PTA orders mobile companies to ban rude and obscene text messages Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has sent a letter to the cell phone companies, operating within the country, ordering them to block all text messages that contain obscenities, rudeness and vulgarity. The purpose behind this attempt is to block spam messages. PTA has refused to […]
Nov 22 2011 | Posted in
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Facebook discovers hands responsible for sending unsolicited porn in other users’ newsfeeds Finally, Facebook Inc has identified the responsible hands behind recent attempts to send a deluge of unsolicited hardcore porn and a number of violent images in some users’ newsfeeds. These unbearable videos and images offended many users on the social network and they […]
Nov 18 2011 | Posted in
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Researchers pinpointed brain’s GPS which helps to navigate among places Through scanning some volunteers’ brains, while they watched video shot on the streets of Soho in central London, researchers pinpointed the navigation systems of the brain that helps people to navigate from place A to place B. The brain scans conducted by the scientists revealed […]
Nov 17 2011 | Posted in
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Facebook investigates unsolicited porn and violent videos after users’ complaints One of the leading social network website, Facebook, has decided to take action against unsolicited and violent images and videos, which appeared on users’ newsfeed in recent days. Facebook says protecting users from malicious contents is their top priority they are investigating the matter and […]
Nov 17 2011 | Posted in
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Scientists found the gene that raises suicide risk in depressed people After a series of genetic tests on depressed people, who tried to take their own lives, the scientists succeeded in finding a gene that raises the tendency to commit suicide in those people. The discovery of this particular DNA marker will be a tremendous […]
Nov 16 2011 | Posted in
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Study shows that heavy use of alcohol during pregnancy can alter unborn babies’ brains A study led by Jerold Chun of the Scripps Research Institute in California shows that the people born to alcoholic mothers are likely at the risk of several problems ranging from poor brain development to loss of ability of hearing and […]
Nov 14 2011 | Posted in
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A study at University of Virginia in Charlottesville has suggested that pollution in the atmosphere is a potential reason to generate cyclones in South Asia. The study was conducted by Dr. Amato Evan and his colleagues in the university. They believe that a thick layer of pollution over the Indian Ocean may be creating atmospheric […]
Study show that grape resveratrol supplementation can lower sugar and fat levels A recent study conducted under Prof. Patrick Schrauwen of Maastricht University in the Netherlands have found that taking resveratrol supplements, a substance found in grape skin, can lower sugar and fat levels in the blood and reduce blood pressure. The research also concluded that […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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World’s most famous video sharing website, YouTube, announced that they will be adding about 100 channels of original programming to the globally popular online venue for video sharing. The initiative taken by the Google-owned website is quite impressive. The site is initially dealing with celebrity partners such as pop music star Madonna and actor Ashton […]
Nov 1 2011 | Posted in
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Study at University of York found that yoga work better for backache than usual treatments Researchers working in the University of York have claimed that yoga works better to reduce the lower back pain than any other conventional treatment. The study found that patients of lower back pain, who did yoga showed more improvements in […]
Nov 1 2011 | Posted in
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Study at Yale University reveals soft drink makers target teenagers in USA A recent study at Yale University Rudd Centre for Food Policy & Obesity has found that the US children and teenagers are seeing more soda advertising than before, especially blacks and Hispanics being major targets. As the marketers have expanded online, these youngsters […]
Oct 31 2011 | Posted in
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If you have even a tiny bit of thought that Pakistan has no association with the word “innovation”, well, think again, because you would be very wrong. This year, Pakistan’s Dr. Umar Saif has proudly made his way to a place in the global IT sector. MIT Technology Review, which is one of the world’s […]
Oct 29 2011 | Posted in
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