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Child born with HIV cured after two years
Two years ago a baby was born with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) in Mississippi. Now doctors and scientists have said that the child has been cured of the virus. This has become the first documented case where someone born with the virus...
Fragments of an ancient micro-continent found hidden under Indian Ocean
Fragments of a tiny ancient continent were found hidden under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Although India and Madagascar are now separated by thousands of kilometers of ocean, they were once located next to each other, with a micro-continent between...
Samsung to launch S IV in US soon
South Korean electronics giant Samsung confirmed that it will launch its new smartphone Galaxy S IV on March 14, 2013 in New York. The latest from Samsung in its popular S Series will be launched so as to provide some competition to Apple in...
Apple to release malware removal tool
Tech giant Apple is releasing a malware removal tool after several cases of malware infections. The recent move has been taken by Apple after several Mac systems were infected by computer hackers.
The decision to release the malware tool was...
400 injured in meteor shower in Russia
More than 400 have been injured after a meteor shower rained across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains. This caused a sharp explosion and hurt more than 400 people, mostly due to broken glass, on February 15, 2013. The emergency ministry...
Google celebrates Valentines Day and 154th birthday of George Ferris
Search engine giant Google is celebrating Valentine’s Day and the 154th birthday of George Ferris, marking the day of an exposition in Chicago in the year 1893. The search engine has presented a unique interactive Doodle on its homepage...
Yahoo joins hands with Google for online ad alliance
American multinational internet corporation Yahoo! Inc. has this week announced an alliance with search engine giant Google. Yahoo was once the pioneer of internet search the world over, a title which was later taken over by Google.
Google...
Google marks 100th birth anniversary of Mary Leakey in Doodle
Search engine giant Google has on February 6, 2013, remembered Mary Leakey’s 100th birthday anniversary with a doodle. Leakey was a popular British archaeologist and anthropologist, who was born in London.
Leakey was also known for her significant...
Google to change the way images are displayed on its site
Search engine giant Google will be giving a new look to its Image Search tab on its website soon. The new-look image search is expected to be rolled out in the upcoming days.
Photo Credit: Google Webmaster Central
Apart from the new look, users...
North Korea issue threat to United States over nuclear tests
North Korea is in the news for the wrong reasons once again. This time the Asian power has issued a threat to the United States saying that it could target the country with a nuclear weapons test. This test is the third of its kind and is considered...