World's first anaesthesia given via videoconferencing .

(ANI) In a world first, doctors at McGill''s Department of Anaesthesia treated patients undergoing thyroid gland surgery in Italy remotely via videoconferencing from Montreal on August 30..

Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team used the approach, which is part of new technological advancements, known as "Teleanesthesia".

And the new approach involves a team of engineers, researchers and anaesthesiologists who will ultimately apply the drugs intravenously which are then controlled remotely through an automated system.

The feat comes as a result of an on-going scientific collaboration between Hemmerling's team and the Italian team of Dr. Zaouter of the Department of Anaesthesia of Pisa University (Chairman Prof. Giunta).

World's first anaesthesia given via videoconferencing .

Stanford student Aboukhadijeh, behind YouTube Instant

(NYTimes) Computer Engineer from Stanford student is behind the real-time search engine for popular video sharing site YouTube. This caught the attention of YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, and the Youtube boss is really interested in offering him a job.

After spotting YouTube Instant, Hurley Tweeted over to Aboukhadijeh, saying he loved the idea and asking if he wanted a job.

Aboukhadijeh, who goes by the Twitter handle FreeTheFeross, sent a message back to find out if Hurley was serious about the offer - because, after all, this is the Internet. It looks like Hurley was, indeed, quite serious.

Stanford student Aboukhadijeh, behind YouTube Instant

Craig Henderson drove 1,400 miles without refuelling.

Craig Henderson of Bellingham, Washington, made a home-built car with his friend Bill Green which he planned to drive from the Canadian border to the Mexican border without stopping for fuel.

The car is named as Avion had completed the voyage, after using only 12.4 gallons of fuel, at an average of 119.1 miles per gallon.

This thing earned them a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1986 during a similar drive from Canada to Mexico at an average 103.7 miles per gallon.

Avion in French is for airplane.The car body is made of fiberglass exterior and gullwing-style doors that swing up and out from the body.

Craig Henderson drove 1,400 miles without refuelling.

New Optic Fibre Tech will reduce the signal(data) lost.

Light micrograph of a fibre optics cable

A Team of Scientists funded by EU have shown off a system they say could "substantially" improve the data capacity of fibre optic networks.

The new experiment showed that the new improved system would eliminate most of the interference caused by other signals and amplifiers, in an analogue of "auto-tune" software and the good thing is that it can be plugged directly into existing networks.

The prototype device makes use of advances both in optical fibre technology and in lasers, which are used to "lock on" to the signal and distinguish it from noise.

New Optic Fibre Tech will reduce the signal(data) lost.

Google comes out with instant and automatic search.

After losing it internet market share to baidu, Google is now think innovative ways for the internet users to stick to its search size.

After implementing the Caffeine Indexing search system, Google come with the "Instant on" option where you don't need to press enter for the search result to get it display. You all just need to select i mean highlight that displayed suggestion, the result are displayed below .... with out enter. Anyways who doesn't like such thing there is Instant off button too :)

Google comes out with instant and automatic search.

Prototype Sailplane Launches Itself With Retractable Jet

Traditional sailplanes have no motor. They're typically towed to altitude by an airplane or a very big winch. Once high enough, the pilot detaches from the towline to begin the search for the rising columns of air, known as thermals, that can keep the sailplane aloft for hours.

Prototype Sailplane Launches Itself With Retractable Jet

Bharthi's Airtel says it will starts its 3G services from December.

Bharti is expecting to launch its 3G service by December this year. 3G spectrum will allow telecom operators like Bharti Airtel to provide mobile users data at high speeds allowing them to watch movies, games and a host of new services on their phones.

3G allows high-speed mobile broadband access, enabling users to download full length movies, make video calls and watch live television programmes.

To try and keep tariffs low Bharti is looking at customised plans for different users and would be looking to sell talk time bundled into small affordable packages.

Bharti which paid over Rs. 12,000 crore for the right to provide 3G services in 13 circles in the country however agrees that keeping tariffs low will be a challenge.

Bharthi's Airtel says it will starts its 3G services from December.

Dubai police chief says BlackBerry serves as spy tool.

(AP)UAE says it will block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and Web services Oct. 11 unless authorities can gain access to the encrypted data traffic — a demand by other countries warning of possible bans including India.

The proposed UAE action threatens BlackBerry service for an estimated 500,000 local subscribers and could tarnish the country's reputation as the Gulf's business and tourism hub with potentially millions of visitors left without key BlackBerry services.

Dubai's police chief, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said that fears of espionage and information sharing by foe Israel — as well as UAE allies United States and Britain — helped prompt the possible limits on the popular BlackBerry.

Dubai police chief says BlackBerry serves as spy tool.

Nasa testing its future Rocket Boosters.

( BBC ) US future giant Rocket boosters intended to power the first stage of flight on Nasa's next rocket has been tested in Utah.

The ATK booster, developed as part of Nasa's Constellation project, is a development of the solid rocket motors used to lift the space shuttle off the launch pad.

President Obama cancelled the Constellation project in February, but there is still a strong chance that the ATK booster could play a part in future Nasa launch vehicles.

Nasa's Alex Priskos said the data gathered from the test was "absolutely excellent", giving "the chamber pressures and the thrust pressures that we were expecting".

Nasa testing its future Rocket Boosters.

Now Indian Govt will be demanding data from Google and Skype.

Indian Government will now turn its focus to the Skype and the Gmail.

A notice will be sent to them on Tuesday on getting the Government access to their data.

Skype and Gmail may face the heat as the Government will demand access to their data.

BlackBerry services won't be banned just yet - the Home Ministry gave BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) 60 days to provide access to its messenger and email services.

Over the next two months, the Home Ministry will study the feasibility of RIM's new proposals which will be operationalised immediately.

Now Indian Govt will be demanding data from Google and Skype.

Soon you will be recharging laptops and phones with vegetable oil

(ANI)Researchers have described the device as the first fuel cell that produces electricity with technology borrowed from the biological powerhouses that energise people and other living things on Earth.

"This is the first demonstration of a new class of biofuel cells. When further developed, these devices have the potential for replacing disposable and rechargeable batteries in a wide variety of consumer electronics and other products. It is the first such device based on one of the microscopic parts of the billions upon billions of cells that make up the body," said Dr Shelley Minteer, who presented the report.

For the new biofuel cell, researchers chose one of the most amazing organelles — the mitochondria.

Sometimes called the cell's own powerhouses, mitochondria transform the calories in food into chemical energy that the body needs to sustain life. Mitochondria use a chemical formed from the digestion of sugar and fats, called pyruvate, to make another substance called ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which stores energy until needed.

Soon you will be recharging laptops and phones with vegetable oil

Chip maker Intel Corp buys security technology firm McAfee Inc

( Reuters ) Chip maker Intel Corp said it would buy security technology firm McAfee Inc for $ 7.68 billion in an effort to make security technology a strategic focus.

Intel said it would pay $ 48 per share in cash for McAfee in its biggest acquisition ever. The price is a 60 percent premium to McAfee's Wednesday closing price. McAfee would become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel's software and services group.

Vijay Rakesh, an analyst at Sterne Agee, said he was surprised by the size of the premium but added that the deal showed Intel's willingness to move from hardware to software and services.

"I think people were probably (expecting) some smaller acquisitions from Intel. It's definitely -- even by Intel's standards -- a pretty big acquisition for them." said Rakesh.

Intel said the boards of both companies had approved the deal and it expects it to close once it gains McAfee shareholder approval and regulatory clearance. It did not provide a specific timeframe.

Chip maker Intel Corp buys security technology firm McAfee Inc

Mobile devices rapidly overtaking PCs

This is not astonishing to know that mobile devices will out number PC's in terms of share since high processing (now 1 GHz is on roll soon there will be 2 GHz...(motorola has announced)).

There are billion-plus phones sold per year. The number of active subscriptions, which is greater than half of the human population.The hundreds of thousands of apps for apple and android which is keeping the user hook to them.

Based on their respective numbers, the companies below represent the biggest OS vendors in both the smartphone and desktop space on earth. What's interesting is that, with the explosion of iOS devices and Android over the past year and the relative stagnation of the desktop market, mobile OS shipments are approaching that of desktop OSes. In fact, smartphones may be surpassing desktop OS shipments right now. I'm going to attempt to prove that below.

Mobile devices rapidly overtaking PCs

Mobile number portability from October 31

(IANS) The telecom regulator said on Thursday that mobile number portability (MNP) will be implemented nationwide from October 31, ruling out any further delay.

The MNP is a service that allows a mobile user to change his operator while retaining the number.

"There will be no further delay in the implementation of MNP," Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman JS Sarma said in New Delhi.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) had said on Wednesday that the operators must ensure that all inter-operator tests for porting the numbers from one service provider to another are completed before September 1, 2010.

Mobile number portability from October 31

Satellite-based navigation system, GAGAN to be launch in India.

(IBNLIVE) India is set to launch its own satellite-based navigation system - GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation or GAGAN.

In the next five years the Indian airspace will get more crowded and the chances of accidents may increase. To reduce the chances of future air disasters, India has endeavoured on the GAGAN project for traffic and directional guidance from outer space.

"The scope for GAGAN extends far beyond Indian borders. It reaches up to Africa and south East Asia. It is a huge airspace that we can monitor with this technology," says Praful Patel, minister of state for civil aviation.

The GAGAN project receives GPS signals from international satellites, but it boosts their accuracy, locking a plane's position anywhere in India to within three meters.

Satellite-based navigation system, GAGAN to be launch in India.

Wipro recognised as first Bluetooth test facility in India

(PTI) Global software major Wipro Technologies has been recognised as India's first Bluetooth qualification test facility by the Bluetooth trade association, the IT bellwether said late Tuesday.

Bluetooth is an open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short length radio waves) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs) with high levels of security.

The recognition makes Wipro competent to perform Bluetooth qualification conformance or compliance tests, the company said in a statement here.

"We will test products submitted by members of the Bluetooth special interest group at our test lab in the electronics city campus. The tests will also include Bluetooth protocol conformance," said Wipro vice-president C.P. Gangadharaiah.

Wipro recognised as first Bluetooth test facility in India

2611 may be India's National Emergency Telephone Number

(PTI)A National Emergency Telephone Number - 2611 - has been mooted by a Pune-based Telecom engineer as a versatile communication platform during emergency and disaster management in the country.

Dial 2611, a National Emergency Telephone Number system (NETNS,) is designed and developed as a nationwide single telephone number assigned to integrate local, regional and national help lines and is easy to remember, Dinkar Borde, a scientist and an innovator, said.

Borde has submitted his proposal to Bureau of Police Research and Development in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs last October for its consideration.

The NETNS is designed in such a way that it will inform, arrange and coordinate forces at the emergency point and is a single telephone number network for India, Borde said.

2611 may be India's National Emergency Telephone Number

BlackBerry network can be hacked, say experts

( Reuters )Research in Motion's resistance to giving governments access to its BlackBerry network misses a major point - authorities could probably hack the data on their own if they want it badly enough, security experts say.

Indeed, a major attack against BlackBerry users by a telecom in the United Arab Emirates employed that very tactic a year ago, according to RIM. Experts say other malicious programs are likely to be lurking around, readying to be sprung.

India, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates say they need RIM's cooperation so they can decode messages scrambled with BlackBerry's proprietary technology. They have threatened to restrict RIM's operations if the company won't meet their demands, which they say are driven by national security concerns.

BlackBerry network can be hacked, say experts

NDTV started using the 'Ra' Indian Rupee symbol in its Website Portals.

After the announcements of Indian Rupee symbol, many Indian were eager to use Ra symbol in there website. For the temporary Banglore based firm announced a font where we can use the symbol. You can download it here.

NDTV, India's leading Pvt Media firm had already started using the 'Ra' symbol in its website. You can see in their Website portals, preferably in business website where rupee is used for all the interpretations.

NDTV started using the 'Ra' Indian Rupee symbol in its Website Portals.

AISoy 1: the world's first robot with a conscience

Spain has designed the world's first robot with its own "conscience" and "life", which will "entertain, teach and be a companion" to humans who purchase it.

The AISoy 1, which will go on sale in August, is the first social android developed by Spanish firm AISoy Robotics, which is now bringing its creation out of the laboratory.

"It almost seems like science fiction, but it's a reality," said Diego Garcia, one of the "fathers" of the robot and head of AISoy's product engineering and development division.

AISoy 1: the world's first robot with a conscience