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If you’re excited by the potential of Sony’s Next Generation Portable, you’re not alone. Jesse Divnich, a gaming analyst and vice president at Electronic Entertainment Design and Research, says Sony’s upcoming device is a shot over the bow of all its competitors. “The market is ripe for portable... 

Insecurity outfit McAfee has warned that next year will see increased attacks on Apple gear in 2011, thanks to the fact that the outfit has done well with its iPhones and iPad in the business market. In the company’s 2011 Threats Predictions, McAfee said that Macs were not often targeted by malicious attackers, because... 

The threat to tropical rainforests from global warming may have been exaggerated, says a new study. Researchers have shown that the world’s tropical forests thrived in the far distant past when temperatures were 3 to 5 Celsius warmer than today. They believe that a wetter, warmer future may actually boost plants and animals... 

NEW DELHI/JOHANNESBURG: Delhi Police had intimidated him with the threat of a death penalty, claims South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs who had been grilled by the cops for suspected involvement in the 2000 match-fixing scandal in India. “Sir, you had better come clean. We still have the death penalty here,” Gibbs... 

Washington: Two packages containing explosives, shipped from Yemen and addressed to synagogues in Chicago, were intercepted in Britain and Dubai, setting off a broad terrorism scare on Friday that included the scrambling of fighter jets to accompany a passenger flight as it landed safely in New York. (See Pics) The discovery... 

WASHINGTON: US law enforcement officials searched for suspicious packages aboard planes on Saturday as President Barack Obama said two packages from Yemen contained explosive material and were a “credible terrorist threat.” The packages were addressed to synagogues in Chicago, Obama said. Their discovery overnight... 

Nagoya, Japan: The world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents by saying they are developing “climate-ready” crops that will grow in a warmer world but they are actually making a bid to control global farming, the international NGO ETC Group charged... 

NEW DELHI: As US president Barack Obama heads out to India for his maiden visit but his sixth meeting with Manmohan Singh, there are a couple of things that keep Indian policymakers burn the midnight oil. In the immediate term, there is a ramp-up of security so that Pakistani terror groups don’t get an opportunity to stage... 

Unseasonal rains have cast a doubt over tomorrow’s third and final one-day international between India and Australia, who desperately need a win to square the series and avoid their first series defeat against the hosts in over two decades. Rains started lashing this Goan town last evening and continued till past midnight... 

Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to Pope Benedict XVI thanking him for condemning an American pastor’s threat to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. “I thank you for your stance in condemning the unwise act of a church in Florida, America, in insulting...