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How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet
Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art. But code is art that does something. It is the assembly [...]
Credit Policy: RBI sees sticky inflation; risks to upside
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said inflation was likely to remain near current levels during the fiscal year, with risks still to the upside, sounding a cautious note a day before it is expected to cut its policy interest rate for the first time in three years. Earlier on Monday, India reported annual wholesale [...]
Human stem cells engineered to seek out and kill HIV
In a major breakthrough in the fight against AIDS, scientists claim to have for the first time shown that human stem cells can be genetically engineered to seek out and kill HIV-infected cells in a living organism. The study demonstrates for the first time that engineering stem cells to form immune cells that target HIV [...]
Study: Children spending more time with screen media than books
What’s happening to the bedtime story? A study carried about by Common Sense Media has found that American children aged between 0 and 8 now spend more than triple the amount of time watching television than reading books. or having stories read to them. The research also looked at the growing use of mobile devices [...]
Pak man in US kills wife with Indian GF’s help
WASHINGTON: This was one India-Pakistan collaboration that wasn’t needed; it resulted in cold-blooded murder, rather than staunching bloodshed. In a case that has stunned a placid suburban New Jersey community, a slick young Pakistani-American man allegedly plotted with his Indian girlfriend to kill his Pakistani wife. They pulled off the hit alright , but police [...]
Ind vs Eng: India slump to worst defeat in England since 1959 whitewash
LONDON: As the epochal century of centuries loomed, it looked like Sachin Tendulkar was suddenly batting on a bed of nails. His eyeballs widened and the stare became more pronounced; surely, his hands were sweaty inside the gloves and his footwork took to its own fancy too. Scorecard | Match in Pics England captain Andrew [...]
U-Turn: Murdochs say they plan to go to Parliament
LONDON: Rupert and James Murdoch said on Thursday that they planned to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating Britain’s phone hacking scandal – a sudden U-turn after an extraordinary rebuff of lawmakers seeking to question them. A spokeswoman for Murdoch’s New York-based News Corp. said that the pair were in the process of confirming their [...]
Mumbai blasts: Diamonds worth Rs 25 crore went flying in the air
MUMBAI: Amidst the deafening burst of shrapnel that went up when a bomb detonated at Opera House on Wednesday evening, there was something that rained down: diamonds packed in tiny butter paper packets and hidden in secret vest pockets. It was that time of the day when most traders had wrapped up work and were [...]
Military aid to Pakistan not feasible when trainers are being asked to leave: US
WASHINGTON: The US on Monday said it could not have continued with certain categories of military aid to Pakistan at a time when American trainers, who deliver on the assistance, were being asked to leave the country, justifying its decision to discontinue USD 800 million in aid. The Obama administration, however, asserted that there was [...]
Want to start a family with Ashley: Cheryl
Singer Cheryl Cole has revealed that she is still in love with her footballer ex-husband Ashley and wants to get back with him so they can start a family together. Cheryl, 27, had reportedly spent the night with her ex-husband at the couple’s former 5 million pounds marital home in Surrey. And according to the [...]
Jennifer Aniston keeps fit by running around horse track
Washington, September 20 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston has been running hard to maintain her fitness while shooting new film ‘The Bounty.’ The actress reportedly woke up at 5a.m in the morning and ran laps around New Jersey’s Monmouth Park racecourse to the surprise of the crewmembers. “She showed up every morning at 5am to run laps [...]
‘Monty Python’ pals John Cleese and Michael Palin may work together again
London, September 20 (ANI): Former ‘Monty Python’ stars John Cleese, 69, and Michael Palin, 66, may soon be working together again. They are said to have been discussing reuniting for the first time in more than a decade. The pair met last month while Cleese, who lives in California, was in London after his 12million-pound [...]
Shia Muslims to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday
Lucknow, Sept 20 (ANI): A senior official of Shia Muslim community has said that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Monday. Kalbe Sadiq, Shia cleric and senior vice president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said here that the Ramadan moon would be sighted on Sunday. “I can say without any doubt that in [...]
Italian police seize Maradona’s diamond studs
Rome, Sep 19 (ANI): Beleaguered football legend Diego Maradona had to hand over his diamond studs to police as part payment for the millions he owes the Italian tax authorities. Italian officials paid the holidaying Argentinean coach a visit at the luxury hotel he was staying in and seized the earrings worth nearly 4,000 pounds, [...]
US army set for “hopping rotochut” that hops to avoid rubble trouble
London, September 19 (ANI): The U.S. army’s fleet of robots will soon be enhanced with the addition of forthcoming reconnaissance craft called the ‘hopping rotochute’, which will be capable of travelling deep into obstacle-ridden spaces like caves and rubble-laden buildings to video what it finds. The self-righting probe is being developed for the Army Research [...]
HIV uses several routes to escape immune system pressure
Washington, September 19 (ANI): Researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center have shown that HIV relies upon a number of strategies rather than use any preferred escape route to escape immune system pressure. The human immune system has the ability to temporarily overpower HIV in early infection. Studies conducted in the recent past have shown that [...]
Congress – NCP to finalise seat-sharing formula on Saturday
New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): The crucial meeting of the Congress Party and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders will be held here on Saturday to give the final shape to the seat sharing agreement for next month’s Maharashtra Assembly polls. The Election Commission issued notification for the assembly polls in Maharashtra, which is to [...]