IBM’s latest gizmo will help in not getting lost at Wimbledon

IBMLondon, June 17 : The latest gizmo developed by IBM, which can be placed in your phone, will help one from not getting lost at Wimbledon.

IBM’s Android Seer Beta can help you find out where to get food. This little helper will be with users wherever they go, Sky News reports.

The application will tell tennis fans exactly where they are in the myriad of grass courts.

Alan Flack from IBM explains further: “By using GPRS and an internal phone compass, your mobile can determine exactly where you are and which court you''re looking at.”

Israel to release speaker of Hamas-dominated parliament

Israel to release speaker of Hamas-dominated parliament

Opposition walks out of TN assembly

Opposition walks out of TN assemblyChennai June17 : The entire opposition led by AIADMK staged a walk out from the Tamil Nadu assembly, after failing to raise the issue of alleged malpractice by the ruling DMK in the recently concluded elections.

After an obituary reference to the departed former members, Speaker Avudiappan wanted to take up the day''s business, but opposition parties wanted to raise the issue of alleged the use of money, muscle and government machinery by the ruling DMK to win the elections, the Speaker denied permission.

Liverpool’s Gerrard to retire in 2013

Liverpool’s Gerrard to retire in 2013London, June 17 : Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has said that he will hang up his boots in 2013.

"I''ll be 33 at the end of my contract and it''s doubtful whether I''ll carry on. If I decide to stop, I will be proud of the fact I''ve spent my entire career with the same club," The Sun quoted Gerrard, as saying.

Gerrard's contract with Liverpool will end in 2013, and he has admitted that he is unlikely to seek an extension when it expires.

Rio does a Ronaldo by wearing hot pants, cropped top

Cristiano RonaldoLondon, June 17 : It seems that Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is preparing to step into Cristiano Ronaldo’s boots, as the Portuguese striker and his teammate is leaving his club.

Ferdinand is taking style tips from his teammate, who is moving to Real Madrid for a world record 80 million pounds.

Looking far from masculine, the 30-year-old England defender showed off his athletic physique in a tiny pair of denim hot pants and bizarre red and yellow-cropped t-shirt, the Daily Mail reports.

Vatican: Saint Pius X ordinations are "illegitimate"

Vatican: Saint Pius X ordinations are "illegitimate"Vatican City  - The Vatican said Wednesday is would consider "illegitimate" any attempts to ordain new priests by an ultra-traditionalist Catholic group involved in a recent row over Holocaust denial.

In a statement, the Vatican quoted a letter by Pope Benedict XVI addressed in March to Catholic bishops, in which he stated that members of the renegade Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) would be barred from official roles within the Church unless they agreed to fully abide with its teachings.

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