Residents help repair the roof of their neighbour's house which was damaged by a fallen tree when a tornado swept through Shawnee, in Oklahoma May 19, 2013. A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died.Lightning from a tornadic thunderstorm passing over Clearwater, Kansas strikes at an open field May 19, 2013. A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died. A damaged mobile home is pictured amid the debris after a tornado swept through Shawnee, in Oklahoma May 19, 2013. A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died.
07:05 AM, May 21, 2013

Unveiled in November 1992, Simon was the first PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) device to utilise cellular technology. Simon was introduced in 1994 by BellSouth Cellular and was designed and built by IBM. At a cost of $900, the Simon was a combination cellular phone/PDA that included an x86-compatible CPU, a fax modem, a PCMCIA Type II PC Card slot, 11 buil t-in programs, and a 4 1/2- by 1 1/2-inch touch-sensitive LCD screen.Simon measu res 8 x 2.5 x1.5 inches and has been described as a hip G.I. Joe Walkie Talkie.
03:20 PM, Apr 29, 2013

Here are smartskin condoms for your smartphones. These are water-resistant plastic wraps. So now you don't need to worry while taking your phone to the beach, or on a boat, or while cycling in the rain. It allows you to use your phone out in the rain.These are sheaths made from soft and stretchy thermoplastic that cover your device to protect it, reports Mashable.
01:02 PM, Apr 27, 2013

HTC and Facebook launched the HTC First - the first phone with the new Facebook Home app, which was unveiled on Thursday. The phone has a 4.3-inch glass display and runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with the new Facebook Home experience. The HTC First will be available in four colours - black, white, red and pale blue.
04:20 PM, Apr 05, 2013

Facebook unveiled the Facebook Home app on Thursday. In simple terms, Facebook Home is a new app for Android. It is a new way to turn your Android phone into a social phone. Here are some interesting features of the Facebook Home app for Android:Facebook, HTC teamed up and launched the first Faebook Home-optimised phone - HTC First.Facebook Home is built around your friends and puts them at the centre of your phone.
01:35 AM, Apr 05, 2013

Bollywood celebrities came together for special screening of John Abraham's upcoming film 'I, Me Aur Main'. Chitrangada Singh, who plays John Abraham's love interest in 'I, Me Aur Main', at the screening of the film. Director Kabir Khan and his wife Mini Mathur pose for the shutterbugs.
11:11 AM, Feb 28, 2013

A major fire broke out at 3:50 am on Wednesday morning in Surya Sen market in Sealdah. rescue workers were trying to evacuate people feared trapped inside the market. Around 20 fire engines were rushed to the spot. The injured were taken to Calcutta Medical College.
11:33 AM, Feb 27, 2013

The world's first complete bionic man 'Rex' features artificial organs as well as fully functioning limbs.Swiss social psychologist Bertolt Mayer views 'Rex', a two metre tall artificial human, at the Science Museum in central London.The British roboticist designers claim it is the world's first complete bionic man.
05:17 PM, Feb 06, 2013

David Warner carried his bat through the Australia innings with an innings of 90 not out off 62 balls. (AP Photo)Dinesh Chandimal and Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrate after the latter ran out Shaun Marsh for 6 runs. (AP Photo)Jeevan Mendis prepares to take a ball in an attempt to run out Australia's David Warner. (AP Photo)
03:48 PM, Jan 26, 2013

Actor-director Kamal Haasan's controversial film 'Vishwaroopam', facing a two-week ban in Tamil Nadu amid protests by Muslim community, was released in Kerala but its screening was stopped by police in Hyderabad over security concerns. However, this isn't the first time that a film has courted controversy in India.Above is a still from the film Parzania, a 2007 drama co-written and directed by Rahul Dholakia and David N Donihue. The film starred Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika in the lead roles. It was inspired by the true story of a Parsi boy who disappeared after the February 28, 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre. The film was banned in Gujarat.Firaaq, a 2008 political thriller set one month after the 2002 violence in Gujarat, was banned in the state. The film went on to win two National Film Awards.Black Friday, a 2004 film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, earned the ire of some political sections for focussing on the aftermath of the Bombay blasts in 1993. The film was banned in Gujarat.
06:20 PM, Jan 25, 2013

The first trailer of Salman Khan starrer 'Dabangg 2' has been revealed. The film also stars Sonakshi Sinha and Prakash Raj in prominent roles.Arbaaz Khan is the director of 'Dabangg 2', while Abhinav Kashyap was the director of the first installment.Salman Khan had played the character of a fearless cop Chulbul Pandey in 'Dabangg'.
01:23 PM, Nov 11, 2012

Here is the first look of Maruti's new Alto - Alto 800. The company is all set to launch its much-awaited budget car on Tuesday, October 16.Visually, the Alto 800 is a completely new car. The headlights are mounted higher now and has black detailing inside. The grille is very Ford Figo-esque and has a chrome strip running right across the middle. The A-star inspiration is evident at the rear with the new tail lamps and bumper which give the car a very distinctive look.
04:34 PM, Oct 15, 2012

'Achhoot Kanya', directed by Franz Osten in 1936, featured the problems of dalits in India.Directed by Bimal Roy in 1953, 'Do Bigha Zameen' was an important movie as it was based on the ruthless 'zamindari' system.In 1957, 'Mother India' directed by Mehboob Khan, tried to explain why a normal person takes up a weapon for justice.
01:26 PM, Oct 14, 2012

Mozilla has released its first version of its reworked Firefox web browser customised for the upcoming Microsoft Windows 8 operating system.The development for the new browser began earlier this year. Google Chrome had also come up with Windows 8 Metro user interface support a few months ago.The Firefox Metro preview for Windows 8 will run on both the Windows 8 'classic Desktop' environment as well as the new 'Metro' environment.
02:38 PM, Oct 06, 2012

Check out the Hollywood films being released in India on September 21, 2012....A still from the move 'Dredd 3D'. 'Dredd 3D' is an action film directed by Pete Travis. Karl Urban plays Judge Dredd in the film.Olivia Thirlbynown known for comedies like 'Juno' will be seen as Judge Anderson in the film.
04:11 PM, Sep 20, 2012

It was a big week for gadget announcements as Amazon, Nokia and Motorola all tried to generate interest in their products before Apple's expected announcement of a new iPhone next Wednesday.Amazon.com Inc.'s 7-inch Kindle Fire is one of the smaller tablets with decent sales. Starting next Friday, it will sell an updated version with a faster processor, more memory and longer battery life. It will also cut the price to $159, from $199, making it far cheaper than the iPad, which starts at $399 for the 2011 version still on sale. (The most recent ones start at $499.) Amazon is also releasing higher-end models under the Kindle Fire HD line. A 7-inch one will go for $199, while an 8.9-inch one will go for $299. There's also a $499 model that can use the 4G cellular networks that phone companies have been building. A data plan will cost an extra $50 a year. The smaller HD model will start shipping next week, while the larger ones will be available November 20.
05:07 PM, Sep 08, 2012

Amazon.com showed off a larger, higher-end Kindle Fire for $299, taking aim at a fast-growing market now dominated by rival Apple.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, taking the stage in Santa Monica, California, unveiled an 8.9-inch version called the Kindle Fire HD. Amazon also unveiled a smaller 7-inch version that will sell for $159, down from $199 for the old model.
01:52 AM, Sep 07, 2012

Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, died at the age of 82. Born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Armstrong served in the US Navy and joined the Korean War before becoming an astronaut. Armstrong landed on the moon July 20, 1969 by taking the Apollo 11 spacecraft and is best remembered for saying:
01:08 PM, Aug 26, 2012

Microsoft unveiled Outlook.com - a revamped, Facebook-friendly version of its free, online email service Hotmail.Outlook.com has a new design that Microsoft says users 60 per cent fewer pixels but 30 per cent more messages visible in the inbox Users can open, edit and share Word, Excel and PowerPoint files in Outlook.com.
12:26 PM, Aug 01, 2012

For those of you on a strictly-Olympic TV watching regime, catch up on these Hollywood flicks based on the games during breaks! Million Dollar Legs (1932): A comedy in which the president of the fictional country Klopstokia hopes to win the weightlifting title at the games! Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937): Chan fights spies over an aerial guidance system.A Million to One (1937): An Olympic champ is stripped off his medals. Later his daughter falls in love with the original second place winner's son.
08:14 PM, Jul 29, 2012