Time to rely on replays
Soccer's authorities spent years agonising over whether to introduce goal line technology, yet its use would not have solved any of the recent refereeing controversies which have blown up in Italy,...
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A deadly game to playIn 'Zathura: A Space Adventure', a pair of bickering brothers must put aside their differences if they want to survive and save their elder sister, when the board game they are...
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'I would like to sing for films'VJ-turned-singer Sophie Choudhary is disheartened by the fact that non-filmy songs are losing prominence these days and that pop artistes are turning to playback...
View ArticleA little care goes a long way
An integral part of Deepavali celebration is bursting crackers — but while many people have fun lighting crackers or colourful sparklers, it's important to be cautious. If one isn't careful,...
View ArticlePlans aplenty for the festival
Bangaloreans say that there is more to Deepavali than just bursting crackers There is something about festive seasons. The City wears a bridal look as almost every street is decorated with colourful...
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Expatriates love Bangalore for its cosmopolitan lifestyle, salubrious environment, food and people. Curtis Gage, an expat from the USA, shares his experiences hereWhen he came to Bangalore, Curtis Gage...
View ArticleAn eye for the unseen
Seeing is not always believing and no one can tell you that better than Prof Raj Muthaiah. Simply because optical illusions are his forte. A professional magician, with a human resourcesbackground, he...
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Deepavali is a festival of joy and celebration for many. But for a certain section of people, it can be quite a pain. Bangalore is not just popular as the IT capital of India — it is also...
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Every year, there is always a sense of euphoria about the festival of lights — Deepavali. Bangaloreans look forward to the occasion for weeks, making preparations to ensure that the...
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ATube Catcher»One tool to download videos from different web sites like MySpace, Dailymotion, Youtube, Metacafe, Spike, Yahoo and so on: aTube Catcher. You can also export multimedia content...
View ArticleThe big switch
The election results of any large democracy typically unfolds over the course of a day or night. It is unrealistic to expect people to drop everything they do and sit before a TV to watch the see-saw...
View ArticleObama beat Romney in tech use as well
Technology doesn't win political campaigns, but it certainly is a weapon — a force multiplier, in military terms.Both sides in the presidential contest mined click-stream data as never before...
View ArticleRelief valves for flooded social networks
Thanks to Zuckerberg's Law - the belief of Facebook's co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, that people share twice as much every year as they did the year before - there really is more information than ever...
View ArticleBe paranoid about your passwords
Most people get hacked at some point in their lifetime. It is better to raise your defences than regret later, says Nicole Perlroth Not long after I began writing about cybersecurity, I became a...
View ArticleIndia Inc hungry for more reforms
India Inc. demanded simpler tax rules, faster project approvals and tougher rules on corruption at the World Economic Forum (WEF) last week, as companies challenged the government to push for deeper...
View ArticleCleaning up the attic at Panasonic
In a presentation beamed to Panasonic offices around the world last week, Kazuhiro Tsuga, the company's president, stunned middle managers with the blunt message that their bonuses would be cut more...
View ArticleBattling emus and gold, govt wants people to buy shares
A year ago, S Kashinath, an illiterate labourer from Tamil Nadu, lost 3,00,000 rupees in savings he invested in a pyramid scheme promising high returns from emu farming. Now, Kashinath, and around 23...
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Art reviews....
The coming together of Luigi Anastasio and Prabhavathi Meppayil in the Galleryske exhibition "everything/nothing" (October 5 to November 24) may seem strange at first, to nevertheless soon reveal...
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Nritya Bharath festThe Natyantharanga Dance School celebrated its Silver Jubilee with 'Nritya Bharath'. In the 5-day programme Odissi, Kathak, Kathakali, Kalaripattu, apart from Bharathanatya were...
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Putting an end to the gangFearless Hyena' stars Jackie Chan, Chan Hui Lou, Dean Shek, James Tien and Austin Wai. In this sequel to the martial arts classic, Jackie Chan reprises his role as Lung...
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