Settlement talks fail in Google vs Oracle patent case

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 10:26

The suit is on track to start on April 16.

Soon, see-through cellphone you can wrap around your wrist

Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 13:11

A see-through cellphone that can be draped around a wrist may soon be possible as scientists have developed transparent, flexible memories using silicon oxide as the active component.

Google best place to work in US: Fortune

Last Updated: Friday, January 20, 2012, 12:59

Internet giant Google has been by Fortune magazine as the best place to work in the US.

Karnataka: Children evacuated after fire in school

Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2012, 14:56

About 200 children of a private school were swiftly evacuated to safety after a fire broke out in the school here on Monday.

With silicon wire, quantum computers closer to reality

Last Updated: Friday, January 6, 2012, 19:07

World’s thinnest silicon wire, which is just one atom tall and four atoms wide, may play a vital role in developing quantum computers in future.

Insects inspires mother of all adhesives

Last Updated: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 14:16

The wall-scaling ability of insects lies in the growth of thousands of tiny hairs over their feet and legs, with flattened tips that can splay out to maximize contact on even rough surfaces.

Solar power cells from cheap silicon

Last Updated: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 12:36

An Indian-origin researcher-led team in Singapore claims to have exploited nanostructure technology to make a highly efficient and yet cheaper silicon solar cell.

Soon, graphene’s ‘Big Mac’ to replace silicon chip

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 20:51

Scientists have for the first time demonstrated how the “Big Mac” could be the key to replacing the silicon chip in computers.

Reality TV star Sharon Osbourne removes implants

Last Updated: Sunday, October 9, 2011, 08:42

Sharon Osbourne has admitted she took a break from `The Talk` to get her breast implants removed.

IBM to build 1000 times faster PCs

Last Updated: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 19:17

Computer maker IBM is developing "skyscraper" computers using huge sandwiches of silicon chips by sticking layer after layer of chips covered with tiny components together.

‘More durable and less expensive’ solar cell

Last Updated: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 19:36

Scientists have developed highly efficient electrolyte system for solar cells that can convert sunlight into electricity and retain it for longer period.

Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, Cook becomes CEO

Last Updated: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 08:18

Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs relinquished the reins at Apple Inc to right-hand man Tim Cook on Wednesday, after 14 years in command at a company he brought back from the brink and turned into the world's largest technology corporation.