Programming

MIT researchers develop system that makes it easier for software developers to copy paste code

The researchers demonstrated the system in a series of eight experiments, where code was transplanted between six open source programs.

Project Torino is a physical coding language by Microsoft that allows visually impaired children to code

Microsoft designers and researchers at the company's lab in Cambridge, UK are working on a system that allows children with visual impairments to code.

Google Gives Programmers 'Go' Ahead

With Go, interfaces define the way various objects interact with each other.

Google, Oracle compete for innovation label in Android retrial

Oracle Corp and Google faced off in a $9 billion copyright retrial, with Oracle accusing Google of stealing programming to become the world's leading smartphone player and Google saying it acted legally as a true innovator.

Girl power: Microsoft India to train 1 mn women in 12 months

Women in Tech is designed to help aspiring IT professionals from the time they are in high school until they take up a IT job or start their own IT company.<br />

New US sanctions unconstructive: Iran

Tehran, Dec 14 (IANS) New US sanctions targeting entities pertaining to Iran's nuclear activities is an "unconstructive" move, Iranian foreign ministry said Friday. "Such measures are unconstructive and not in line with the Geneva deal," reported Xinhua citing ministry's spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham. "Some groups both inside and outside of the US government want to kill the Geneva deal," Afkham said, adding that "these groups mistakenly suppose that the sanctions, but not reaching an agreement, would be the final solution" to Iran's nuclear issue.

Tripura extends armed forces powers act for 6 months

Agartala, Dec 13 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura has once again extended for six more months the operation of the anti-terrorism law that gives full powers to the armed forces to take any steps to control terrorism, officials said here Friday.

Blacklist move not violation of n-deal with Iran: US

Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) The White House Friday defended the move of blacklisting additional companies and people under existing sanctions, saying it does not violate an interim nuclear agreement reached between world powers and Iran last month. The statement came a day after the US targetted additional entities that are suspected of evading earlier sanctions against Iran and supporting its nuclear programme, Xinhua reported. Iran criticised the measure as "unconstructive and not in line with the Geneva deal".

'US Magnitsky Act as long-term spoiler of bilateral ties'

Moscow, Dec 14 (IANS) Despite certain progress achieved over issues concerning Syria and Iran, Russia-US relations remain in deadlock because of the so-called Magnitsky Act, Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday. "One or even two swallows don't make a summer," reported Xinhua citing Ryabkov in an interview published by the government's Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily

CWG trial: Court fines CBI Rs.10,000 for filing fresh evidence

New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Allowing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file additional documents in a corruption case related to Commonwealth Games (CWG), a special court Friday however slapped a fine of Rs.10,000 on the agency for taking the court for granted. Observing that the court has alredy examined over 40 witnesses and recorded evidence of over 2,600 pages, special CBI judge Ravinder Kaur held that conduct of prosecution cannot be taken lightly and slapped the fine