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The Independent’s prize-winning columnist Johann Hari, who has been facing charges of plagiarism from bloggers, has admitted to using quotes into interviews dusted by him from the writings of the subject available before the interview.

Hari explained his practice in a blog post titled, “Interview Etiquette” on Monday. He explained that persons he interview commonly express ideas they have written before and thus he used original text only to increase clarity.

Leading film studios from Hollywood have filed a case in the High Court in London in an effort to check piracy. The case urges the court to force BT to block access to a website which have “flagrantly infringed” their copyright.

Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures Corporation, 20th Century Fox and Disney Enterprises are urging to court to ask BT, which is the UK's largest internet provider, to block access to Newzbin website, which allegedly is allowing users to download films including The King's Speech.

Software giant, Microsoft is position its new cloud-based office productivity suite, the Office 365 for small and medium-sized businesses.

Office 365 brings together its Office, collaboration and communications software. It offers productivity and collaboration tools as well as others needed by small and medium-sized businesses to compete with larger organizations, according to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive.

Internet giant, Google has launched its new Google+ social network to take on the rival Facebook, which is the biggest social networking site in the world.

The new Google+ service, which is under its field trail, will allow users to share photos, messages and comments and it also integrates Google maps and images. The service is designed to enable users organize their contacts easily.

Triumph, the world famous British motorcycle maker, has recently announced that it is preparing to make its debut in the Indian market in the near future.

The announcement, which was made on Tuesday, comes as fantastic news for motorcycle enthusiasts from across the country who has been eagerly awaiting the brand’s arrival to India.

Although the company hasn’t yet revealed the timeline for the launch of its product, the growing importance of the Indian motorcycle leads one to believe that Triumph will not wait long.

According to the news, it was found out that the Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, KC Chakrabarty has called for the changes in the rating and reporting standards of the banks. He said that a bank should not be rated just because of its net interest margin (NIM) and net profit, but should be rated from a non-financial angle.

Chakrabarty have claimed that people should not just analyze and appreciate the performance of a bank by looking at the NIM and profit of the bank.

People should also look at the purpose of a bank, the intermediation at the lowest cost and the social sector initiatives a bank does such as how many no-frills accounts have been opened, how many poor people have been funded, how many rural branches have been opened.