Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010

Going deep in to brain, Understanding Brain Circuits- MIT research

ind is one of the most mind-blowing facts about the entire universe — you get a bunch of cells, wire them up in a network, make them fire in patterns, and you get the human mind.How does the human brain interpret other people’s thoughts, make moral judgments, and comprehend belief systems? These questions have traditionally been the realm of philosophers and poets, but researchers at MIT are seeking — and finding — answers through scientific inquiry. ...

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Date: 10 Mar 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: Technical News, Science / Views: 32/Rating:0

Tuesday, 2 Mar 2010

Chandrayaan Finds more water on moon- this time it finds ice

Who says Chandrayaan I was a failure ? First it confirmed water on moon. Now it finds water ice....  

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Date: 2 Mar 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Space, Science / Views: 172/Rating:0

Sunday, 28 Feb 2010

TwitterJacking- Phishing of Twitter accounts

A direct message in my inbox showing a phishing message- it is not the fault of the sender, it is because his account is compromised
Over the past few days, Twitter has been helping folks victimized by a phishing attack. Phishing is a deceitful process by which an attempt is made to acquire sensitive information such as Twitter usernames and passwords. 

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Date: 28 Feb 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: Internet News / Views: 164/Rating:0

Saturday, 27 Feb 2010

Massive Earthquake in Chile, death toll rises to 50

A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake capable of tremendous damage struck Chile early on Saturday, shaking the capital for a minute and a half. Buildings collapsed and phone lines and electricity were down... 

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Date: 27 Feb 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: International Happenings / Views: 104/Rating:0

Friday, 26 Feb 2010

Microsoft shuts down the global spam network with court order

Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which it says is responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day..

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Date: 26 Feb 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: Computers, Internet News / Views: 117/Rating:0

Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010

Tobacco Fumes-The Addictive Smoking Saga - And The Contagious Quitting

Smoking - that bloody small puff... sucks all the happiness and health from lifes. A research at Harvard says quiting smoking can be contagious helping groups not just individuals to get past the consuming fumes.

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Date: 23 Feb 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Happenings, Health / Views: 133/Rating:0

Friday, 12 Feb 2010

The Indian-Chinese Cold War of Missiles

As the memories of Cold War of USSR and USA faded long back, to fill the void now comes the cold war of China and India.Though the intensity of this Cold War is much less than what it was between USA and USSR, but the under currents were strong enough.

Relations between the two countries have ranged from post-independence bonhomie to armed conflict in 1962 to a state of armed peace. Despite a shared Buddhist religious history and an established trade along the Silk Road, there was historically little political interaction between the two. China is spending 4.3 % and India some 2.5%  of their GDP on Military. Both are making ICBM, IBRMs missiles. Recently India successfully launched Agni- III missile

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Date: 12 Feb 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: India Defence / Views: 264/Rating:0

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