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IndianExpress:  Passenger traffic in and out of the Pune airport at Lohegaon may be affected from June next year for six months as the Indian Air Force is in the final stages of drawing up a plan to resurface the runway. The resurfacing — carried out last in 1987 — will be done in a phased manner and may also cause a temporary closure of the airport.

‘‘Typically, an operational airbase needs to resurface the runway every 15 years. The resurfacing was last carried out in 1987 and is now overdue. We are looking to start work by June next year,’’ a senior air force officer from the South Western Air Command (SWAC) told Pune Newsline.

IndianExpress: The Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, applies to the judiciary. Even the Supreme Court of India has designated its own public information officer (PIO) and the appellate authority (AA) to process requisitions filed under the Act seeking information from the judiciary. The State Information Commission of Maharashtra, however, in a decision on September 27 has endorsed the decision of the District and Sessions Court in Solapur denying information to a requisitioner because no rules have been framed by the judiciary in the State and as such no requisition can be entertained.

IndianExpress: The lapse in intimating the Foreigners’ Registration Office (FRO) about the arrival of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt by Le Meriden within the prescribed deadline of 24 hours from the time of check-in may not land the hotel in troubled waters as expected. The Pune police, it is learnt, is in a mood to go soft on the violation of Foreigners (Report to Police) Rules on part of the hotel.

Jolie, Pitt, three kids and their nanny had landed at Lohegaon airport in a private jet on October 5 afternoon and were directly whisked away to Le Meridien where they are put up till date.

IndianExpress: With two people being cheated of money running into thousands of rupees after they fell for online trading deals in the last 12 days, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing) Sunil Phulari on Tuesday appealed to users of e-commerce portals to doublecheck the credibility of the online companies and their addresses before buying any goods.

The EOW and Cyber Cell of the Crime Branch had arrested Priyam Randhirkumar Srivastava on October 4 for allegedly duping Renuka Vidyadhar Kumthekar (36) of Pashan. She had bought a laptop online from Srivastava and deposited Rs 46,070 in a bank but the laptop was never delivered to her.

TechTree: Logitech has announced that its NuLOOQ navigator, originally released with support for Mac OS and Adobe Creative Suite 2, and as part of the NuLOOQ Professional Series bundle, is now available unbundled, and with added support for Windows XP, along with a host of additional features.

The company says that NuLOOQ navigator is an innovative device used in conjunction with a mouse and a keyboard that allows people to better navigate and manipulate graphics and multimedia files.

TechNewsworld: Yahoo is encouraging people from around the world to contribute to what it is calling the largest time capsule in the history of the world. “It will be fascinating to see what people submit as their part of this 2006 snapshot, which will be shared with generations to come,” said Jerry Yang, co-founder and chief of Yahoo.

TechNewsWorld: NEC Electronics has developed a chip that can record and replay data in conjunction with both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. The company said the chip will pave the way for the production of computers and other equipment that can utilize the two DVD technologies

The new chip that can record and replay data in conjunction with both leading-edge DVD formats will pave the way for the production of computers and other equipment that can utilize the two DVD technologies, Toshiba  said.

TecnNewsWorld: Microsoft this week rolled out its latest beta version of Windows Live OneCare, making version 1.5 of the security software compatible with its upcoming Vista operating system. This newest version of OneCare, the company’s all-in-one, automatic and self-updating PC care service, is available as a free download.

OneCare is the company’s all-in-one, automatic and self-updating PC care service designed to help consumers protect and maintain their PCs. It is another part of Microsoft’s attempt to diversify its software revenue stream.