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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 392

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Battle for Supremacy by Tablets: Is Apple’s dominance under threat?

Sun, 2012-07-01 05:11 — editor

At last, both Microsoft and Google entered tablet fray this week, with subdued fanfare, though, when least expected: Microsoft, the software giant which has been scoffing at the emergence of tablets at the expense of personal computers for about two years, suddenly came up with a tablet called Surface.

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Julian Assange: the Rise and Tumble of a Moral Tsar

Sun, 2012-06-24 04:31 — editor

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who is currently holed up in Ecuadorian Embassy in London, appears to be struggling where to fix the centre of gravity in the caricature built around the mirror image of his soul by the relatively-hostile main-stream media.

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Staring into Fiscal Abyss – the European way

Sun, 2012-06-17 05:12 — editor

The Greeks are going to the polls today and the world – countries within Europe and beyond - is awaiting its outcome with nail-biting patience. The stakes cannot be any higher for Greece, eurozone and of course, the entire world, as no country in the globalized village is immune from the seismic shocks that could potentially stem from the crisis zone in the next few weeks, regardless of the position in terms of its political, geographical or economical association with the epicentre of the crisis, Greece.

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Einstein Triumphs; CERN Retracts – nothing travels faster than light, after all

Sun, 2012-06-10 05:04 — editor

In September last year, all of a sudden, the world of physics appeared to have turned upside down around the axis of one headline: ‘neutrinos travel faster than light – claim scientists at CERN,’ excited a significant global audience regardless of the intellectual level of its members, while the team who made the claim sensed the short-cut to stardom was just a whisker away.

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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in Britain

Sun, 2012-06-03 04:37 — editor

Britain is in the middle of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations to mark the 60 years of The Queen’s reign, with an extended bank holiday period of four days, began on 2nd June. All is set to kick off the festivities across Britain with a combination of pageantry, intensely amplified patriotism and renewed loyalty to the monarchy.

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Plummeting Share Price of Facebook: face-saving challenges to its creator

Sun, 2012-05-27 12:46 — editor

Mark Zuckerberg, the baby-faced creator of Facebook, who sold his stock in order to make hefty $1.13 billion, has been grabbing headlines since the controversial IPO – initial public offering – last week, while inadvertently turning himself into a caricature to be pelted with barrages of brickbats.

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Prince Philip lifts the nation’s gloom amidst economic turmoil

Sun, 2012-05-20 12:24 — editor

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, whose special brand of humour that his subjects often fail to get to grips with, grabbed headlines once again this week, over a spontaneous observation made while on a trip with the Queen in Bromley, Kent. It was reported that Prince Philip made the remark while spotting an attractive leggy blonde who was in a red dress with a zip bisecting the whole length of the front.

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Euro crisis: it doesn’t sound Greek any more

Sun, 2012-05-13 07:16 — editor

A crisis of epic proportion looms over the entire European Union, perhaps in one of the most destructive forms since the Second World War: Greece, without the prospect of forming a government after the election this week, is heading towards a cliffhanger, as the Left-leaning parties are flexing the political muscles to confront its creditors, especially Germany while insisting on the need of tearing up the deals agreed upon by the previous government – and under immense pressure from the richer members of the Eurozone. They treat the much-hated austerity measures – strings attached to bail-out funds - as the forbidden word.

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London Mayoral Election: Boris is back

Sun, 2012-05-06 05:09 — editor

He is ,unmistakably, the most-recognizable face in London: a portly frame with characteristically-unkempt blond thatch; the cyclist who promotes the virtues of the age-old mode of transport by example, not just by preaching – by cycling to work every day by ditching both chauffer and limousine; the man adored by the Londoners for who he is, not for what he represents; the man who speaks his mind regardless of inevitable consequences even if they have the potential to be instantly interpreted as gaffes ; the fighter who never shies away, if a critic confronts him in the street - or on his way to work on the bike - for what he believes in.

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iPhone 5: watershed moment for Apple

Sun, 2012-04-29 04:53 — editor

Apple, the world’s most valued technological company that propelled itself to the zenith of industry domination in a relatively short time, is at an unique advantage to observe two significant things, thanks to its lofty position: on one hand, it can look down and feel a bit elated by the plight of the giants dwarfed by its success, particularly SONY and Nokia; on the other hand, Apple can sense what’s it like, in the event of a potentially disastrous fall from such a height due to unforeseen circumstances.

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