Researchers developed invisibility cloak to protect buildings from earthquakes A Harry Potter-style "invisibility cloak" could be used to protect buildings from earthquakes, according to a new study. The prospect of cloaking devices has become more realistic in recent years as scientists have developed means of making objects invisible to certain wavelengths in limited circumstances. Now […]
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Scientists claim that life cannot exist on Mars Research conducted in the Imperial College London has claimed that life could not exist on the surface of Mars because the planet has experienced a 600 million year "super-drought". The research concluded after the analysis of soil from the red planet that its surface had been dry […]
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Scientists found out secret behind strength of spider web design Researchers have found that the spiders have strong webs which are capable of withstanding huge forces. The scientists claim that these findings can be used to help design a new generation of super strength materials. The study found that the spider’s web not only has […]
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Study suggests diabetic women with pregnancy should be careful Studies at the Newcastle University have suggested that the diabetic mothers-to-be have high risk of giving birth to children with a birth defect of congenital abnormality. According to the journal, Diabetoligia, the risk of a child being born with a birth defect of whatever kind due […]
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Samsung unveiled a slew of smartphones at Mobile World Congress 2012, Barcelona. The company’s main focus was on the phones churned out of the strategic partnership with Google on Android platform, Galaxy. The product line ranged from mediocre smartphones running Android 2.3 Gingerbread to premium handsets with the same version. It looks as if Samsung […]
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Samsung announced Galaxy S-series phone, S Advance, at the Mobile World Congress 2012, Barcelona. The phone caters to a budget-oriented market segment that can afford some extra cash for HD videos. However, the phone, being the next thing in the S-series with the suffix Advance, was a disappointment in a few features. First off, the […]
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Samsung was touted to be the major contender at the world’s biggest mobile technology event, Mobile World Congress 2012, Barcelona but due to the some reason the company failed to introduce the next generation smartphones. Majority of the lot belonged to basic to mediocre level handsets that contained Android 2.3 Gingerbread and Galaxy Ace Plus […]
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By far the most advanced smartphone released by Samsung at the Mobile World Congress 2012, Barcelona was the Galaxy Beam. Though the phone has inherited strong genes from the Galaxy family in terms of looks, the most amazing thing that the company has managed to pull off is the projector at the top of the […]
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J.D. Power and Associates has announced results of its 2012 Vehicle Dependability Study, and once again, Lexus was the most reliable of any nameplate. No surprise there, really. Toyota and Lexus have dominated quality-related studies for a long time. What some might find surprising, however, is that the Lincoln MKZ tied the Lexus ES350 for […]
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I was intrigued by this apparent disconnect and decided to dig a little further to try to identify cars that might be getting a bum rap. I looked at the top-scoring vehicles in J.D. Power’s dependability study, and compared the results to the worst-scoring brands in the avoider study. I also asked J.D. Power to […]
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Nokia Ovi has been struggling in the smartphone market since the launch of the original iPhone in 2007. Apple changed the concept of mobile computation in general and smartphone computing in particular. However, there are many company who received the wake-up call in good times and pushed their respective smartphone in the market. The likes […]
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Microsoft has adapted Windows Phone software so that it requires half as much memory and runs the cheaper 7X27A chip from Qualcomm Inc. That should help manufacturers cut their costs. The price of the Lumia 610 “makes it very competitive with the low-end Android devices,” said Carolina Milanesi, a research vice president at Gartner Inc. […]
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