Posts Tagged ‘Computing’

Washington, April 6 (ANI): Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a religious application that alerts Muslim mobile users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers called salat. The application known as Sun Dial is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston. "We have to understand religion because it's such a central part of peoples ... Full story

Melbourne, March 12 (ANI): An American study has shown that the smartest students listened to Beethoven, Counting Crows and Sufjan Stevens. California Tech PhD student Virgil Griffith says that Radiohead and Ben Folds Five's music also appealed to smart students. However, students who prefer listening to the compositions of Lil' Wayne and Beyonce may not score good marks in high school. Griffith came to this conclusion after ... Full story

Bangalore, Feb 22 (ANI): Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd, unveiled the 'e.go', a premium range of laptops at an unbelievable price starting below rupees 20,000. The entire range was launched last evening with models sashaying down the ramp showing colourful and trendy notebooks. Anand Sankaran, chief executive officer of Wipro Infotech, said the company s hopeful that its new range ... Full story

Kochi, Feb.6 (ANI): Blackberry, one of the latest in advanced mobile technology instruments, recently drew much attention after the new U.S President Barack Obama got a special handset for himself while defying security concerns. But in Kochi city of southern India, it could be a major blessing for local cops. As part of the total modernisation of intelligence system after Mumbai attacks, the Kerala ... Full story