Top events of 2012 - A review

Top events of 2012 - A review The Queen's Diamond jubilee The 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the thrones of seven countries upon the death of her father, King George VI were celebrated on 6th february 2012 .Celebrations were held in these countries(United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand ) to mark the occasion originally posted on http://geeknfreak.in/2012/12/25/Top-events-of-2012-A-review.php The Academy awards The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 of the United States and took place February 26, 2012,...

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Wins for City,Arsenal..Chelsea,United go down

Arsenal ease past 10-men tottenham after a moment of madness from x-arsenal forward Adebayor who scored the first goal for tottenham was handed a red card ..Tottenham struggled to cope with the numerical disadvantage thereafter and it only took a few minutes for Per Mertesacker to equalise. Lukas Podolski's strike, and Olivier Giroud's fifth goal in his last five games gave Arsenal a comfortable two-goal cushion by half-time. Tottenham fared slightly better in the second half, but their only reward came through a Gareth Bale consolation after Cazorla killed the contest. To add insult to injury Theo Walcott grabbed a deserved goal in injury...

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Diwali movies - What to watch for

The box Office of south India will see three biggies set to clash on Diwali day... Bollywood stars Ajay devgn , Shah rukh and Tamil star vijay are set to battle out to reach the top spot with their films 'Son of Sardaar' 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' and 'Thupakki' respectively. The bollywood 'Singham' also has admirers in the south, with the film an action comedy is expected to attract class A audience ... Devgan said the film is a complete 'Bollywood masala' film ,which will entertain the masses and the family audience who come to the theatres. SRK who is known for giving mass openings is set to relish the Diwali special with his 'Jab Tak...

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India's top International cricketer(2011-12) Virat kohli chosen for BCCI Polly Umrigar Award

Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli was chosen for the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Polly Umrigar award for being India's top international cricketer in 2011-12.With this Virat Kohli is going to be honoured with a trophy and cheque of 5 lakh Rupees at the Annual BCCI Awards Ceremony in Mumbai on 21 November 2012. The other previous winners of this prestigious award are Sachin Tendulkar in year 2006-07 and 2009-10, Virender Sehwag in year 2007-08, with Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid in year 2008-09 and 2010-11 respectively.Virat Kohli in year 2011-12 had scored:• 627 run @ 52.25 from 7 Tests, which include two centuries.• 1539...

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A perfect revenge taken by Chelsea FC

It was a day of football action and thrills of spectator to watch 9 goal drama in Stamford Bridge as the Blues cruised to a 5-4 victory over the Manchester Reds as a perfect revenge to their Sunday night controversial defeat.. Daniel Sturridge and Ramires struck in extra time to send Chelsea into the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup. Manchester United's young centre-half, Scott Wootton, had defended well for so long but his inexperience was eventually found out. Wootton fouled Ramires with seconds of normal time remaining, gifting Eden Hazard the chance to make it 3-3 from the spot. The Belgian duly delivered. Then Wootton's poor...

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Windows 8 strikes the target expectation

Four million Windows 8 upgrades since Friday, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer   Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday the company has sold 4 million upgrades to Windows 8, signalling a strong start for its new operating system which launched on Friday. Ballmer, speaking at a meeting for software developers at Microsoft's headquarters near Seattle, said hundreds of millions of Windows systems would be sold over the next year, and the company was seeing strong interest from business users. Ballmer already said on Monday that Windows 8 was outselling the previous version, Windows 7, at the same stage after launch...

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Nadal, Unstoppable at Roland Garros

Paris: Rafael Nadal has caused so many others sleepless nights at Roland Garros. This time, though, it was his turn to do all the tossing and turning. The bad weather. The unpredictable bounces. An opponent, Novak Djokovic, who couldn`t miss. It all kept flashing through his mind on Sunday night. He would walk back on the court Monday for the resumption of the rain-delayed final, protecting a slim lead in the fourth set — giving him very little time to get a wobbling game back on the rails. As it turns out, he lost sleep over nothing. Nadal won six of the nine games played after the restart to close out a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 victory over...

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Ultrabook’s newest competitor: MacBook Pro with retina display

Last night at Apple’s Worldwide Developer conference, the world’s number one tech company showcased a new range of MacBook Pros and the latest MacBook Air. Without a doubt, the new MacBook Pro is already the talk of the town. The first big change is in terms of size as the MacBook Pro got thinner and sexier. It is now only 0.71 inches thick. Almost everyone who showcased those hybrid ultrabooks cum tablets at Computex 2012 in Taiwan must be feeling a little silly. The idea was always that laptops would get thinner, and faster and Apple has shown everyone how to do this with the new MacBook Pro. The other big change for MacBook...

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Lenovo launches IdeaPad U310, IdeaPad U410 ultrabooks in India

Lenovo has launched the IdeaPad U310 and IdeaPad U410 ultrabooks in India. These new ultrabooks are powered by 3rd generation Intel Core processors. Lenovo ultrabooks are touted to combine the features of traditional laptops—powerful processing performance, large storage capacity and rich audio—with the sleek aesthetics and desirable qualities of tablets, such as fast boot up, instant resume and all day battery life. The Lenovo IdeaPad U310 ultrabook features a 13.3-inch HD display. It offers up to 4GBDD3 memory, up to 500GB storage and 32GB SSD cache. It starts from Rs 49,990 onwards. The Lenovo IdeaPad U410 ultrabook is sleek with...

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Apple Kicks Google Maps Off iOS

As expected, Apple has announced its own mapping solution for iOS 6,featuring real-time traffic conditions, turn-by-turn navigation, Yelp integration, vector graphics, and 3D flyovers. The new Maps app, due out this fall with iOS 6, means the end of the Google Maps-powered app that iOS devices have used since 2007. For iOS users, this news comes not a moment too soon--many of the features Apple announced Monday have been available on Google Maps for Android for years. Apple's break with Google means the iPhone maker can finally offer significant improvements to Maps on iOS instead of relying on...

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