Aussie hacks iPhone `Siri` for home automation use

Last Updated: Friday, December 2, 2011, 17:42

An Australian man, who hacked iPhone’s voice recognition application, ‘Siri’, wants to use it as a home automation tool.

New tool developed to pre-empt air crashes

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 12:33

Researchers have developed an instrument for fine tuning an airplane`s digital flight-data recorder or "black box" so that it can pre-empt crashes and ensure greater safety for passengers.

Green-glowing cats are new tool in AIDS research

Last Updated: Monday, September 12, 2011, 10:05

US scientists have developed a strain of green-glowing cats with cells that resist infection from a virus that causes feline AIDS, a finding that may help prevent the disease in cats and advance AIDS research in people.

Use RTI as safety tool to protect partymen: Karuna

Last Updated: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 19:45

In the wake of arrests of his senior colleagues in connection with land grab complaints, DMK president M Karunanidhi on Saturday asked his legal wing members to effectively use RTI as a "safety tool" to protect partymen.

ESOPs could be good corporate governance tool, says report

Last Updated: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 17:06

Doling out employee stock options (ESOPs) could help improve the relationship between a company's employees and its management, leading to better corporate governance, advisory firm Mazars has said.

Indian cos prefer ESOP as compensation over other tools: Survey

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 23:37

A significant number of Indian companies prefer employees stock options as a compensation tool over other forms of equity-linked incentive plans to attract and retain top talent, says a survey by KPMG.

New anti-hacking tool - from game theory

Last Updated: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 13:43

Modern firewalls & other technology have failed to prevent major attacks on prominent networks in recent months.

Mandrill monkeys do ‘pedicures’ with twigs

Last Updated: Friday, July 22, 2011, 20:53

Monkeys are capable of more advanced tool use than previously thought.

Don’t to use religion as a tool: Farooq Abdullah

Last Updated: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 23:42

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday lamented that religion was being used by politicians to further their electoral interests and hoped that in future such issues would not be raked up by political parties.

New software boosts computer performance, safety

Last Updated: Monday, June 27, 2011, 13:40

Researchers have developed a software tool that optimises a computer`s functioning without compromising its safety features.

New tool to predict drought six months in advance

Last Updated: Monday, June 20, 2011, 13:27

Shishutosh Barua of Victoria University in Australia says the tool measures several water and climatic variables to assess dryness in an area and then uses past circumstances to predict future drought conditions.

BJP used religion as opportunistic tool: Congress

Last Updated: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 21:20

Attacking BJP leader Arun Jaitley over his denial of the comments he allegedly made on the party`s stand on Hindu nationalism, the Congress said it was time the BJP admitted that it had used religion as an "opportunistic tool".