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| Mercury Computer Systems selects Wind River platform |
| Wind River Systems, which is into device software optimisation (DSO), announced that Mercury Computer Systems had selected the `Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition' for its Ensemble2 Advanced TCA-based application platform.
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| Nascent GAID vows to narrow digital divides in the world |
| The newly-born Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) Tuesday vowed to narrow the digital divides between the rich and the poor around the world.
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| `Small businesses should invest in IT' |
| Speakers at a workshop on "SMB revolution and the new roadmap for technology" stressed the need for the small and medium businesses to invest in Information Technology.
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| `New policies needed to tap emerging technologies' |
| New political and economic policies need to be framed for making use of 16 emerging technologies in non-information technology (IT) and IT sectors in the country, said the Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE),Damodar Acharya.
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| Online train reservation growth doubles |
| The Railway's initiative to sell tickets to passengers through the Web has caught on well, with the service registering about 100 per cent growth rates.For the first two months of the current fiscal, sales have more than doubled against the same period last year.
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| More IT and BPO companies from Bangalore eye Mysore |
| The number of IT (Information Technology) and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) companies in Bangalore looking towards Mysore for expansion has gone up considerably ever since the highway linking the two cities was widened.
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| i-flex Solutions signs MoU with Karnataka |
| i-flex Solutions Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Karnataka to provide technology support for a landmark initiative, `Karnataka schools towards quality education.'
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| Digital mapping of India on fast track |
| India hopes to complete digital mapping of around 70 percent of the country in a year, leading to leveraging data assets for multi-functions like traffic management and infrastructure development.
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| Computerised ration cards will eliminate bogus cards' |
| Former Food and Civil Supplies Minister and Gundlepet MLA H.S. Mahadev Prasad has said that Karnataka is the first State in the country to bring the public distribution system under "e-governance" with the distribution of computerised ration cards to beneficiaries.
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| Is a mobile phone a basic human right? |
| Toronto Star has put up a fascinating question - Is a mobile phone a basic human right?. The article owes its origin to the hurricane Katrina and then the environs surrounding its aftermath where mobiles bacame more of a "need" than a mere 'want', reports Times Online
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| Digital voice logger for police |
| The Kerala Police Department will soon install electronic devices in all its district headquarters and police control rooms for recording wireless and telephone communications.
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| MCH plans 'plastic roads' for city |
Towing the lines of Bangalore civic body, the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) will use waste plastic
material in laying roads.
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| e-Service for all panchayats in Jharkhand |
| In an effort to catch up with the rest of the India, is all set to expand e-Governance in its rural areas by opening e-Service centres in all its panchayats.
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| SCEL promises to offer laptops below Rs.25,000 |
| Sahara Computers and Electronics Ltd (SCEL), a joint venture between South Africa's Sahara Computers Ltd and the Sahara India Pariwar, could soon offer laptops below Rs.25,000.
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| MedRC EduTech plans to invest for its expansion |
| MEdRC EduTech, the Hyderabad-based, e-Learning company has firmed up plans to invest up to $5 million in the next 18 months to fund its expansion.
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| Hughes keen on e-governance tie-up with UP |
| Lucknow, Hughes, a major company in satellite networking technology is holding talks with the Uttar Pradesh government for providing e-governance solutions.
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| Online gaming service by Microsoft |
| Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates announced a new cross-platform gaming service that integrates games played on cell phones, Xbox 360 consoles and the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.
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| Information Kerala Mission |
| In 1997 the State-level Informatics System for Strengthening the Decentralized Plan Implementation (SLIDE), was conceived to focus on creating efficient and responsive mechanisms for governance at the local level.
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| Now, library books a click away |
| Finding the book that you want from a public library will become an easy task with the help of an application software to be installed in libraries in the state soon.
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| ISRO build two more communication satellites |
| The organisation recently signed a commercial contract with EADS Astrium ISRO Satellite Integration an Test Establishment inaugurated. Need for reliability,quality and timely delivery stressed.
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| More teachers getting to grips with ICT, says report |
| Teachers are becoming more confident about using technology in the classroom and are finding it easier to maintain boys'interest, new research reveals.
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| Bihar Ministers Get Laptops Under National e-Governance Plan |
| After lagging behind in the Information and Technology gravy train for years, the Bihar government is finally taking steps to catch up with other developed states by equipping all of their 26 ministers with sophisticated laptop computers under the national e-governance plan of the Central government.
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| Asha: A hope for farmers in India |
| The Government of India is doing its best to equip agricultural sector with the latest methods of farming. Project Asha is designed to provide agri-business services through Community Information Centers (CIC) so that farmers can get real time information. The Assam State Centre was the implementer of the project.
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| 10th International Conference on Computers |
| The conference is going to be held in University of Linz, Austria. It looks back to 20 years of supporting the advancement of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Assistive Technologies (AT) for people with disabilities the aging population and learning difficulties.
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| A message of Empowerment:-Bibek Debroy |
| Governance has become a bit of a buzzword, although it is notalways properly defined. Governance is different from the actof governing through three organs of State laid down in theConstitution - the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. For a start, civil society, which is not just media and NGOs, has a role to play, often to exert countervailing pressure on the three organs of State.
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| The Government of India launch of MEA's Hindi Website |
| Ministry of External Affairs is actively engaged in implementation of the Official Language Policy of the Government of India. It is also playing an important role in the promotion of Hindi abroad. Hindi is being taught in about 600 universities and schools in over 40 countries.
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| Mobile unit to sell products made by students |
| The Directorate of Vocational Higher Secondary Education (VHSE) will introduce in October a mobile service to market the products made at the production-cum-training centre attached to vocational higher secondary schools.
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| Minister inaugurates new development projects |
| Minister for Information and Publicity Parithi Ilamvazhuthi inaugurated development projects worth more than Rs. 2.3, he inaugurated additional classrooms in Chennai Corporation schools, a solid waste management complex, a public toilet and junior engineer and ward member offices in his Egmore constituency.
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| Voicing for content using 'e' as media |
| Amidst tall hopes, high expectations and realistic considerations, returns the 2006 edition of the Manthan Award, bringing ICT community in one single platform. Get some clue to this year's event: the plate is full of excitements, innovations, creativity and diversity. What is being realized is fulfilling the realistic objectives of 'e-content for development and empowerment' in India.
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| Use of technology in education sector: Governor |
| The Governor said, in the present times of amazing technological advancement, science and technology was attracting a large number of students.
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