NASA’s Mars Rover ‘Curiosity’ to land soon

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With inputs from Yash Kodavali  Following two successful expeditions to Mars (Spirit, Opportunity), NASA launched another rover bearing the name Curiosity on November 26, 2011. The widely anticipated touchdown is expected to occur sometime next week. Curiosity symbolizes the next… Read More »

August 2, 2012
By Nikhila

Technology : A perspective

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What is your best friend’s phone number? Stumped? That makes two of us. A mere decade ago, this question would have us rattling off a seven digit number. Now-a-days, the exercise of remembering things has receded into the background as… Read More »

July 28, 2012
By Nikhila

Wikimedia forays into the travel sector

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The Wikimedia foundation is going to expand its reach to include Travel wikis into its already burgeoning archives of information. The Board of trustees gave the green-signal to a proposal on June 11 to work with the popular travel site… Read More »

July 14, 2012
By Nikhila

The what, how and why of Cloud Computing

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Cloud computing is the one of the most frequently heard buzzwords in the webscape. Most of us have a fuzzy idea of what it is – a bunch of information stored together that can be accessed from just about anywhere.… Read More »

July 7, 2012
By Nikhila

The Tech behind Displays – a glossary

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Inputs from Yaswanth Kodavali There are a number of various reasons why those smartphones and tablets fly off the shelves as soon as they arrive in the market. People don’t queue up outside the stores that they worship, braving adverse… Read More »

July 4, 2012
By Nikhila

Facebook mobile gets a speed boost

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The agonizingly slow news feed in the Facebook mobile app is now set to become history. This will be achieved by loading fewer stories instead of displaying nothing until a considerable number of them finish loading. Now, you can start… Read More »

July 4, 2012
By Nikhila