New Delhi: A new mobile app and desktop app on Windows 8 platform for train enquiry as an enhancement to National Train Enquiry System (NTES) has been developed by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the IT wing of Indian Railways in consultation with and support from Microsoft.

Minneapolis: Engineers are trying to find out, with software that helps people locate their friends in a crowd – and make new friends who share similar interests.

Rockville: Several reports indicate that prolonged viewing of mobile devices and other stereo 3D devices leads to visual discomfort, fatigue and even headaches. According to a new Journal of Vision study.

Philadelphia: Smart phone users reading text messages and internet pages hold their devices at a closer distance than they would for printed text which may have important implications for prescribing vision correction.

Ithaca: Your smartphone knows where you go and how fast, while its microphone hears your voice. Soon, your phone may measure your stress … and help you to deal with it.

Washington:  If a research team in Japan gets its wish, "normally off" computers may one day soon be replacing present computers in a move that would both eliminate volatile memory, which requires power to maintain stored data, and reduce the gigantic energy losses associated with it.