Category Archives: Computer Technology

North Korea’s homegrown computer operating system mirrors its political one, according to two German researchers who have delved into the code: a go it alone approach, a high degree of paranoia and invasive snooping on users. Their research, the deepest…

Signal, the private messaging app, is now available on desktop computers. Open Whisper System, the company behind the app, on Wednesday launched a beta version of the Signal app at Google Chrome store. The app is notable for the security…

As people look for faster internet experience globally, a team of Canadian researchers has designed a tunable filter that can provide the low-cost flexibility needed for the next generation of high-speed optical networks. The device’s performance is comparable to the…

Government has advanced the deadline for making 5.25 million people digitally literate, under National Digital Literacy Mission, by a year to 2016 than end of 2017 fixed earlier. “We target to make 5.25 million people digitally literate by 2017 under…

Starting today, you can book a railway ticket on the IRCTC website, 30 minutes prior to the departure of a train. In a passenger-friendly move, Railways has also made changes in its system of preparation of chart, which would now…

By using a software that powers sports video games, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) have developed a system that automatically converts 2D video of soccer games into 3D. The converted…

Internet freedom has “improved” in India in the last one year due to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on the IT Act, a US-based independent watchdog has said, placing the world’s largest democratic country under “partly free” category. “Internet freedom…

Researchers have demonstrated a new way to increase the data speeds of optical fibres which may lead to a faster internet. “Optical fibres can be sped up by ‘twisting’ data; multiple data streams are transmitted and received as different twists…

Growing demand for more information about the products we buy could mean the end of the simple barcode – the blocks of black and white stripes that adorn most objects for sale and are scanned five billion times a day….

Small changes in classroom design such as replacing “Star Trek” posters by that of art and nature pictures help attract more girls to computer science, new research has found. The researchers have found that such changes do not impact boys’…

If you are passionate about gaming, get yourself some space and set up a dedicated gaming room. This should be a combination of comfort and technological assortments – from the latest consoles to the cool, relaxing couch. But other than…

The US has backed India’s stand on internet governance, saying both countries share a common vision of ensuring every global citizen has a say in decision-making on the subject. “I heard about your very well-received remark at the ICANN meeting…