Parents turn to Facebook to keep in touch with kids
London, Jan 05 (ANI): Social network sites, such as Facebook, are increasingly being used by parents to keep in touch with their children when they are away, according to a new study.
The study has revealed that parents are embracing new technologies to keep an eye on [...]

Innovative new system makes digital maps more up to date and accurate
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): European researchers have designed an innovative new system to help keep motorists on the right track by constantly updating their digital maps and fixing anomalies and errors.
A large number of digital maps used by onboard GPS navigation systems are stored [...]

Now, mobile phones that can tell you where your friends are
London, Jan 5 (ANI): A team of Scottish scientists has developed mobile phones that can tell you where your friends are or can warn you if it is going to rain.
Professor Roderick Murray-Smith of the University of Glasgow is working for Nokia on the point-and-find [...]

Soon, stone cold robot soldiers that kill without remorse
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): The face of war is all set to transform, with American armed robots predicted to patrol on the battle ground in a matter of few years, killing without any remorse.
According to a report in the Washington Post, this advancement in American military prowess [...]

The world is gearing up to celebrate 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy.
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) has been launched by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) under the theme, “The Universe, yours to discover”.
Thousands of IYA2009 events are described on the national [...]

American and Russian crewmen installed a probe Tuesday aimed at tracking down problems with a Russian module attached to the international space station and conducted an array of other maintenance and scientific work during a six-hour spacewalk.
But in a setback toward the end of the Russian-controlled mission, American Michael Fincke, the station’s commander, and Russian [...]

World’s most popular web browser Internet Explorer has some security flaw due to which people using it may have their computers hijacked, says its developer Microsoft Corporation.
The company says that computers installed with Windows Internet Explorer can be hacked for stealing personal information about their users, when they visit websites corrupted by cyber criminals.
Media reports [...]

Microsoft has issued an emergency patch for its Internet Explorer browser, aiming to fix a critical flaw that allowed hackers to take over computers merely by steering them to infected websites.
Microsoft Wednesday took the rare step of issuing the patch after numerous security experts advised people to switch to rival browsers until Microsoft fixed the [...]