Hyderabad Heroes secured victory over Lahore Badshahs and paved way for third final of the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 cricket championship. The final would take place on Sunday. Hyderabad Heroes won the match with eight-runs at the Sardar Patel Stadium on Saturday night.
Shahid Yousuf scored 51 runs while Farhat could not perform well as compared to previous match. Inzamam-ul-Haq could score only 10 runs. Jimmy Maher played very well from Heroes’ side and contributed with 56 runs which lead to victory of team.
AT&T today launched full-touchscreen phone Samsung Eternity. It is some what similar to its earlier products that comes with a 3.2-inch touch screen with haptic feedback. Provided with an accelerometer for automatic rotation of display, it gives iPhone-like motion-sensitive games feel. AT&T's subscription broadcast service can also be availed through it’s built in digital TV.
Leading mobile manufacturer Nokia expanded its E-series by launching E63 smartphone in the market. It would give stiff competition to rival BlackBerry in terms of cost, features and technology. Nokia E63 is equipped with an improved keyboard and comes in two colours.
For high picture quality the new Nokia E63 comes with 2 mega pixel camera and flash light as compared to E71 which supports 3.2 mega pixels camera.
However, it does not support GPS facility and HSDPA.
Leading computer manufacturer, Dell has launched its quasi-Netbook, the Mini 12 in the US market. Earlier, Dell Mini 12 has been launched in Japan. Mini 12 is available at a starting price of $549.00 in United States.
It supports 1.6GHz Atom chip, 6-cell battery and 60GB hard drive with ultra modern finish and look. One can upgrade its hard disk from to 60GB or 80GB and speed up CPU operations using 1.6GHz version of the Atom.
While Steel industry across the country is seeking 10 per cent import duty on steel products, the primary and secondary steel manufacturers opposed any increase in import duty. Steel industry said that international steel prices are coming down and some CIS countries and China are exporting steel at quite lower prices to secondary producers causing huge loss to domestic steel producers.
Two days after the Indian Navy was compelled to repulse pirate attacks on a Saudi and an Indian merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, India has put forward a proposal asking for a ‘unified command’ UN peace-keeping force under, in order to prevent the increasing number of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.