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Sony Corp. said it expects at least 380 new PlayStation 3 software titles to become available in the current business year, on top of more than 100 titles currently on the market, driving demand for its latest console that saw a slow start. "Attractive game software is the key to accelerate PS3...

The fastest growing genre in video games is "brain training," a genre no one had even heard of before last year. But it only takes one smash hit — in this case, Nintendo's "Brain Age" — to launch an armada of imitators. Nintendo's rivals have tried to hop on the "Brain Age" bandwagon with...

A new generation of super-thin, power-sipping displays is making its way to the market, stretching battery lives to new limits and perhaps one day posing a challenge to heavier, energy-gobbling LCDs. New screens that glow on their own are taking on their clunkier liquid crystal display rivals...

McAfee has announced the results of a groundbreaking study that details the psychological games and other tactics cyber criminals use in social engineering scams propagated through junk email. In the study titled "Mind Games", the primary author, Dr James Blascovich, Professor of Psychology at...

The market sent jitters amongst the investors in early trades, as the Sensex opened at 14843, lost ground on sustained selling to slip below the 14830 mark and touched the day's low of 14826. However, renewed buying ensured the Sensex remained in positive territory thereafter. The strong buying...

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. is targeting sales growth of around 11 percent for its China unit this year, as the firm aims at the country's high-end consumer products market, a company official said on Saturday. Since last year, LG Electronics has been increasingly focusing on the high-end...

In 146 countries around the world, "smoke-free" now means exactly that. As well as agreeing to draw up international laws against cigarette smuggling, officials at a major World Health Organisation (WHO) anti-tobacco meeting adopted stringent definitions of what it means to have a smoke-free...

India's total subscriber base (wireline and wireless) crossed the 200 million mark in March, according to a Trai release. Total number of subscribers increased to 205.86 million in the quarter ending March 2007 from 189.92 million in the quarter ending December 2006, an increase of 8.39%...

Dell Inc, the world's second-largest computer maker, said that it will soon start selling its laptops and desktops at Asian retail chains and stores. The company broke from its 23-year-old practice of direct sales to customers via the Internet or phone last month, and started selling...

Badly bruised by a fierce BJP assault in the early rounds of the presidential campaign, Congress on Friday launched a counter-attack by questioning opposition candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat’s decision to join the police force of the British Raj in 1942 when the country was swayed by the...

Pakistani police on Saturday arrested dozens of Islamic students in a pre-dawn raid on a seminary affiliated with the besieged Lal Masjid where holed up militants have said they would seek martyrdom rather than surrender, official said. "Some fifty students of Jamia Faridia have been taken...

Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi, teaming up in a Grand Slam event for the first time, advanced to the mixed doubles second round in Wimbledon with a straight set win over David Skoch of Czech Republic and Janette Husarova of Slovakia. Sania and Bhupathi overcame the challenge of Skoch and...

The prestigious end-of-season Masters Cup will switch from Shanghai to London from 2009, the ATP men's tennis tour announced on Tuesday. The tournament will also be renamed the ATP World Tour Final. The leading singles and doubles players from the tour will compete at the London O2 Arena -...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved a proposal to create a mini Olympic Games for athletes between the ages of 14 and 18. The youth competition will begin in 2010 and will be held every two years. The host of the 2010 youth summer games will be named next February, the IOC...

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis will be keeping a lid on his emotions at the British Grand Prix this weekend, particularly if Lewis Hamilton wins in front of his home crowd. With the 22-year-old rookie top of the Formula One standings, 14 points clear of double world champion team-mate Fernando...

Japan are gearing up to defend their American Football World Cup title as the United States compete for the first time with a team of young college players hungry for victory. Despite the sport's low profile here, hosts Japan are aiming for a third straight victory at the tournament, which...

Leander Paes kept the Indian flag flying at Wimbledon when he teamed up with American Meghann Shaughnessy to enter the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the All England Club. Paes and Shaughnessy, seeded eighth in the draw, got the better of Australian Todd Perry and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese...

The Australian Federal Police have released all the five Indian doctors in Western Australia and Sydney after they were interrogated about possible links to the foiled bomb attacks in London and Glasgow. No charges have been laid against them or Mohammad Haneef, who is still in police custody in...

After duty cut on imported wine, beer and spirits, the joint working group on Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been asked to recommend a new duty structure on alcohol and petroleum products besides other non-VAT items and exempted goods and services. "The working group on GST will consider how...

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