Moon to be closest to earth tomorrow       The moon will be closest to the earth tomorrow than it will be on any other night in 2012 and will appear significantly larger. The phenomenon, called supermoon, this year coincides with `Buddha Purnima'. On May 6 at 9.05 PM, the distance betwe

Solar storms threaten high-tech civilisation       The upper atmosphere suddenly lit up like a Christmas tree under infra-red radiation at the beginning of March. A violent solar storm was to blame, spewing out a huge cloud of charged solar particles that swept past the earth at high speed. This s

‘Facebook IPO set for May 18’       Facebook will go public on May 18, a published report says, in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the social networking company is

New iPad at Rs.30,500 onwards       Technology giant Apple, on Friday, launched its latest iPad in India priced at Rs.30,500 onwards. Featuring a new retina display, the new iPad comes with Apple's new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera and 1080pHD vide

Samsung posts record $5.15 billion profit       South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $5.15 billion quarterly profit and predicted its Galaxy smartphones, which outsell Apple's iPhone and will be upgraded next week, will bulk up earnings this quarter. Samsung and Apple have carv

Chinese automaker to develop electric car with US       One of China's major privately owned automakers, Great Wall Motors, will work with a US company to develop electric vehicles. The automaker signed an agreement Tuesday with CODA Automotive at the ongoing Beijing International Automotive Exhibition

Facebook splashes the cash for AOL patents       Facebook is spending 550 million dollars for a block of AOL patents in conjunction with Microsoft, the companies announced on Monday. The deal came less than two weeks after Microsoft paid the struggling Internet company more than 1 billion dollar

71-hour countdown commences for RISAT-1       The 71-hour countdown for the launch of 1,858 kg RISAT-1, India’s radar imaging satellite, the heaviest one to be lifted by ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle commenced this morning. “The countdown for radar sensing satellite RISAT-1 started on

Wildlife counting in Haryana to begin in May       Intensifying its campaign to conserve wildlife, the Haryana Government would for the first time commence counting of wildlife in May and June next. During the counting operation, special emphasis would be laid on deer, nilgai, monkey, peacock, leo

A way to improve climate predictions       A study into how the Pacific Ocean leaks into the Indian Ocean has revealed details which researchers say could improve climate predictions. This so-called Tasman leakage in the south of Australia is the second-largest link between the Pacific and