Space Shuttle Endeavour & Columbia: Similar Heat Shield Problem

The uneasiness the Astronauts must feel knowing Space Shuttle Columbia experienced almost the exact same problem when it's heat shield failed 4 years ago and tragically breaking up over the skies must weigh...

Emergency Looms on the Horizon Pakistan

"Emergency looms on the horizon Absar Alam ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure smooth re-election of the president, the government is expected to slap emergency on the country, apparently to ward off the rising...

Web networkers 'at risk of fraud'

"People who use internet networking sites are being warned that they could be at risk of identity theft. Credit information group Equifax said members of sites such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook may be putting too many details about themselves online. It said fraudsters could...

Database security found lacking

"A survey conducted by Application Security and the Ponemon Institute was released this week at the Gartner IT Security Summit. The survey reveals that 40% of companies are not monitoring their databases for suspicious activity which places them at high risk for data...

US town set to ban saggy trousers

US town set to ban saggy trousers A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...

The Air Car

"The fiberglass MiniC.A.T. runs on compressed air, and offers zero pollution and very low running costsMany respected engineers have been trying for years to bring a compressed air car to market, believing...

NASA - Delaying Shuttle Launch Till June 8

"Following the damage on the insulating foam on the external fuel tank damage during a freak hailstorm in February that left over 2600 divots, NASA will delay the launch of space shuttle Atlantis at least until June 8 so that its hail-damaged fuel tank can be repaired. Some...

Discover your links | Google

"You asked, and we listened: We've extended our support for querying links to your site to much beyond the link: operator you might have used in the past. Now you can use webmaster tools to view a much larger sample of links to pages on your site that we found on the web....

Is Thorium The Answer To Our Energy Crisis?

"It could power the planet for thousands of years, the reactors would never blow up and the waste is relatively clean. So is thorium the nuclear fuel of the future? Helen Brown reports It's a word that's been generating a steady, background hum in the scientific community...

Nuclear test means now we can talk, says N.Korea

"BEIJING, Nov 28 (Reuters) - North Korea is prepared to return to six-country talks on its nuclear weapons programme at any time now that it has "completed defensive steps" with a nuclear test, a senior envoy of the communist state said on Tuesday. However, Kim Kye-gwan told...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

imp terms

"FORTAN:(Formula Translator) A high level programming language used mainly to solve scientific and engineering problems G-77: The Group of 77 (G-77) was established in 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries signatories of the "Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven...

India knows Hu has trade on his mind - Daily News & Analysis

" Seema Guha NEW DELHI: Hours before President Hu Jintao arrived in New Delhi, India sent out a reassuring signal to his country: Chinese companies that want to do business in India will not face discrimination. There are no country-specific rules for entering the Indian...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from