New Delhi: Olympic-bound Indian discus-thrower Krishna Poonia came up with a below-par effort of 62.11m to miss out on a medal and settle for the fourth spot in the Perfontaine Classic Diamond League Meet at Eugene in Oregon, United States. Krishna's effort was markedly lower than the national record of 64.76m that she pulled off to qualify for the London Olympics in Hawaii earlier this month. But it was still...
01:16 PM, Jun 02, 2012
London: The main accused in the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in Britain on December 26, 2011 pleaded guilty on Friday in a Manchester court. Kiaran Stapleton admitted to shooting 23-year-old Bidve in an unprovoked attack on the Boxing Day. Stapleton, 21, admitted to manslaughter at the Manchester Crown Court. He is expected to go on trial for murder. Lancaster University student Bidve was walking with friends...
03:57 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Milagrow has announced the addition of yet another tablet PC to its range. The latest is the TabTop 7.4, a 7-inch tablet. The TabTop 7.4 is only 6.5 mm thick and weighs 361 grams. The tablet is in a 4:3 ratio (800x600 pixels), instead of the the more popular 16:9. According to Milagrow this shape gives the TabTop 7.4 more screen area than other 7-inch tablets. The tablet...
06:03 PM, May 30, 2012
Mumbai: Samsung has quietly announced to give 50 GB free Dropbox storage offer to its Galaxy Tab 2 series tablet models for one year. Samsung's Promo page states that the consumers who purchase new Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (P3100) and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 models will get 50 GB free Dropbox storage for a year. These users are simply required to sign-up or login in the Dropbox app and continue...
01:04 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia has no problem buying a T-shirt for her 10-year-old son Lakshya Raj, but the message he wants emblazoned on it gives her pause for thought. Poonia threw 64.76 meters in an event in Hawaii earlier this month to break India's national record but when she spoke to her son by telephone thousands of miles away in Jaipur, all she got was a stern...
12:37 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: The $ 10 million bounty on Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed was the subject of a verbal tit-for-tat at an interaction Home Secretary RK Singh had with journalists in Islamabad last week. At the media conference after the two-day Home Secretary level talks, a Pakistani journalist asked Singh whether India would 'pocket' the $ 10 million bounty offered by the United States for providing evidence leading...
07:48 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: While Nokia shrugged aside reports about a Windows 8 tablet, calling it 'misconstrued,' a Windows 8 tablet unexpectedly emerged from Dell. As per reports by Neowin, the image (as seen below) is of the Dell Latitude 10 Windows 8 tablet. It's a 10-inch tablet with HD capacitive multi-touch screen with 1366 x 768 resolution. The device is powered by Intel Clover Trail Atom Dual Core processor with 2GB...
10:39 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Multi Disciplinary Steering Committee of the sports ministry has approved the preparatory tournaments for Hockey Olympic qualifiers ahead of the upcoming London Games. The committee met under the chairmanship of secretary (Sports) on May 18 and approved coaching camps and preparatory tournaments for Olympic qualifiers and the sparring partners on the basis of proposals submitted by the Hockey India. The team comprising of 22 Players, three coaches...
06:29 PM, May 26, 2012
San Francisco: Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad. The decision announced Friday is part of the struggling Internet company's latest turnaround effort. Last month, Yahoo Inc. told analysts it would close or combine about 50 services that haven't been performing up to expectations. That housecleaning plan was drawn up by Yahoo's former CEO, Scott Thompson, who lasted at the company...
10:24 AM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: If the Apple iPad be the Goliath of tablets, meet David - Aakash, the world's cheapest tablet computer. With hardly any flab beyond that 7-inch screen, it might also be among the smallest. Unlike the original iPad, it accepts pen drives. Something Indian university students, who get these tablets before everyone else, will find useful. But there are few gripes. The screen is rather unresponsive. Sometimes one has...
06:33 AM, May 26, 2012
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11:43 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's pet project Aakash tablets is in a mess. Six months after the launch of the world's cheapest tablet computer Aakash, not a single tablet has been delivered so far. The Rs 2,250 tablet remains a distant dream for students. "There are milestones in life when we feel we have really achieved something great. This is one of those milestones," Kapil Sibal had...
09:39 PM, May 25, 2012
London: Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez has been "made an offer" by Liverpool's American owners who are searching for a new manager after sacking Kenny Dalglish, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said on Friday. Martinez flew to Miami after holidaying in Barbados to meet Liverpool's principle owner John Henry and, according to Whelan, is set for a second meeting on Tuesday. "He had a very constructive meeting. They made an offer and...
08:58 PM, May 25, 2012
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