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| Online news reading habits growing in US |
| Instant internet news reading habits are pushing the tradional way of reading news on newspapers and watching it on TV behind in America as people become web savvy. Though people of both varieties still pick up a magazine, reports Timesonline (Aug 18 '08)
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| Virtual office the new buzzword after paperless office |
| Going a step farther than paperless office, post digitisation, the virtual office concept has come in vogue. Entire office is virtualised savings clients many a hassle in an online scenario, reports The Hindu
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| Now e-Post Offices in Jharkhand |
| Digital post offices equipped with latest electronic communication gadgets are all set to alter these old institutions into e-post offices in Jharkhand and provide instant connectivity to even the last mile person, reports iGovernment (Aug 26 '08)
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| IPTV soon for digital literacy in India |
| Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) will soon be a mass reality in India as the GoI has okayed guidelines in this regard to pave way for its arrival. The measure is seen as another milestone towards digital literacy and is expected to attract more people to broadband, reports HT
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| Apple iPhone launched in India officially |
| The 'Invention of the Year' Apple's iPhone got launched in India amidst much fan fare and lots of curiosity by two authorised distrubutors - Airtel & Vodafone. The 3G gadget is expected to go a long way in bridging the chasm between mobile and PC users, reports IBNLive (22 Aug '08)
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| Find your salaries revealed on the internet |
| A website, Glassdoor.com has been launched which is breaking barriers like never before. It enlists the salaries of employees on the site posted by the empolyees themselves. The numbers are increasing rapidly from all over on it, reports TimesOnline (21 Aug '08)
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| Rs 1k laptops coming for students; no typing error |
| The government is reportedly planning to bring a laptop useful for students for as little as Rs 1000 (One thousand). And this is no typing mistake. This move is part of government's ICT programme in education dissemination, reports IBNLive
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| Health to go digital in Delhi |
| All hospitals in Delhi will go digital soon to keep pace with the changing times. So many things could become transparent like admission of patients, bed availability, and generally a better hospital experience for the health capital of India. Less paperwork is just another byproduct, reports iGovernment
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| Intel plans 16K-20K WiMax laptop |
| Intel is seeing a growth possibility in WiMax ready laptops and it is working with world's top manufacturers to bring it in the price zone of US$ 300 to 400 approx. Rs16K to Rs 20K in India. With the 3G policy announced, WiMax will provide the next big growth opportunity, reports TOI
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| Antivirus to go virtual |
| Recent researches have indicated that the antivirus in our computers may be a thing of the past and be replaced by virtual antiviruses via cloud computing, reports TOI
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| Make websites from your mobile |
| A Chennai based software developer, Akmin
Technologies Pvt Ltd, has come up with a website which lets us create websites from our GPRS enabled
handsets. This breaking technology is intended to tap growing mobinet users,
reports The Hindu
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| Mobile net fuelling entertainment content consumption |
| Indians are using their mobile phones with net connection more for entertainment than for information or other purposes as compared to the west. This feature is fuelling entertainment related content consumption in a big way. A study has found out, reports HT
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| IIT Delhi in outreach mode soon |
| One of country's premier institutes, IIT Delhi is planning to take its expertise in providing education outside its campus with the distance learning method through a two-way video conferencing and other technological interventions soon, reports HT
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| Online gaming emerging as edutainment |
| Online gaming segment in India is proving a one hot stop for entertainment, education and employbility as the industry is growing at a brisk pace in the country. The gaming companies like Games2win are hoping that this trend catches on with the youth and for this they are incorporating many current issues like inflation and some political goings on too, reports nogyan.com
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| Internet telephony nod by TRAI |
| In a far reaching decision for the telecom sector which is expected to provide a major boost to intenet telephony in India, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has allowed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) unrestricted internet telephony services. The move is likely to usher in a new round of price wars in the long distance telephone services, reports NDTV
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| Google search is used by just 49% |
| Contrary to popular perception, a new report finds that only 49% of the web users use Google search. Many more interesting internet related findings have come to light during this surey, reports TimesOnline
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| A milestone development: digital medical education |
| Medical education as it is imparted today through lectures is in for a major digital transformation. The entire medical curriculum
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| Digital Whiteboards ushering a white revolution in education |
| Digital whiteboards are fast replacing tradional blackboards in schools & other teaching campuses across India as amply demonstrated during the recent e-INDIA '08. The technology is ushering in a white revolution in the fast growing education sector, reports mint (19 Aug '08)
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| Computer mouse may face extinction |
| Our 40-year-old computer mouse may go the dinosaur way i.e. become a thing of the past soon, predicts a Gartner expert. Gestural computer mechanisms like touch screens or facial recognition devices will overpower it completely, reports HT
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| Nanoradio invented |
| Not only mobiles are shrinking in size and weight, in what is being billed as the world's smallest radio, run with a single nanaotube and just one ten
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| e-Reader coming from Sony |
| Sony is planning its next generation 'e-Reader', which displays books in an electronic format. It can contain upto 160 books while its rival Kindle holds 200. e-Reader uses elnk technology which will enable reading even in the sun, reports TimesOnline
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| Google goes 3D, launches virtual avatar |
| Right after Knol, Google Inc. has launched www.lively.com which lets you create a 3D avatar on the web. You can have fun after that, reports IBNLive
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| Olympics, sport for a digital play |
| The coming Beijing Olympic games are all set to be different in a very unique way. In keeping with the digital era, the Olympics are sure to be viewed as much on tradional media as on the new age mediums like web, flickr, iphones etc., reports Manorama Online
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| Google opens Knol website |
| Google Inc. has started Knol website (http://knol.google.com) which aims to provide an alternative/competition to the
popular Wikipedia with contributors' bylines. Knol here is 'A unit of
knowledge', reports Manorama Online
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| Broadband for all higher institutes |
| All institutes of higher learning will be getting dedicated broadband connections soon to facilitate teaching and learning. This move in addition to other quality education enhancing measures is likely to bring ICT on the forefront of edu scene, reports iGovernment.in
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| 8.95m mobile users added in June '08 |
| The total number of telephone connections reached 325.78 million as 8.94 million mobile users were added in June '08. 8.62 million users were added in May '08. The broadband subscribers reached 4.38 million mark, reports The Hindu (July 25 '08)
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| Tribals get their own community radio |
| Tribals in Madhya Pradesh will be having their own community radio stations soon. The move will facilitate preservation of their cultural heritage like languages etc., reports iGovernment.in
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| 3G Bid winners to get 2G too |
| The impending 3G policy of the GoI is to benefit those companies, many of them foreign like AT & T, that wants to use 2G also. It has reportedly been provided to ward of legal hurdles later, reports FE
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| Disabled to have special computers soon |
| Good news for the differently abled. Efforts are well underway to make special computers for them. Very soon such persons would have access to such computers, reports iGovernment.in
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| Mumbai police looks for crime trails on net |
| Mumbai police has started looking at the cyber space especially social networking sites seriously for any trails the criminals or fraudsters might have left. Some recent successes have intrigued the police more, reports NDTV
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