Cric Info: A chance for India to start over!

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February 1, Stadium Australia, Sydney
Start time 1935 (0835 GMT)  : 02:05:pm at Indian Standard Time

Nobody is more desperate to move on from the last six weeks than India's cricketers. Here is their perfect opportunity to do so. The first T20 not only pits two very different sides against each other, compared to those that played in the Tests, it also takes India and Australia to an entirely new venue for international cricket: Stadium Australia. The stadium, at Homebush in Sydney's west, was built for the 2000 Olympics and has a far greater capacity than the SCG. It will become the 19th ground in the country to host international cricket.

Appropriately enough it will host a new-look Australia team under the captaincy of debutant George Bailey. The 40-year-old spinner Brad Hogg will make his comeback after a vintage campaign from him in the Big Bash League, while the fast bowler James Faulkner could be in line for his debut. David Warner and Shaun Marsh are the only men in the squad who took part in the Tests against India.

The visitors have more of a crossover from the Test series, but there has still been plenty of new blood injected into the group. A 17-strong party has assembled for the T20s and the triangular one-day series that follows, including relatively inexperienced men like Rahul Sharma and Manoj Tiwary, but who will get the nod for the first match remains a mystery. Both sides are also hoping to use the series to narrow down their list of potential players for the World T20, to be held in Sri Lanka in September.

Rupee gains 7.45% against dollar in January; best month in 17 years!

MUMBAI: The rupee logged its best monthly gains in more than 17 years in January aided by a rebound in foreign fund inflows as investors bet on a monetary easing to accelerate growth in Asia's third-largest economy. 


Overseas investors bought Indian shares worth $2.1 billion so far in January, after net outflows of about $500 million in 2011, and invested $3.3 in debt. 


"Renewed capital inflows aided by peak in Indian rate cycle and easing inflation are pushing the rupee higher," said Chin Thio, senior forex strategist at BNP Paribas in Singapore

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Breaking Tech News: HP’s TouchPad tablet was bound to fail, say analysts!

Technology:                            
Posted: Mon, Jan 2 2012. 10:12 PM IST

The TouchPad tablet from Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company was one of the most closely watched new gadgets of 2011—and quickly turned out to be the year's biggest flop. The TouchPad, which was supposed to be a rival to Apple Inc's iPad, lasted just seven weeks on the market before HP killed it, citing weak sales.

Analysts point to a long list of factors behind the tablet's quick demise. But some of the people involved in creating the tablet's core software now say the product barely had a fighting chance. That software is called WebOS, an operating system built on the same technology used by many Web browsers. It promised to be more flexible and open than Apple's tightly controlled iOS software, and more beautiful than Google Inc's sometimes wonky Android system. HP acquired Palm, the maker of WebOS, for $1.2 billion in 2010 so it could use the software in products like the TouchPad.

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Intel announces availability of latest mobile Intel platform!

Technology: Posted: Thu, Dec 29 2011. 5:00 PM IST

The latest platform is designed to provide small, compact, on-the-go computing with great battery life at an affordable price

Bangalore: Intel Corporation on Thursday announced the availability of the latest mobile Intel Atom processor-based platform, formerly codenamed “Cedar Trail.”

Designed to provide small, compact, on-the-go computing with great battery life at an affordable price, the latest platform adds several new features to netbook computers made popular by students, families, and those looking for light productivity and Internet browsing, the company said in a statement.

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Rupee heads for best month in 10 years, leads gains in most peers!

31 JAN, 2012, 11.14AM IST, REUTERS 

SINGAPORE: The rupee is headed for its best monthly performance in at least 10 years, leading gains in most of regional peers in January, boosted by inflows into the region's stock and bond markets in the new year. 

Fading concerns about the European debt crisis, on signs of progress in resolving the problem, helped boost Asian stocks this month, helping attract more investments into Asia. 

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TCS expands US operation with new facility in Silicon Valley!

31 JAN, 2012, 10.37AM IST, PTI 

SILICON VALLEY (CALIFORNIA): Expanding its presence in the US, India's IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has opened a new facility here which was welcomed by the US lawmakers and the Californian government. 

Just a few blocks away from the Yahoo's corporate headquarters, the facility, among other things, would serve as the worldwide headquarters of TCS' Mobility Solutions Unit which aims to bring the benefits of emerging technologies like big data, analytics and mobility to enterprises across all industries.

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India in Australia T-20 and Try Series schedule!