Girish - Instablogs
Jun 19 2008
Judging them not by what we telepathically perceive but by their actions in the external world, we find quite a different picture. Yesterday it was announced that Honda have begun limited commercial production of the FCX Clarity, their hydrogen powered...
Jun 18 2008
That is the verdict of an expert panel whose leaked report warns of dire consequences like the loss of wetlands, vegetation and some fish species.The Green party has hit out at the government for deferring consideration of the report until November.
Jun 17 2008
In young girls at risk of early puberty and insulin resistance, the diabetes drug metformin delayed the onset of menstruation and decreased the development of insulin resistance, a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.
Jun 5 2008
Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cellphone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home. The first-of-its-kind study by Northeastern University...
Jun 3 2008
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) told the Indian government Monday that lowering the encryption level of its smartphones’ services will not solve the country’s security concerns because there are other companies offering...
May 29 2008
The scientists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) heaved a deep sigh of relief when the satellite radio that had stopped carrying signals and commands to the Mars Phoenix lander on Tuesday, restarted last night. On Tuesday, the...
May 28 2008
Nasa says its Phoenix spacecraft is in good health after making the first successful landing in the north polar region of Mars. Images sent back show a flat valley floor with polygonal features that give the ground a “paved” appearance.
May 28 2008
These days everyone is so enthusiastic about the evolution of the Web, with its free content, interesting blogs, citizen journalism and the rest of it. Not me. The big problem, as I see it, is the decline in general perspective, which is due to the...
May 28 2008
To help you understand how the Internet works, we’ll look at the things that happen when you do a typical Internet operation — pointing a browser at the front page of this document at its home on the Web at the Linux Documentation Project
May 28 2008
keep thinking I should be mad at West Virginia.Not because Barack Obama was recently beaten like a red-headed stepchild — to use my father’s expression — in that state’s primary. No, I’m thinking I should be upset about why...