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?Don?t expect usual Mohali wicket?

Don't expect a typical hard and bouncy Mohali wicket for the second Test beginning from October 17. Daljit Singh, the Mohali curator, has let out the warning well in advance, saying the wicket this time around would be somewhat different from its usual seam-friendly nature.

Upcoming iPhone production cuts may be due to slowing demand

Apple tends to sell a lot of iPods, Macs, and now iPhones during the holiday season, but things cool off substantially in January. Lower sales volume means less units need to be made, so Apple ramps down production of various products during the fourth and first calendar quarters. This year, the company may be starting the production cuts a little sooner than usual. According to the Silicon Alley Insider's report on recent production analysis by Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Craig Berger, Berger says Apple may cut iPhone production this quarter by four times the usual amount.

Business as usual

The owner of a fast food shop in Britain continued to prepare kebabs as a dead man lay nearby, a court heard on Tuesday.

Robots: Awesome, As Usual

By Eric Joyner, much of his robotic-themed work is available in fine art prints starting at $225. You can also pick up his recently released book, Robots and Donuts, which features 175 pages of full color art for a more impulse-buy-worthy $23. [Book Preview and Eric Joyner via OpticalPoptitude]

Will Consumer Electronics Follow the Usual Christmas Pattern?

With the current economic slump, this holiday season is expected to be a tough one for most retail sectors, but will consumer electronics be one of them?

[Gossip] Hilary Duff Looking Hot As Usual

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McAfee and Secure assure partners that it's business as usual

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Guitar Hero World Tour Set List Unveiled

As usual there's been much speculation on what the set list for Guitar Hero World Tour will contain, with 'leaked' lists making their way onto the net - well now, the wait is over as Activision has today revealed the whole list.

BBC newsreaders raise smiles and money for kids with Abba turn

Their usual attire and measured expressions replaced by the bellbottoms and platform shoes of the Eighties supergroup, BBC newsreaders presented a whole new side of themselves as they performed a medley of Abba hits as part of this year's Children In Need fundraising drive.

Amazon's Holiday Outlook Difficult to Fathom

wider-than-usual revenue guidance for the fourth quarter has some analysts wondering how bad the holiday season will actually be.

You Actually Have to Own iPhone Apps to Slam Them Now

Unlike their usual tack lately, Apple is doing something at the App Store that actually helps developers. Before, you could review—and slam—any app you wanted willy-nilly, even if you didn't own it. That changed over the weekend—now you have to own an app before you can review it, preventing an onslaught of one-star reviews for Tetris simply because EA is charging eight bucks for it. Now if Apple could apply some of that logic and fairness on their end and stop jerking developers around. [Alley Insider]

Linux Triumphs in UK Schools

"As usual it's all about money. The Open Source community has always advocated that schools in the UK adopted Free Open Source Software (FOSS) on the grounds that there were considerable cost savings to be had which would directly benefit schools and the taxpayer alike."

Microsoft Updates Worm Killer

Along with the usual patches unveiled Tuesday, Microsoft also updated the Windows Malicious Software Tool, a free utility that detects and deletes a limited number of worms, viruses, Trojans, and rootkits.

Tasktop 1.3 Released: Linux and focused browsing for Firefox

In addition to the usual feature additions and streamlining, the Autumn 2008 release of Tasktop (v1.3) extends the integration already available for Windows and IE to Linux and Firefox.

Astronauts to vote from space

If we continue with business as usual, we will need two planets by 2030, CEO of WWF South Africa, Dr Morné du Plessis cautioned.

100s queue for new Nintendo

If we continue with business as usual, we will need two planets by 2030, CEO of WWF South Africa, Dr Morné du Plessis cautioned.

Hubble back with stunning pics

If we continue with business as usual, we will need two planets by 2030, CEO of WWF South Africa, Dr Morné du Plessis cautioned.

IR's Weekend Webcrawl: Shopzilla's award winners

A departure this week from our usual Friday afternoon tour of the latest redesigns and launches as we instead take the chance to learn from the sometimes surprising winners of last night's Shopzilla Circle of Excellence Awards

GDC Mobile returns for 2009

As well as covering all the usual topics around programming, making deals and distribution, this year will take a look at the new emerging platforms: iPhone, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile.

LD recommended smartphones

A mobile phone offering capabilities beyond the usual voice and text is considered a smartphone. These functionalities could include push email, Blackberry support, PDF reader, Office document editors etc. You have several different platforms to choose from, depending on your budget and specific requirements.

Where to now?

Australia's bowling isn't up to their usual high standards; India are a side in transition, hamstrung by poor fielding

Apple now world No 3 mobile phone maker to make own chips for iPhone

When Apple bought PA semi last year the usual rumour mills cranked up with expectation that Apple were going into the mobile chip business. It furthered confirmed it would not be using Intel's Atom processor in the next generation iPhone and iPods. More recently Apple has hired Mark Papermaster to lead its Iphone engineering team. Papermaster was a VP at IBM and one of the chief architects of the previous Apple chip darling the PowerPC.

Truth, Lies & You: Who Can Guess the Real Gossip?

We're takin' a break from all our usual bitchin' to bring you skank-sleuths out there a little scandal-filled fun. I'm going to throw out some celeb stories, right below, and you have to guess what is true.

Dan Aykroyd: Ghostbusters Picked Up By Atari, Still A "Year Away"

Kotaku writes: "We know, he's not your usual source for hot gaming news, but Dan Aykroyd's got a trusting face. That and he's, you know, closely involved in this whole Ghostbusters thing. Speaking with Dallas radio station 105.3 KLLI this morning, the Ghostbusters star said that the currently in-limbo game has been picked up by Atari, and is about "a year away" from being released."

Joy Bryant: Blogger

We noticed Joy Bryant snapping pictures from her usual front row seat at more than a few shows this past Fashion Week. We thought they were just for some kind of personal wardrobe management plan, but it turns out she's been guest blogging the shows for Starworks.

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