Russian physicists seriously believe that the Large Hadron Collider can be used for time travel. However, it will only happen when it starts working at full capacity and stops breaking down.
If earlier time travel was considered science fiction, now it suddenly turned into the favorite pet project of theoretical physicists. Renowned [...]
Entrepreneur Binod Hariharan has big plans for his southern Indian firm, which develops astrology-based computer software to help users find a suitable spouse or plot their career paths.
Similarly ambitious is Somporn Maneeratanakul, managing director of Thai Software Enterprises, and Nguyen Minh Duc, director of BKIS Security, a Vietnamese company that makes [...]
Video sharing website YouTube now gets more than two billion hits daily.
That’s nearly double the number of people who tune into the US’s three prime time TV stations combined, its owners Google have said.
The news comes as the site celebrates the day five years ago when the first beta version of [...]
According to Symantec, the number of cyber crimes last year has increased twofold and continues to grow, while the number of hacker attacks has increased by 71%. Within the last year nearly 3 million viruses were registered. Russia shot significantly ahead and made it to seventh place among top ten countries [...]
Facebook announced some changes on Wednesday that are intended to make the Internet more social. Essentially, Facebook is stretching out into the rest of the web.
But what do these new features actually mean for everyday people who use the Internet?
And when you see these Facebook-looking features popping up on other web [...]
Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take “immediate steps” to reduce [...]
I’m always amazed that more people don’t know the little tricks you can use to get more out of a simple Google search. Here are 10 of my favorites.
Use the “site:” operator to limit searches to a particular site. I use this one all the time, and it’s particularly handy because many [...]
Sri Lanka’s police have raided a company suspected to be using pirated and unlicensed software, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) which represents software firms said.
The company is suspected to be infringing the intellectual property rights of BSA members, Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft, it said in a statement.The raids on Tuesday and Wednesday involved the seizure [...]
Soon a new type of interconnect will be pumping data between laptops, desktop computers and other gadgets at the astounding speed of 10-gigabits-per-second, Intel announced Wednesday.
Speaking at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, Dadi Perlmutter, vice president of Intel’s mobility group, revealed a new optical cable called Light Peak. The company says it [...]
1. Google is spying on you and is one of the worst internet privacy violators on the planet.
When you make a search on Google, your IP address, the time, and what you searched for is permanently stored in their database forever. This information can be easily used to identify you and determine every search [...]
Planets with oceans of liquid diamonds may sound like something taken straight from a science-fiction novel, but scientists believe that it may be possible on planets like Neptune and Uranus.
The report in Nature Physics magazine suggests that, when liquefied, a diamond acts like water.
“As most of us know, diamonds are just about the toughest material [...]
Marco Calasan from Macedonia has become the world’s youngest IT whiz certified by computer giant Microsoft. The media have already dubbed the youngster the “Mozart of Computers”.
At the age of six, Marco successfully passed exams with Microsoft and became the world’s youngest IT system administrator. Then, aged eight, he earned the Microsoft Certified Professional certificate. [...]
Haven’t you ever asked yourself how you got your nose, eyes, ears, fingers, toes, and everything else? How did your DNA bring all this about? Before we answer that question we need to know just a few simple things about DNA.
DNA is the abbreviated name for the genetic code and it is exactly that – [...]
At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, the prospect of 3-D television in your home has taken a fast and flamboyant leap from vague concept to reach-out-and-touch reality.
Vendors have lined up to roll out 3-D televisions, hoping to become the leader in a market proponents say will change the way the world [...]
