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Satellite identifies potential danger atop Himalayas

Bangalore, February 10 : A satellite-based study has indicated that a huge glacial lake has formed atop the Himalayas in Sikkim with a “very high” potential for it to burst and create devastation downstream. Analysis of satellite data has revealed that the lake has formed at the snout of South Lhonak glacier, that is about 7,000 meters high on the [...]

February 11, 2013No CommentRead More

Instagram stamps feet & says it has not lost users

Instagram has shared its user figures to show photo-licensing mess has not resulted in decline… Photo sharing app Instagram has tried to silence critics and prove that it has not lost users since that whole ‘we are going to sell your photos’ debacle in December. Instagram back-tracked on saying it was going to alter its [...]

January 22, 2013No CommentRead More

Nokia to launch Lumia Windows phone with China Mobile

Bhopal, Dec. 5 — Ten-year-old Aslam Ansari was accused of breaking a plastic bucket at school. His enraged teachers allegedly administered him such a beating, it fractured his spine.After battling for life for 17 days, Aslam died on Tuesday. The boy’s injuries were grievous, said doctors at Bhopal’s Hamidia hospital. He was unable to move [...]

December 5, 2012No CommentRead More

Software guru McAfee says to seek asylum in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. anti-virus software guru John McAfee, who is on the run from police in Belize seeking to question him in a murder probe, has crossed into Guatemala and said on Tuesday he will seek political asylum there. McAfee has been in hiding for three weeks since police in Belize said they [...]

December 5, 2012No CommentRead More

NASA aims to launch Mars rover twin in 2020

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – NASA plans to follow up its Mars rover Curiosity mission with a duplicate rover that could collect and store samples for return to Earth, the agency’s lead scientist said on Tuesday. The new rover will use spare parts and engineering models developed for Curiosity, which is four months into a planned [...]

December 5, 2012No CommentRead More

Samsung promotes son and heir closer to top job

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co pushed the annointed heir of the company Chairman closer to the top job on Wednesday as it cemented a global lead in smartphones with a stock price that is close to record highs. The promotion of the snappily-dressed and bespectacled Jay Y. Lee, aged 44, to the job of [...]

December 5, 2012No CommentRead More

SAP co-founder sells shares worth 120 mln euros

India, Nov. 30 — Different strokes for different folks, that’s what Gautam Gambhir seems to be a believer of. So, while praising Ricky Ponting’s voluntary retirement, the India opener, when quizzed about Sachin Tendulkar, was cautious enough to add that retirement is an individual decision. Asked about Punter, Gambhir said, “He played all his life [...]

November 30, 2012No CommentRead More

Hackers claim to have "confidential" IAEA information

VIENNA (Reuters) – Anti-Israel hackers, who the U.N. nuclear agency this week said had posted data online stolen from one of its servers, claimed in a new statement they had published confidential material obtained from the watchdog. The statement – in the name of a group with an Iranian-sounding name – was put on a [...]

November 30, 2012No CommentRead More

EU set to fight Internet tax and ‘spying’ at global summit

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union member states are preparing to fight as a bloc alongside the United States to prevent a move by Russia and countries in Africa to impose a levy on internet traffic and make it easier to track users’ activities. The showdown over the policing and administration of the internet will take [...]

November 30, 2012No CommentRead More

Samsung says to fix outsourcing issues, but keep most production inhouse

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co plans to keep the bulk of its manufacturing inhouse but reiterated a pledge to improve working conditions at its suppliers after admitting excessive overtime and fines for employees in China, a senior executive said on Friday. New York-based China Labor Watch (CLW) said employees at one of Samsung‘s suppliers [...]

November 30, 2012No CommentRead More