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txtWeb launches App2Fame Contest for Developers to develop Txt based apps

Smartphones are becoming an alternative to computers likes Apps to softwares. Text messaging’s potential has almost been neglected. txtWeb has built its business on this idea. Its a platform designed to allow developers create text based applications easily and release it to the community, free of cost to the users. What makes text-based applications stand [&hellip

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How does light look in slow motion?

The nature of light has always intrigued scientists throughout ages. Ramesh Raskar with his team at MIT’s Media Lab has developed an apparatus to capture one frame per femto second (10-15 second). This reveals some stunning characteristics about light and its nature. Although particle nature may have been established firmly using experiments, the wave nature of [&hellip

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All India Congress and Supreme Court of India websites attacked by Anonymous

Over the past week, blockage of Pirate Bay, Vimeo and other websites in India have infuriated the online hacker group Anonymous. As a response, they initiated Operation India. We have started to see the effects. The All India Congress and the Supreme Court of India websites have been pulled down by Anonymous. A DDoS attack is being speculated [&hellip

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Humanizing Search : Google aims to treat search more seriously

When you are searching, all you input is the query which is a collection of words. The machine can’t really figure out the context and produces results only based on “relevancy” of search terms. This often creates a problem when the machine does not understand the actual query. Google launches Knowledge Graph to “intelligently” understand [&hellip

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Rumour : Apple switching to 4 inch screen for next iPhone

Smartphone battles are turning intense. Samsung introduced Galaxy Note with a 5.3 inch screen and Galaxy S III with a 4 inch display. Rumour has it that Apple plans to release the next iPhone with a 4 inch screen, 0.5 inches larger than the current version. WSJ points out, Asian Suppliers like LG have landed [&hellip

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Pirate bay, Vimeo blocked in India : Anonymous launches Operation India

Following the ban in UK, Indian High Courts have instructed the ISPs to block access to the Pirate Bay and Vimeo. The ban has taken place immediately. As the leaders of the internet censorhip battle, the hacker group Anonymous have expressed their support and initiated Operation India (#OpIndia). This is the first time India has seen [&hellip

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Talk to Sachin Tendulkar on Airtel : Shady Schemes

Airtel’s service called Talk2Me allows its subscribers to talk to celebrities and guests directly using their cellphones on a designated time and date. On 18th of May, the next guest is Sachin Tendulkar whose public appearances craved for, and this being the IPL season makes it so much easier for the telecom company to set it’s trap. They’re [&hellip

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Piratebay UK Ban : Any publicity is good publicity

The Piratebay, the swedish torrent website known for its notoriety and “large scale breach” of copyrights and Intellectual Property Rights was to be blocked by the leading service providers from the UK, as ruled by UK’s high court. Interestingly, the ban brought PirateBay 12 Million more visitors that day. The ban was quickly followed by the [&hellip

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Christmas Giveaway at Etiole! : 2 Binverse Premium Accounts up for the loot!

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all our readers! We do not intend to miss the party either! To make sure of that, we are giving away 2 Binverse Premium Accounts! Binverse is a Usenet solution. Usenet network arrangement enables users to download data at the fastest speed possible. When you generally download anything from [&hellip

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Mass Interception of Internet, Phone Calls and Text Messages by Governments : Wikileaks

Interception of your smartphone usage by private companies was just being debated on. Just then, Wikileaks releases 250+ documents under the Spy Files project, full of classified information about interception of electronic devices and platforms by the governments of various countries. These documents are coming from 160 “Intelligence Contractors”, many of them located in the western [&hellip

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