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PM, Sachin among 10 Indians in Time 100

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Article appeared on ibnlive.in.com

Washington: Manmohan Singh finds himself in the 19th spot in the Leaders list headed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with US president Barack Obama in the fourth place.

As India's finance minister from 1991 to 1996, Manmohan Singh "released India's potential for the benefit of its people. Now, as Prime Minister, he is guiding India into the ranks of the great powers," wrote PepsiCo's Indian American chairperson Indra Nooyi.

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar gets the 13th place among 25 "Heroes" headed by former US president Bill Clinton who is recognised for his work as a fund-raiser and anti-poverty activist.

Tiger Woods had 120 affairs in five years

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Melbourne: Golfer Tiger Woods has confessed to cheating on his wife Elin Nordegren with as many as 120 women during their five-year marriage, says a report.

Woods was said to have listed all the women he has had an affair with as part of his treatment for sex addiction at the Gentle Path rehab centre in Mississippi, reports news.com.au.

Nordegren decided to divorce him after learning about his alleged affair with 21-year-old neighbour Raychel Coudriet. Woods has denied having a relationship with Coudriet.

New iPhone expected in June

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Article appeared on independent.co.uk

Reuters: Apple will host its annual developers conference starting 7 June, where the company is expected to unveil the latest version of the iPhone.

The event will run through 11 June in San Francisco, Apple said on Wednesday.

The event in previous years has featured a keynote address by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs. Last year, with Jobs on medical leave, marketing head Phil Schiller substituted.

Clapping along songs improves kids' brain power

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Article appeared on deccanchronicle.com

Clapping while singing songs is likely to spur development of important skills in children, a first-ever study on the subject says.

"We found that children in the first, second and third grades who sing these songs demonstrate skills absent in children who don't take part in similar activities," explains Idit Sulkin, a member of Ben-Gurion University (BGU) Music Science Lab in the Department of the Arts.

"We also found that children who spontaneously perform hand-clapping songs in the yard during recess have neater handwriting, write better and make fewer spelling errors," Sulkin adds.

Supplements in fish oil do not boost brain power

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PTI: Rejecting the long held belief that supplements in fish oil are good for kids brain, a new study claimed that the pills do not boost mental ability of children.

For the study, which according to the researchers is the largest of its kind, 450 children aged eight to ten at 18 schools in South Wales were given either omega-3 supplements 'clever capsules' or placebos for a period of four months.

The results of a series of tests showed that the fish oil pills did not improve the youngsters' work – although it did appear that those taking them were more attentive.

Indian develops chip to contain entire library

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Article appeared on deccanchronicle.com

An Indian-American scientist has developed a computer chip that can store an unprecedented amount of data - enough to hold an entire library.

The new chip stems from a breakthrough in the use of nanodots, or nanoscale magnets, and represents a significant advance in computer-memory technology.

"We have created magnetic nanodots that store one bit of information on each nanodot, allowing us to store over one billion pages of information in a chip that is one square inch," says Jay Narayan, professor of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU).

Raavan PICS.Abhi-Ash Starrer

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New Questions Over Google’s Street View in Germany

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By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN of nytimes

BERLIN : Google’s plan to offer Street View photo mapping in Germany, which has bumped up against the country’s strict privacy laws, has come in for renewed criticism after regulators learned that the company, a search engine giant, was also archiving the locations of household wireless networks.

Google’s Street View technology has been accepted in countries like Britain and France, but has encountered greater resistance in Germany and Switzerland, where data privacy laws are stricter than in the rest of Europe or in the United States.

Sania, Shoaib's reception in Pakistan

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Here are the photos of Sania, Shoaib's reception in Pakistan.(Photo Courtesy : AP).Click to enlarge.

World's tallest horse at nearly 6-foot-11

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Article appeared on ndtv.com

Big Jake might be taller than any other horse in the world, but his owner Jerry Gilbert describes him as a gentle giant.

The 9-year-old Belgian gelding is the Guinness World Record-holder for world's tallest living horse at one quarter inch short of 6-feet, 11 inches.

That's 2.75 inches taller than the previous record-holder, a Clydesdale from Texas named Remington.

Gilbert and his family own Smokey Hollow Farm near Poynette, Wisconsin. He usually shows Big Jake as a draft horse in four-or six-horse hitches and he raises money for the Ronald McDonald House.

Obama, Lady Gaga influential, Hillary not: Time

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New York: When it comes to influence, US President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and pop star Lady Gaga have it, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does not, according to a Time magazine list published on Thursday.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, South Korean skating champion Kim Yu-na, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva also made Time's 100 most-influential people list.

Yahoo chief Carol Bartz sees trouble for Google

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Article appeared on news.bbc.co.uk

Carol Bartz took over the company from its founder Jerry Yang in 2009.

Google will have "a problem" if it does not diversify its business, the head of Yahoo has told BBC News.

Carol Bartz said that Google would have to "do a lot more than search" and suggested that it would have to "grow a company the size of Yahoo every year".

Apple boss Steve Jobs explains ban on Flash

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Steve Jobs has used an open letter to defend Apple's decision not to allow Flash on many of the firm's products.

Neither the iPod, iPhone nor iPad can run the software despite the widespread use of Flash technology on websites for video and animations.

Why a pair of pants cost as much as an iPad

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Article appeared on nytimes.com

Even in a season when designers made no secret about reining in prices to appeal to the newly chastened luxury consumer, it is still possible to walk into a store and wonder what exactly they were thinking when a pair of khaki cotton pants -- right there on the hanger, no special packaging or 3G plan or anything -- can cost as much as an iPad.

Keep your hair healthy with age

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Article appeared on in.specials.yahoo.com

Wondering how to keep your hair healthy and shiny despite growing age? British experts have dished out some simple ways that can help reverse the damage.

According to Zoe Irwin, Wellaflex Silvikrin style director, 'Hair feels rougher and drier as we age because it lacks moisture in the hair shaft. Over styling and exposure to the elements also contribute to the hair shaft rising, which makes it feel rougher and appear less shiny.'

Google Finds Fake Antivirus Programs on the Rise

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Article appeared on pcworld.com

Fake antivirus software is becoming more prevalent on the Internet, with its creators using clever methods to fool users into installing the programs, according to a new report from Google.

Google conducted a 13-month study looking at some 240 million Web pages. The company determined that 11,000 of those domains were involved in distributing fake antivirus programs, and that those kinds of program comprise 15 percent of the malicious software on the Web.

Thank you Pakistan, says Facebookers

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Mumbai, April 26: Trust social networking sites to not miss a chance to have a say in any heated current topic. Fan pages and messages on two popular sites - Facebook and Twitter - are fast becoming an ideal place for Internet junkies to vent.

Facebook reportedly has over 90 fan pages on Sania Mirza and her much talked about wedding to Pakistani cricketer, Shaoib Mallik. The page called 'Thank you Pakistan for taking Sania Mirza, now please take Rakhi Sawant also' has earned itself over 65,000 fans in a matter of two weeks. It currently has over 75,000 people supporting the statement.

Night vision goggles coming soon to mobile phones, eyeglasses

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Article appeared on in.news.yahoo.com

Washington, April 27 (ANI): A thin film that converts infrared light into visible light has been developed - a breakthrough which, researchers claim, could give cell phones, eyeglasses and car windshields cheap, lightweight night vision.

To come up with the film, boffins adapted technology found in flat screen television sets, reports Discovery News.

Salman-Katrina hottest couple, SRK actor of the decade: Poll

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Article appeared on in.news.yahoo.com

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif may be tight-lipped about their relationship status, but they have been voted the hottest couple of the decade in a poll by MSN India that also declared superstar Shah Rukh Khan the actor of the decade.

The two have beaten the likes of Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu-John Abraham and Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor.

Woman survives after 2,700 shots fired at her

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Article appeared on ibnlive.in.com

Mexico City: More than 2,700 bullets were fired at a Mexican official in a failed attempt on her life, an official has said.

Public safety secretary Minerva Bautista Gomez, who was wounded in the attack in the western state of Michoacan, "is now stable and she'll leave the hospital very soon", the official said Tuesday.