Visa, Inc. announced recently that it would soon go ahead with a much-anticipated IPO of about half its shares. This would make it the single biggest IPO in United States history…
Buying Your First Home – A Guide for the Beginner
Becoming a first-time home buyer is a tremendous step in life. The sense of personal accomplishment, pride, satisfaction, and joy is irreplaceable. It is not without it’s challenges, though.
The Colors Speak
Divya Sasidharan is a software engineer from Pune, India. In her leisure time, she loves to paint. She shares one of her beautiful creations with riyaz.net. Its a painting in Oil on Canvas.
IBM Supercomputer to rule the Internet
IBM has announced a new project called Kittyhawk, which entails constructing a global-scale shared supercomputer capable of hosting the entire Internet on one platform as an application.
Japan launches WINDS satellite
An earlier H-IIA launch Image: Naritama, GFDL A Japanese H-IIA carrier rocket has successfully launched the Wideband InterNetworking test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS) experimental communication satellite. WINDS, also known as Kizuna, is a Japanese spacecraft intended to relay Internet access to homes and organisations in Japan, as part of a programme known as i-Space. It […]
Disabled Spy Satellite Destroyed
The modified SM-3 missile was launched from the USS Lake Erie to intercept the crippled satellite The United States Navy has successfully destroyed a crippled spy satellite in a decaying orbit, by intercepting it with a missile. A modified SM-3 missile was launched from the USS Lake Erie at 03:26 GMT this morning, and intercepted […]