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Written by Nimish Dubey
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 21:36 |
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Arguably, the first thing that most people say when they pick up a phone is "Hello." The word has become a popular greeting all over the world, but not too many people know about its origins and why it is used. Before ‘Hello' became popular, telephone operators used to start conversations with, "Are you there?" or "Are you ready to talk?" The man who made ‘Hello' famous was the same one who gave us the electric bulb and the ceiling fan - Thomas Alva Edison.
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Written by Nimsh Dubey
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Monday, 15 December 2008 00:00 |
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Every year, Time magazine selects a personality, an idea or a group of people as its Person of the Year. It used to be ‘Man of the Year' till 1999.
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Written by Nimish Dubey
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 00:00 |
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 Spotting bugs in software and debugging them are standard practices in software development these days. However, the terms ‘bug' and ‘debug' became popular only after an incident in 1947, even though the term ‘bug' had been used as far back as in the 1870s by none other than Thomas Alva Edison, and was used by engineers to describe problems that occurred in machines, and even computers.
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Written by Nimish Dubey
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Friday, 14 November 2008 00:00 |
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Many observers feel that one of the biggest reasons for the success of Google's search is its clean interface, comprising mainly the Google logo, a search box and a few buttons - a far cry from the cluttered look of other search websites. However, the bare look of Google was not a deliberate design decision.
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Written by Nimish Dubey
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Friday, 12 September 2008 00:00 |
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With Microsoft tangled up in legal wires, most conspiracy theorists have turned their guns on search behemoth, Google, accusing it of attempting to control the world. Theories abound as to how the company is going to do this - from collecting users' personal information from the search engine and Google's beta services, to taking over one rival after another until the user has no alternative apart from the big G.. Well, one does not really know whether the folks at Google have their eyes on taking over Earth but they sure have plans for Mars
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