Oct. 22: The first computers cost millions of dollars and were locked inside rooms equipped with special electrical circuits and air conditioning. The only people who could use them had been trained to write programs in that specific computer’s language. Today, gesture-based interactions, using multitouch pads and touchscreens, and exploration of virtual 3D spaces allow […]
Oct. 22: Facebook is taking steps to avoid a repeat of last month’s Napalm Girl controversy, while potentially opening itself up to a new headache. Facebook (FB, Tech30) announced Friday that it plans to cut down censorship of offensive posts that may violate its community standards against nudity and violence — that is, if those […]
Oct. 21: The more potent the pot is, the more likely a person who uses it is to become dependent on it, a new study from the United Kingdom finds. People in the study who used “high-potency” marijuana were twice as likely to become dependent as those who used lower-potency forms of the drug, according […]
Oct. 22 : A West Virginia couple expressed their love for each other and Target by recreating their wedding photos in the store for their one-year anniversary. Photographer Callie Lindsey snapped the unique photos of bride and groom Lauren and Corey Rexroad after Lauren said the Target store was the only thing missing from their […]
Oct. 22 : A South Carolina woman had a startling encounter with a snake when the sneaky reptile crawled down her leg as she was driving. Lisa Sheppard of Fort Mill said the snake appeared on the dashboard of her truck and proceeded to “play peekaboo” by poking its head out of the dash for […]
Oct. 21 : A young deer’s quest for knowledge led to a difficult search for an escape route when it ended up trapped in the lobby of a New Jersey high school. The deer was seen Friday morning bouncing off the walls of the lobby at Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes after it somehow […]
Oct. 21 : Shoppers at a Colorado strip mall were stunned to spot a group of unusual window-shoppers — a bull elk and his seven female companions. A video posted to Facebook by John Burns shows the bull bringing up the rear of the elk procession earlier this month at an outdoor shopping center in […]
Kathmandu / October 22 : Local Bodies Restructuring Commission today decided to create 744 local bodies at the most. This was stated in LBRC’s revised terms of reference and working procedures. The LBRC has determined the number of local bodies for the second time after the government revised its terms of reference and told it […]
Kathmandu / Oct 21: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the government would focus its attention towards poor people. Addressing a program organized to announce the unification between CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN Maoist (Revolutionary), Prime Minister Dahal said he has a plan to orient government towards people through supplementary budget. Sharing the […]
Dhankuta / Oct 21: Three farmers in Dhankuta have been honoured with the ‘President Award’-2073 BS. The awarded are Surendra Bahadur Chemjog of Maunabudhuk VDC-9, Jitendra Rai of Dhankuta Municipality-2 and Matrika Rai of Dhankuta Municipality-7. The District Agricultural Office, Dhankuta honoured them with the cash prize amidst a programme here today. The award for […]
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