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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Russian hacker hacks LinkedIn, steals 6.5m password

LinkedIn admitted Wednesday that a hacker managed to steal millions of users' passwords and post them to the Web, leading the Mountain View professional-networking service to lock up accounts with stolen passwords. A user uploaded almost 6.5 million passwords to a Russian Web forum, claiming that they were from LinkedIn. While the list that was uploaded to the forum did not include usernames, that does not necessarily mean whomever managed to extract the passwords did not also obtain the corresponding email addresses that match those accounts. After investigating for most of the day Wednesday, LinkedIn Director Vicente Silveira said...

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Intel plans for virtual tv

 Intel is counting on facial-recognition technology for targeted ads and a team of veteran entertainment dealmakers to win over reluctant media partners for its new virtual television service. But so far it's proving a challenge to get the service off the ground, thanks to an unwillingness on the part of major media content providers to let Intel unbundle and license specific networks and shows at a discount to what cable and satellite partners pay.Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, has kept its strategy to launch a slimmed down cable TV service under wraps as the tech giant risks getting into a completely new line of business.According...

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Top smartphones pros & cons

The high-end smartphone market in India is witnessing stiff competition.  Several biggies, including Apple and Samsung, are slugging it out to win  the hearts and minds of consumers.The latest salvo in the fight was fired by Samsung last week as it brought  its new flagship phone — Galaxy S III — to India days after it was launched  in Europe and some other markets.Galaxy S III comes close on heels of high-profile launches by Sony and HTC,  which have been selling Xperia S and One X respectively for several weeks now.  Here's how the hottest five smartphones in the country compare to each other  on specs...

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Kagawa set to shine at RED DEVILS.!

Kagawa set to shine at RED DEVILS.! Japan's Shinji Kagawa was strongly backed to make an impact for Manchester United on the field as well as off it Wednesday as he prepared to become the English Premier League's most expensive Asian player. Kagawa's Japan team-mates said the 23-year-old deserved his move to the English giants, while experts said the versatile attacking midfielder would be an important asset for United -- and not just for his marketing potential. "Shinji deserves to be playing for a top club. He belongs," said fellow Japan international Keisuke Honda, who plays for CSKA Moscow. "I hope he does well." Kagawa...

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FIFA new rankings.!

Uruguay have moved above Germany to become the second-highest ranked team behind world and European champions Spain in the latest FIFA rankings published on Wednesday. Germany, who together with fourth-ranked Netherlands, Denmark (9th) and Portugal (10th) are all in a tough Group B at Euro 2012 which starts on Friday, have slipped to third. Argentina climbed two places to seventh while Brazil (5th) and England (6th) also moved up one spot. Portugal were the big fallers, plummeting from fifth following a dismal start to the year in which they have failed to win in three matches, scoring just one goal. Rankings (last month's positions...

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Facebook to disappear in 5 to 8 years: Analyst

HOUSTON: The world without Facebook sounds unbelievable, but after its sliding stocks a hedge fund manager has predicted that Facebook will "disappear" in five to eight years. According to Eric Jackson, the founder of Ironfire Capital, said, "In five to eight years they are going to disappear in the way that Yahoo has disappeared." "Yahoo is still making money. It's still profitable, still has 13,000 employees working for it. But it's 10 per cent of the value that it was at the height of 2000. For all intents and purposes, it's disappeared." Jackson noted that so far there have been three generations of...

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Why Federer yelled at the crowd?

Paris: The crowd at Roland Garros on Monday got a taste of Roger Federer’s anger during his quarterfinal match against Juan Martin Del Potro.Federer was two points down during the second set tiebreak after hitting one into the nets when he yelled at the crowd, asking them to “shut up”. The Swiss apparently got infuriated due to the unnecessary noise the crowd was making that could’ve been affecting his concentration."That`s about as angry as you`ve ever seen Federer," John McEnroe was quoted as saying in reports. The 16-time Grand Slam champion dropped the set but came back to claim the next three, reaching his 31st Grand...

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Astrological changes due to Transit of Venus

Planet Venus passed directly between the Sun and Earth on 6 June 2012, an astronomical rarity that sky watchers were eager to witness. The Transit of Venus, as it is called, appeared like a small dot on the Sun's elaborate circumference. The next Venus transit will occur in the year 2117 that is after 105 years. In Mumbai, the transit began at 6 am and ended at 10.19 am. Renowned astrologer and numerologist Sunita Chabra talks about the astrological significance of the Transit of Venus. What is the astrological significance of the Transit of Venus? Venus in astrology signifies love, relationships, women, and finance....

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