Sweet Fashion in Paris: Chocolate Dresses!

This what Homer Simpson means when he says: ‘Mmm. Chocolate!’ The Salon Du Chocolat kicked off in France on October 28, on the country’s National Chocolate Day. The event is an......

NASA tests deep space Internet successfully

US space agency NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modelled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion......

UN allocates US$ 8.8 mn to cyclone-hit Bangladesh

The United Nations has allocated US$ 8.8 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund to support relief efforts in Bangladesh. Cycolne Sidr, which struck the country last week, has claimed over......

How the Internet was born, 25 years ago

November 12 marked 25 years of the beginning of the World Wide Web. Shivanand Kanavi gives us the story of how it all began. 'Great Cloud. Please help me. I am away from my beloved and miss her......

Vinton Gray Cerf on the future of internet business in India

Cerf speaks about building Internet businesses in India and the information overload which is a fall out of a hyper connected world. Widely recognised as one of the 'fathers of the Internet',......

What India's start-up bosses need to know

'There is little point in getting adoption without profit sustainability or the converse.''This is the dilemma that many Indian innovators face,' says R Gopalakrishnan.Illustration: Uttam......

India to contribute $500,000 to UN emergency response fund

UN Ebola mission chief Anthony Banbury (on screen) speaks to members of the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on the Ebola crisis at the UN headquarters in New York. Photograph:......

Now, mind control over computers a reality

In what could open up the world for people suffering from neurological disorders, scientists have developed a new machine that allows such individuals to play computer games using just the power of......