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• Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria
  - 13 hours ago
  The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design.
• iGate sacks CEO Phaneesh Murthy after sexual harassment probe
  - 2 days ago
  The US-listed company, which has bulk of its employees in India, has appointed Gerhard Watzinger as interim chief executive with immediate effect
• How bilinguals switch between languages
  - 1 day ago
  People who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate "sound systems" for each language, according to new research.
• Twitter introduces login verification, beefs up security safeguards after recent attacks
  - 3 hours ago
  Repeated hacking incidents have raised questions about Twitter's credibility and reliability just as it is beginning to assume a central role in a fast-changing media landscape, with the volume of tweets rising to more than 400 million a day.
• 1% rise in licenced software use can add $1.3 billion to GDP: Study
  - 1 day ago
  The study confirms that increasing use of licenced software corresponds to substantial positive gains in GDP, and that the economic stimulus effect of properly licensed software is significantly greater than that of pirated software.
• The phones have turned smart, how about you?
  - 1 day ago
• Goa MIT student Andrea Colaco invents gesture-recognition smartphone technology
  - 17 hours ago
  The creation would allow the users to interact with their devices through thin air.
• BrahMos missile successfully test fired from ship
  - 21 hours ago
  The missile performed the high-level 'C' manoeuvre in the pre-determined flight path and successfully hit the target.
• Social network addiction taking over lives: Australian study
  - 1 day ago
  According to the study, three out of every five internet users are accessing these sites more than five times a day, making it a total of seven hours a day.
• Shakespeare's sonnets come to life in new app
  - 2 days ago
  To mark the launch of the app, 10 short films will be released on Monday, and a new one every few days after that.