Azim Premji | Source Image : mapsofindia.com Bill Gates loses top spot, but stock surge lifts fortunes of youngest and once-young technology moguls. Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man.

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“I think the chances of that are slim to none, and slim left the building,” Fredrickson said. If the Department of Ecology provides no relief, Fredrickson plans to urge the Coeur d’Alene City Council to “proceed with a higher level of …

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Identity Theft | Image Source : Hiteidtheft.com A new study shows that banks, not consumer victims, are increasingly feeling the pain of digital fraud. Identity theft often feels less like a random act of fraud than a personal breach of a victim’s secrets. But while consumers feel the sting from having their private data stolen, it’s their banks that are increasingly picking up the bill

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ID Theft: Don’t Take It Personally

Cleantech Smart Grid Market | Image Source : mercurynews.com Cleantech’s vast ecosystem includes a dizzying array of emerging technologies, from green building materials to electric vehicles, lighting and wind power. But as Silicon Valley reinvents itself as a global center of clean technology, two sectors — solar power and “smart” upgrades to the electric grid — already are reshaping the valley and changing the way energy is produced and used. The Bay Area is believed to have the nation’s largest concentration of cleantech jobs, and much of that job growth has been in solar and smart grid, technologies that leverage the valley’s formidable strengths

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Silicon Valley Makes Big Push Into Solar and Smart-Grid Technologies

IE6 Must Die | Image Source : Frugalinfotech.com The war against IE6 continues. Effective March 1, 2010, Google will begin phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 in Google Docs and Google Sites

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Apple iPad | Image Source : Apple.com Apple on Wednesday launched its much-awaited iPad tablet device, a handheld that will allow users to view movies, surf the Internet and play high-definition games. iPad features include the ability to browse the Web and listen to music, with photo, calendar, and maps applications.

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It’s Official: Jobs Announces Apple’s iPad

Touch Screen Table : Image Source : siliconindia.com Washington: Researchers have designed Pictionaire, a 1.8 meter long table, which is placed directly beneath a ceiling-mounted camera and projector, which can “read” and respond to items placed on the table. This is developed by Microsoft researchers Andy Wilson along with colleagues from University of California, Berkeley, according to ANI. When a user places a sketchbook on the table, the ceiling mounted equipment recognises it by its size and shape, and projects virtual “drag-off” handle onto the corner of the page.

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First Tweet From Space | Image Source : Pcworld.com Tweeting is no longer only an earthly phenomenon. A NASA astronaut made Twitter history on Friday by sending the first tweet from outer space. The first tweet from space happened thanks to a software upgrade rolled out by NASA this week. The upgrade gave Space Station astronauts direct personal access to the Web — something never before possible — using what NASA calls “the ultimate wireless connection.” Previously, tweets from astronauts had to be e-mailed down to Earth, then later posted to Twitter by ground-based workers

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The First Tweet From Space and Other Twitter Firsts

Image Source : Drcalabria.com Technology allowing cosmetic makers to test for allergic reactions to their products without controversial animal trials is in the works and could be in use by next year. The technology developed by Hurel Corp., is designed to replace tests on mice and guinea pigs used to predict skin reactions from drugs and cosmetics

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