17/03/2006

Rising salary may blunt India's BPO edge

Despite the fact that with an expected growth of nearly 28 percent in the financial year 2005-06, scorching growth continues to be the trend this year too, India's money spinning IT-ITeS industry that earns about $36 billion ...

France accused of not disclosing bird flu

A former British health minister and European Parliament member has accused French officials of not disclosing the discovery of a wild duck with bird flu.

Using 'Minutiae' to Match Fingerprints Can Be Accurate

A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology shows that computerized systems that match fingerprints using interoperable minutiae templates—mathematical representations of a fingerprint image—can be highly ...

New 'Liquid Lens' Data for Immersion Lithography

New data on the properties of potential "liquid lenses" compiled by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could help the semiconductor industry continue to shrink feature sizes on computer chips.

Algorithm Advance Produces Quantum Calculation Record

Two theoreticians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Indiana University have published the most accurate values yet for fundamental atomic properties of a molecule -- values calculated from theory ...

Tiny Bubbles in Nanofilms

A group of theoretical physicists at the University of Arkansas has demonstrated that under applied voltages, thin films composed of technologically important ferroelectric materials form "nanobubbles," which have the potential ...

Sony's New 20-Inch LCD Offers Simultaneous PC and TV Viewing

Sony Electronics today introduced a 20-inch PC/TV display that integrates computing and home entertainment applications, creating an all-in-one solution for viewing a variety of multimedia content - from a PC and a TV - on ...

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