Software that can identify people from internet
Now, people can be identified from their images posted on the internet, as a software firm named Face.com has developed a facial recognition technology. The software, which is yet to be released, can help identify people on social networking sites and online galleries by comparing their images against known pictures ... Continue Reading
New Protocol to replace the existing version by Dec 2011
The number of internet protocol (IP) addresses globally are close to their exhaustion date of January 2012. As a solution the country has directed all internet service providers (ISP) to use the new protocol (version six) from December next year to direct their web traffic. The new protocol (IPv6) ... Continue Reading
Call center workers becoming cheaper in U.S.
Due to high levels of unemployment, call center workers are becoming cheaper to hire in the U.S. According to the head of the country's largest business process outsourcing company, the wages in the country have come down to match the call center costs in India, reports James Lamont and ... Continue Reading
Wash your hands off messy notes
Next time you buy vegetables from a street vendor or purchase meat from a butcher shop, make sure you wash your hands thoroughly. The reason: A study has found that the currency notes given by street vendors and butchers have a high concentration of bacteria!
The study conducted on the ... Continue Reading
A bus that literally straddles traffic
China to begin road testing the "'Straddling Bus', a new mass transit concept that car and scooter drivers can literally drive underneath as it navigates the road.
China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases and biggest energy consumer.
But the country is also thinking in ... Continue Reading



