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Hyderabad to host Indiasoft in Feb
The 17th edition of Indiasoft, the global networking event for the Information Technology companies, will be held here on Feb 13-14, 2017, a Telanagana government official said on Friday. As many as 500 international buyers from 75 countries and 250 Indian exporters will participate in…
Plane evacuated after Galaxy Note 7 emitted Smoke
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobiles have come under scanner after multiple cases of explosion have reported. What came as a biggest shocker is the emission of smoke from replaced Galaxy Note 7 in a flight at the Louisville airport in US. Soon, All the passengers…
Green light for pink pregnant seat alert
Following a successful trial, the city of Busan in South Korea is now planning to introduce a bluetooth-powered system for helping pregnant train and bus passengers who need to sit down.Round pink lights next to priority seats in train carriages are activated by a…
Eau De Comet: Space Perfume Smells Like Cat Pee
The scent might not be suitable for a big date, because it smells of rotten eggs, cat urine, and bitter almonds.A perfume which smells like the surface of a comet has been created by a British firm.Samples of the aroma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as…
Sleeping Black Hole Wakes To Devour Passing Star
The cosmic event happened about 3.9 billion light years from Earth in the direction of the Draco constellation.A sleeping black hole woke up and devoured a passing star that drifted too close to it.An artist's impression of the event shows the star being…
Fine Firms For Cyber Security Failures
The culture committee also wants CEOs' pay linked to online safety, in a report responding to last year's TalkTalk hack.Companies should be fined if they fail to guard against cyber attacks, MPs have recommended in the wake of last year's TalkTalk hack.The Culture,…
Why The 'God Particle' Would Survive Brexit
Why The 'God Particle' Would Survive BrexitThe UK's research community warns it could lose funding if the UK leaves the EU - but not all science and tech would be affected.Scientists in the UK received €8.8bn (£6.8bn) in research funding from the EU…
New ransomware strain coded entirely in Javascript
Security researchers have discovered a new strain of ransomware coded entirely in Javascript, which could increase its chances of being activated.Unlike executable program files, Javascript documents do not always trigger a security warning on Windows or require administrator access to run.Named RAA, the…
Top bosses move to back Remain ahead of EU vote
Top bosses including Sir Richard Branson, the Premier League chair and car industry executives have backed Remain ahead of Thursday's EU vote.Premier League chair Richard Scudamore said the 20 clubs in the top tier wanted to remain and that leaving would be "incongruous" in…
Stop Sending Humans Into Space - Top Astronomer
The Astronomer Royal says the money should be devoted to robotic missions instead of sending astronauts like Tim Peake into orbit.Britain's leading astronomer has told Sky News that the public should no longer fund human spaceflight.Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, said the European…