For the love of God, I would like to believe that Rick Astley, in a parallel universe where the Internet does not exist, never gets to make a record ever in his life.
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Posted by Jenni (#2) 614 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Lifelong musicians have less age-related hearing problems
Posted by Jenni (#2) 614 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
While hearing studies have already shown that trained musicians have highly developed auditory abilities compared to non-musicians, a study led by Canadian researchers has found the first evidence that lifelong musicians experience less age-related hearing problems than non-musicians.
U.S. not prepared for major cyber attack, study warns
Posted by Jenni (#2) 615 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The United States is poorly equipped to deal with the dramatic expansion in the capability of cyber attacks, a new study has warned.An Intelligence and National Security Alliance report says the current situation is as dangerous as when America sold design plans to the erstwhile Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Microsoft set to release Windows 8 details
Posted by Jenni (#2) 615 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Microsoft is expected to offer the first public peek at its new operating system on Tuesday at a conference for Windows
developers.The software giant has described Windows 8 as the most significant upgrade to its ubiquitous operating system since the company adopted the desktop, mouse and the graphical user interface with Windows 95.
developers.The software giant has described Windows 8 as the most significant upgrade to its ubiquitous operating system since the company adopted the desktop, mouse and the graphical user interface with Windows 95.
VSSC to organise Mars habitat design competition
Posted by Jenni (#2) 616 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is conducting a ‘Mars Habitat Design Competition’ for the college students of Kerala in connection with World Space Week celebrations from October 4 to 10.
Oceansat-2 ground station inaugurated in Hyderabad
Posted by Jenni (#2) 616 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
A state-of-the-art Oceansat-2 ground station was inaugurated on Monday by Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) here.
Breaking ban on diclofenac hits vulture population
Posted by Jenni (#2) 617 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Over a third of the Indian pharmacies continue to sell to livestock farmers the banned killer drug, diclofenac, responsible for the dramatic fall in vulture population in the country.
Next stop for solar cell technology: your clothing, perhaps
Posted by Jenni (#2) 617 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Every mobile worker knows the nightmare: The rechargeable battery in the mobile phone or laptop computer is dead, contact with the outside world is severed, customers are angry and the boss is throwing a fit.