10 Fascinating Unique Word Pairs

10 Fascinating Unique Word Pairs The words we use have long histories. Some are straightforward, but many have interesting stories behind them. I have seen many lists of interesting etymologies (none on Listverse, oddly…

October 28, 2010 · 1 min

Now Enjoy Bollywood Songs through Google Music

Now Enjoy Bollywood Songs through Google Music While you can find and listen to almost any Hindi movie song or music album on YouTube, there’s now a better way. Google India, in partnership with In.com and Saavn.com, today launched an…

October 23, 2010 · 1 min

10 Unusual and Amazing Snakes

10 Unusual and Amazing Snakes There are about 3,000 species of snakes in the world; since their appearance during the age of dinosaurs they have adapted to many different lifestyles and evolved into many different and often…

October 7, 2010 · 1 min

21 Tech Companies that Changed The World... Before They Died

21 Tech Companies that Changed The World… Before They Died The tech industry is a finicky business. Many brilliant companies have failed just because they launched a product too advanced for its time or lacked adequate marketing power. Even successful…

September 16, 2010 · 1 min

8 Google Contests to Keep an Eye On and Win a Prize

8 Google Contests to Keep an Eye On and Win a Prize Who doesn’t love a contest? Contests, sweepstakes, challenges, usually come with the lure of a free prize; and the word ‘free’ is the ultimate sweetener. Open contests are really popular and we…

August 17, 2010 · 1 min

Rubik's Cube Now Solvable in 20 Moves

Rubik’s Cube Now Solvable in 20 Moves A few years ago we reported that it had been proven that Rubik’s Cubes could be solved in 23 moves. Well now that number is down to just 20. Proving it required 35 years of computer time donated by…

August 10, 2010 · 1 min

10 Great Racetracks as Seen From Space

10 Great Racetracks as Seen From Space View 10 classic auto tracks and urban loops from high above Earth.

July 1, 2010 · 1 min

New Currency Symbol for Indian Rupee

New Currency Symbol for Indian Rupee Like the US Dollar ($) and the Japanese Yen (Y=), the Indian Rupee too will soon have a unique sign that will be recognized worldwide. The Government of India has shortlisted five designs…

June 25, 2010 · 1 min