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They may try their best to dodge the paparazzi but can’t keep the truth hidden for long. So much of newsprint has been consumed by speculations on the relationship between Priyanka Chopra and her Kaminey co-star Shahid Kapoor, but the picture wasn’t clear, until now, that is. On her flight to Brazil to shoot her ‘reality’ show Khatron Ke Khiladi, Priyanka was seen stepping out of Shahid Kapoor’s black and amply spacious Range Rover at the international airport in Mumbai on Monday night.

Obviously, the duo did not want the press to get a whiff of the fact that Shahid had come to drop Priyanka off.

A major component of our familial ties is communication. In fact, without communication there would be little connection between people. Living together in the same household with limited, or even hostile, interaction would not fit the criteria for maintaining the bonds of kinship. To develop meaningful relationships within our families we need to know how to communicate effectively and sincerely with each other. A large part of this involves skills and principles that can be learned through practice and sincere effort. The following is a guide to strengthen these ties that bind.

Laptop computers are appropriately named, as they do sit nicely on your lap. If you’ve ever tried using one down there, however, you’ll know that it’s not the most ergonomic set-up imaginable – you have to bend your head down, keep your knees up, and feel your thighs getting toasty warm from the computer-generated heat that is evidently not able to disperse into the air. In order to position laptops in other ways, various companies have offered laptop stands to put on your desk, devices for turning your lap itself into a desk-like computer workspace, gizmos that allow you to swivel your laptop over from the passenger seat of your car, or that let you use it beside your bed.

Sony knows that gamers take their gaming sessions seriously – after all, they have had their fair share of experience with feedback from PS3 owners. There is no quite better way to play First Person Shooters (FPS) games than using the traditional keyboard and mouse setup, but that is just the beginning. Advances in gaming audio technology has made listening to audio cues extremely important, as that would help you determine the location of your adversary before you fire off that money shot.

Most lamps are just that, offering light at the touch or press of a switch. Well, the iPod Lamp from Hammacher works differently, and as you can tell by its name, it will be able to play nice with an iPod thanks to its built-in iPod dock complete with speakers. This will definitely help you save whatever little space you have left in your cramped apartment (that’s the case these days what with a global population explosion). You can dock either an iPod or iPhone, where the two 10-watt speakers won’t bring the house down, but they ought to be good enough to keep a small room filled with music.

So you need to show off your latest holiday snaps or home movie to your friends and family, and don't have a digital photo frame, tablet computer or laptop anywhere nearby. What you need is a camera that can throw images onto a nearby wall. Happily, Nikon has announced that it has upgraded its projector-wielding Coolpix compact. There are more megapixels, high definition movie capabilities and an even brighter projector, as well as a body redesign and new color options.

MSI, the Taiwanese computer manufacturer, has done its bit this time around to introduce another notebook which aims to bring a balance between performance and entertainment with their latest MSI FX600 notebook. This 15.6″ machine will target folks who want nothing but the best in entertainment and productivity, of course, when they call it the “best” in their books, do take that with a pinch of salt since you won’t be able to eke out high end audio performance for example, despite it sounding above average when compared to other different notebooks.

If your workout routine takes a lot of your free time but your desire for staying in good shape is extremely strong, the Shake Weight seems to fits the bill. This training gadget offers a smart technique to keep your shape effortlessly and in no time. With just 6 minutes a day, you will be able to build strong upper body muscles while saving your time. Shaped like a real dumbbell, this gizmo is easy to use. So all you need to do just hold it while the Shake Weight will operate for you intelligently.

Logitech wants you to spend more time playing or working in the dark with their latest addition, the Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800. As its name suggests, this keyboard will come with backlit keys that have not yet lost its novelty, although Logitech is nice enough to throw in wireless connectivity this time round for those who are looking forward to the day where they can truly lead a wireless life. The backlight will adjust itself automatically based on the amount of light in the room thanks to integrated ambient light sensors,

Bollywood hunk Ranbir Kapoor will embark on his first-ever global concert tour next year. The Kapoor lad is going to hold concerts across US, Canada and Europe. The Morani brothers will be producing the concerts which are supposed to kick off in the US, pass through Canada and end in Europe. Ranbir’s global tour will be on the move from June till the end of July 2011. Yesteryear’s veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, Ranbir’s dad, confirmed the news and said that the plan of his son’s global concert trip has been outlined.

Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling travel diary Eat Pray Love, which had the excellent good fortune to be named an Oprah pick, has been adapted for film by Ryan Murphy, the man behind TV’s breakout hit Glee! What are threads that bind them? Easy! An uncompromised feel good attitude, mainstream appeal, bright colors, sensuality, joie de vivre, and music! They’re crowd pleasers and easily accessible. There’s nothing wrong with that!

And for anyone who hasn’t read the book, Murphy‘s film starring Julia Roberts, works as a standalone, as there was no sense of something missing.

Confirming what millions of Twi-hards have known for years, Robert Pattinson has been named the world's sexiest man for the second year in a row. The Twilight hunk has topped Glamour's 50 Sexiest Men poll, after fighting off stiff competition from other actors starring in vampire-based productions. The top five was dominated by Twilight actors, with 18-year-old Taylor Lautner -- who plays Jacob Black, the werewolf love rival to Robert's character Edward Cullen in the hit film franchise -- in second place, and Xavier Samuel and Kellan Lutz placed fourth and fifth respectively.

In a country where remote farmers and corporate suits share a similar passion for mobile phones, a lot of strange things can happen. Such is the case in Bandha village where a 23-year old man was killed by an exploding cell phone. The man, identified as Gopal Gujjar, was tending to grazing cattle and reportedly talking on his cell phone when it literally explode in his face. In the aftermath of the explosion, the unfortunate man was found dead with burns to his left ear, neck, and shoulders. Pieces of his cell phone, a Nokia 1209 if you were wondering, were found scattered around him.

San Francisco: Facebook on Wednesday threw the switch on a new feature that lets US members of the social networking service share their whereabouts with friends while on the move. Facebook Places marks the firm's hotly anticipated first step into "location-based" services that have been catching on with people who own smartphones equipped with satellite position tracking capabilities. "Starting today, you can immediately tell people about that favorite spot with Facebook Places," said Places product manager Michael Eyal Sharon.

MASON, Ohio: A grinning Roger Federer evaded questions about an online video where he appears to perform a 'William Tell' trick by hitting a can off the head of a man with his powerful serve. The YouTube video, posted by Federer's sponsors Gillette, has gone viral in the past 48 hours with more than a million hits to the official version of the clip. In the clip, Federer, wearing a business suit, asks a man on the set of an advertisement shoot to put a can on his head and then the ball is shown knocking the can down without harm done.

San Francisco: If you're looking for Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts or Jessica Biel online, look out! The movie stars top the latest list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for online, according to new research by computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. It's far from an Oscar, but landing atop McAfee's annual list carries a distinction all its own: It means that criminals believe those celebs are the perfect lures to sucker people into visiting malicious websites.

Sanyo's new pocket camera clearly takes aim at the Flip, while at the same time liberally borrowing inspiration from its success. The design moves away from previous Xacti gun-shaped designs and adopts a more Flip-like form factor, even including the signature pop-out USB connector from which Flip takes it's name. Assuming that Sanyo didn't infringe on any patents here, we're excited that the company sees the value and marketability of simple cameras with few buttons. That was the common appeal of the Flip, and that same simplicity might help Sanyo take a bite out of the pocket-camera/camcorder market.

Many people who fast over Ramadan suffer mild or moderate headaches as a result of factors such as caffeine withdrawal, stress, and low blood sugar. The good news, says Migraine and Headache Expert Dr Elliot Shevel, is that you can manage these headaches without breaking your fast. Dr Shevel, chairperson of the South African Headache Society and medical director at The Headache Clinic, has three decades' experience in the treatment and prevention of headaches, and is the most published migraine specialist in South Africa.

Getting together some of the biggest stars of the 1980s for an all-out action movie would be a hard task for anyone - except, perhaps, Sylvester Stallone. The 64-year-old called in a career's-worth of favours to get the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke and Dolph Lundgren to share screen time with him for his latest movie, The Expendables. Stallone not only stars in, but also wrote and directed the film - about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its dictator.

Angelina Jolie says it's vital that people help Pakistan's flood victims and not surrender to compassion fatigue. Celebrity Ambassadors The floods have displaced 20 million people, but donations are below those for catastrophes like the Haitian earthquake or the Asian tsunami. Jolie said she understood that "it is getting hard for people — they see Haiti, they see these other events ... and they get exhausted by the time another big one rolls around."

Wateen is trying to increase the active customer base of its Broadband products i.e. both WiMAX and HFC/GPON, a promotional campaign “Recharge & Reconnect” has been designed.

Those Wateen subscribers who have not used their Wateen Internet or Telephony services since 30th April 2010, can now recharge their accounts and get:

• Previous bill amounts WAIVED OFF
• One month's LINE RENT absolutely FREE
• Entry into a lucky draw to WIN AN IPOD

Pakistan has been rocked by the worst ever floods so far. According to preliminary conservative estimates the losses are quite enormous. At least 1,600 people have lost their lives and more than 722,000 homes have been badly damaged or totally destroyed. The United Nations estimates over 20 million people are suffering with over 160,000 square kilometers (1/5 of Pakistan) affected as a result of the flooding, exceeding the combined total of the affectees of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Around a fifth of Pakistan's total land area was impacted by the flooding.

Ingredients

2 cups dal Maash dhuli (white) or Moong (dhuli) presoaked for 4-5 hours

Pinch of baking soda

½ tsp salt pinch of asafetida (Heeng)

1 tsp. ginger (Adrak) paste

Instructions

*Grind the presoaked dal into a paste and add rest of the spices.

With creativity on the backburner in today’s multi-millionaire entertainment industry, it is not infrequent to find blockbuster movies that are visual translations of bestseller books. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Shawshank Redemption, Romeo and Juliet and, more recently, the anxiously awaited release of Twilight, based on a bestselling novel by Stephen Meyer, are all in the profitable line of making a movie without having to go through the creative pains of actually writing it.

As popular as it is today to make a face at the mere mention of reading, much of our generation does not realize the immense benefits that come with it.

iPhone is one of the best smart phones in its class. However, there is another smart phone that is on the same level as the iPhone. Samsung F700 was announced later then the iPhone however it beats iPhone in several characteristics. Samsung phones become better and better every day and the iPhone is almost the best phone in the world. These phones could be called gadgets because they are top leaders in cell phones industry.

It is very hard to compare and choose one of these phones if you want to buy a smart phone of that level. We will try to help you with that.

When Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif were a couple, their admission of love came forth in just muted tones. Now, when the industry is abuzz with the talks of their split, Salman has thrown a bombshell by admitting that he and Katrina have indeed parted ways. “I have broken up with Katrina. We were friends then for everybody, we are friends now,” Salman is quoted to have said in an interview to Headlines Today.

The Dabangg star got a little philosophical when asked about the reason of his break-up from Katrina.

Ultra small, unique and delicately designed - this way we can characterize this gadget. Agent Cam HD Video Recording camera is a useful gadget in many situation when is necessary to have some memories recorded. Any records could be made and saved. Time with family, business meetings, sport events, outdoor activity, evidence collector, security aim - only are few useful clues where Agent Cam HD will be useful. This small high resolution DVR cam allows to record up to 6 hours of video.

Vidya Balan is a Bollywood a heroine who looks sexy in a saree. Her recent movie was Ishqiya in which she plays as Krishna Verma. 30 years old, femme fatale, small-town girl, mysterious woman and forgotten widow; Krishna is a bundle of contradictions. She was seen as a woman madly in love, as an object of desire, as a vision of purity and engaging herself in a lustful bout with another man. Q: Why do we find actor Vidya Balan launching a book on cars?

Rajeev Manoj Virani’s Help is a well-made horror film that succeeds in giving you the requisite chills and thrills expected out of a good horror film but the problem lies with the unoriginality of the plot that seems heavily inspired from Thai film Alone. Vic (Bobby Deol) is a filmmaker in a relationship with Pia (Mugdha). There relationship is going through turmoil because of rumours linking Vic with his actress Sussane (Linda Arsenio).

The couple has to immediately fly to Mauritius, after they get a call about Pia’s dad (Salim Fatehi) having a heart attack.

Thanks to L’atelier, the brainchild of the Raza family (Ahsan, Sadaf, Sarah & Zahra), people in Islamabad can now experience retail therapy and indulge themselves in designer wear from over 30 brands from across Pakistan & India. L’atelier was recently launched with a bang amongst the who’s who of Islamabad and Lahore where ambassadors, designers and fashionistas were interviewed on the red carpet by the glamourous Natty

It wasn't the perfect setting for a romantic proposal, but a young Delhi boy dared to pop the question to actress Deepika Padukone when she came to a mall to promote her film Lafangey Parindey. The youth went down on his knees, looked at the Bollywood beauty and asked: "Will you marry me?" Deepika, who was accompanied by her co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh, seemed baffled by the sudden, unexpected proposal.

But she was quick to respond. "I am not ready for marriage yet," replied Deepika, who looked lovely in a sari.

Washington: Social networking website Facebook, which offers its subscribers only a "like" button for anyone's updates, is now faced with a fake "dislike" button, which is spreading like a virus across the site. The fake dislike button is followed with a link that takes people to a fake application. Instead of installing a dislike button, the application uses the person's network to continue spreading the fake programme.

Graham Cluley of the British security firm Sophos wrote in a blog that the fake dislike buttons "are going viral" on Facebook.

After AeroVironment’s recent announcement that its Global Observer unmanned aircraft system (UAS) had successfully completed a series of Wing Load tests the team apparently wasted no time getting the craft in the air for its maiden flight. On August 5 Global Observer 1001 took off from Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California and climbed to an altitude of 4,000 feet where it performed a series of maneuvers before landing successfully one hour later.

The aircraft was operated remotely from the portable Launch and Recovery Element (LRE) by AeroVironment’s chief test pilot, Andy Thurling, a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and former USAF flight test pilot.

Google abandoned "Wave," its much-hyped social collaboration tool. Wave was perhaps the prototypical Google product: Technically advanced, incredibly ambitious and near-impossible to use. Its demise is the canary in the coal mine for Google's social networking plans: Facebook is destined to build the Web's next wave, as Google continues to tread water. Wave was a testament to Google's technical prowess: A real-time communication platform that combined elements of instant messaging, e-mail and collaboration software. The only problem: With its many dials and switches, mastering Wave was the web equivalent of programming your VCR.

Wellington: A company in New Zealand has created a device that promises to increase the speed of broadband Internet by 50 times. Manufacture by Remote Management Systems, the system looks like a modem, and connects with homes' existing wiring to boost broadband speeds without having to pay the more than 800 dollar fee for re-wiring a home with fibre-optic cables to get such fast internet. It’s called a service delivery point and has been designed by operations manager Alan Jacks, production design engineer Hayden Short, and development engineer Chris Johnston.

One dreams of being wrapped in pure excellence ,with lush fabric flowing to the rhythmic beats of your footstep and only one name has truly achieved that pinnacle in the past decade ,Karma, A widely recognized brand name Karma has strategically made a strong position for themselves in the market and has attained clientele bliss. A leading fashion house in Pakistan Karma has everything to offer from elegant silhouettes to cutting edge fashion trends.

Oozing with star power glamour, jaw dropping clothes and complete retail experience Karma can be categorized into three brands namely Karma Pink, Karma Couture and Karma wedding each brand offering something unique and exquisite.

How many times have you told your kids to change their clothes/brush their teeth/do their homework/or anything else for that matter? There is really no right answer because there is really no limit to the number of times we have to ask our kids to do something. For most of us, this is a normal part of our daily lives. We ask, and ask, and ask, and if we are lucky, our kids cooperate after the fourth request or after a loud but otherwise harmless scolding. We complain that our kids never listen to us; we ask other moms how they get their kids to behave, eat their vegetables, or go to sleep.

You might remember Clocky, an alarm clock that rolls away and hides the moment it goes off which leaves you to run off and chase it down before you can shut it down. Well apparently this is Clocky’s tech saavy brother. Instead of rolling away, this hops off of your nightstand and rolls away. Just like Clocky you’ll be stuck chasing it down in order to make the alarm stop. This clock even has a built-in microphone so that you can record your own sounds to wake up with. It means college students can still wake up to the sound of their mother’s voice.

Even after nearly four years of marriage and having a daughter, actress Katie Holmes is still in awe of husband Tom Cruise`s stardom. The `Batman Begins` star, who married 48-year-old Cruise in 2006, finds him an incredible actor, reported People magazine. When asked whether she would like to collaborate with him for any project, Holmes said, "Well, we do collaborate on everything at home. But I mean, he`s Tom Cruise! His body of work is incredible."

"Every movie he`s done has done really well. I look back, and everything`s a classic," added the actress, who has a four-year-old daughter Suri with Cruise.

Kareena kaapoor may try her best to hide facts from media but it is not possible easily. Her well-planned confidential holiday at “an undisclosed location” could not remain a secret. Kareena had flown with boyfriend Saif Ali Khan to Gstaad in Switzerland, for his birthday, which was yesterday. Gstaad, one of the most picturesque corners of Switzerland, is home to several Hollywood celebrities like Julie Andrews, Elizabeth Taylor, Roger Moore amongst others. Michael Jackson, Prince Charles and Princess Diana used to frequent the place very often at one point of time.

This is definitely my most productive year. I completely enjoy overworking,” says Sonam Kapoor. The actor, who has already had two releases this year — I Hate Luv Storys and Aisha, is working on three more movies and has just signed a brand endorsement deal with a cola brand. Kapoor is currently working on Pankaj Kapur’s Mausam, Anees Bazmee’s Thank You and Abbas-Mustan’s unnamed project that is a remake of The Italian Job.

“There is a lot happening. After Aisha released and the promotional drive ended, I wanted to take a vacation. Rhea had even finalised Paris, but look,

We've all splashed water over our face in a bid to wake up in the morning. But one Australian man has taken it to the extreme. Standing perilously close to the edge of a rock face, the fearless individual stood head-on with Mother Nature as she threw giant whitewater waves over Ben Buckler headland North Bondi Beach in Sydney yesterday. Brave but foolish, he was soaked by the explosion of water.

The man had climbed over protective bars several feet further back from the edge in his pursuit of the ultimate wake-up call and was fortunate to survive as the area was engulfed by water.

Monday could have been a positive day for the Organising Committee, as a press conference held by them promised the unveiling of the Commonwealth Games anthem composed by Oscar winner A R Rahman. But the management suddenly decided against releasing the song, though Rahman was flown in especially for the event. On Sunday night, the Group of Ministers (GoM) had approved Rahman’s theme song after a three-hour emergency meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Rahman had initially asked for Rs 150 million to compose the song, but settled for Rs 50 million after the management bargained with him.

Peepli Live produced by Aamir Khan is a work of damning ramifications. Debutante director Anusha Rizvi's writing skills are never made evident in the vast canvas of rural characters who cling to the poverty line hoping that some government-sponsored miracle would rescue them from the dread and drudgery of daily extinction. Though there are echoes of films as far-ranging as Mehboob Khan's Mother India (remember Nargis's husband Raj Kumar vanishing after a farming accident?) to Mazhar Kamran's Mohandas Anusha Rizvi's treatise on the common man is one helluva original take on the sins of squalor.

ProofPronto.com has released an "iPhone Recovery Stick" that allows you access to deleted text messages, call logs, contacts, appointments, Internet history, images and other data from your iPhone. “Until now, there was no simple way for parents, spouses or business owners to recover deleted data from iPhones. The technology behind our product is a game changer for law enforcement, and will be equally important for the safety and security of families and businesses around the world,” says Scott Graubart, VP of Atlas Technology Group, the parent company of ProofPronto.com.

Sreeram Chandra wins fifth season music reality show Indian Idol. He was announced the winner by megastar Amitabh Bachchan. The 24-year-old singer beat Rakesh Maini from Agra and Bhoomi Trivedi of Baroda to win 50 lakh in prize money, a one year contract with Sony BMG, a Tata Winger car, and a chance to sing a song in a Yash Raj Films' project. Sreeram has already recorded a duet with singer Shreya Ghosal for a telugu film. Understandably, Sreeram was on cloud nine. "It hasn't even begun to sink in that I have really won. My parents are here with me. It seems like I'm in a dream.

It is the first Ashra (Phase – First 10 days) of Ramadan and the Blessing is all around the Muslim Community. The Ramadan is the month of mercy. Can we expect to receive mercy if we only deprive our bodies of food and drink? Of course not, we must obey all the teaching of Islam in this month to get maximum Blessing of Allah. The month of holy Ramadan enjoys a special importance in the Islamic calendar. As Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) said: "It is Allah's Own month." It is the chief of all months and the most glorious one.

Oscar winner A R Rahman launches the theme song for Commonwealth Games 2010. The Group of Minister (GoM) on the Games had approved the song at a meeting on Sunday after it heard the rendition of the song. "We discussed the theme song among ourselves and A R Rahman, (Film Director) Shyam Benegal and (Producer) Bharat Bala. The GoM has approved the theme song in principle." Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy, who heads the GoM, had said after the meeting.

Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi accompanied the musical maestro to the podium for the launch of the song.

Ingredients

For filling

1 cup Processed cheese (grated)
2 tbsps Oil 1 medium sized Onion (chopped)
1 inch piece Ginger (chopped)
1 tsp Coriander seeds
1 tsp Fennel seeds (saunf)
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
Black Salt to taste
Salt to taste
2 tbsps Fresh coriander leaves (chopped)

For a film that trades fantastical B-movie fun for deadly seriousness, The Expendables needs a reality check. It thinks that the actors have on-screen chemistry. They don’t. It thinks that the script has plenty of witty banter. It doesn’t. It thinks that there’s thought-provoking pathos in the story. There isn’t. At best, The Expendables is misguided and at worst, it’s an over-confident mess that fumbles completely except for a few action beats. Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his crew of mercenaries (played by Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews) are known as “The Expendables”.

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