London: A US firm has come up with a bullet that could give soldiers the upper hand while dealing with guerrilla warfare. The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement system, dubbed “The Punisher”, has already been used 200 times against the Taliban in Afghanistan, with stunning results as it fires further…
New York: Apple Inc has asked a federal court in California to block Samsung Electronics Co Ltd from selling its new Galaxy Nexus smartphones, alleging patent violations. In a suit filed last week in San Jose, Apple said the Galaxy Nexus infringes on patents underlying features customers expect from its…
London: An electronic cheque revives the traditional system of payment, minus the hassles of processing and transport costs, which vex both banks and retailers no end. Each new generation cheque is written with a digital pen, which has a tiny camera to record any strokes made against millions of tiny…
Jerusalem: India and Israel have inked a key pact to cooperate in water treatment technologies, including joint ventures for research and design in resources management, sewage and drainage. The agreement was signed Additional Secretary D. Diptivilasa and Director of International Trade at Israel’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labour, Boaz…
Washington: U.S. and European regulators approved Google Inc’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility and said they would keep a sharp eye on the web search giant to ensure patents critical to the telecom industry would be licensed at fair prices. It was one of a series of approvals that…
Seoul: Samsung Electronics condemned an Israeli commercial featuring a Samsung tablet, expressing dismay at Iran’s threat to ban its products over the apparently anti-Tehran teaser. HOT offered Galaxy tabs as gifts to attract new viewers and the advert was part of the station’s subscription campaign, Samsung said. “We have absolutely…
Washington: Regular clothing has the unexplored power to become tomorrow’s wearable electronics, researchers say. A Canadian lab has tested special fibres that can help make soft, flexible touch screens and batteries woven directly into the fabrics of modern life. Turning rigid electronic parts into stretchy, smart clothing material has not…
Havana: Cuba has begun to employ a new technology to produce white sugar, a measure that improves its quality, avoids the refining process and reduces the cost of manufacture. The technology, which to date had never been used in the island’s sugar industry, uses a sulphur salt produced in Guatemala…
Washington: Seven Indian Americans figure among the 40 finalists for the Intel Science Talent Search 2012, recognised as America’s “most promising high school seniors with the greatest potential to solve pressing challenges in the world”. Finalists will gather in Washington, DC in March to compete for $630,000 in awards with…
Agra: It has eluded experts for centuries, but now an Indian, following in the footsteps of Aryabhatt, one of the earliest Indian mathematicians, claims to have worked out a simple formula to find any number’s cube root. Nirbhay Singh Nahar, a retired chemical engineer and an amateur mathematician, claims he…
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