4G: Semiconductor companies come up with low-cost technology

The dust kicked up by the 2G spectrum auction may finally be settling, but a storm is building up on another front. Telecom service-providers, smarting under stiff peer competition and high spectrum charges, have now got to upgrade their base stations to offer 3G and 4G facilities to maintain their competitive edge and cater to the high data and voice traffic demands. The field is now open to technology providers to bring out innovative, cost...

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Scientists find cheaper way to ensure cyber security

Scientists at Toshiba and Cambridge University have perfected a technique that offers a less expensive way to ensure the security of the high-speed fiber optic cables that are the backbone of the modern internet. The research, which will be published Tuesday in the science journal Physical Review X, describes a technique for making infinitesimally short time measurements needed to capture pulses of quantum light hidden in streams of billions...

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Cyberwills to protect web user’s online legacies after death

People concerned about what remains on the internet when they die are compiling 'digital wills' to help erase any embarrassing online legacies, it has emerged. Increasing number of Britons are leaving their passwords, login details, passwords and detailed instructions to digital executors who then use that personal information to tidy up web-based information. By accessing the information from a secure server, an executor can erase secret...

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Online retailers offering ‘touch & feel’ comfort under offline push

Recently, female employees at Ciber, a Bangalore-based IT consulting and outsourcing firm, were called into a slightly unusual session away from the line of duty — a lingerie-fitting workshop conducted by Zivame.com, a pure-play online retailer of bras, panties and thongs amongst other similar items. "They ( women) are used to buying offline. So, one needs to talk to them in the language and environment they are comfortable with," explains Richa...

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Google‘s Siri Rival Now Available for iOS

Google has made good on its promise of improved voice search on Apple’s iOS operating system. On Tuesday, the company released a new Google Search app that brings natural language voice search to the iPhone and iPad. A rival to Apple’s own Siri intelligent agent, Google’s app provides contextual answers to voice queries, along with pertinent Web search results. Those answers aren’t manually curated; they’re simply the Internet’s best guess....

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