LG Optimus 2x officially launches in India for Rs. 30,000

LG Optimus 2x The LG Optimus 2x which was first showcased in CES 2011 has been officially launched in India. LG Optimus 2x is the first smartphone with dual core Tegra 2 Processor. LG Optimus 2x features a Android 2.2 OS (upgradeable to 2.3 soon), 4 inch capacitive touchscreen display, 8 MP autofocus camera with LED Flash, 1.3 MP front camera for video calls, full HD video recording 1080p at 24 fps and 720p at 30 fps, 8 GB internal memory and up to 32GB of external memory. LG Optimus 2x supports high speed 3G network, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB connectivity, DLNA, HDMI port, GPS with A-GPS support and so on....

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Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5

This is the first time Motorola has officially spoken about the new MOTOZINE series of handsets. Till now we have been used to getting the word from spies in the company and all types of leaks from here and there. The word is out now from the company and the MOTOZINE will make its debut in China and then move to other parts of Asia and then finally Europe. The phone comes with a 5-megapixel camera in association with Kodak. The camera has features like autofocus, a xenon flash, and an on the fly integration with Kodak Gallery. The phone works with Quad-band GSM and has EDGE connectivity. The price of the handset has not be revealed yet, we...

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Nokia 6600i unleashed in India

The Nokia 6600i has just been launched in India and it establishes itself as the smallest 5-megapixel phone in the market. The 6600i has a slider form factor with an extremely impressive design and style. The camera being the phones USP promises to deliver crystal clear imaging with its 8x zoom and auto focus functionality. It also comes with a dual LED flash for enhancing image quality. Other features include FM radio, playback for all kinds of media files/formats, stereo headsets and bluetooth v2.0. A microSD card slot capable of holding a 16GB card fits perfect for this phone....

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Starting periods before the age of 10 increases risk of lung complaints in future

Women who suffer from asthma or poor lung function as adults generally started their periods at the age of 10 or before. This is the conclusion of a European research study with Spanish participation, which shows that this trend is more common in southern Europe, and particularly affects women from large families. "Adult women who had their first menstruation at the age of 10 or earlier have significantly lower lung capacity than women who had their first period at 13", Ferenc Macsali, lead author of the study and a researcher at the Haukeland Hospital in Bergen (Norway), tells SINC. The experts discovered that women who underwent early menarche...

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The heartfelt truth about sudden death in young athletes

The sudden death of a young athlete always prompts full media attention, most recently spurring a call for preventative screening methods, including costly electrocardiogram (EKG) tests for all school-age athletes. But a new study by Dr. Sami Viskin of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine found that these screening measures, which are now mandatory in Israel and other countries, does not reduce the incidence of sudden death syndrome. "There's a lot of debate about this in the U.S. right now," says Dr. Viskin, even though cardiac arrest in athletes remains very rare. The evidence that EKG screenings can reduce the incidence of sudden...

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Study shows that modern surgery for scoliosis has good long-term outcomes

Teenagers who undergo spine fusion for scoliosis using the newest surgical techniques can expect to be doing well 10 years after surgery, according to a Hospital for Special Surgery study published online ahead of print in the [TK issue] of the journal Spine. Researchers had thought that the surgery would cause damage to the spine just below the fused discs, but the study showed that this was not the case. "Fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using the newer generation spine implants appears to spare junctional disc degeneration and allows patients ten years out to have a relatively normal pain free lifestyle," said Daniel Green, M.D.,...

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MU researcher says instructors can reduce cheating by being clear

A new University of Missouri study says that the reasons students give for cheating are rational, and that stricter punishments won't solve the problem. Instead, teachers should communicate clear standards and provide consistent enforcement to reduce instances of cheating. Edward Brent, associate chair of the Department of Sociology in the MU College of Arts and Science, and Curtis Atkisson, an MU anthropology student, asked students, "What circumstances, if any, could make cheating justified?" While a majority of the students said that no circumstances can ever justify cheating, 35 percent suggested circumstances such as a "horrible life crisis"...

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Face time with a female aids males bent on monkey business

Male monkeys looking for a good time might benefit from spending a bit longer getting to know a potential mate, according to a new study published online in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The time males spend around a prospective mate might be the key to detecting subtle sexual signals that show which females are fertile and which are not, according to the study, co-authored by an international team of biologists and psychologists. "The results of this study shed new light on the role that experience can play in reading others' mating signals," said Laurie Santos, a psychologist from Yale University who was a co-author...

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A new study louses up a popular theory of animal evolution and opens up the possibility that dinosaurs were early – perhaps even the first – animal hosts of lice. The study, in Biology Letters, uses fossils and molecular data to track the evolution of lice and their hosts. It offers strong evidence, the researchers said, that the ancestors of lice that today feed on birds and mammals began to diversify before a mass extinction event killed off the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. "This study lends support to the idea that major groups of birds and mammals were around before the dinosaurs went extinct," said Kevin Johnson, an ornithologist...

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Ko certified for release

Ko is getting ready to hit the theatres this month. The film recently went in for censor certification and it has been awarded with a U certificate. Ko, directed by KV Anand, is said to be a political thriller. The film has Jiiva, Ajmal, Karthika and Piaa Bajpai playing the lead roles. Shot in some exotic foreign locations, Ko will certainly be a feast for the viewers eyes, say sources in Kollywood. KV Anand, being a cinematographer himself before deciding to wield the megaphone, has a penchant for choosing the best locations for his film...

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Music director bereaved

Music director Sundar C Babu’s mother Sudhakshina Devi passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday evening (5 April, 2011). She was the widow of late Chitti Babu, the renowned Veena expert. Sudhakshina Devi was herself an acclaimed Veena player and has accompanied her husband to several concerts in the past. She is survived by three sons Rangasayee, Radha Krishnan and Sundar C Babu. Behindwoods.com offers heartfelt condolences to the bereaved fami...

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Crowds swarm Ajith

The crew of Mankatha wouldn’t have expected such a huge crowd at Dharavi in Mumbai. When people in that area came to know that Ajith is in their neighborhood to take part in the Mankatha shooting, they just descended on the sets. Ajith, on the other hand, was happy to meet his fans and obliged them by posing for photos and signing autographs. Mankatha’s director Venkat Prabhu had a tough time trying to control the crowd and resumed the shooting after a short break. Mankatha is produced by Dayanidhi Alagiri for Cloud Nine Movies. The film has Arjun, Trisha, Lakshmi Rai and Anjali playing important role...

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Gaddafi Onslaught Pushes Rebels Back From Brega

Tripoli/Washington :  A fierce offensive by government troops pushed Libyan rebels attempting to take the key oil town of Brega further east, as diplomatic moves to end the over month-long conflict made little headway with the regime stating that it was open to negotiate all reforms except Muammar Gaddafi’s exit. Coming under intense and renewed bombardment outside Brega, a part of which the rebels had taken over yesterday, they abandoned the town and were heading towards the eastern city of Ajdabiya, Al Jazeera reported. Heavy fighting was reported today and opposition forces said they came under rocket and artillery fire as they attempted...

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Airstrikes Destroy 30 Percent Of Gaddafi's Weapons

Brussels : The international aerial onslaught against Moammar Gaddhafi’s forces has destroyed 30 percent of Libya’s military capacity, a senior NATO official said Tuesday. NATO warplanes have flown 851 sorties in the six days since the alliance took command of all operations from a U.S.-led international force that had been bombing Libya since March 19. Brig. Gen. Mark Van Uhm said Canadian Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard, who commands the Libyan operation from his headquarters in Naples, briefed NATO’s governing body on Tuesday. “(Bouchard’s) assessment is that we have taken out 30 percent of the military capacity of the pro-gaddhafi forces,” Van...

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Tribe Of Yemen President Clashes With Army, 3 Dead

Sanaa (Yemen) : Tribesmen loyal to Yemen’s embattled president on Tuesday clashed with a group of soldiers whose commander has sided with the opposition, and the fighting in a suburb of the capital Sanaa left three tribesmen dead, according to tribal elders and military officials. It was the latest violence in weeks of turmoil in Yemen, where President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s military and police forces have cracked down on protesters demanding he step down after 32 years in power. The clash erupted as a convoy of about 30 cars with armed tribesmen from Saleh’s Sanhan tribe arrived at the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division in western Sanaa...

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2G: Centre Opposes Prosecutor's Appointment By CBI

New Delhi : Government was at loggerheads with the CBI in the Supreme Court today over the agency’s decision to appoint senior advocate U U Lalit as special public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case, saying he did not meet the eligibility criteria for the task. Asked by the apex court to issue notification for the appointment by today, Government raised technical objections to Lalit’s appointment saying that he should have worked under the state or the Union government for at least seven years to be eligible as the case has been filed under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Attorney General G E Vahanvati told a bench...

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CWG Scam: CBI Searches 20 Locations

New Delhi : The CBI today registered the ninth case in its probe of alleged corruption during Commonwealth Games naming seven senior engineers of CPWD and DDA for allegedly inflating cost of laying of synthetic turf as it carried out searches at 20 locations across the NCR. Besides these officials, a sports equipment providing company Jubilee Sports Private Limited which had got the contract for laying of synthetic turf for Lawn Bowl event during the Games has also been named in the case, official sources said. The case was registered under provisions of Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act related to criminal conspiracy, cheating...

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Phone Call To Air India Call Centre Sparks Security Scare At IGIA

New Delhi : An anonymous phone call received at Air India call centre today that a bomb would go off sparked a security alert at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here but the threat turned out to be a hoax. The call centre of the national carrier received the call at around 7 pm in which the caller said a bomb would be set off. A senior CISF official said the call was "not specific" as to whether somebody was targeting a plane or the airport. "The caller did not say where the bomb will be exploded", the official said. A spokesman of Delhi International Airport Ltd later said a 3-member threat assessment committee held a meeting...

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