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Oxford University Press is celebrating 100 years of its dictionary this year. The new 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains about 400 new word entries. Newly added words include cyberbullying, upcycle, retweet, sexting, slow food, textspeak etc. The internet terminology is greatly affecting the english lexicon…

With 870 million unique visitors, Facebook is on the top of “The 1000 most-visited sites on the web” list released by Google. YouTube is on second position with 790 million unique visitors. This list has been released by Google Ad Planner. The list orders largest 1000 sites worldwide, based on Unique Visitors (users). This list…

Microsoft has announced that its upcoming operating system, Windows 8, will offer native USB 3.0 support. In the results coming till now, USB 3.0 is 10 times faster than USB 2.0, can offer speed upto 5 Gbps. There is no doubt, how we are addicted to use USB devices at present, but the question is,…

IBM has developed a processor chip that can mimic like human brains. The chip is fabricated with digital silicon circuits, based on neurobiology,will help computers to sense data like we do. It has ability to sense, understand and act on information fed through taste, smell, sight, hearing and touch. Its compact size and low power…

“Google Related” is a new Google Chrome Extension that automatically shows you interesting content relevant to which webpage you are viewing. Related results will be displayed in a thin bar fixed at the bottom of your screen.

The search gaint Google is now heading towards telecommunications hardware business. Google Inc. is buying the Motorola Mobility company for approximately $12.5 billion in cash. The deal was announced today morning by Google CEO in a blog saying it will “supercharge the android ecosystem”. But, he clarified, Android will remain open. Market reasearchers says that,…

A new cyber crime laboratory inaugurated yesterday in Kolkata at Lalbazar. The lab inaugurated by IT minister Partha Chatterjee is billed as the first of its kind in eastern India, and seventh in India. The lab has been set up with help from Nasscom will help train police in cyber crime investigation…

DoT has confirmed that The Union Home Ministry has written them to ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook account activities in order to strengthen cyber security. Milind Deora, minister of state for communications and information technology, said “the department works with all concerned parties to obtain lawful access to it.” But most of the…

Have you tried Chrome OS? If not, here it is described how to run Google Chrome OS from a USB flash drive or on a virtual machine. Even you can install the OS in a separate partition with your current OS (Windows, Linux, Mac). But, since it is still under development there may be some…

Microsoft recently released Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 in 32-bit and 64-bit editions. It features the Windows Scenic Ribbon interface. You might be knowing that it allows users to solve math and science problems. It contains more than 100 commonly used equations and formulae to help identify and solve problems.