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E-learning to be $-100
billion market
by Mirra
Savara
EDUCATION
and training can never be the same again. Computers, CD ROMs and the Web have
unleashed path-breaking technologies that allow teaching to occur whenever and
wherever the student or teacher wants.
Hide
desktop from prying eyes
by Vipul
Verma
THE
world of computers is like an iceberg. What you see above the water is just the
tip while most of it is absolutely invisible. The extent to which we normally
use our computer is quite basic while the real power and performance from the PC
can be derived once you explore the hidden secrets. Since the past few years, we
have seen fast and rapid changes in technology that has made the old technology
redundant.
Robots to
the rescue of famine-hit
by Michael
Byrnes
HI-TECH
robots able to dive to two kilometers are being sent to the seas in an
underwater weather mapping campaign that could help spare remote villagers from
famine as well as guide torpedoes to deadly accurate hits.
Test gadgets with
software
by
Sumesh Raizada
EVER
since the invention of electric bulb, probably the first electrical
device, there has been a continuous research and development in the
field of electricity. Electric motors, transformers, alternators and
several other devices that developed later on, played an important
part in the industrial revolution.
Cisco’s
MOU with Andaman & Nicobar
INITIATIVE
will empower next generation of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with advanced
Internet and networking skills.Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in
networking for the Internet, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
administration of Andaman & Nicobar Islands to set up a Cisco Networking
Academy Program in the Union Territory.
Have computers
started ruling us?
by J.K.
Bhandari
THERE
is much hype in the media as well as the society about computer literacy. No
doubt, literacy of all kinds and at levels is a welcome human activity. However,
in the name of a so-called revolution in the making, computer education has
become a craze for the young and the old.
Playboy.com
Website hacked
LAW
enforcement officials are investigating a security breach at the Playboy.com
Website that allowed a computer hacker to steal customers’ credit card
numbers, a Playboy.com spokeswoman told Reuters last week.
Software
Gaining entry just
for the ‘hack’ of it
by Jasjot
Singh Narula
ONE
day while surfing the Internet or checking e-mails, the surfer finds a ‘beautiful’
image as an attachment that you install on your system. All of a sudden the
system slows down and then crashes. All your important data is lost. If this is
what has happened to you, well, the chances are that your system has been hacked
or cracked.
Kids
Chat
Log on to know how animals spend winters
Cyber
Kids
More than 100 puppets
to choose from
Compuquiz
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