Windows Phone 8

NEW DELHI: Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8 (WP8), the latest version of its mobile operating system in June. The phones powered by it are now appearing in the Indian market. HTC 8X and HTC 8S are already available, though finding them is not too easy. Nokia andSamsung are gearing up to launch their WP8 devices. But how does the OS compare to Android and iOS, which powers iPhone? Are WP8 smartphones better than...

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said that the culprit of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Mohammad Ajmal Kasab has been buried inside Pune's Yerwada Jail where he was hanged at 7:30 am this morning. "Kasab was taken to Yerwada Jail on November 19 and his death sentence was executed in the morning today," Chavan said. The Supreme Court had upheld the special court's verdict, which held Kasab guilty for killing 56...

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The world's first geneticallymodified humans have been created, it was revealed last night. The disclosure that 30 healthy babies were born after a series of experiments in the United States provoked another furious debate about ethics. So far, two of the babies have been tested and have been found to contain genes from three 'parents'.Fifteen of the children were born in the past three years as a result of one experimental programme at the Institute...

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New Delhi: Delhi Metro services will stop three hours before the normal time of 11 PM on November 13 on account of Diwali. On November 15 next, Delhi Metro will make 200 extra train trips as it anticipates huge rush on 'Bhai Duj'. On Tuesday, the last Metro train service will start at 8:00 PM from terminal stations of all the six lines - Dilshad Garden, Rithala, Jahangir Puri, Huda City Centre, Noida City Centre, Dwarka Sector-21, Yamuna Bank,...

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“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul...

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Sandy wounded servers, some grievously, say services firms

Companies that specialize in data recovery are still getting many calls for help from businesses and institutions whose equipment was damaged by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. There are multiple efforts underway by services firms to recover data from servers that were underwater during storm surges or were damaged by power surges in the New York metro area. Many businesses had underestimated the power of the storm that hit the east coast...

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Nitish Singh: Oracle hit with patent lawsuit over WebLogic Serve...

Nitish Singh: Oracle hit with patent lawsuit over WebLogic Serve...: Using the open-source Java programming language, Thought created a "middleware mapping layer for saving object and table information and ...

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Oracle hit with patent lawsuit over WebLogic Server

Using the open-source Java programming language, Thought created a "middleware mapping layer for saving object and table information and greatly simplified the task of persisting data," according to its complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Oracle gained control of Java through the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Thought incorporated the technology into its CocoBase product, which was released in 1997 and since has been "licensed widely to numerous customers and partners over the years,"...

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The Obama Administration's Foreign Policy - Brilliant Indeed, For Our Enemies I Guess

Well, apparently we will never get the true story on Libya, that is to say the Embassy attacks in Benghazi on 9-11-2012. Every time we turn around someone is telling us something different. We have the State Department telling us something, the Obama administration something else, the military commanders a third story, and then we have the CIA filling the mass media with misdirection. If that wasn't enough, we have the Libyan government, the various militias, and even Al Jazeera speculating on what happened. All the while Al Qaeda has claimed...

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