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What was world’s most successful pre-World Wide Web online service?

Minitel is the name of a Videotex online service accessible through the telephone lines, and is considered one of the world’s most successful pre-World Wide Web online services....

December 23, 2012

How general theory of relativity was proved?

The fundamental idea in the general theory of relativity is that space and time are knit together in a four-dimensional fabric called spacetime, and that spacetime can be...

December 23, 2012

Queen Elizabeth-II creates history by attending cabinet meeting

Queen Elizabeth-II became the first peacetime British ruler since 1781 to attend a cabinet meeting. This was the first time a monarch had attended a cabinet meeting since...

December 23, 2012

Google makes available 5000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls online

Google collaborated with an Israel museum to put 5000 images of the Dead Sea Scrolls which contains ancient biblical artifacts on online library. The digital library contains the...

December 23, 2012

Ireland to legalize abortion

Following the pressure from the European court of human rights, which ruled that abortions should be allowed in the republic in cases where a woman’s life was at...

December 23, 2012

Federer is Swiss Male Athlete of the Year 2012

Tennis star Roger Federer has been given the honor of Swiss Male Athlete of the Year. Currently he sits at World no. 2 spot and has won 17...

December 22, 2012

Chenab Rail Bridge

The Chenab Bridge is an arch bridge under construction. It spans the Chenab River between Bakkal and Kauri, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. When completed, the...

December 22, 2012

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December 22, 2012

What is Switchblade in US Army?

In 2012, the US Soldiers in Afghanistan have been issued with a new class of lightweight unmanned drone known as Switchblade, which can be carried in a backpack...

December 22, 2012

What is China’s first domestically produced automatic unmanned telescope?

1. AST3-1 China has recently installed and tested the AST3-1 Antarctic Survey Telescope in Antarctica, the largest optical telescope in the area capable of conducting surveys of supernovae...

December 22, 2012

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