafers are produced globally to make chips for products from cell phones to computers and to monitor and control manufacturing, according to a wafer industry group.
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Deadly computer worm on the prowl
A potentially dangerous computer worm called Storm has been silently infecting computers in India, creating a pathway into the system which can be exploited, either to steal data or flood your e-mail account with spams.
Having enticing subjects lines, the spam mails containing the worm baits people into opening them. Those who open the attachment then unknowingly become part of a Botnet (a collection of compromised computers running programmes having worms under a common command for nefarious purposes).
Experts in India said that the virus till now, has been infecting computers without causing serious damage. However, because it’s gathering strength, experts are considering it a serious threat.
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CCTV cameras at all WR stations soon
Next time when you are waiting at a Mumbai railway station, someone could be monitoring you. Western Railway would soon have closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at all 35 stations from Churchgate to Virar.
Zicom Electronic Security Systems Limited on Saturday was selected for installing 520 cameras. These cameras will not only capture every movement in the station premise but also store the data for almost a month. “The project is estimated to cost Rs1.21 crore,” said Satya Prakash, divisional railway manager of WR.
Around 15 cameras will be installed at each station. “To begin with we are expected to lay cables in nearly 160 km stretch from Churchgate to Virar. On Monday, we have started the work of laying cables and other related works,” said Ravi Malhan, general manager of Zicom.
Source :- dnaindia news
Discovery astronauts finish solar truss installation
WASHINGTON: Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts successfully completed a mammoth operation to reposition a 17.5-tonne solar array and truss during a more than seven-hour-long spacewalk on Tuesday aboard the orbiting International Space Station.
US astronauts Scott Parazynski and Douglas Wheelock conducted the operation outside in a teamwork operation with other crew members inside the station.
Astronauts inside operated a robotic arm to move the solar array and truss, after which the spacewalkers permanently attached the truss in its new home and prepared it for operation.
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New images of Comet Holmes
New pictures are coming in of Comet Holmes, this one an animation comparing the comet’s appearance on successive nights, and showing its size relative to the size of Jupiter at a similar distance.
If you haven’t seen it yet, step outside after dinner tonight, and look for a narrow triangle of stars below the (sideways) W-shaped constellation Cassiopeia, but above (and slightly to the right of) the bright star Capella – the brightest in that part of the sky. Holmes is the “star” on the left side of the base of that triangle.
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Mundu IM on Sony Ericsson Phones
Geodesic Information Systems has announced immediate availability of its mobile instant messaging (IM) product, Mundu IM, on Windows Mobile based Pocket PC devices and Sony Ericsson mobile phones.
As such, users of Sony Ericsson’s Walkman Series and K Series, as well as of HTC Touch, Imate K-Jam, O2 XDA Motorola Q, Palm Treo 750, Palm 700p, and the iPhone, among others, will now be able to use Mundu IM on their devices.
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Microsoft, states ask for change in oversight’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and the states accusing it of continuing monopolistic behavior asked a federal judge to temporarily delay the end of government oversight of the software giant, according to court documents filed on Tuesday.
Most of the provisions from a 2002 consent decree between Microsoft and the federal government are set to expire on November 12.
In a joint motion, Microsoft and the 18 states pushing for the government to extend its oversight asked the court to delay the existing deadline “only for so long as necessary” but no later than January 31, 2008.
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Yahoo adds media playing, languages to messaging
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Internet media company Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it is adding media-playing features, large file transfers, new languages and other tools to its instant messaging service.
The move comes as a growing number of rivals — from incumbents like AOL to social network sites like News Corp’s MySpace — boost their positions in the market for instant messaging services.
Yahoo Messenger 9.0 launched as a test version and has added features similar to ones seen on social networks or media-sharing sites, including extra room to post a picture or other image next to contact names and the ability to share video or photos within a message screen.
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France Telecom denies Google talks about handset
PARIS (Reuters) – France Telecom on Tuesday denied being in talks with Google about introducing handsets fitted with the U.S. Web search leader’s software systems.
“We formally deny being in talks with Google about a handset,” said a spokesman for France Telecom, which mainly trades as Orange.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Google was in talks with several operators including Orange and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile in the United States among others to bring Google-powered phones to market by mid-2008.
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