New Zealanders snapped up cheap airfares after data error

August 25th, 2009 UK Chinook choppers languish after software errorLONDON — A British newspaper says eight high-tech military helicopters have been out of service for eight years because defense officials tried to save money by installing homemade software in the aircraft. The Times of London reported Tuesday that the eight Chinook Mk3s cost 259 million pounds but have been in storage since they were delivered to Britain in 2001.

April 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for efficiently suppressing errors in quantum computers. The advance could eventually make it much easier to build useful versions of these potentially powerful but highly fragile machines, which theoretically could solve important problems that are intractable using today's computers.

July 15th, 2009 PC shipments down 3 pct., less than expected in 2QSEATTLE — Worldwide personal computer shipments declined at a gentler pace than expected in the second quarter as consumers snapped up inexpensive laptops, two technology research groups said Wednesday. Still, the figures point to 2009 being the industry's first full year in decline since 2001.

August 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have developed a new operating software for condition monitoring (CM) systems that are used to monitor machines remotely, which can be adapted for use with various types of facility without the need for manual programming. CM systems monitor machines remotely, with sensors mounted on the equipment feeding continuous measurements back to a control box, which records and stores the data, and if an error occurs, the system alerts the operator.

February 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Every second, millions of phone calls and cable TV shows are dispatched through fibres as digital zeros and ones formed by chopping laser pulses into bits. This slicing and dicing is generally done with an electro-optic modulator, a device for allowing an electric signal to switch a laser beam on and off at high speeds.

March 1st, 2009 The loss of accidentally deleted computer files can be catastrophic for an individual, much more for an organization. Lickily 'deleted' files are not always really gone from your computer.

February 10th, 2009 Often I have heard people asking, how far could the iPhone help me in anything. Well, rest assured iPhone has enough of those travel apps to guide the avid travelers.

March 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - City-based IT service provider BodhTree Consulting has entered into a strategic partnership with Red Hat as independent software vendor (ISV), the company said Monday. Bodhtree's MIDAS (multi industry data anomaly solution) is now available on Red Hat JBoss enterprise platform, the IT company said in a statement.

September 25th, 2009 SHIMLA - Telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched cheap broadband connectivity to the internet in Himachal Pradesh for faster penetration of information technology in rural and remote areas, an official said here Saturday. "Under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), BSNL has launched broadband connectivity in rural and tribal areas of the hill state at a subsidised tariff," a BSNL spokesperson said.

June 30th, 2009 Yahoo to build data center near BuffaloBUFFALO, N.Y. — Internet giant Yahoo Inc.

August 26th, 2009 Cell phone users rack up accidental data chargesNEW YORK — Verizon Wireless is looking into ways to prevent subscribers without data plans from accidentally starting up the Web browser on their phones and racking up $1.99 in fees each time. On many phones, including ones on other carriers, it's easy to inadvertently hit a button that brings up the Web browser.

October 1st, 2009 Ebix acquires E-Z Data for $50.3 millionATLANTA — Software supplier Ebix Inc. said Thursday that it acquired software maker E-Z Data Inc.

August 21st, 2009 Telephone and Data declares dividendCHICAGO — Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said Friday it would pay a third-quarter dividend of 10.75 cents per common share, special common share and Series A common share.

April 7th, 2009 Artificial intelligence and automation are helping researchers make sense out of data thrown up by ongoing endeavours in every discipline of science. These systems and devices are not only collecting, collating and analysing scientific data but are also intelligently and independently drawing up new hypotheses and approaches to research.

October 27th, 2005 Nigerian 419 scammers anthem is titled - "I Go Chop Your Dollars". It aired few months ago as a CD penned by Osofia and is hugely popular in Lagos: "419 is just a game, you are the losers, we are the winners.