Your personal cellphone data info is for sale for as low as Rs 0.01.

In a secret operation carried out by a correspondent belonging to one of the reputed and leading Newspaper agency, revealed the potential embarrassing issue regarding the privacy of Indian mobile users.

The correspondent spoke to one such organisation that sends bulk SMSes. Posing as a potential customer, this correspondent was made an amazing offer — 1 lakh mobile phone numbers for just Rs 1,000.

Your personal cellphone data info is for sale for as low as Rs 0.01.

US Govt plans to tag its people with Internet Identity?

In order to protect US nationals online identity and to prevent memorizing many passwords, US Govt had initiated a plan to issue American computer users with an internet identity and for this, Obama has put the US Commerce Department in charge of the cybersecurity initiative.

For this, the US administration is drafting a paper called the National Strategy for Trusted Identities.

US Govt plans to tag its people with Internet Identity?

2010 Word of the Year goes to "App"

American Dialect Society's has chosen the word 'App' for the ‘Word of the Year' for the year 2010.

App is the short form of the word application which is generally used in tech world. Now, the word App, is every bodies mouth thanks to Apple's and Google's market store for applications for mobiles and tablets.

‘Nom' - a chat, tweet, and text-friendly syllable that connotes ‘yummy food' - was the runner-up.

2010 Word of the Year goes to "App"

'Instant cancer' may be caused due to cell explosions.

Scientists from U.K claims to know the cause of surprise cancer or also know as 'Instant Cancer'.

This finding from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK contradicts the long-held theory that thousands of mutations over a lifetime cause cancer.

This study also helps explain why some people are diagnosed with cancer only months after x-rays or other tests fail to detect traces of the disease, the journal Cell reports.

'Instant cancer' may be caused due to cell explosions.

Engineering students from Chennai, India develops nano satellites, weighs less than 10kgs

A group of 54(51 men and 3 women) engineering students from SRM University, Chennai, designed and developed a 10-kg nano satellite which is aimed to monitor greenhouse gases (GHG), expects, launch off with ISRO's Megatropics G satellite this April by ISRO.

Project named as 'SRMSAT', worked began long back in 2008, developed under the guidance of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).An estimated Rs.1 crore of rupees in invested in this project.

The students from 12 deparments of engineering in the university have been working closely with the ISRO to develop the nano satellite.

Engineering students from Chennai, India develops nano satellites, weighs less than 10kgs

Facebook suicide status msg gets mocked, but turns out to be real.

On the sacred eve on Christmas, 42-year-old Simone Back from Britain posted a Facebook message reading, "Took all my pills be dead soon so bye bye every one."

Most of them thinking as joke(not taking it serious), that status msg attracted 148 comments, many of them mocking. The next day, i.e., on the next day of christmas she was found dead at her apartment. This facebook user had more than 1,000 Facebook friends.

Facebook suicide status msg gets mocked, but turns out to be real.

Women tears send signals to men's brain to back off : Study

Study conducted by Researchers from Israel show how powerful one's women tears is. They say, Crying may be nature's way of telling men to give women some space.

Research by Israeli scientists, of Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science examined the significance of emotional human tears suggests they are far more than watery drops squeezed from glands around the eyes.

They found that Women's tears play a functional role by emitting chemical signals that reduce testosterone levels and sexual arousal in men, the study found.

"The fact that emotional tears are different in content was a strong clue for us that they served as a chemo-signal," said Sobel, a professor of neurobiology at the institute. "For sure, it's a means of chemical communication. We communicate in many ways."

Women tears send signals to men's brain to back off : Study

India soon to have its own satellite navigation system, Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) .

Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO) official said that India will soon join a select group of nations having its own satellite navigation system which is going to be named as Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) which help to know the position, navigation and timing (PNT) services.

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) will soon have 11 satellites in series to offer navigation and location knowing services.

India soon to have its own satellite navigation system, Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) .

After stealing many hearts, Munni and Sheila facing ban threats.

A PIL was filed in Allahabad High Court demanding immediate ban on Hindi Movie item number songs 'Munni Badnam Hui' and 'Sheila ki Jawani' on the grounds that they were against decency and morality.

On December 23, a woman had filed a PIL in court seeking an immediate ban on the two songs, alleging that they were against decency and morality.

After stealing many hearts, Munni and Sheila facing ban threats.

David Beckham's son, Romeo Beckham bends it like beckham, joins Britain's Best Dressed list

This little style icon is giving tough competition to all the biggies. He is just eight years old and made into Britain's Best Dress list by GQ Magazine. He is Romeo, Romeo Beckham son of soccer star David Beckham's.

Ranked at 26, while his father took the 16th spot on the list, according to the Daily Mail.

David Beckham's son, Romeo Beckham bends it like beckham, joins Britain's Best Dressed list

Before New Year night, bizarre incident involving free fall of birds took place in US.

When all were busy, preparing to welcome New Year in Arkansas, US, some people got witness something bizarre. The saw free fall of birds from high dark sky.

On roads, on roofs, on lawns, up to 5000 blackbirds fell within a one-mile area. Most of them were dead.

Before New Year night, bizarre incident involving free fall of birds took place in US.

This is interesting.... Facebook tried to buy twitter for $500 million back in 2008.

In an interview to the British business daily, Financial Times, Micro blogging site Twitter turned down an offer worth $ 500 million purchase from the leading and most popular social networking site Facebook, back in 2008.

According to the Financial Times, Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg offered 500 million dollars in Facebook stock for Twitter.

This is interesting.... Facebook tried to buy twitter for $500 million back in 2008.

2011 will witness four solar and two lunar eclipses.

(IANS) Four solar and two total moon eclipses will be observed in different parts of the world, including in India, in 2011.

The first solar eclipse will take place Jan 4. It will begin at 06:40 GMT and will be visible from Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa.

2011 will witness four solar and two lunar eclipses.

Ratan Tata invests $15 million in a research facility, aimed to power car by simple water.

Recently, in a press conference convened by the Chemical Research Society of India, revealed the dream of Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata.

Ratan Tata's dream is to see cars fueled by only water, simply water which may be toilet water, sea water or drinking water. In order to make it happen soon, he has invested USD 15 million in a start-up firm supporting research in the field, carried out by an eminent scientist from Massechusetts Institute of Technology in the US.

Ratan Tata invests $15 million in a research facility, aimed to power car by simple water.

Now, facebook is said to worth $50 billion, thanks to Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies.

According to New York Times sources, $500 million is pumped into Facebook belly by Goldman Sachs and Russian Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies, making estimating the social networking site at USD 50 billion.

By Ny Times sources, Goldman Sachs has invested USD 450 million and Digital Sky Technologies, which has already invested about half a billion dollars in Facebook, put in an additional $50 million, the paper said.

Now, facebook is said to worth $50 billion, thanks to Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies.

Coal India will attempt second time to buy Mahatma Gandhi's Johannesburg house

Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal told PTI that we will be going to South Africa to make its second attempt to buy the house of Mahatma Gandhi in Johannesburg, where he had lived for over a year, with the desire to build a memorial there.

Earlier in August 2009, Coal India had made similar attempt to buy the house but that couldnt happened.

Coal India will attempt second time to buy Mahatma Gandhi's Johannesburg house

Indian Boy plans to put waste plastic into roads for durability and save environment.

A Post-graduate student from Bangalore, India has come up with simple and powerful idea to put waste plastic to good and durable use.

For example lets take the example of the city where this student resides. Roughly Bangalore generates 50 tonne of plastic waste.

Indian Boy plans to put waste plastic into roads for durability and save environment.

An US attorney makes living by suing spammers

Do you hate spams?? Generally many do.... But one man from the US does hate them like anything .... and now he makes his living by SUING. His name is Daniel Balsam.

It all started eight years ago, when he got annoyed by the mail he received, when he was working as a marketer. The mail was about enlarging his breasts.

Enraged, he launched a Web site called Danhatesspam.com, quit a career in marketing to go to law school and is making a decent living suing spammers.

An US attorney makes living by suing spammers

Nearly 250 billion plastic materials are floating in Mediterranean : Researchers

According to an estimate made by researchers, approximately 250 billion minute pieces of plastic are floating in the Mediterranean Sea.

The estimate comes from French and Belgian marine biologists who analysed water samples taken in July off France, northern Italy and Spain to a depth of 10-15 centimetres (four to six inches).

French Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) made rough estimation of roughly 250 billion pieces of micro-debris in all the Mediterranean sea.

The figure derives from 4,371 minute pieces of plastic -- average weight 1.8 milligrams (0.00006 of an ounce)found in the samples.

Nearly 250 billion plastic materials are floating in Mediterranean : Researchers

Is change in climate changing the flavour of Tea?

Tea farmers/growers form India claims that climate change is blamed for decline in production and as well as the flavor they brew.

Assam, India's leading producer of Tea produces approx 55% of the India's total tea crop. Overall, India accounts for 31% of global tea production.

Is change in climate changing the flavour of Tea?