Virtual reality training programme to make rugby players perform more Efficiently

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.

July 27th, 2009 BANGALORE - Investment in IT training and software certification is set to decline by 25 percent in the Asia-Pacific region this fiscal as budgets on tech spending fall due to recession, a study by IT research and advisory firm Gartner said. "Training budgets are among the first to be cut as part of cost containment efforts in the downturn.

August 13th, 2009 BANGALORE - Global software major Wipro Technologies Thursday said it has set up a consulting academy in the US to strengthen the customer management skills of its frontline employees. The enterprise application services consulting academy will inculcate the right engagement behaviour at an early stage for improving customer satisfaction, the company said in a statement here.

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.

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.

January 20th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc., the world's most popular Internet search enginee, Tuesday announced it was cancelling its print advertisement programme in which it sought to bring its auction-like ad buying system to hundreds of newspapers. The company said the programme, which started in November 2006, had not created the hoped-for impact and that its cancellation would allow the firm to focus on more successful ventures as it tries to cut spending.

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.

July 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Tel Aviv University researcher has claimed that the first quantum computer could overnight threaten our security and our data. Dr. Julia Kempe, of Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik School of Computer Science, says that these new computers, still in the theoretical stage, will be many times more powerful than the computers that protect our data now.

March 17th, 2009 New software to block virtual assaults introduced MELBOURNE - With virtual assaults going on the rise, a software firm has introduced a new software programme to block out Cyber bullies. NetBox Blue, the firm, has added the Cyber Bullying Prevention Engine, which can block, quarantine or report offensive emails.

March 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Four Indian IT outsourcers - Infosys Technologies, Wipro Technologies, Satyam Computer Services and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - dominate the list of companies winning H-1B visas in 2008. The four together used more than 10,000 of the visas for skilled professional limited to 65,000 foreign-educated workers per year, according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

March 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Four Indian IT outsourcers - Infosys Technologies, Wipro Technologies, Satyam Computer Services and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - dominate the list of companies who won H-1B visas in 2008. The four together used more than 10,000 of the visas for skilled professional limited to 65,000 foreign-educated workers per year, according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

May 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of Egyptologists, digital modellers and web designers have been building a 3-D virtual-reality model of the ancient Egyptian religious site known as Karnak, one of the largest temple complexes ever constructed. The result of the two years of the joint effort is Digital Karnak.

February 17th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of the island nation, has opted for the city-based IBS Group's software 'iFly Loyalty' for handling its frequent flier programme and customer relationship management functions, the IT firm said here Wednesday. 'iFly is a new generation IT solution developed specifically for the evolving airline industry, and will set new standards in the market,' IBS Group chairman and chief executive V.K.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - The ultimate computer game that banishes handheld controls and allows players' gestures to dictate the action on screen is to be launched by Microsoft. The Microsoft Xbox 360 uses 3-D camera technology, and is aimed at challenging the dominance of the Nintendo Wii, reports The Times.