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Maruti to restart Manesar plant as early as possible: Hooda
Harayana’s Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, on Sunday said Maruti Suzuki India is likely to start production at its Manesar plant soon.



The company announced a lockout of its Manesar plant following violent labour unrest on July 18 that killed a senior HR executive.



“Operations at Maruti’s Manesar plant are expected to start as early as possible. The company has assured that it would
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Apple co-founder Wozniak sees trouble in the cloud
Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, predicted "horrible problems" in the coming years as cloud-based computing takes hold. Wozniak, 61, was the star turn at the penultimate performance in Washington of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," monologist Mike Daisey's controversial two-hour expose of Apple's labor conditions in China.

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Would You Rather Win Silver Or Bronze? (Be Careful What You Wish For) :
If you had to choose between a silver medal and a bronze medal, most people would choose silver. But psychologists who analyzed photos of Olympic medalists say that there's a complicated dynamic at work.



The second had a beaming face. He said, "[I] swam my own race. And knew I had a lane, and had an opportunity, and I went for it. It worked out, you know, it's just awesome that I get to go on
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Seeing Through Walls With a Wireless Router
In the 1930s, U.S. Navy researchers stumbled upon the concept of radar when they noticed that a plane flying past a radio tower reflected radio waves. Scientists have now applied that same principle to make the first device that tracks existing Wi-Fi signals to spy on people through walls.



Wi-Fi radio signals are found in 61 percent of homes in the U.S. and 25 percent worldwide, so Karl Woodbr
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Olympic Journal, Day 7: Raisman looks for the cloud\'s bronze lining
Gymnast Aly Raisman, 18 years old, one tumultuous week wiser, summed up her Olympic all-around experience Thursday night.



“It’s a bummer,” said the teenager from the suburbs of Boston.



She was talking about the Olympic expediency of not rewarding both finishers in the case of a third-place tie.



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Sky Probe Sends a Beer Can Into Space
Check out this neat video of a high altitude balloon launch. What makes this launch unique is that they sent up a Coors Light beer can in front of the video camera so you could watch the ‘cold activated can’ turn blue as the temperature drops. There are probably easier ways to test if the cans work, but they wouldn’t be nearly as fun to watch.
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This Is How Olympic Divers Really Look While Diving
One of the highlights of the 2012 Olympics will undoubtedly be diving. There's been some stiff competition this year, especially in the preliminary rounds,
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How to Setup Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in Your Home
How to Setup Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in Your Home. VoIP -- Voice over IP -- You are able to place phone calls over the Internet to any phone in the world. The phone you are calling does not need to have VoIP. Generally the cost...
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10 Directors Who Have Never Made A Bad Movie
When you hear the words “great filmmaker," chances are that a few names come to mind without hesitation: Joel and Ethan Coen, David Fincher, and Steven Spielberg, amongst others. But aside from having directed several motion picture classics each, those guys also share the not-so-positive characteristic of having also made some stinkers........With The Dark Knight Rises, Nolan easily solidifies a
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Global Warming\'s Terrifying New Math
If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven't convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this summer, here are some hard numbers about climate change: June broke or tied 3,215 high-temperature records across the United States. That followed the warmest May on record for the Northern Hemisphere – the 327th consecutive month in which the temperature of the entire globe exceeded th