Analyst: iPad, iPhone, Apple to feel squeeze in 2013

Prospects aren't as rosy as expected, UBS says, for lots of reasons, from rising competition and a supply chain squeeze to the iPad Mini going cannibal. Apple faces a few challenges that could take a bite out of iPhone and iPad sales next year, at least in the opinion of one analyst. In an investors note out today, UBS analyst Steven Milunovich slashed his iPhone sales estimates for the March, June, and September...

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Colbert visits Google, is clueless about Google Play

Interviewed by Eric Schmidt, Colbert is stunned to discover he can buy his own book through the great hydra that is Google. No, he's not corpsing. (Credit: Google screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Google's Eric Schmidt is a very busy man. But he still found the time to interview fellow political philosopher Stephen Colbert, when...

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CID probes suspected OL paper leak

A group of parents from Colombo complained to the Examinations Department that a teacher conducting private tuition distributed a model paper of the GCE Science and Technology exam among his pupils, that bore 12 identical questions contained in the original exam paper, Examination Department sources said. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) began investigations after Examination Commissioner General W M N J Pushpakumara...

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President sends condolences to the US

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday sent condolences to the US President Barack Obama on the shoot-out in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, where 27 persons, including 20 innocent little children were tragically gunned down. “I wish to convey my personal heartfelt sympathies to Your Excellency, while the people and the Government of Sri Lanka join me in expressing our sincere condolences to the Government and...

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Dilshan 147, Mathews 75 save blushes for Lanka

Australia who struggled to dismiss Sri Lanka for 336 and gain a lead of 114, were 27 for the loss of no wicket an overall lead of 141 at the end of the third day of the First Test at the Bellerive Oval, here today. At the wickets were Ed Cowans on 16 and David Warner on 8 in 14 overs. It was the determined 5th wicket stand between Tillekeratne...

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Nurse’s death left ‘unfillable void’

The children of a nurse found hanged after she was duped by a hoax call to the hospital treating Prince William’s wife Catherine told a mass in her memory Saturday that her death had left “an unfillable void”. Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, apparently killed herself in nurses’ accommodation at King Edward VII’s Hospital in London on December 7. After the service at London’s Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, Saldanha’s...

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World leaders express shock over US shooting

US: World leaders expressed shock and horror after a gunman massacred 20 small children and six teachers Friday in the US state of Connecticut, one of the worst school shootings in history. UN chief Ban Ki-moon wrote to Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to give his “deepest condolences at the shocking murders,” a statement said. “The targeting of children is heinous and unthinkable,” he added. European Union diplomacy chief...

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Vijay's Thuppakki stopped!

Director AR Murugadoss, who is doing Thupaki has announced that he is holding the making of the film, until further announcement come. ...

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Danush to make his own music album

As Danush's Kolaveri has got him tremendous encouragement, he has decided to come out with his music album soon! ...

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Direcor Cheran and Vasanth in Kerala's jail

Cheran along with Director Vasanth were in Kerala and have been taken to jail. ...

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