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Microsoft releases biggest patch, fixes Windows 7
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Microsoft Corp issued its biggest software patch on record on Tuesday to fix a range of security issues in its programs, including the yet to be released Windows 7 operating system. In a monthly update sent to users of its software, Microsoft released 13 security bulletins, or patches, to address 34 vulnerabilities it identified across its Windows, Internet Explorer, Silverlight, Office and other products. It said six of the patches were high priority and should be deployed immediately. The patches -- which update software to write over glitches -- are designed to protect users from hackers or malicious software downloaded from the Internet. Several of the patches affect Windows 7, the software maker's new operating system, which will be officially unveiled next week, but has been widely used in test versions. Such an early sign of security issues on Windows 7 is potentially worrisome for Microsoft, which is hoping its new operating system will erase bad feelings among many cu...
Meet India's youngest headmaster
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In a country where we are in a continuous hunt for heroes and demi-gods to inspire us, the search ends in a small hamlet in West Bengal. Known for his passion for education, Babar Ali is perhaps India's youngest school principal who is teaching hundreds of poor students of his village in his own backyard. 16-year-old Babar says his only motto in life is 'education for all'. Since 2002, every evening, he has donned the role of a principal at the Anand Siksha Niketan in Gangapur village which makes him India's youngest headmaster. The students line up in Babar's backyard, where he teaches them just the way his teachers teach him in school. Babar Ali in an interview said that he never wanted to play cricket or soccer when he was young but what he loved the most was enacting the role of a teacher. What started off as child play took serious shape in 2002 when Babar Ali, with the help of his parents, set up a room to teach on his ancestral land. He also added that ...
Top ranking for Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore has been rated the best in South Asia in terms of visibility and scholarly papers on the net in the latest ranking of such institutions by Cybermetric Lab, the largest public research institution in Spain. The Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, the National Informatics Centre in Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai make up the top five universities in the subcontinent. In fact all the top 10 slots are for institutions in India, with two universities in Sri Lanka - University of Moratuwa and University of Colombo placed 10th and 11th on the list. The highest ranked institution from Pakistan is the Lahore University of Management Sciences at the 17th position. The other names in the top 10 are: The Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, the International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad, the Indian Institute of T...
2009 Nobel Prizes
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2009 - Chemistry, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz Chemistry, Ada E. Yonath Economics, Elinor Ostrom Economics, Oliver E. Williamson Literature, Herta Müller Medicine, Elizabeth H. Blackburn Medicine, Carol W. Greider Medicine, Jack W. Szostak Peace, Barack Obama Physics, Willard S. Boy...
Online donation to credible NGOs working to help the flood affected in Andhra Pradesh
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Make a secure online donation to credible NGOs working to help the flood affected in Andhra Pradesh through GiveIndia.org. Tax benefits for donors in India, US and UK and an instant receipt via email. http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-flood-relief.aspx You can use credit card, cheque or netbanking to complete your transaction. Every little bit helps!! Donate today!!
US recession may last until 2010: Survey
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US finance executives believe the American economy is still in recession, despite signs growth may have resumed in the third quarter, a survey showed on Tuesday. The survey conducted by the Association for Financial Professionals also showed that many executives in the financial sector did not expect their organizations to resume hiring or capital spending in the next six months. The poll was carried out on Monday and nearly 1,000 chief financial officers and treasury executives participated. About 69 per cent of respondents believed the recession, that started in December 2007, would continue well into 2010. Only 11 per cent believed the downturn had ended, while 20 per cent only saw it winding down before the end of the year. The survey's findings are at odds with recent economic data and forecasts from private institutions that suggest the economy started growing in the third quarter after the longest and deepest contraction since the 1930s. Nearly two-thirds of responden...
US recession over: Survey
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The worst US recession since the Great Depression has ended, but weak household spending as the labor market struggles to create jobs will slow the pace of the economy's recovery, according to a survey released on Monday. The survey of 44 professional forecasters released by the National Association for Business Economics, also known as the NABE, found that 80 per cent of the respondents believed the economy was growing again after four straight quarters of declines. "The great recession is over," NABE President-Elect Lynn Reaser said. "The vast majority of business economists believe that the recession has ended, but that the economic recovery is likely to be more moderate than those typically experienced following steep declines." Recessions in the United States are dated by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The private-sector group, which does not define a recession as two consecutive quarters of decline in real gross domestic product, often ...