Wikileaks, the internet sensation that uncovered all the secrets of the governments all over the world has reported that it has been under massive attacks during this week. They say that the DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is very strong that they are facing and the site has been brought
Before jumping into general elections in 2014, Team Anna may test its political power in Delhi Assebly polls next year while giving a miss to elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. A large number of volunteers have came forward for fighting the Delhi Assembly elections as per the sources in India Against
When India will celebrate its 65th independence day, Star Plus will present the country a special episode of ‘Satyamev Jayate’, the show that has encouraged the society to question its mindset and free our minds of greed and open everyone’s eyes to apathy. As expected Aamir Khan will be hosting
The Mars Science Laboratory has landed on Mars with its cameras all set to discover Mars like never before. Those “7-minutes of terror” are history now. The breaking news is that Curiosity rover is planning a brain transplant. Curiosity’s brain transplant (software upgrade) will prepare it for the next phases of
The prodigious Perseid meteor shower will cover the Bangalore sky this Sunday morning, illuminating it much more than the clearest of starry nights. So make sure you wake up early to witness the history. The light shower may be very fast and at the edge of the human field of view confusing everyone
If you are going mad for Google Now but can’t get it just because you don’t have Android Jelly Bean running on your phone then there is a good news waiting for you at the XDA Developer forums. You can enjoy Google’s virtual personal assistant, Google Now on your smartphone right
An amazing world record of long jump was set in 1968 by Bob Beamon. He made a crazy awesome leap of 8.9 meters. This world record is considered more amazing as it was set in Mexico City which is 8000 feet above sea level. The air is thinner in Mexico
As sweated dripped from the forehead of Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player in the Wembley Arena last week at the 2012 Olympics, London’s Ainsley Richards jumped into action on the court. Her job was not to pass the shuttlecock to the players. It was to mop up the player’s sweat falling on the floor.
Around 1.4 billion people don’t have access to electricity at all in the world while there are many others who have an extremely unreliable access. Stats show that around the globe 30,000 clinics and 60,000 schools still don’t have access to electricity. Solar Turbine Group or STG International, a nonprofit start-up company run
Maldives comprises of 1,192 islands in the Indian Ocean and is the world’s lowest country, just a few feet above the sea level. Sea levels have been rising globally since 1900. If the global warming continues like this then the sea levels would rise by two more feet by 2100.
Anna Hazare has disbanded Team Anna and has decided not to have any more talks with the government on Lokpal issue. The attitude of government towards the Lokpal bill forced them to do so. Anna Hazare ended his indefinite fast three days earlier after they felt that the government has
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover cleared the Martian skies and landed on a giant mould of layered rock inside an ancient crater at 1:32 AM EDT. The rover landed on the surface within seven minutes upon entering the atmosphere of Mars. These seven minutes were the most terrifying for NASA. John Holdren,
Digvijaya Singh, Congress general secretary said about the decision of Team Anna to form a political party that this only depicts that their “movement against corruption has failed.” Digvijaya Singh welcomed this move of Team Anna by saying that in India everyone has a right to form a political party. But he added
The new HTC One X has a stunning camera with 8MP f/2.0 lens. The camera software is also quite decent and offers plenty of options to tweak for advanced users without confusing new users. HTC would be tweaking the One X camera app with the upcoming Sense 4.1 update for
Indian sports and controversies are like best friends. Controversies appear out of nowhere every time for India. This time it happened at Olympics in boxing. Asian Games gold medalist boxer, Vikas Krishan was declared as the winner on Friday in the pre-quarterfinals of the welterweight class. But later India suffered a huge
At a time when there is great research going on in quantum physics and quantum computers are being made, Chinese researchers have made the world’s first quantum router. This technology of future will send quantum information. Instead of sending just the 0s and 1s of digital code, quantum communication can send information
Meanwhile when US is waiting for its Mars Curiosity Rover to land on Mars on 5th August, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has confirmed that it plans to send an orbiter to Mars in 2013. It would be another step forward for Indian space programs which have made giant leaps during the recent years
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) left ONGC behind on Wednesday and became India’s most valued firm. RIL managed to command the highest market value of Rs 2,44,101 crore, as per data available from BSE. ONGC dropped to third place in the market evaluation list after its shares fell by 1.94 percent.As
A doctor can give you medicines to cure your disease and a health insurance can cover the cost of your treatment. But nothing can follow you around and remind you to take your medicines. To solve this problem, FDA has approved a special pill that can do it on its
Hotmail just got better. After a decade as a punchline, Hotmail just pulled off the biggest victory in the inbox game since Gmail. It is so good that you may wish to switch over to it. Microsoft took something boring, partially broken, and thoroughly entrenched: Windows, Office, Mobile. Tossed nearly everything ugly
Plants are the basic and most important part of our ecosystem. They not only make the earth a beautiful place but also convert carbon dioxide to oxygen which is essential for the survival of all human beings and animals by a process called photosynthesis. Panasonic has been trying to replicate
Enterprise technology is changing the picture of the world globally. It is changing the way you find your job, the way you work and even the kind of work that you find. It is attracting investors and evolving. Where Facebook’s IPO was a mess, enterprise IPOs from Jive, Splunk, and Infoblox were
Last night around 2:30 AM, almost whole Northern India got surrounded by darkness as the Northern Grid collapsed. Eight states were hit hard by the power failure and people had to spend the night and morning without electricity. The power failure affected train services, Delhi Metro and water supply across
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh took jocular swipes at the huge annual funds allocated to the defence ministry. Recently drinking water and sanitation department tied up with DRDO to set up bio-digestor toilets in 1,000 village panchayats across the country. Jairam Ramesh said that just the cost of a single Rafale fighter could make
Song Ho-Jun, a South Korean artist has been working for years on his very own DIY sputnik, a homemade satellite cobbled together from electronics store parts. It is supposed to be the first satellite ever completely built by an individual. It is expected to launch this year. Song Ho-Jun was