Washington, August 29 : Police investigators may soon find it easy to identify possible suspects among dozens of people at a crime scene, with American scientists claiming that an individual’s DNA can be identified within a mix of DNA samples.
Scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), who led the study, say that that this detection is possible even if an individual represents less than 0.1 percent of the total mix of DNA samples, compared with the 10 per cent requirement with the existing forensic procedures.
Writing about their work in PLoS Genetics, the researchers said that they had been successful in doing so even when the mix of DNA included more than 200 individual DNA samples.
London, August 29 : A leading cartographer has warned that Internet mapping is wiping the rich geography and history of Britain off the map.
According to a report in New Scientist, Mary Spence, President of the British Cartographical Society, has made the warning.
Churches, cathedrals, stately homes, battlefields, ancient woodlands, rivers, eccentric landmarks and many more features which make up the tapestry of the British landscape are not being represented in online maps, which focus on merely providing driving directions, according to Spence.
The Indian personal computer maker, Zenith Computers has launched a new laptop with an attractive price of Rs 14, 999. Moreover, the company has also launched a new desktop, which can be brought by paying just Rs. 11, 999.
These products are launched in the collaboration of global software giant Microsoft. The new products are launched under the brand name of ‘EcoStyle’. These product are very energy efficient and do not contain any toxic materials. They consume 30 per cent less power that the existing models. The Windows OS enabled laptop would be the cheapest ever model in the market.
LG has launched its much awaited KC910 phone in the market on Thursday. It is a very thin and slim phone with just 14 mm thickness and other attractive features. The newly launched phone supports an 8 mega pixel camera with a Xenon flash.
The cam is provided for efficient and beautiful photography. It contains Schneider-Kreuznach lens, which offers ISO sensitivity of up to 1600. It can also record moving-images at up to 120fps in QVGA resolution. It also supports enhanced features such as face detection, smile and blink detection and image stabilizer.
Nokia seems to be running high with its business plans as it recently announced the launch of three new models including Nokia N79, Nokia N85 and Nokia N96, which are hoped to be shipped in U.S. in the Q4 of 2008.
While N79 seems to be an updated version of N73 or even N78, N85 on the other hand looks as it has been adopted from N82, and hazes the lines with the very successful N95.
Nikon, well known electronics company, recently announced the latest version of its D80 camera. The new SLR camera has been named D90. The new camera is a step ahead in the latest technology, as it would give you images with fine details, rich colors and smooth tones through its 12.3 mega-pixel sensor with EXPEED image processor.
The D90 camera, which has a 3-inch, approx. 920k-dot high-density color LCD screen, comes with three contrast-detect AF modes, that promises to give you focus on any point in the frame leading to a greater variety of composition.
London, August 29 : A leading cartographer has warned that Internet mapping is wiping the rich geography and history of Britain off the map.
and slim phone with just 14 mm thickness and other attractive features. The newly launched phone supports an 8 mega pixel camera with a Xenon flash. 
launch of three new models including Nokia N79, Nokia N85 and Nokia N96, which are hoped to be shipped in U.S. in the Q4 of 2008.
camera. The new SLR camera has been named D90. The new camera is a step ahead in the latest technology, as it would give you images with fine details, rich colors and smooth tones through its 12.3 mega-pixel sensor with EXPEED image processor.
