Designers are Building up Virtual Model of 2000 Year old and world’s largest Egyptian temple

October 7th, 2009 Nearly 100 charged in US, Egypt in ID theft schemeLOS ANGELES — U.S. and Egyptian authorities have charged nearly 100 people with helping an identity theft ring steal money from thousands of bank accounts.

May 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Virtual reality game 'Second Life' is not just about sex and pornography, it also educates its users about a wide range of health related problems, according to researchers at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network's Centre for Innovation in Complex Care (CICC). 'Second Life' is free for users with basic accounts, and reported over 16 million registered users worldwide in 2008 and players of the game create online alter egos who live full lives, including having jobs, relationships and children.

April 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Always dreamt of turning into a matador with those flashing red neckerchiefs, but too fearful of being followed by bulls running on the streets? Well, now a new virtual reality game can make you experience the thrill of bullfighting without the risk of being gored. The software developed by Navarra firm Proevent enables people to experience the adventure of running with the bulls through the cobbled streets of Pamplona.

May 26th, 2009 NEW YORK - Popular micro-blogging website Twitter is set to put the small screen on fire with a new reality show in line. Twitter, which boasts of more than 7 million users, has collaborated with Reveille productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop a fresh reality programme using the site as a guide.

May 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - Global software major Wipro Technologies has set up a virtual innovation centre for testing services on Second Life, the popular virtual world, the IT bellwether said Thursday. The innovation centre, a replica of the original lab at our campus in the electronics city will provide a one-stop virtual view of our Internet Protocol (IP)-powered solutions, the company said in a statement.

July 24th, 2009 LONDON - Many who are unable to make it to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City can now have their prayers placed on the walls through an address on social networking site Twitter.com. The Western Wall now has its own address on the social networking service, and it allows believers around the globe to have their prayers placed between its 2,000 year-old-stones without leaving home.

June 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Between 7,000 to 10,000 Satyam employees have been put in a virtual pool, continuing their association with the company but with reduced pay, the IT firm said in a regulatory statement Thursday. The virtual pool programme is an innovative way of retaining the excellent human assets of Satyam despite the difficult economic situation, chairman Kiran Karnik said in the statement.

July 31st, 2009 'Last Lecture' prof's program to be updatedPITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University will release an updated version of the animation-based software developed by late "last lecture" professor Randy Pausch to teach computer programming. Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor and pioneer of virtual reality research, was involved with the Alice software project.

July 21st, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Forty years after man first set foot on the moon, web pioneer Google launched what could be the ultimate guide to the earth's natural satellite. Google on Monday updated its popular mapping software Google Earth with a complete map of the moon that allows you to explore craters, historic sites and human artefacts.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at US DOE's (Department of Energy's) Argonne National Laboratory have devised a program that allows for Cyber Security defense systems to communicate when attacked and transmit that information to cyber systems at other institutions in the hopes of strengthening the overall cyber security posture of the complex. "The Federated Model for Cyber Security acts as a virtual neighborhood watch program.

September 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new software tool creating virtual maps will help the visually impaired navigate through unfamiliar places. The visually impaired often rely on others to provide cues on navigating through their environment.

July 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - PlaySpanT, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced a new marketplace storefront for Facebook, and coming soon to MySpace, which enables consumers to purchase online game items, virtual goods, and game currencies from many of today's most popular online games and applications. The news marks the first time that consumers will have the ability to participate in a universal virtual goods commerce marketplace that also enables them to buy, trade, and sell goods within social networks and use the items in their online game environments.

September 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists from Tel Aviv University have developed software tool that would help blind and visually impaired provide navigational "sight". The software developed by Dr.

June 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian scientists have developed a new method for transmitting data with light that may lead to the development of teleportation technology and super-fast quantum computers. According to a report in www.news.com.au, the research team, from the Australian National University, developed a new approach to generating quantum entanglement in beams of light using only two parts.

April 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A scientist has used the help of Google Earth in discovering a trove of mammal fossils that may shed light on the origins of African wildlife. The scientist in question is University of Michigan paleontologist Philip Gingerich, who learned of a whale fossil from Egypt that had been discovered in a most unconventional way.