Growing perennial grass on least productive farmlands that are currently used for corn ethanol production in the US would result in higher overall corn yields, more ethanol output per acre and better groundwater quality, says a new study. The switch, according to an Illinois University release, would also slash emissions of two potent greenhouse gases.

Perennial grass to boost corn yield: Study

Business Standard

What would it mean for a computer to actually understand the meaning of a sentence written in ordinary English, or French, or Urdu, or Mandarin? One test might be whether the computer could analyse and follow a set of instructions for an unfamiliar task. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have begun designing machine-learning systems that perform exactly the same function &ldquo;with surprisingly good results&rdquo;, according to an MIT release.

Language lessons for computers

Persistent Systems, an outsourced software product development (OPD) services player, today announced the launch of PaxPro in India, a comprehensive suite of brand lifecycle management (BLM) solutions for CPG, beverages, pharmaceutical and health and beauty industries.

Persistent launches PaxPro in India

In an effort to reduce cost and offer pan-India 3G service, Vodafone, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular have started sharing their networks to provide seamless service to their customers.

Vodafone, Bharti, Idea in pact for pan-India 3G services

Press Trust of India

The Telecom Ministry has set up a panel that will frame an Act on spectrum pricing and allocation to ensure efficient use of radio waves, amid controversy on such issues related to the 2G services.

DoT forms panel for formulating Spectrum Act

The ministry of finance has asked the department of telecommunications (DoT) to initiate the process for auctioning of one block of broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum, which enables fourth-generation (4G) speeds of 5-15 mbps, many times faster than third-generation (3G) networks.

Finance ministry asks DoT to move on BWA auction

When the Taliban dug an elaborate tunnel system beneath the largest prison in southern Afghanistan this spring, they set off a scramble to catch the 475 inmates who escaped.

A system that never forgets a face

Computer-maker Dell moved to the second spot in the worldwide personal computer (PC) market in the second quarter of 2011. The company&rsquo;s rise was aided by improved sales in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a survey.

Dell climbs to second spot in worldwide PC market

Infosys could catch up in the second half of this financial year.

Earnings upgrades likely for Tata Consultancy Services

The proposed Spectrum Act envisaged by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will seek to give powers to the Centre to withdraw or cancel unused spectrum assigned to service providers.

Unused spectrum may be revoked or cancelled

Cranes Software, the Bangalore-based publicly-held software products company in the engineering and analytics space, is at an advanced stage of negotiations with its lenders &mdash; both Indian and international financial institutions to restructure its debt.

Cranes nearing closure of debt restructuring

Consider this: It takes today&rsquo;s state-of-the-art supercomputers eight-and-a-half minutes to simulate just five seconds of human brain activity. And to perform the function, supercomputers consume 140,000 times as much electricity as the brain&mdash;1.4 million watts to 10 million watts.

Now, a device for brain-inspired computing

Nanoscale robots that can flow through blood or repair complex electronics may be a possibility, with the help of a new strategy developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Although devices such as computer processors can effectively handle electrical signals at a length scale of 10 nanometers, achieving motion at the nano-scale has remained elusive.

Robots may flow via blood

Beats market expectation; topple Infosys in terms of Ebitda margins for the first time.

TCS net up 27% at Rs 2,415 cr

Information technology (IT) major HCL Technologies today announced the opening of a co-innovation lab in Singapore with American pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly to develop new technologies and solutions specifically for the drug maker.

HCL co-innovation lab for new technology

Infosys, India&rsquo;s second-largest information technology (IT) services company, has decided to resume campus hiring in the US as it plans to create a delivery structure there.

Infosys to resume campus hiring in US

Equity infusion of Rs 2,000 crore likely, SBI Capital&rsquo;s advisory report expected by end of month.

GTL likely to go for debt restructuring

Aegis, the global outsourcing services arm of Essar Group, today announced its plans to enter the UK and European markets for the first time, creating 600 new jobs in Manchester.

Aegis to enter UK offering 600 new jobs in Manchester

Even three years after a series of blasts brought Mumbai to its knees, the country&rsquo;s financial capital does not seem to have learnt surveillance lessons. The city has just 100 internet protocol (IP)-based closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) installed at traffic signals.

The city has only a few cameras to prevent strikes

After retail, it is the telecom industry that has getting a taste of value consciousness of the Gujaratis. Which is why, the state continues to rank number one in India in number portability requests for changing telecom service providers.

At 1 million, Gujarat tops MNP list in the country

While the previous decade may have seen business process outsourcing (BPO), knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) and software services leading IT growth in Gujarat, the next decade is set to witness a new vertical - mobile applications.

Mobile apps to drive IT growth in state

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