Olympics: Phelps misses out on gold, but claims record
August 1st, 2012 - 3:59 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) South African Chad le Cos won the gold medal for men's 200-meter butterfly at the Olympics Tuesday, but defending champion American Michael Phelps still made ... Read more...
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Gut feelings override rational thought in financial matters
May 22nd, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 22 (IANS) Our 'gut feelings' influence our decisions, overriding 'rational' thought, when we are faced with financial offers that we deem unfair, says a new study.
Even when ... Read more...
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Nicki Minaj to launch nail polish range
October 24th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 24 (IANS) Singer Nicki Minaj is on the verge of launching her own nail polish range.The hip-hop star, known for her colourful outfits, will be releasing the Nicki ... Read more...
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Defective gene can strip you of fingerprints
September 19th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) Like DNA, fingerprints are unique to every individual. But what happens when your fingertips do not have those distinctive ridges?Though an exceptionally rare condition -- only ... Read more...
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It needs more than love to write about India
August 18th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Stepping into the soul of India is not easy for a foreign writer; the journey needs more than mere love for the country. The process ... Read more...
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iPad to impart greater accuracy to diagnosis
July 21st, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 21 (IANS) A new iPad application will help doctors in delivering the appropriate treatment at the right place and time.Known as Diagnostic Imaging Pathways (DIP), the tool has ... Read more...
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News at fingertips - for the blind (With Image)
June 9th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 9 (IANS) They say reading is the basic tool in the living of a good life. In Maharashtra, some 24,000 blind people are being initiated into such a ... Read more...
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Practice improves sense of touch in blind
May 12th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 12 (IANS) Do the blind have a better sense of touch because the brain compensates for loss of vision or because of heavy reliance on their fingertips? A ... Read more...
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Now easily download Yash Raj films from the net
March 25th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Yash Raj Films has given its whole library to a new venture between Intel and Hungama Digital Entertainment, which is making available a selection of famous ... Read more...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s new pooch has its own Facebook page!
March 8th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 8 (ANI): Mark Zuckerberg, who just got a new puppy, has given the dog its own Facebook account.The reclusive Facebook founder rarely gives any glimpse of his private life, ... Read more...
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Ancelotti banking on transfer window to save Chelsea job
January 3rd, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 3(ANI): Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is banking on a transfer hand-out from the club's Russian owner Roman Abramovich to help him save his job.Ancelotti is hanging on by his fingertips ... Read more...
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Now, a robo that ‘feels’ with its fingertips and smiles just like us!
December 23rd, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): At first sight, the pi4-workerbot looks like a clump of metal, but there's something extraordinary about this one - it has fingertip sensitivity and a variety of facial ... Read more...
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Microsoft’s ‘tactile’ app ‘could spell end of mobile keypads’
November 27th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 27 (ANI): Microsoft has designed a new application to construct a "tactile" touchscreen - a display that uses technical tricks to convince users they are actually touching the ridges, bumps ... Read more...
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Let your fingers feel driving directions, if you don’t hear them
September 27th, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 27 (ANI): Researchers have developed a way through which drivers can feel the directions through their fingertips if they are unable to hear them.University of Utah study has found if ... Read more...
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Soon: ‘Acoustic fingerprints’ to turn keypad phones into touch screen ones!
September 9th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 9 (ANI): Mobile phone users who have always longed for a touch-screen phone have reason to rejoice, for new software renders the entire casing and LCD display of a standard ... Read more...
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Nate Berkus Leaves “The Oprah Winfrey Show” For “The Nate Berkus Show”
September 1st, 2010 - 6:47 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Sep 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The American interior decorator Nate Berkus will host a brand new show of his own, "The Nate Berkus Show" which will premiere on September 13. The ... Read more...
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Pressure point therapy ‘can stave off food cravings’
August 15th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 15 (ANI): Want to stop those pesky chocolate cravings? Well, the solution to the problem could be at your fingertips.A new study by experts at Queensland's Griffith University has ... Read more...
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“Directing Kajol And Kareena Was A Dream-Come-True”: Siddharth Malhotra
August 5th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 5, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Though Kareena Kapoor is Siddharth Malhotra's cousin, but getting her into the film We Are Family was not an easy affair.Says Siddharth, "Kareena's ... Read more...
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Dutch reach World Cup final after 3-2 win over Uruguay
July 7th, 2010 - 3:51 am ICT by BNO News
CAPE TOWN (BNO NEWS) -- Despite a last minute goal from Maximiliano Pereira, The Netherlands on Tuesday proceeded to the World Cup final after a 3-2 win over Uruguay.A thrilling game it ... Read more...
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Netherlands leads Uruguay 3-1 as end nears
July 7th, 2010 - 2:33 am ICT by BNO News
CAPE TOWN (BNO NEWS) -- Oh boy. After ending the first half of the match tied 1-1, the Netherlands managed to score two goals just minutes apart. The Dutch are already celebrating ... Read more...
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Celebrity marriages are doomed: Megan Fox
July 4th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) Newly-wed actress Megan Fox believes that celebrity marriages are mostly doomed because temptation to cheat is way too much in it.
"Everything is so easily accessed. Whatever you want, ... Read more...
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Megan Fox thinks celeb marriages are doomed to fail
July 3rd, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 03 (ANI): Newlywed Megan Fox believes celebrity marriages are doomed to fail, because the temptation to cheat is 'just too much'.The actress, who recently married long-term on-off boyfriend Brian Austin ... Read more...
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England through, but dramatic US win sends them on top (Second Lead)
June 24th, 2010 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Port Elizabeth, June 23 (DPA) England finally found their form at the Port Elizabeth stadium Wednesday and reached the last-16 of the football World Cup with a 1-0 over Slovenia.
But they ... Read more...
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Now, multicoloured dayglo glove for gesture-based computing
June 10th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 10 (ANI): An American researcher has come up with a new system that could allow users to control their computers with hand gestures, using a pair of multicoloured latex gloves, ... Read more...
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Court serves paternity test order to Oz man through Facebook!
June 4th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 4 (ANI): An Australian man, who eluded requests to a paternity test, has finally been served after a court ordered the legal documents be sent through social networking site ... Read more...
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New high-tech handrest for doctors, artists causes less fatigue
March 9th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 9 (ANI): Engineers at the University of Utah have come up with a new computer-controlled, motorized handrest that will help doctors, artists and others control scalpels, brushes and tools more ... Read more...
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1.5 million Graco Inc. strollers recalled
January 21st, 2010 - 2:01 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Minneapolis, Jan 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Around 1.5 million Graco strollers are being recalled due to a defective hinge. This recall involves the brands Alano, Passage and the Spree strollers. There is a ... Read more...
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Coral reefs are hotspot for evolution, say scientists
January 8th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 8 (ANI): A new study has determined that coral reefs give rise to many more new species than other tropical marine habitats, thus making them the hotspot for evolution.According ... Read more...
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How to banish germs - Work up lather and count to 15
December 30th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): Washing of hands with soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitizers is one effective way of ensuring that bacterial or viral infections do not spread.While hand sanitizers are ... Read more...
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Women Have Better Sense Of Touch: Says Study
December 29th, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri,
Dec 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A study conducted recently tells us that the women are much more sensitive to the feeling of a touch than their male counterparts. The study carried ... Read more...
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Women have ‘more sensitive touch because of small fingers’
December 16th, 2009 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a novel explanation to why women are more sensitive than men - they say it's all in the fingertips.They have found that petite ... Read more...
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1 million Maclaren strollers recalled due to faulty hinge
November 10th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Long Buckby, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Maclaren is all set to recall its stroller, after a concern that children’s finger-tips can get cut in it. Stroller maker Maclaren is set to ... Read more...
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1 million Maclaren strollers recalled
November 9th, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Long Buckby, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) New York’s Daily News reported that Maclaren is all set to recall its stroller, after a concern that children’s finger-tips can get cut in it. ... Read more...
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Future robots could have fingertips more sensitive than ours
October 26th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Edinburgh, October 26 (ANI): Thanks to research being carried out by Scottish scientists, robots of the future could have fingertips more sensitive than those of humans.According to a report in The Scotsman, ... Read more...
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Brits feel relaxed only when connected to Internet
October 13th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 13 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that British people feel happy and relaxed only when they are connected to Internet.The obsession with online social networking sites like Facebook ... Read more...
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