GADGETS - TABLETS - Tablets in 2013: what to expect

2012 was a big year for tablets. Google entered the tablet market with not one, but two tablets, both of which offered the compelling combination of great specs and low prices. Apple launched two full-sized iPads and the iPad mini, and even Microsoft got in on the game, with the first batch ofWindows 8 and Windows RT tablets, such as theMicrosoft Surface. Not much is yet known about what will come next year, but a lot can be deduced - or at least guessed, based on what we've already seen. 1. The next Nexus It doesn't seem too much of a stretch to imagine that Google will unleash a new wave of Nexus tablets at some point in the year. Their Nexus phones have all been spaced roughly a year apart and much...

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GADGETS - TABLETS - 10-inch tablet Videocon VT10 with Android 4.1 available online for Rs. 11,200

Tablets seem to be the flavour of the season for Indian handset makers. The latest to join the foray is Videocon, with its 10-inch offering VT10. This tablet is already available through online deal sitesnapdeal.com and homeshop18.com for Rs. 11,200. Videocon VT10 sports a 10-inch screen with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. It runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor along with 1GB of RAM. The tablet houses 2-megapixel front as well as rear cameras. Interesting, when NDTV Gadgets contacted Videocon, the company denied officially launching the tablet. They further elaborated that the tablet will be available with select online retailers to gauge the market response...

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NEWS - Ratan Tata, the UK's largest private sector employer, steps down

Ratan Tata’s retirement yesterday, on his 75th birthday, from the chairmanship of Tata Sons, India’s biggest conglomerate, marks the end of an era for Indian business as well as the group. No-one has bestraddled Indian business in the way that he has done, presiding over Tata’s $100bn-plus revenues, more than half from 80 countries overseas, with over 450,000 employees in 100 operating companies and interests ranging from tea to telecoms, software to hotels, wrist watches to defence rockets, and coffee (Starbucks) to power and steel. There is no other Indian business figure of similar stature, and no one near to being able to take his place as a symbol of managerial ethics and success. He took over in 1991, the year of India’s economic...

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SCIENCE - Asteroid No Threat to Earth in 2040

Digsby IM, Email, and Social Networks in one easy to use application! http://digsby.com Asteroid 2011 AG5, measuring 460 feet (140 meters) wide, will not hit Earth in the year 2040, scientists have confirmed.CREDIT: Gemini Observatory A huge asteroid that will creep near Earth in 28 years will pass harmlessly by, a new study confirms. New observations of the asteroid 2011 AG5 now give astronomers complete confidence that the 460–foot-wide (140 meters) space rock won't hit Earth in the year 2040. When it was discovered last year, scientists said that 2011 AG5 had a 1-in-500 chance of impact with our planet. Astronomers solidified the asteroid's harmless status during an observation campaign in October using...

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SCIENCE - Roboy, the robotic 'boy' set to help humans with everyday tasks (and scientists hope to build him in just nine months)

The team has already signed up 15 project partners and over 40 engineers, and hope to fund the project using a combination of commercial partners and crowdfunding. 'Financing the project  through sponsorship and crowd funding enables us to implement an extremely ambitious project in an academic environment", said Professor Rolf Pfeifer, wh is leading the project. The team hope Roboy will become a blueprint for 'service robots' that work alongside humans...

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SCIENCE - Amazing solar 'wink' tells doomsday prediction was fallacy?

NASA engineers were amazed after clicking a latest picture of the Sun which appeared to be "winking at them". The image, which actually reveals sunspots caused by intense magnetic activity, was taken on December 22, just a few minutes after the Mayan doomsday prophecy proved to be wrong. Eruptions of magnetic activity on the solar surface appear to make the Sun 'wink' at the time many believed the world would end passed, the 'Daily Mail' reported. The picture, which was taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), has echoes of the famous image from the 1902 French film 'A Trip To The Moon', which is regarded as the first science fiction movie. "Despite reports of an ancient Maya prophecy, a mysterious planet on a collision course...

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BOLLYWOOD - Disgusted over my link-up with Sana: Aashka

Aashka Goradia Talking about her eviction, says Aashka, "I am extremely elated and relieved. I think the people who have survived this elimination are the ones who deserve to win the show. I am very happy for Sana and if a choice had to be ever made between me and Sana I would always want Sana to win." It's her closeness and affection for Sana that has raised many eyebrows. Both the actresses were seen many a times embracing and looking chummy which made people speculate that there is something cooking between the two. However, Aashka seemed to be quite annoyed by people's reaction. "Sana is like my younger sister how can people even think that we are lesbians. We both everyday pray together and this is enough to show what...

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BOLLYWOOD - Bigg Boss 6: Salman Khan praises Shah Rukh Khan

The controversial reality show is all set to spice up again! This time the highlight will be the two rivals of Bollywood Salman and Shahrukh Khan.It so happens that Salman Khan asked Imam Siddique to nominate two people for evictions when Imam took Niketan's name. Knowing that Niketan is the captain of the house and cannot be nominated, Salman asked him to take some other name.According to a source, “Imam stood by his words and said that he knows Niketan should be out, to which Salman mocked him saying the barometer of what Indian audiences want to watch is set in Imam's eyes. Imam agreed and said, he casted Preity Zinta and Sharukh Khan for ad films that worked very well with the audiences. At this, Salman asked him to play a fair game...

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