If the Bard of Avon had been an internet entrepreneur, he would
probably never have asked, “What’s in a name?” Names that
excite curiosity are coveted in cyberia, and a young
entrepreneur from Nagpada is cashing in on this. His internet
domain, named after the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, got
more than 400 hits this month, and is up for sale.

Not surprisingly, 23-year-old Samir Ansari, owner of
www.indianmujahideen.com , was questioned by the Anti-Terrorism
Squad (ATS) and also by the police in
Khar, where his web hosting company, Samruz IT Services, is
located. Police have given Ansari a clean chit.

Open source and free software both describe software which is
free from onerous licensing restrictions. It may be used,
copied, studied, modified and redistributed without
restriction. Free software is not the same as freeware,
software available at zero price.

A daily dose of computer games can boost students’ scores on
standard math tests, says a new research.

The study, which was carried out in Scottish schools, was
conducted by Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) – the main organisation for the development
of the curriculum.

In the research, experts analysed the effect of a “brain
training” game. The study involved more than 600 pupils in 32
schools across Scotland using the Brain Training from Dr
Kawashima game on the Nintendo DS every day.
In the study, a group of pupils played the game, which included
reading tests, problem-solving exercises and memory puzzles,
for 20 minutes in class for nine weeks.

A computer game has been devised to help Indian students
freshly arrived in the UK get over the “culture shock” of
encountering a very different way of life.

The game, called C-Shock (available online at
www.port.c-shock.co.uk), has been devised by Nipan Maniar, a
Gujarati and a senior lecturer in the School of Creative
Technologies at the University of Portsmouth.

Maniar told The Telegraph yesterday: “I have drawn from my own
experiences of arriving in the UK eight years ago as a
24-year-old student.”

The computer game has a separate set of questions for men and
women and takes them through various options of how to behave
in particular situations.

Japanese businessman who trained for a 10-day flight aboard the
International Space Station has sued to get his money back,
claiming he was defrauded of million by the US firm that
arranged the venture.