Fingerprint tech isn't new but it's an extra layer of protection sets this technology apart. ...
07:11 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Consumer Affairs Minister KV Thomas on Saturday said the government will soon come out with a policy mechanism to curb the practice of misleading ads in print and TV media that distort competition and violate the basic rights of the consumers. Expressing concern over a large number of misleading advertisements especially on health oils and tonics coming in print and TV media, he said the government is very serious about...
01:22 PM, Jan 05, 2013
New York: Scientists are advancing biometrics security systems a step further by developing 'biosoles' that can recognise you based upon your unique walk. Researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University's Biometrics Research and Identity Automation Lab are developing new ways to enable security based on body's movements, which, unlike retinal scans and fingerprints, can't be taken from an individual, the New York Daily News reported. The new discipline called "pedo-biometrics" uses...
06:01 AM, Sep 27, 2012
Mumbai: Armed with a forensics team, Crime Branch officers visited Laila Khan and her deceased familys Oshiwara flat on Monday, in search of evidence against the prime accused Parvez Tak. Khans family stayed at the flat for 10 years. The forensics team, accompanied by Unit VIII officers, conducted relevant tests for more than five hours at the ground floor and the four bedrooms in flat number 104 of the Sunshine...
01:43 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Beijing: China will start issuing a new type of passport with an electronic chip that will contain a record of cardholder's personal information. The new passports will look like the traditional ones but a chip containing information like the cardholder's name, his date of birth, photograph and finger prints will be installed in them, a statement by Ministry of Public Security said on Friday. Under preparation for the past three...
10:06 AM, May 04, 2012
Washington: Like DNA, fingerprints are unique to every individual. But what happens when your fingertips do not have those distinctive ridges? Though an exceptionally rare condition -- only four documented families are known to suffer from the disease worldwide, adermatoglyphia inspired a Tel Aviv professor to delve deeper into the causes of the condition and isolate the gene behind it. Adermatoglyphia is also known as "Immigration Delay Disease" because such...
12:22 PM, Sep 20, 2011
New York: Police are seeking help in recovering nearly half a dozen pieces of art by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol stolen from a New York City apartment by burglars who who broke through a wall. Thieves also lifted a Carl Fudge oil painting and other valuables in the heist over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend in late November. Police did not publicly report the crime until requesting public aid...
11:54 AM, Dec 26, 2010
From Lowering the Carbon Footprint of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to Supporting Biodiversity in Brazil ...
01:56 PM, May 25, 2010
Every year India generates three lakh thirty thousand tonnes of e-waste. ...
01:14 PM, Sep 30, 2009
If you thought art was for the super rich, take heart as giclee prints are here. ...
04:31 AM, Sep 30, 2008
Australia innings: 14.5 overs: Australia 141 for 1 R Ashwin to bowl this over. Maxwell gets a two off the third. Now one is needed. Australia win by nine wicket. A crushing defeat for India. That's it from me. Will be back tomorrow with the England-New Zealand tie at 3 pm IST. Till then goodbye.
14th over: Australia 138 for 1 Yuvraj continues. And Watson launches him into the stands. ...
06:19 PM, Jul 01, 2008
An American TV host and his crew claim to have found three Yeti footprints. ...
09:05 AM, Dec 03, 2007
Here are some ways to achieve and environmentally sound home and reduce your carbon footprints. ...
03:56 PM, Jun 05, 2007
If you think office equipment has to look drab or bulky then meet the latest entrant to the gadget lab. ...
05:04 PM, May 21, 2007
Now, art prints - authenticated replicas that look as good as the original can be bought. ...
04:08 PM, Dec 21, 2006
