Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011: Computer scientist, Unix co-creator, C programming language designer 0

Computer scientist Dennis Ritchie isreported to have died at his home this past weekend, after a long battle against an unspecified illness. No further details are available at the time of this blog post.Wikipedia biography here.He was the designer and original developer of the C programming language, and a central figure in the development of Unix. He spent much of his career at Bell Labs. He was awarded the Turing...

Google going to launch it's Chromebook in 2012 0

Internet giant Google's Chromebook, a laptop-like device or a netbook tailor-made for Web browsing and running on its Chrome Operating System, is likely to be shipped in India by early 2012.Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice-President, Chrome and Apps for Google, said: “we are very excited about chrome books we have taken our 1st step in the long journey. so we have exceeded the market in many countries to gain mindshare. In 2012 we will be expanding in...

Honda Micro Commuter : Compact Futuristic Electric City Commuter with Joystick Steering System 0

Honda has announced its new concept automobiles for the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011 and one of them isHonda Micro Commuter concept. This vehicle is a micro-sized futuristic electric city commuter to provide high accessible form of mobility in the future. Honda booth at this motor show will boast the conceptof “What makes people feel good?”. Through their phenomenal transportation designs, they’ll propose an exciting and fun...