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Cisco Systems introduces modular storage server
03 Nov 2016
Microsoft blames Russian hackers for attacking security flaw
02 Nov 2016
Microsoft Corp, which will release a patch on 8 November to protect Windows users from the newly discovered security flaw, has meanwhile slammed Google for making the vulnerabilities public before it could fix them
Brexit hikes Apple computer prices by up to £500 in UK
02 Nov 2016
The hike means prices in the UK are now more in line with the US after currency conversion and with the addition of UK VAT
Access to Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, many others hit by DDoS attack on net traffic monitoring firm
25 Oct 2016
Study describes method to detect online dishonesty
24 Oct 2016
Researchers have devised a method to detect "astroturfing", the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public
Study describes method to detect online dishonesty
24 Oct 2016
Researchers have devised a method to detect "astroturfing", the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public
Study describes method to detect online dishonesty
24 Oct 2016
Researchers have devised a method to detect "astroturfing", the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public
Over 6.5 million debit cards affected by data breach, say police
22 Oct 2016
While most banks blame a payment service provider that manages the ATM network of Yes Bank for the security breach, some reports say certain cards have been used fraudulently abroad, including in China
Wipro to acquire US cloud-computing company Appirio for $500 million
21 Oct 2016
Appirio brings to Wipro, Topcoder, a leading crowdsourcing marketplace connecting over a million designers, developers and data scientists around the world with customers, a game changer in today’s digital economy
Global tech majors join to take on Intel with open data centre
14 Oct 2016
A consortium of AMD, Dell EMC, Google, HPE, IBM, Mellanox, Micron, Nvidia, and Xilinx on Friday unveiled OpenCAPI, which will provide a high bandwidth and a low latency open interface design to speed up big data, machine learning and analytics
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation