Business StandardEarly Native Americans spent millenia living on the Bering Land Bridge now buried under water before they appeared in Alaska and the rest of the North America, researchers has…
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World Wide Web at 25: the next 25 years – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukNext month marks 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee set out his vision of the World Wide Web — a system of interlinked documents that can be accessed via the Internet…
Official Minecraft movie coming from Warner Bros – GameSpot
GameSpotLooks like Warner Bros has been tapped to be working on a potential Minecraft movie. Creator Markus “Notch” Persson revealed the news on Twitter earlier today. According to Notch’s post…
Costa Concordia’s Captain Schettino returns to ship – BBC News
BBC NewsThe Italian captain of the Costa Concordia ship, Francesco Schettino, has returned to the wreck for the first time as part of his manslaughter trial. He denies the charges…
Introducing the world’s fastest car – NewsOK.com
NewsOK.comMeet the only car that that can pass the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, says the Huffington Post. The Hennessey Venom GT broke the speed record for a production car, hitting…
Pune FC take on Myanmar in maiden AFC campaign – Business Standard
Business StandardCurrently, Pune FC are midway through their league campaign and are confident going into the big game having logged a couple of positive results at home. But coach Mike…
Erin Andrews to replace Brooke Burke-Charvet as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ host – New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsSports reporter Erin Andrews will take over hosting duties from Brooke Burke-Charvet on “Dancing with the Stars.” The FOX Sports favorite, 35, will be Tom Bergeron’s cohost…
Erin Andrews set to replace Brooke Burke-Charvet as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ host – Business Standard
Business StandardErin Andrews is set to join ‘Dancing with the Stars’ as a new host, replacing Brooke Burke-Charvet. The 35-year-old journalist, who competed on season 10 of the ABC’s dancing…
The legend of ‘El Chapo’: Cartel chief cultivated Robin Hood image – CNN
CNN(CNN) — Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman eluded arrest for so long that the stories about him veered closer and closer to the stuff of legend. So powerful is he, people…
Justin Bieber ‘rejects plea deal over random drug testing demands in fear of … – Mirror.co.uk
Mirror.co.ukJustin Bieber will reportedly turn down a plea deal offered by prosecutors, who have warned the young star could face jail if he is found guilty of all the charges…
WhatsApp Back up After Going Down – Guardian Liberty Voice
Guardian Liberty VoiceWhatsApp The popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp is back up after having gone down for three hours on Saturday. The ad-free service had been purchased earlier in the…
Apple, Samsung fail to reach settlement in US patent infringement case – Business Standard
Business StandardApple and Samsung have reportedly failed to agree on a US patent dispute settlement and will be facing each other again in court on March 31. In a joint…
Google Introduces Phone With 3-D Sensors – TIME
TIMEGoogle has unveiled a new phone that makes real-time, 3-D maps of its environments. Its “customized hardware and software” includes sensors that gives it the capability to make over a…
Thai anti-government protesters gather outside defense compound – CNN
CNNBangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thai anti-government demonstrators massed Wednesday outside the Prime Minister’s makeshift office, a day after clashes with police in the streets of Bangkok killed five people. The…
Watch SPACE VID of JUMBO ASTEROID 2000 EM26 buzzing Earth – Register
RegisterVid If there’s nothing on TV tonight, or you’re suffering from insomnia, readers of The Register can always tune in to an asteroid flyby, broadcast live online by the Slooh…
Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz expecting baby with girlfriend – gulfnews.com
gulfnews.comLos Angeles: Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy is expecting a baby with model girlfriend Meagan Camper. First using the emojis saying “man + woman = baby,” the bassist on…
Soon, sign your Microsoft Office documents digitally! – Business Standard
Business StandardMicrosoft has reportedly signed a partnership deal with DocuSign that would allow users of the Office suit to digitally sign documents from within Microsoft’s desktop apps. Users of Microsoft…
Winners of the 2014 British Academy Film Awards – Washington Post
Washington PostLONDON — Winners of the 2014 British Academy Film Awards, presented Sunday: Film — “12 Years a Slave”. NEW BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM – FEBRUARY 12: A miniature sandstorm whipped…
Morsi is ‘silenced’ as he faces spy charge – Irish Independent
Irish IndependentEgypt’s military-backed authorities attempted to silence deposed president Mohammed Morsi yesterday by surrounding the dock of the court where he is facing espionage charges with thick, soundproof glass.Egypt adjourns…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘in village massacre’ – BBC News
BBC NewsThe gunmen reportedly rounded up a group of men in Izge village and shot them, before going door-to-door and killing anyone they found. Officials said they suspected the Boko…
Ellen Page: ‘I’m here today because I am gay’ – State Column
State ColumnEllen Page came out on Friday. “I’m here today because I am gay. And because… maybe I can make a difference,” Page told her audience during a speech in…
NSA Australia allies ‘spied on US law firm’ in Indonesia row – BBC News
BBC NewsAustralian spies tapped a US law firm representing Indonesia in a trade dispute with the US, new leaks say. The 2013 document obtained by the New York Times does…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1 to include Start Screen backgrounds, browser … – Business Standard
Business StandardMicrosoft next mobile update may include start screen backgrounds and browser sync features, according to leaked Windows Phone 8.1 Software Development Kit (SDK). Microsoft is apparently planning to make…
Miley Cyrus kicks off her Bangerz tour with racy performance – Business Standard
Business StandardPop star Miley Cyrus kicked off her Bangerz tour with a racy performance by twerking on stage in revealing outfit. The 21-year-old singer, who had twerked first time at…
Mystery of Mars ‘doughnut rock’ solved – Business Standard
Business StandardScientists have found that the mysterious rock resembling a jelly doughnut discovered on the red planet is a piece of a larger rock broken and moved by the wheel…
Film starring Taiwan actress wins Berlin festival’s top prize – Focus Taiwan News Channel
Focus Taiwan News ChannelTaipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Chinese film “Black Coal, Thin Ice,” which stars Taiwanese actress Gwei Lun-mei, on Saturday (Germany time) won the Berlin International Film Festival’s top…
A big win for Asia at the Berlinale film festival – euronews
euronewsFilms from Asia are the clear winners at the 2014 Berlinale film festival in the German capital. Chinese thriller “Black Coal, Thin Ice”, scooped the top Golden Bear prize, while…
Top techs behind moviemaking get their star turn from Academy – Reuters
ReutersBEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – From the inventors of the pneumatic car flipper to the software developers who replaced clay modeling with digital sculpture, dozens of behind-the-scenes cinematic innovators turned…