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Indian state encourages Linux in schools

The tiny Communist state of Kerala in southern India has made a stand against monopolistic corporations by encouraging schools to use Linux systems, reports The New York TImes. Along with imposing a ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the Kerala government is encouraging the state's 12,500 schools to switch to the...

Tags: Linux, Kerala

Blog posts 2006-08-29

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Wireless networks mimicking biological systems

The goal of the EU-funded WINSOC project is to build self-organizing networks of wireless sensors by applying principles learned from living organisms. These wireless sensors will be used for a wide range of environmental monitoring purposes. As says the WINSOC scientific coordinator, 'Living systems are intrinsically robust against cells dying...

Tags: Network, Wireless Sensor Network, Sensor, Wireless Network, Measurement Data, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Content Management for Digital Delivery of Agricultural Information: Redefining Need of Libraries in the Context of Digitization of Theses and Research Reports

Universities and research institutes in the field of agriculture in India have felt the need for the development of digital databases of highly valuable documents such as theses, dissertations, research reports, package of practices, etc. and taken up projects to fulfill it. Agricultural universities and institutes of the Indian Council...

Tags: University, Kerala Agricultural University, Content Management, Web Technology, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2007-08-13

News to know: Yahoo new ad tool; iPhone diary; GPL3 final

Notable headlines:New York Times: Universal in Dispute With Apple Over iTunes.Yahoo launches customizable ad tool.Image Gallery: Forum Nokia S60 applications.Dan Farber: U.S. healthcare industry: Google wants to protect you from Michael Moore's Sicko. Garett Rogers: Google monetizing negative press around healthcare? Google Health Advertising blog. Techmeme.iPhone coverage: Jason O'Grady: iPhone Diary...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-02

India's Kerala state goes open source

India's Kerala state goes open sourceGreat to see people embracing freedom and free software, they go hand inhand. And, the more using free software, the more that will be collaborating to improve free software applications.It is easy to see why MS has gone the patent racket route. They are slowly...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating systems, Apple Inc., open source, software, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Kerala News (India) (widget)

Kerala News India is a news reader that displays new stories from the Times of India: Kerala Edition. Must have for Indians and Americans.

Tags: India

Software downloads 2007-04-27

Moooooo!

Moooooo!re: Moooooo!The local hospital has med carts on wheels, running off of the LAN and wifi. They are also called COWs Cart On Wheels. Each patient's wristband ID has a barcode, and this must be scanned first. Then the correct drawer opens in the cart. The computers access the medication...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, TCO, patient, hospital

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Economic Analysis of Networking Technologies for Rural Developing Regions

Providing network connectivity to rural regions in the developing world is an economically challenging problem especially given the low income levels and low population densities in such regions. Leveraging several emerging wireless technologies, this paper presents the case for economically viable networks in rural developing regions. Using the Akshaya Network...

Tags: Network, Networking Technology, Region, Analysis, Backhaul, Wireless LANs, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless

White papers 2005-09-16