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Submission + - Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge (indiatimes.com) 2

Submitted by bharatm on Monday November 25, 2024 @05:56AM

bharatm writes: Think twice before driving on a Bridge with Google Maps.
From source, "Three men traveling from Gurugram to Bareilly died in a car accident. Their taxi fell off an incomplete bridge in Faridpur. They were using Google Maps. The navigation app led them to the unfinished bridge. Villagers found the car the next morning. Police recovered the bodies. The victims' families blame the lack of barricades. An investigation is underway."

Submission + - Microsoft face online fight with Hotmail Founder (timesonline.co.uk)

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bharatm

on Thursday November 22, 2007 @03:47AM

bharatm writes: "Sabeer Bhatia(The co-founder of Hotmail, the web-based e-mail service bought by Microsoft for $400 million a decade ago), is challenging the American software giant's core $20 billion (£9.7 billion) office desktop business. Yesterday Sabeer Bhatia released a free online rival to the bestselling Office suite of applications that will allow users to view, share and edit documents from any computer. Click here for more details."

Submission + - India brings back orbiting satellite to earth

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bharatm

on Monday January 22, 2007 @07:51AM

bharatm writes: "In a pathbreaking event heralding its arrival as a space power with capability to recover an orbiting satellite, India today successfully brought back a spacecraft to earth, giving a new impetus to the proposed manned mission to space in the next decade. More details here and here."

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