Iron Man-like exoskeleton designed to help disabled move

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In order to make the internet more accessible to all, including the disabled, a rights group has asked for adoption of web accessibility standard which has already been adopted in a number of other countries. 'India had ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Oct 2007.

September 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Experts from the University of Washington and SRI International have jointly developed a new software protocol, to standardize the way biomedical robots are managed over the Internet. Nine research teams from universities and research institutes around the world recently made a successful demonstration of biomedical robots operated from different locations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia with the help of the 'Interoperable Telesurgical Protocol'.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Chinese Government has delayed the mandatory installation of the controversial "Green Dam-Youth Escort" filtering software on new computers that was scheduled to start today. The software is designed to block violence and pornographic content on the Internet to protect minors, but users have repeatedly raised concerns about invasion of privacy.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - Scientists in the U.K. have come up with a new software that detects whether or not you are looking at your computer and switches off the display accordingly.

June 16th, 2009 MySpace to cut 30 percent of work forceLOS ANGELES — MySpace is cutting nearly 30 percent of its work force in a move the News Corp.-owned online hangout says will make it more efficient. The cuts amount to about 420 people, bringing the total number of MySpace's U.S.

June 2nd, 2009 Acer to offer Google's Android in netbook PCs TAIPEI, Taiwan — Small new "netbook" computers from Acer Inc. will come with Google Inc.'s Android operating system if buyers desire, instead of Windows from Microsoft Corp.

February 12th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Google has failed in another attempt to diversify its advertising business from the Internet to old media. Less than a month after scrapping its division that sold advertisements to newspapers, the Internet search giant announced Thursday that it planned to stop selling advertisements for broadcast radio at the end of May and focus on selling advertisements for streaming audio feeds on the Internet.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Tuesday moved the Company Law Board to remove the board of directors of Maytas Infrastructure and Maytas Properties, the two infrastructure firms promoted by the family of B. Ramalinga Raju, the disgraced founder of Satyam Computer Services.

September 2nd, 2009 AP Sources: YouTube to offer online movie rentalsLOS ANGELES — YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks. The move follows similar deals by Apple Inc.'s iTunes and others.

September 30th, 2009 Secret Service probing Facebook poll on ObamaWASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Datawind Ltd, a provider of wireless web access products and services, Friday launched PocketSurfer2, a device to surf the Net while being on the move. Priced at Rs.11,990, the handheld device, weighing 174 grams, allows a user to browse the Web in its original layout, providing a desktop experience.

January 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Scam-tainted IT bellwether Satyam Computer Services Ltd late Friday welcomed the central government's move to appoint 10 nominees as directors to replace the current board. 'We welcome this decision which will ensure uninterrupted operations and restore the confidence of all employees, customers and shareholders across the globe,' the Hyderabad-based company said in a statement.

June 12th, 2009 Microsoft is to strip its Internet Explorer browser from the new version of its Windows 7 operating system that it sells in Europe, the company announced Thursday. Microsoft said the move was designed to meet criticism from European Union (EU) regulators who have launched an investigation into whether bundling the browser with the operating system is in breach of European anti-trust rules.

September 2nd, 2009 CA man charged with kidnapping teen he met onlineBOISE, Idaho — An 18-year-old California man has been charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Idaho girl after police say the two met on a social networking site and he got her to move in with him. Misael (mis-AY'-el) G.

July 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Internet giant Google announced Wednesday the arrival of its own computer operating system, initially designed for use with Netbook computers. Google Chrome OS, based on the company's nine-month old browser software, is to be available to consumers from the second half of 2010, a statement on Google's blog said.