Scientist controls another man's brain via internet

Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have conducted the world's first non-invasive human-to-human brain interface in which one person was able to control the motions of another person via internet. Using electrical brain recordings and a form of magnetic stimulation, Rajesh Rao, a University of Washington professor, sent a brain...

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Samsung to launch Galaxy Tab 3 Kids

Samsung has announced Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 Kids, a tabletspecifically designed for children. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids will come preloaded with educational and fun apps for kids and an all new Kid's Store. The tablet has a 7-inch screen with 1024x600 pixel resolution and runs on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor....

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Nokia Asha 502 and 503 specs ‘appear‘ online

Internet is abuzz with details of Nokia's next in line Asha series phones. The details come courtesy eveleaks and a blog titled 'This is Nokia'. According to eveleaks, which has a fair record of leaking gadget information,Nokia Asha 503, codenamed Lanai, will be similar to Asha 501 in appearance.However, Nokia Asha 503 will have...

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New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group

Media companies including the New York Times,   Twitter and the Huffington Post lost control of some of their websites Tuesday after hackers supporting the Syrian government breached the Australian Internet company that manages many major site addresses.The Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group that has previously attacked...

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Microsoft‘s new CEO: Guessing game begins

As Steve Ballmer bows out of Microsoft, the guessing game over who will replace him has started with a British bookmaker putting Nokia's Stephen Elop as the favourite. Ballmer, 57, unexpectedly announced his retirement after more than three decades at the world's largest software company, including 13 years as chief executive. With...

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Sprint to cut 800 customer-service jobs

Sprint is eliminating about 800 customer service jobs because fewer people are calling its centres, the company said. With growth in other parts of the business, however, Sprint said it expects the company's work force to remain at about 40,000. Sprint said most of the affected workers were notified last Thursday. Others will...

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IBM: India remains a big focus

IBM India managing director Vanitha Narayanan said here on Tuesday that the country's attractiveness as a market had not changed at all for the company. She was responding to a question on whether all the negative news about the Indian economy in recent times had impacted the US company's perception of the country."It's still a growth...

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Social TV on the rise in hype cycle: Gartner

Collaborative customer interfaces and social TV are among the innovations which are on the rise in 2013 hype cycle for social software, research firm Gartner said. The hype cycle gives a view of how a technology or application will evolve over the time. "Collaborative customer interfaces, social co-browsing, mobile virtual...

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Nissan‘s self-driving cars coming in 2020

Nissan Motor says it will make cars that drive themselves by 2020. The Japanese automaker made the pledge Tuesday at an event in California. CEO Carlos Ghosn has said before that he wants Nissan to be the first to sell self-driving cars. But Tuesday's announcement was more specific. Nissan says it will have a commercially...

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Japan to launch ‘internet fasting‘ camps

Japan is planning to propose 'internet fasting camps' in a bid to deal with more than half a million of the nation's children who are addicted to the web, it has been revealed.The country's government spokesman told The Daily Telegraph that they have estimated that the addiction affects around 518,000 children at middle and high schools...

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NASA tests 3D-printed rocket engine component

US space agency NASA has said it has successfully conducted a hot-fire test on the largest 3D printed rocket engine component it has. The Aug 22 test, which generated a record 20,000 pounds (9 tonnes) of thrust, is "a milestone" for one of many important advances the agency is making to reduce the cost of space hardware, Xinhua...

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Infosys board member, Americas head Vemuri resigns

Infosys board member Ashok Vemuri, who was seen to be among contenders to succeed CEO S D Shibulal, has resigned. Vemuri was also the head of Infosys's America operations and the global head of its manufacturing and engineering services vertical. Infosys has been witnessing a spate of executive level changes since the return...

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