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Updates planned for Windows 10 in 2017

Microsoft, which recently started rolling out the Windows 10 Anniversary update to over 350 million computers, seems to be ready with future updates. With Windows 10, Microsoft has announced plans to roll out frequent updates to the OS rather than announcing a new OS once every three years.

Is 30 Minutes of Exercise a Day Enough?

I asked readers to comment on how much time they spend exercising each day. Most voted for about an hour, which is what the exercise guidelines suggest for general health, fitness and weight loss.

A condition that lets you write on your skin

Have you ever drawn on an etch a sketch? These are those boards with magnetic sand on which you write with a metal pen. Once you dismiss the charge, the writing disappears as well. Now, imagine that same phenomenon, but on human skin.

Tribute to Maestro Sunil Shantha

Visharada Dr Mahinda Tennekoon, a senior pupil of late Maestro Sunil Shantha will present his concert  “Mewan Pitisare” (Rustic surroundings) a tribute to his master at the National Education Institute auditorium, Maharagama on Sunday 21 August commencing at 6.00 p.m.

Asteroid Bennu could hit earth, says NASA

NASA set to unravel giant asteroid Bennu that can hit Earth. A near-Earth asteroid that is coming towards our planet after being dislodged by a gravitational pull can indeed strike us and cause massive destruction, but according to experts, it has a only a one in 2,700 chances of hitting.

Godzilla comes back to Japan, in ways fresh and familiar

The man behind the monster: Godzilla — is not a man wearing a rubber suit, like in the 1954 original. Godzilla is back in its homeland of Japan after a 12-year absence, still breathing fire and mercilessly stomping everything in its way. Four ways can be noted as to how the new film Shin Godzilla, or New Godzilla, Read More

O captain! My captain!

Seven fishermen had lost hopes of making it to dry land, until Captain Radhika stepped in.Most people cower in the face of adversity. Few, however, possess the equanimity and poise to collect their wits when faced with danger. And that is precisely what Radhika Menon, the first woman captain in India’s Merchant Navy, did on Read More

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