New technology automatically updates online data
byTel Aviv : Popular websites Wikipedia and Tripadvisor rely on public participation to build up their pool of information, in a process known as…
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Facebook to be valued at over $100 bn in 2012
byLondon : Social network Facebook is preparing to allow private investors to invest in the website next year, and hopes its first offering will…
300 years of British newspapers put online
byLondon : Around 65 million newspaper articles over the last 300 years were put online Tuesday in a new archive by the British Library….
Man sitting 2,000 miles away helps catch thief
byLondon : A computer expert helped catch a thief, who was 2,000 miles away, with the help of an in-built camera in a stolen…
NASA to play host to Himachal school students
byNew Delhi: Nearly 60 students from a Himachal Pradesh school are scheduled to visit US space agency NASA’s centres next month to study robotics…
Social networking added zest to Eid celebrations in Kashmir valley
bySrinagar: In a culture where party culture is looked down upon, social networking sites in this Himalayan region is not only helping people to…
Hydrogen powered truck developed
bySydney: A prototype, developed by researchers, could successfully show the way to developing hydrogen-powered trucks and ensure clean, green and silent transportation. The prototype…
Lutetia asteroid, relic of a stillborn planet
byLondon: A potato-shaped asteroid observed by a European space probe last year may be the remnant of an ancient stillborn planet, say scientists. “This…
Scientists to study early melting of Amarnath ice lingam
byDehra Dun : Concerned at the melting of the ice Shiva lingam in the Amarnath cave, which is visited by lakhs of pilgrums annually…
Himachal Pradesh University scientist bags computer memory devices research project
byShimla: A physicist with the faculty of Himachal Pradesh University has been picked for a prestigious project to carry out research on next generation…