Samsung Galaxy S3 sales top 20 mn
September 6th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Sep 6 (IANS) Samsung Electronics Thursday said global sales of its Galaxy S3 smartphone topped 20 million at a faster pace than any of its predecessors.According to an e-mailed ... Read more...
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Britons uncomfortable with sex and money talk
August 20th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 20 (IANS) Britons are least comfortable talking about their sex lives and their finances, a survey has found.Earlier, politics and religion were the least-liked subjects, but now sex ... Read more...
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Salman pays tribute to Dara Singh, with a minute’s silence
July 12th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan along with other actors and media persons kept a minute of silence to pay tribute to Dara Singh, who died Thursday ... Read more...
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Judge rules that Apple’s iPad is cooler than Samsung’s Galaxy tablet
July 11th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An UK judge has ruled that the Apple’s iPad is ‘cooler’ than the Samsung’s Galaxy tablet. And so both of them are not similar and thus Samsung ... Read more...
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Samsung did not copy ‘cool’ Apple iPad: Court
July 10th, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) The British High Court has ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab range does not unlawfully copy the iPad's "cool" minimalist design, The Telegraph reported.Apple sued its Korean ... Read more...
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Samsung targets 60 percent of Indian smartphone market share
May 31st, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Korean mobile handsets giant Samsung Electronics Thursday launched its much-awaited smartphone Galaxy S III in the Indian market and said the company had targeted 60 ... Read more...
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S3
May 4th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 4 (IANS) Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship phone the Galaxy S3 here.The phone's most innovative feature is built-in face-tracking and voice control - allowing, Samsung claims, for ... Read more...
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Google selling smartphones again
April 25th, 2012 - 4:16 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, April 25 (IANS) Google has begun selling Galaxy Nexus smartphones in its online Google Play store. The unbranded phone costs $399.The device supports NFC (near field communication) technology ... Read more...
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New iPad tops tablet ratings
April 3rd, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 3 (IANS) Apple's new iPad has scored the highest ratings among tablet devices in the market, says a survey by US magazine Consumer Reports."Performance on the new iPad ... Read more...
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Kim Kardashian to buy Beckham’s home?
March 27th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 27 (IANS) Reality TV star Kim Kardashian reportedly wants to buy David and Victoria Beckham's English home as a European base for her family.The Beckhams, who relocated ... Read more...
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Beckham losing British accent
March 14th, 2012 - 7:01 am ICT by IANS
London, March 14 (IANS) British footballer David Beckham, who moved to Los Angeles with wife Victoria in 2007 to play for LA Galaxy, admits he is losing his London ... Read more...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 to go on sale from 1st of March
February 29th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Feb 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Samsung’s latest device Galaxy Tab 7.7 will go on sale from the 1st of March 2012. Carrier Verizon announced on Tuesday that the tablet will be sold ... Read more...
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Samsung Galaxy Note - ‘Tablet cum Smartphone’
February 14th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Feb 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) When Samsung announced the release of the Galaxy Note, many tech fans never actually knew what to make of it. The device was too small to be ... Read more...
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Israel grows purple carrots, tiger-striped tomatoes
January 31st, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Jan 31 (IANS) Ever heard of purple carrots or black or tiger-striped tomatoes? Farmers in Israel have now grown differently-coloured varieties -- not as a result of genetic modification ... Read more...
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Ice cream sandwich powered Galaxy Nexus makes its debut
October 19th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Google is fighting to improve its dominance of the mobile operating system market. The company has introduced its latest OS called Ice Cream Sandwich. Google says ... Read more...
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Apple wins battle to block Samsung tablets in Australia
October 13th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 13 (IANS) Apple won a victory Thursday in its global patent battle with rival Samsung when an Australian federal court judge granted a temporary injunction blocking the sale ... Read more...
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Last chance to view the Supernova
September 7th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Sept 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Space watchers around the world will have the last chance to take a look at the new supernova on the 8th of September. The supernova is located ... Read more...
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Clarke opts out of Big Bash to concentrate on Tests
July 22nd, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 22 (IANS) Australian Test captain Michael Clarke has decided to opt out of the inaugural Big Bash Twenty20 League to concentrate on his Test preparations.
"With the greatest ... Read more...
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We’ll meet aliens in next 20 years: Russian scientist
June 28th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 28 (IANS) Human beings will meet creatures from outer space within the next 20 years, a top Russian scientist has said."The genesis of life is as inevitable as ... Read more...
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HTC brings its tablet, HTC Flyer to India (Lead)
June 27th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Smartphone manufacturer HTC Monday launched its first tablet in India -- HTC Flyer -- priced at Rs.39,890."We saw an opportunity to create a tablet ... Read more...
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HTC brings its tablet, HTC Flyer to India
June 27th, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Smartphone manufacturer HTC Monday announced the launch of its first tablet -- HTC Flyer -- in India to compete with the already existing players such ... Read more...
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Will keep watch on fast venue, say Delhi Police
June 4th, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Stating that it granted the permission to organise a 'Yoga Shivir' (camp) at Ramilia Ground, Delhi Police Saturday said they will be keeping a close ... Read more...
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Bharti Airtel names its new symbol as wave
May 12th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Telecom giant Bharti Airtel Thursday said it has named its new symbol, which was unveiled by the company in November as part of its new ... Read more...
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David & Victoria Beckham worth 165 million pounds
May 5th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, May 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The worth of the Beckhams has been made public. The family is included on the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List. According to the list, the family ... Read more...
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Samsung smartphones target 40 percent market share
April 28th, 2011 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 28 (IANS) The Indian subsidiary of South Korean consumer durables major Samsung is targeting a 40 percent market share in the growing smartphone segment, a senior official said ... Read more...
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Haryana IAS officer publishes poem collection
April 16th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) Sumita Misra, a Haryana cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has come out with her first collection of poems titled "Life of a Light", which is ... Read more...
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Being a mum is the hardest job in the world: Posh
April 4th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 4 (ANI): Victoria Beckham has revealed that looking after her three sons - Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, six - is "the hardest job in the world".At the ... Read more...
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Cheryl Cole to host new ‘Big Brother’?
April 1st, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 1 (ANI): Pop star Cheryl Cole has fuelled rumours that she would be the next 'Big Brother' host by talking about her love of all things British.She also admitted she ... Read more...
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Did ‘white dwarf hypernova’ star explosion wipe out all alien life?
March 24th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): Despite years of searching, scientists have long been baffled how there has been no confirmation of life beyond our planet.But now some astronomers claim that a destructive force ... Read more...
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Scientists find galaxy cluster aged 3bn yrs, but still very young
March 10th, 2011 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): ESO's Very Large Telescope has discovered the most distant mature cluster of galaxies ever found which is three billion years old."We have measured the distance to the most ... Read more...
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Starless planets could be warm enough for human survival: Study
February 21st, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 21 (ANI): It seems that starless planets may be able to harbour human life after all.In what has offered new possiblies of life around the galaxy, it has emerged that ... Read more...
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Almost half of couples actually break up on Valentine’s Day
February 14th, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 14 (ANI): A survey has found that Valentine's Day, which is touted as a day of love, is being used by almost half of young people in Australia for breaking ... Read more...
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Punjabis will relate to ‘Patiala House’: Sukhbir Singh Badal
February 8th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), Feb 8 (IANS) Where should "Patiala House" be premiered? In Patiala, of course. So felt Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal who requested the film's leading man Akshay Kumar ... Read more...
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NASA Announces Existence Of An Ancient Galaxy
January 27th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists at NASA have reported the existence of a galaxy that seems to have formed less than 500 million years after the formation of the universe. ... Read more...
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Tomorrow’s Tablets Shown At CES 2011
January 8th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) As it was widely speculated and assumed tablets have flooded the ongoing CES 2011 with every major tech company coming up with its version of tablet ... Read more...
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