Washington: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), popularly known as the “Big Bang Machine”, has taken its first step toward finding the “God Particle”, as the first scientific results from the recently restarted particle accelerator have been announced. The LHC, which is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres in [...]
December 7, 2009 | Posted in
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London: Colombian Pop star Shakira is smitten with her short legs and says she is proud of her petite figure. The `She-Wolf` hitmaker insists she doesn`t care if people criticise her for flashing her flesh as the singer`s short legs take her places. “I`ve grown as a woman and if I want to show my [...]
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New Delhi : As the CBI continues to investigate the murder of 13-year-old Aarushi Talwar and her family’s domestic help Hemraj, several questions still remain unanswered. Aarushi’s phone which was recovered recently has drawn a blank. The Aarushi Talwar murder probe took the CBI team to the dusty lanes of Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh. They [...]
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Washington: Scientists have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to stronger body armor. Researchers at NASA”s Langley Research Center, the Department of Energy”s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and the National Institute of Aerospace created a new [...]
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San Francisco: Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service. A new “translated search” tool lets people direct Google to seek results from Web pages written in an array of languages and then deliver results in a searcher’s preferred tongue. The feature has been available at the Google Translate [...]
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New Delhi: Food inflation soared to 17.47 per cent in the third week of November from 15.58 per cent a week ago, mirroring a shortage in supply that set in following weak monsoon in the country. With the economy on upswing, analysts said the rising food prices should prompt the government and the Reserve Bank [...]
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San Francisco: Microsoft has released a revamped version of Bing Maps with street views and other features already offered by rival Google’s free online mapping service. The Bing Maps upgrade released in beta, or test, form also boasts a gallery for applications, such as live traffic data feeds or input from travel webcams or Twitter [...]
December 3, 2009 | Posted in
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Washington: Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine. Google’s announcement came as the News Corp. chairman, who has threatened to block the Internet giant from indexing his newspapers, and [...]
December 2, 2009 | Posted in
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Mumbai: ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’ is one adage that stands true in the case of Shahid Kapur and Priyanka Chopra. The lovebirds, who had recently ended their romantic sojourn, are reportedly back together after they bumped into each other in Bangkok. And reunion is sure good for the hot duo as they are [...]
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Melbourne: Publishers of adult magazines are gradually witnessing a slow demise in their businesses, thanks to the unlimited moving pictures available on the Internet. Magazines such as Playboy that reigned the previous eras are allegedly finding it hard to keep up with the net onslaught. The sector was said to have received another blow with [...]
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