The action plan would focus on key issues like improving energy efficiency, harnessing solar energy, studying the melting and cracking of icebergs on the Himalayas and understanding the dynamics of coastal and island territories. The action plan will focused on adaptation of climate change rather than mitigation. The plan will focus on transfer of technology from developed countries to developing countries. The committee also stressed for the need of more research in the field of agriculture and science to adapt to the impending changes in climate. The committee is also understood to have discussed the crucial role of technology in adapting to the challenges of climate change and affordability of different technologies in the field by the developing countries. The plan will also focus on creating plans at the national, sub-national and regional levels.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) plans to splash out $750 million on WiMax networks to cover one sixth of India’s 1 billion plus population. BSNL has already issued the first tender for WiMAX equipment.

BSNL will actually issues two tenders for deploying the WiMAX project nationwide. Last week, BSNL issued the first tender, which focuses on covering small towns and rural areas of the country.

BSNL is willing to establish around 1,000 mobile WiMax base stations based on IEEE 802.16e technology and 100,000 pieces of customer premises equipment. The project would be mostly funded by the government’s universal service obligation (USO) fund for broadband access.

The second tender will cover some certain cities, where broadband demand is high and it would be issued in next two or three months. Under this project, BSNL has following plans

1. To cover 25,000 villages
2. To provide broadband access to 40,000 primary and secondary schools
3. To set up 50,000 WiMax kiosks

It is expected that BSNL’s tender will issue the tender of worth $300 million. Regardless of the actual value of the contract, BSNL’s tender will surely receive huge interest from vendors including Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola Inc, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Nortel Networks Ltd., Nokia Siemens Networks, Aperto Networks Inc., Alvarion Ltd., and Telsima.

In another announcement BSNL stated that the company is already receiving MHz of spectrum at the 2.5 GHz frequency band and expects the 2.5 GHz licenses to be issued in the next two to three months.

The first tender for rural broadband coverage has gotten off to a shaky start. It has been postponed for about three weeks, because the government has not yet issued the spectrum or the policy for broadband wireless access. The policy, at least, is expected in the next month.

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Now you can carry the Bible, several study tools, a devotional, and your favorite eBooks with you on your Symbian series 60v3 mobile phone. A variety of products from Olive Tree Bible Software are now available for Symbian 60v3 cell phones.

The company delivers more than 80 Bible translations, more than Bible study tools and dozens of Christan eBooks for Olive Tree’s rapidly growing Symbian 60v3 platform, including Palm OS, Pocket PC, Smartphone and Symbian cell phones, and BlackBerry devices. Olive Tree Software is providing BibleReader application with enhanced features and increased number of available resources, including the NIV, KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV and ASV Bibles; IVP’s Bible Knowledge Commentary, NIV Study Notes, Robertson’s Word Pictures, Matthew Henry’s Commentary, and other study tools; Daily Light, Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening, and other devotionals. The company is also offering eBooks from Andrew Murray, Hannah Whitall Smtih, John Bunyan, and Charles Finney.

The Bible is available in various languages like Chinese, English, French, German, and Spanish along with original Hebrew and Greek texts with parsing tools. Mobile manufacturers have shipped million of mobile phones running on Symbian 60v3 system. The Nokia E60, Nokia E61, Nokia N73, and Nokia N95 are popular mobile phones that use the Symbian 60v3 as operating system.

Image Credit: Discount Bible

Via: Tech Gadgets

The eAutomation Group of Advantech has launched the PCI-1763UP relay actuator and isolated digital input card. The PCI-1763UP has eight optically isolated digital inputs with isolation protection of 2500 VDC for collecting digital inputs in noisy environments. The eight relay actuators for serving as on/off control devices or small power switches.

The low profile PCI factor and universal converter fulfils the requirements for size and reduces power consumption. The other features of the PCI-1763UP are given below:

1) LED indicators to show active relays
2) Eight form C type relay output channels
3) Output status read-back
4) Retained relay output values for hot system reset
5) High ESD protection of 2,000 VDC
6) High over-voltage protection of 70 VDC
7) Wide input range of 10 ~ 50 VDC
8) Interrupt handling capability
9) Low profile PCI card
10) A BoardID switch

Users can purchase the PCI-1763UP directly from Advantech at 1-800-205-7940 or from an Advantech authorized dealer.

Image Credit: Advantech & Advantech

Via: Managing & Automation

Google is again coming back with its new product, which will combine its online word-processing and spreadsheet programs.

Google is launching the beta version of Google Docs & Spreadsheets. User would be able to create, manage and share the documents as well as spreadsheets on the web by using this program.

The program will allow user to use in real time in various file formats for exporting, importing and publishing the documents and spreadsheets on a Web page or blog.

Google has acquired the online word-processing application Writely and the company will launch the Google Spreadsheets in June.

Soon the company will offer free Google Apps for their employees and members, so that user can use web based calendar, e-mail, and chat and publish web page also.

Via: C/N Net

Why is it so, when visitors are using cell phone in hospital, it creates problem, when same hospital is providing wireless network service for visitors and patients. Do know the answer?

Answer is that, hospital can define and control the wireless equipment. They assure that the wireless networking frequencies they use would not interface the monitoring report of patient. But it creates the problem when multiple cellular telephone service and various handsets are working in same location.

If hospital is providing wireless network, then they can eliminate the inference also. The main devices like Wireless devices, Wi-Fi computers and mobile phones are used in hospital. The main reason is that if anything happens, then technical team would be responsible for that.

If people can ignore cell phones during flights, then they can avoid in hospital also.

Via: Network World

Now there are some mobile games which are fully featured with high quality graphics and equally popular as online games.
There are some games which are successfully transplanted from PC to small screen of mobile phone.

Koguryo Heroes Chumong: The game is similar like Japanese game Dynasty Warriors. The game is successfully transplanted in small screen of mobile phones. Gamers can enjoy dynamic flights and they can move their characters in eight different directions. The High tech engine is offering the game.

Epic Chronicle II: Entelligent offers the game in more upgrade form. Those who love the Japanese game Final Fantasy, sure they will love to play Epic Chronicle II.

Imo: The World of Magic: Com2us is giving same game like other online games, Ragnarok by Gravity. It has cute cartoon characters which always go on interesting missions. A gamer can play this game with hundreds of other users.

Fist of Blast 2006: If you are big fan of fighting game The King of Fighters, then I am sure that will love to play Fist of Blast on your mobile phone. The game offers a new command system, which allows users to use 150 different attacking and defending moves. It has five different characters and each of one has different art skills.

Via: The Korea Times

Zenocom introduces the new iPod named BluPod in the IFA 2006 show in Berlin. The BluPod is an iPod which connects iPod wirelessly through Bluetooth to your mobile phone. It will display all your information in iPod screen.

You can use the device by remote control and even you can pick the FM radio signals also.

So now you will ask how I would know, if I get any call. Actually the BluPod controls the volume of iPod and turns the volume down when you receive a call.

So BluPod offers you music as well as mobile phone also. Now you would not miss your favorite songs also while you are on call.

Via: Gadget