Sci/Tech

Start Fresh With New Year's Day Google Doodle

PC Magazine - 
By Chloe Albanesius Google rang in the New Year with a festive homepage doodle, but the search giant updated Google.com this morning with a New Year's Day image that appears to show the logo's letters getting an early start on their resolutions.

PlayBook sold out in India, RIM extends festive offer by a week

Economic Times - 
NEW DELHI: Within days of slashing prices of its PlayBook tablet PC by almost half, Blackberry-maker RIM has said the device is sold out in retail outlets across the country, which has prompted it to extend the festive offer by a week.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan honoured with knighthood

TruthDive - 
London, Jan 1 (TruthDive): 58-year-old Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, India-born US citizen who won 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been honoured with a knighthood by the royal establishment here.

Taiwan PC maker to bid for Aakash-2?

Zee News - 
New Delhi: Aakash, the world's cheapest tablet, sold like hot cakes as soon as it went up for sale. Spurred by the success, the Indian government has pinned high hopes on the next-in-line, Aakash- 2 tablet which is expected to be unveiled either in ...

Classpad takes a cue from Akash tablets

Business Standard - 
Tablets are the new tech gadgets to have found a favourable place in the Indian education sector. After the launch of 'Aakash', the low-cost tablet, by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), new trends are picking up in edu-tech.

Second NASA probe en route to moon on New Year's Day

Times of India - 
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA: Twenty-four hours after a NASA probe safely entered orbit around the moon, its twin was poised to do the same on Sunday.

Bigger models to dot 11th Auto Expo

Business Standard - 
The Auto Expo is set to get bigger and bolder this time, with compact cars making way for swankier utility vehicles. The 11th edition of the exhibition, one of the largest in the world in terms of participants, will kick-start on January 7.

Twitter crashes after 16000 New Year tweets per second

Economic Times - 
LONDON: Social networking site Twitter was out of action for over an hour in Britain after it was overloaded with New Year messages.

Pak notches up top slot in Google search for sex

IBNLive.com - 
PTI Washington: Pakistan has secured a dubious distinction of being the number one globally for searching the term 'sex' on Google in 2011.

Social networking sites vulnerable to attacks in 2012

The Hindu - 
Social networking sites will be most vulnerable to cybercriminal attacks across the world in the next year, says a report from Trend Micro, an anti-virus, anti-spam and Internet security vendor.

Symbian is alive and kicking, for now

GigaOm - 
By Ryan Kim Dec. 30, 2011, 12:14pm PT 1 Comment While Symbian seems to be Nokia's unloved child and is fading in terms of worldwide shipments, it isn't ready to be completely written off yet.

Samsung beats Nokia in India

Times of India - 
Close on the heels of becoming the world's largest seller of smartphones, Korean major Samsung has overtaken its Finnish rival Nokia.

Auto Expo 2012: Bajaj's small car RE60 to be unveiled at Delhi

TruthDive - 
New Delhi, Jan 1 (TruthDive): Bajaj Auto, the fourth largest two-wheeler and three-wheeler manufacturer in the world, is all set to launch its low-priced car at the upcoming Delhi Auto Show.

China seeks to combat hi-tech crimewave

BBC News - 
The Chinese government is cracking down on home-grown cyber thieves seeking to steal online banking details. The crackdown combats phishing by ensuring that the websites of legitimate banks appear at the top of search results.

Facebook flirting triggers divorces

Times of India - 
Facebook was cited as a reason for a third of divorces last year in which unreasonable behaviour was a factor, according to law firm Divorce-Online .

Digit's Top Ten Trends of 2012

Digit - 
New year, new expectations. From the round-up of trends we've listed, it looks like an exciting one for the technology enthusiast.

Solar fencing to stop man-elephant conflict

Economic Times - 
BERHAMPUR (Odisha): Odisha government has decided to make solar fencing in Ganjam to arrest increasing man-elephant conflicts in Ganjam district.

India to protest EU carbon tax on airlines

Business Standard - 
The Union government will protest against Europe's carbon trading scheme for aviation at the bi-annual India-EU summit in New Delhi next month.

Spammers propel India to junk-mail top spot

AFP - 
MUMBAI - India has emerged as the world's top source of junk mail as spammers make use of lax laws and absent enforcement to turn the country into a centre of unsolicited email.

Argentine rider dies following Dakar Rally crash

Times of India - 
Boero died as he was being transported by helicopter to a hospital in Mar del Plata. (AFP Photo) SANTA ROSA DE LA PAMPA: Argentinean motorcyclist Jorge Martinez Boero died on Sunday after being involved in an accident on the first day of the Dakar ...