Give new players more time like I got: Virender Sehwag

Give new players more time like I got: Virender Sehwag On his own form, Sehwag was startlingly honest, saying that selectors had few reasons to bring him back into the team. (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: Exactly 10 years ago today, Virender Sehwag joined the club of India's batting greats when he raced to the first triple hundred scored by an Indian in Test cricket. Since that day in Multan, Indian cricket has seen a sea...

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World Twenty20: India will not take Australia lightly

World Twenty20: India will not take Australia lightly Dhoni and Fletcher would be pleased that India will go into the contest as favourites. (AP Photo) DHAKA: Was it a change in guard at the top of BCCI which prompted the entire Indian team to turn up for the optional practice session on the eve of their Super 10 clash of the ICC World T20 on Saturday? Sunil Gavaskar, the new interim chief of the BCCI, has been a...

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Apple readying Galaxy Note 3-sized iPhone: Report

Apple readying Galaxy Note 3-sized iPhone: Report The latest rumour is that the company’s first phablet will be nearly as big as Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 in size. NEW DELHI: Apple is widely expected to launch big-screen iPhones this year and the latest rumour is that the company's first phablet will be nearly as big as Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 in size.French website Nowhereelse has published an image leaked...

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Caught red-handed, Microsoft promises not to snoop on emails

Caught red-handed, Microsoft promises not to snoop on emails On Friday, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said the company has decided to change its email policies. NEW DELHI: Several days after Microsoft acknowledged that it read the personal emails of a French blogger in 2012 to catch an insider who had leaked code related to Windows, the company said that it would change email policies and would no longer read emails...

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Caught red-handed, Microsoft promises not to snoop on emails

Caught red-handed, Microsoft promises not to snoop on emails On Friday, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said the company has decided to change its email policies. NEW DELHI: Several days after Microsoft acknowledged that it read the personal emails of a French blogger in 2012 to catch an insider who had leaked code related to Windows, the company said that it would change email policies and would no longer read...

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First impressions: Microsoft Office for iPad

First impressions: Microsoft Office for iPad What you see in each app is a clean and simple version of the Office ribbon with the Home, Insert and Review tabs plus extra tabs for each app. There are already several Office apps for iOS, from the OneDrive and OneNote apps to the simplistic Office for iOS (now renamed Office Mobile); Office for iPad is a different and more impressive beast. What you get are versions of Word,...

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Motorola in talks with retailers on Moto G, Moto X

Motorola in talks with retailers on Moto G, Moto X Motorola Mobility is banking on a strong brand recall and its online sales model for success in India. NEW DELHI: Handset maker Motorola Mobility is banking on a strong brand recall and its online sales model for success in India, a market which it had quit in August 2012 and re-entered with Android smartphone Moto G and which could hold the key to the company's rebound...

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Celebrities have already started using Twitter's four-picture feature - here's how to do it

Celebrities have already started using Twitter's four-picture feature - here's how to do it Twitter has introduced new four-picture feature It killed Twitter Music after a year and is going with a new strategy. It's testing out killing the Retweet button and replacing it with a Share button (and everyone is freaking out, even though the two buttons do the same thing). And it's rolling out a way to tag people in photos...

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HTC Americas president: Samsung Galaxy S5 just a piece of cheap plastic

HTC Americas president: Samsung Galaxy S5 just a piece of cheap plastic Mackenzie echoed the same things tech pundits have been saying about Samsung phones for years now: That they're made out of poorly designed and cheap-feeling plastic. Despite making the best Android phone, HTC has always played second fiddle to Samsung in terms of sales.Both companies have two new flagship devices launching at almost the same time....

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Accenture warns consulting business to remain weak

Accenture warns consulting business to remain weak Accenture has warned that weakness in its consulting business that hurt second-quarter results would carry on through the year. Accenture Plc warned that weakness in its consulting business that hurt second-quarter results would carry on through the year, sending its shares down as much as 8%.The consulting business, which brings in more than half of the company's...

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