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Starting from August 3rd, New York City's Dining Out NYC program will implement new rules for restaurants offering outdoor dining. These rules include maintaining a consistent look across the five boroughs, dismantling outdoor dining sheds between November and April, and paying fees to the city. Fully enclosed sheds, like the one at Shanghai Mong, will be prohibited. While some restaurant owners are concerned about the limitations these regulations may impose, others believe that the sheds should be taken down. The new program aims to make outdoor dining a permanent feature of the city's streets. [Extracted from the article]

Now virtually all commercial airline passengers who encounter flight cancellations and significant delays can change their plans without incurring a fee. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The NTSB is highly critical of the system's technical limitations and the Transportation Department's failure to create regulations for it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Indian Department of Telecommunications has approved the proposed merger between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, clearing the way for the deal which will make a new market leader in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has rejected a complaint made by Reliance Communications (RCom) over unfair treatment on spectrum charges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Indian government is to change operators’ telecoms licences to enforce net neutrality, with only certain critical services allowed fast lanes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Look for "more human-like" crash test dummies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Proposed rules would cut emissions by almost 25% [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India has reportedly blocked Bharti Airtel's acquisition of Loop Mobile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India's telecom regulator DoT has amended the rules of the spectrum auction in the 900MHz and 1800MHz bands, scheduled to place in February. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(WINDSOR, Va.) — The Virginia Department of Transportation is working to turn highway carcasses into plant food. The state agency is testing the practice of… [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

75% of drivers surveyed admit to texting while driving [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the Radio Dot System, a miniature disk-shaped cellular radio, introduced by Ericsson. It says that based on the company's executive vice president Johan Wiberg, the Dot has a capability to connect 2G, 3G, and long-term evolution (LTE) networks, however its first iteration will not include Wi-Fi. According to head of product area radio and business unit networks Thomas Noren, the product will have an advanced local area network (LAN) functionality.

The largest computer show in the country had numerous hardware products. Fujitsu placed Z80 and 8086 CPU chips in the Micro 16 Personal Business Computer ($2495). Toshiba's T300 ($2495) can run IBM PC software with excellent graphics but is considered another PC clone. The Commodore BX-256-80 ($2995) is a streamlined 256k computer. The Passport ($3000) by Anderson-Jacobson is another PC clone in a compact package.

Purchasers of a portable computer advertised as IBM PC compatible should check carefully to make sure it runs the software and hardware desired. The Compaq appears to be the most compatible to have appeared to date in the United Kingdom. Imported and distributed by Ferrari Software with 256K and twin 320K disk drive, it sells for just under 3,000 pounds. It runs PC software even the PC can not run. The keyboard is identical to the PC's, and the display handles text and graphics. However, like all compatibles, it is difficult to run programs on it written in IBM BASIC. Compaq's main competitor is Dynalogic's Hyperion from Canada, slightly more compact and lighter, but not as 'fully' or as 'totally' compatible with the IBM PC as is claimed, coming completely to a halt when faced with the United Kingdom configured version of PC-DOS. Dot, another 'compatible' machine, is due in the United Kingdom soon. Computer Device's portable runs MS-DOS but uses 3.5 inch floppy disk drives. Photographs of the Compaq and Hyperion are included.