China's leading search engine, Baidu, Inc. announced Tuesday that it will buy all equity interests in smartphone apps distributor 91 Wireless Websoft from NetDragon for a record $1.9 billion.


Chinese firm to buy smartphone apps distributor


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Residents in Rjukan, a Norwegian industrial town nestled in a narrow valley in central Norway, will get some sunlight on the town square from this September, breaking a history of over 100 years of having no sunlight in winter.


Sunlight to be beamed onto Norwegian town square


The Kerala-based research and development firm Eram Scientific Solutions has been selected by the Marico Innovation Foundation (MIF) for a programme to promote innovative solutions for wider social impact.


Kerala firm selected for MIF innovation programme


Sea levels may rise by about 2.3 meters for each degree celsius of global warming within the next 2,000 years, an international team of researchers has said.


Sea levels may rise with global warming


OneOcean Corporation, a leading US-based company making big data on the cloud easy to summarize, search, and visualize with its ClipCard platform, Monday inaugurated its ClipCard Technology (R&D) centre in India.


OneOcean Corporation sets up R&D centre in Hyderabad


Leading engineering services provider, Tata Technologies will make educational programmes to develop skills of engineers, students and faculty in partnership with Birla Institute of Technology & Services (BITS) at Pilani in Rajasthan.


Tata firm to design skill development courses


People across India thronged to telegraph offices to experience the thrill and relive the nostalgia of booking a telegram for one last time as a 160-year-old service bowed to the advance of technology and was phased out for its growing irrelevance.


20,000 telegrams on last day; last one to Rahul Gandhi


Hollywood sci-fi film "Pacific Rim" has inspired the launch of a mobile game, which asks gamers to pilot a giant Jaeger robot and defend Earth from invading aliens.


'Pacific Rim' inspires mobile game


Scientists have discovered that a set of proteins that are a part of the body's natural defences cause mutations in human DNA, which could potentially lead to cancer, says a study.


Proteins associated with immunity may cause cancer


Relatives of a 23-year-old woman from northwest China have claimed that she died after being electrocuted while using her iPhone.


Family claims iPhone killed daughter


"Varum aanaa varadhu" (Will come but will not come) is a popular line in a Tamil movie featuring comedian Vadivelu which has come into common usage. And that is what some used to describe the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu as it took years to begin operations.


An interesting run-up to reactor going critical


India's 21st nuclear reactor at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu is functioning well after it began nuclear fission process for the first time Saturday night, a senior official said Sunday.


Nuclear fission progressing smoothly in Kudankulam plant


India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) is hoping to complete the loading of dummy fuel into the second 1,000 MW reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) soon, a senior official said.


Dummy fuel loading in Kudankulam unit to be completed soon


When I sat down to pen my thoughts on the status of the burgeoning Rs.85,000 crore ($19 billion) Business Process Outsourcing industry (loosely referred to as BPO, Call Centers, ITeS and now BPM), I was confident that I would be able to complete my 800-word comment well before the deadline.


Indian firms must listen to customer chatter (Comment)


The much awaited event for the Indian nuclear establishment, the first unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and India's 21st reactor, began the nuclear fission process Saturday night, officials of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) said.


India's 21st nuclear reactor at Kudankulam starts fission


The first unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to start nuclear fission process Saturday night with the process towards it progressing smoothly, said a senior official of India's atomic energy regulator.


Kudankulam N-plant expected to start fission process Saturday night


The first unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to start nuclear fission process midnight Sunday with the process towards it progressing smoothly, said a senior official of India's atomic energy regulator.


Kudankulam N-plant expected to start fission process midnight Sunday


With Internet users on mobile phones increasing rapidly in India, Yahoo is focusing on developing applications for this growing market, a senior company official said Saturday.


Yahoo to focus on developing mobile Internet apps


The Bengali surname Bose packs rich history. Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, scientist extraordinaire. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, freedom fighter. Prof Satyendra Nath Bose, after whom is named the boson in particle physics.


Remembering Amar Gopal Bose (Obituary)


The US military has unveiled one of its most-advanced humanoid robots known as Atlas, which was created to assist in future emergency situations, the American Forces Press Service reported.


US military unveils humanoid robot


After special buses, railway coaches and colleges, women-only cyber cafes are now being planned for the city's suburbs to ensure secure internet accessibility to them.

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