A different Bill Gates is returning to Microsoft
February 6, 2014
SEATTLE: The last time Bill Gates played an active role at Microsoft, as chief software architect, he witnessed the company muffing its earliest efforts to become a major player in search, smartphones and tablet computers.
Bill Gates is returning to Microsoft as a product and technology adviser to new CEO Satya Nadella.
US stocks move sharply higher, Twitter plunges 24%
February 6, 2014
NEW YORK: US stocks on Thursday opened higher ahead of Friday's much-watched US labor market report but shares of social networking high-flyer Twitter plummeted on disappointing user growth.
Investors dump Twitter stock as results divide Wall Street
Kejriwal should be reasonable with business: Narayana Murthy
February 6, 2014
NEW DELHI: Praising Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejrival for some of the work he has done, Infosys executive chairman N R Narayana Murthy said the Aam Aadmy Party leader needs to be reasonable with business.
"He (Kejriwal) has done certain good things. However, he also has to be reasonable to business," Murhty said.
1st Test: New Zealand 329/4 at stumps on Day 1 against...
February 6, 2014
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 329 for 4 (McCullum 143*, Williamson 113) v India
Brendon McCullum celebrates his century, New Zealand v India, 1st Test, Auckland, 1st day, February 6, 2014
India warns US of consequences on visa reform
February 6, 2014
WASHINGTON: India has warned the United States of consequences for its companies if lawmakers tighten visa rules on high-tech firms as part of an immigration overhaul.
Ambassador Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that India would see a decision to restrict certain temporary visas for skilled workers as a sign that the US economy is becoming less open for business.
‘There is no money left’: Govt delays Rafale fighter jet deal
February 6, 2014
NEW DELHI: India's military has postponed until the next financial year a plan to buy 126 fighter planes from France's Dassault Aviation, the defence minister said on Thursday.
Sochi Olympics: US warns of explosives in toothpaste tubes
February 6, 2014
WASHINGTON: The US Homeland Security Department is warning airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes.
The Olympic Rings are pictured in Sochi on February 5, 2014
Bakhshish Singh Makes a Nostalgia Trip to India in Support of...
February 6, 2014
By Columnist, Sam Prasad Jillella
WASHINGTON DC: Bakhshish Singh has lived in the US for more than four decades.
Bakhshish Singh - Former President of GNFA ( Photo Credit: Sam Prasad Jillella )
Scientists find planet drunkenly dancing around two ‘suns’
February 5, 2014
NEW DELHI: It doesn't get weirder than this in the cosmic zoo: a gas planet that is going around two 'suns', one orange and the other red, all the time wobbling drunkenly so much that 'seasons' would flash past. This strange world was discovered 2300 light years away by Nasa's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope.
Cricket: Sangakkara’s triple ton flattens Bangladesh
February 5, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 86 for 1 (Shamsur 45*, Imrul 36*) trail Sri Lanka 587 (Sangakkara 319, Shakib 5-148) by 501 runs
Kumar Sangakkara matched Lara's double-hundred count of nine and is now only behind Don Bradman
