Tuesday 31 July 2012

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July 31, 2012

Top Headlines

Maruti may sack all workers involved in Manesar violence
Maruti is considering sacking all its workers, who are suspected to have played a role in violence that led to killing of Awanish Kumar.

BJP demands PM's apology over power failure
BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said it is a total failure of the UPA government in the power sector, which is manifested in the total blackout of two days.

Income tax site crashes as people rush to file returns
The volume of income-tax applications has increased after the department has made it mandatory for all those who earn over Rs 10 lakh per annum.

Cities

Girl pushed out of running train
A 20-yr-old girl was pushed out of a running train allegedly by the father-in-law of her friend who she says was trying to sell her to someone in Ajmer district.

Delhi Metro services again hit due to power failure
City's lifeline Delhi Metro came to a standstill yet again this afternoon after services were suspended for two hours due to collapse of the Northern Power Grid.

Business

Sahara buys NY's Plaza Hotel for $570m
Sahara Group has agreed to buy a controlling stake in New York's landmark Plaza Hotel for $570 million.

Sensex closes 92 points up on global cues
Sensex made a smart comeback and closed over 92 points higher led by oil&gas and IT stocks amid strong global trends.

Sports

Kashyap qualifies for knockout stage in men's singles
Twenty first ranked Kashyap outplayed his rival, ranked 11 places above him, 21-9 21-14 in the second and final Group D match.

No shame in losing if you give your best, says Bindra
"Obviously I am disappointed, but such is life," Bindra said in an interaction at London Games Village before leaving for India.

Entertainment

No adult material in porn star Sunny's house
When in her early teens, Sunny Leone chanced upon a porn DVD in the closet of her conservative Sikh home in Canada.

Deepika Padukone is Bhansali's Juliet
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who reportedly wasn't too keen on having a 'married' Juliet as the female lead in Ram Leela, has finally found his heroine.

Infotech

Grid collapse: How Genpact, WNS, EXL ran operations
The BPO industry in Gurgaon and Noida managed to run operations, even as power grid failed, using back-up generator sets that run on diesel.

iPhone looks 'small and chubby' as Samsung shines
Apple has become the world's most valuable company on the back of the iPhone, which makes up nearly half of its revenue.

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Monday 30 July 2012

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July 30, 2012

Top Headlines

Gagan Narang wins bronze medal in 10m air rifle at London Olympics
Gagan Narang ended India's medal drought at the London Olympics after clinching bronze medal in the 10 metre air rifle event with an over all score of 701.1.

32 killed in fire on Tamil Nadu Express, railway minister hints at sabotage
"Some of passengers admitted to hospitals and a gateman at one of the crossings heard a loud sound when the fire occurred in the coach", Mukul Roy said.

Team Anna sees conspiracy in northern power grid collapse
Kumar Vishwas, a member of Team Anna's core committee, said government can do anything but people will come out and join the Hazare movement.

Cities

John Abraham's van vandalized by mob, MNS denies role
Around 20 people, said to be members of the MNS, vandalised several vehicles at a film set after an argument over use of a private road.

Student arrested for stabbing lover's father in Hyderabad
Hyderabad police arrested a 19-year-old B Com student who stabbed his lover's father on Sunday.

Business

Spicejet net up Rs 56 crore in Q1
The Chennai-based Kalanithi Maran-promoted carrier also posted a 51 per cent growth in sales at Rs 1,406.74 crore in the April-June quarter.

High inflation may prevent RBI from cutting rates
In view of high inflation and deficient monsoon rainfall, the Reserve Bank may find it difficult to cut the key lending rate to boost the economy.

Sports

London Olympics: Abhinav Bindra fails to qualify
Beijing Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra crashed out of the London Games by failing to qualify for men's 10-metre air rifle.

4th ODI: India on look out for a series win over Sri Lanka
India would look to carry forward the winning momentum and seal the series when they take on gritty Sri Lanka in the fourth and penultimate ODI on Tuesday.

Entertainment

Kareena takes a dig at Katrina in Heroine
Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film has a sequence where Kareena Kapoor takes potshots at Katrina Kaif.

Rohan Sippy's film set vandalised
Miscreants connected to Raj Thackeray's MNS disrupted the shoot and damaged property worth over Rs 15 lakh.

Infotech

iGate plans to hire 3,500 in 2012
IT firm iGate has said it is targetting $900 million revenues over the next five years from iTOPS.

H-1B visas: Filing application may get tougher
The US government has proposed some changes in the Form ETA-9035 Labor Condition Application (LCA) form.

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Google’s glasses are here! Consumer version by 2014


Google Inc expects to roll out a consumer version of its electronic eyewear that can live-stream images and audio and perform computing tasks in less than two years, though it stopped short of putting a price tag on the “smart” glasses.
Google Glass, as the technology is known, will be sold to consumers at a price “significantly” lower than the $1,500 that the company is selling it to US-based software developers from early next year, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said.

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Brin showed off the glasses at Google’s annual developer conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, providing the most in-depth public look at the futuristic technology since Google first announced the project in April.
Google also unveiled its first tablet which it will start selling from mid-July for $199, hoping to

Sunday 29 July 2012

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July 29, 2012

Top Headlines

Anna Hazare begins fast, says countrymen will not let me die
My team had told me not to fast citing health reasons. When over 400 people are on fast, I cannot ignore them and not be on fast, Hazare said.

London Olympics: Mystery woman identified; Indian contingent still clueless
A day after photos of the 'mystery woman' went viral on social sites, a newspaper claimed to have identified her as Madhura Honey, a post-graduate from Bangalore.

Supersonic missile BrahMos test-fired from Odisha
The missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg.

Cities

18 babies in 15 years, just one survived
Thirty five-year-old Babli, an Anganwadi worker in Kathumbar in Alwar district, delivered 18 babies in the past 15 years but only one could survive.

Woman raped by 3 men, sold thrice
The case has once again brought to fore kidnapping and trafficking of girls from Nagpur to other states for sexual exploitation.

Business

Tired of delays, Tata Power turns to overseas for expansion
The country's largest private sector power utility has a 26,000 mw generation target by 2020.

India's shopping malls lose bustle as economy cools
Asia's third-largest economy is growing at its slowest pace in 9 yrs and sluggish consumer spending is forcing mall developers to scale back plans.

Sports

India left with work to do despite win: Gautam Gambhir
Opener Gautam Gambhir feels the team has to get its act together as far as bowling at the death is concerned.

Vijender Singh beats Danabek Suzhanov in men's middleweight boxing
Vijender will now take on Terrell Gausha of USA in the pre-quarters on August 2.

Entertainment

Actors don't do movies to break records: Salman Khan
I guess all three of us (Aamir, Shah Rukh and I) have been lucky, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan said.

Dostana director out of Dharma Productions?
If insiders are to be believed, Tarun Mansukhani has been shown the door by the man who he considered his mentor - Karan Johar.

Infotech

H-1B, H-1B1 visas: Filing application may get tougher
The US has proposed some changes in the Form ETA-9035 which is used by companies that want to place non-immigrant employees in the country for work.

Review: Apple's new Mountain Lion operating system
Apple is making the new Mac system even more like the iOS software that powers its iPhones and iPads.

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HTC One S review


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Taiwanese manufacturer HTC may have skipped the Consumer Electronics Show this year, but it was certainly back with a bang for the Mobile World Congress. The company showcased three very important smartphones as part of its One series at the event - its flagship One X, mid-range One V and it's thinnest smartphone till date, the One S.Despite being just 7.8mm thick, the HTC One S packs in some power. It comes with a 1.7GHz Qualcomm S3 processor and 1GB RAM. Will this sleek smartphone be able to catch the fancy of Indian consumers? We will find out in this review.
Hardware
The HTC One S is one of the few phones that grab your attention instantly. It looks fresh and quite different from HTC's yesteryear phones. The company seems to have put in quite a bit of thought in the making of this smartphone - the aluminium unibody shell is now much thinner and the speaker grills have been micro-drilled, similar to the One X.
The top and bottom parts of the back are still plastic and the top comes off to reveal the micro-SIM card slot. Similar to the One X, the battery of the device remains inaccessible.
ones_sides.jpgThanks to the not-so-huge 4.3-inch display and thin profile, the One S fits nicely in the hand and feels right.
Coming to the specifics, the sides of the One S are pretty clean apart from the Micro-USB port on the left and volume rocker on the right. The primary mic is present at the bottom, while the top houses the secondary mic, power button and 3.5mm headset jack.
Overall, the smartphone's industrial design is a nice departure from company's smartphones till now.
Display
The HTC One S features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display with qHD resolution (960x540), which might not be as crispy as an HD display but is definitely decent. It offers great viewing angles and rich colour reproduction. However, the AMOLED's blue tinge is also present on the phone.
While, the screen looks bright and vibrant, it has its own set of issues because of the underlying technology - Super AMOLED and the PenTile pixel arrangement that makes some colours look grainy on careful observation.
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The smartphone shares the same camera system as the HTC One X, which performed