Tomic and Stosur carry Australian hopes in Melbourne

men's final match at the Sydney International tennis tournament January 12, 2013. …more MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Take a walk around the Grand Slam Oval at Melbourne Park and it is easy to see why Australia has such high expectations of tennis success.A long semi-circle of bronze busts of the likes of Rod Laver, Margaret Court, Roy Emerson and Evonne Goolagong bear witness to an era when Australian winners...

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Cricket-Australia 170 all out in second ODI against Sri Lanka

ADELAIDE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Australia stumbled to 170 all out after being asked to bat first in the second one-day international against Sri Lanka on Sunday, giving the tourists a chance to level the five-match series.Rain in Adelaide delayed the start of the match by about an hour and Sri Lanka's bowlers made use of cloud cover and moisture in the pitch to tie down the batsmen with the swinging...

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UPDATE 2-Cricket-New Zealand batting in disarray again

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Jan 12 (Reuters) - New Zealand collapsed again against the South Africa pace attack when they staggered to 47 for six in their first innings in reply to the hosts' 525 for eight declared on the second day of the second test at St. George's Park on Saturday.The pace duo of Dale Steyn and Rory Kleinveldt ended the day with figures of two for 14 and two for 18 respectively...

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Celtics guard Rondo suspended game for bumping referee

(Reuters) - Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has been suspended one game without pay for making contact with a referee and failing to cooperate with a league investigation, the National Basketball Association (NBA) said on Monday.The incident occurred with 3:19 left in the third quarter of Boston's 89-81 win against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday after Rondo was called for an offensive foul on...

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UPDATE 4-NBA results

Jan 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA games on Monday (home team in CAPS)WASHINGTON 101 Oklahoma City 99Boston 102 NY KNICKS 96CHICAGO 118 Cleveland 92NEW ORLEANS 95 San Antonio 88UTAH 100 Dallas 94Memphis 113 SACRAMENTO 81PORTLAND 125 Orlando 119 (O...

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UPDATE 1-NBA-Rampant Bulls run struggling Cavaliers ragged* Bulls beat Cavaliers for 11th straight time * Dislodge Pacers from top spot in Central division (Adds further detail, quotes) Jan 7 (Reuters) - Carlos Boozer and the Chicago Bulls recovered from a slow start to pummel the struggling Cleveland Cavaliers 118-92 on Monday and take over top spot in the Eastern Conference's Central division. In-form forward Boozer scored a game-high 24 points along with 11 rebounds, while Luol Deng added 19 points as the Bulls recorded their third straight win, and their 11th in a row over the Cavaliers. Chicago, who upset NBA champions Miami 96-89 on Friday, shrugged off a disappointing first quarter to improve their overall record to 19-13 and dislodge the Indiana Pacers (20-14) from top spot in the Central standings. "I'm just playing off my team mates," Boozer told reporters after recording his fifth consecutive double-double. "Games like this are fun because everybody played so great. We like moments like this. "We wish all the games could be like this. We're trying to step it up a little bit and get some more wins. We had a tough last couple of weeks of 2012." Guard Dion Waiters, off the bench, led the way with 18 points for the Cavaliers, who slipped to 8-28 following their eighth defeat in their last 11 games. "That's a good team," Cavaliers coach Byron Scott said. "They've just got our number. In the second half, they just turned it up. Their intensity level went way up, and we just couldn't match it." EARLY LEAD Cleveland, without center Anderson Varejao for the 10th straight game due to a bruised right knee, raced into an early 7-0 lead as their opponents surprisingly struggled to find the hoop and, with forward C.J. Miles pouring in two three-pointers, they ended the first quarter 30-22 up. But the Bulls gradually clawed their way back, taking the lead for the first time at 33-32 on a Marco Belinelli three-pointer before going into halftime 53-50 ahead. With Boozer, Deng and center Joakim Noah all sizzling on offense in the third quarter, Chicago stretched their lead to 88-72 and stayed in control throughout the final period. Noah finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds, one of six Bulls players to reach double figures on the night, while Taj Gibson chipped in with 18 and seven boards off the bench. "They're in rhythm now," Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau said of his team's 10-of-14 display in three-point shooting. "That's the biggest thing. "It's off ball movement, hitting the paint, coming out, (making) the extra pass. They're rhythm threes. Our percentage has slowly been creeping up." The Bulls outshot the Cavaliers by 54 percent to 42 from the field and out-rebounded them 47-31.

* Bulls beat Cavaliers for 11th straight time* Dislodge Pacers from top spot in Central division (Adds further detail, quotes)Jan 7 (Reuters) - Carlos Boozer and the Chicago Bulls recovered from a slow start to pummel the struggling Cleveland Cavaliers 118-92 on Monday and take over top spot in the Eastern Conference's Central division.In-form forward Boozer scored a game-high 24 points along with...

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Los expertos recomiendan desactivar Java por un fallo

(Reuters) - Los expertos en seguridad informática están recomendando desactivar el muy usado software Java, de Oracle, a raíz de hallarse un reciente problema de seguridad que dicen que los hackers están aprovechando para atacar ordenadores."Java es un desastre. No es seguro", dijo Jaime Blasco, director de laboratorio de AlienVault Labs. "Hay que desactivarlo".Java, que está instalado en cientos...

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Movers roundup: Facebook, Best Buy

Among the stock activity stories for Monday, Dec. 31, from AP Business News:— Shares of Facebook Inc. rose after an analyst said advertising spending was picking up on the Internet social network and raised his rating on its stock.— Shares of Best Buy Co. rose on light volume as the struggling electronics retailer closed out a rocky year.— Shares of Duff & Phelps Corp. rose on news that the company...

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Your Snapchats aren’t safe: How to secretly save videos from Snapchat or Facebook’s ‘Poke’

Argue though its executives might, Snapchat is good for two things: sending photos and videos of yourself making stupid faces, and sending photos and videos of yourself naked. The latter, of course, is the more compelling function since that is exactly what the app was designed for. When users send pictures or videos, the recipient can only view them for a set amount of time before they “self-destruct.”...

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Book Sequel Provides a Novel New Way of Establishing a Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure and Innovative New Ideas to Generate Energy

Don Bongaards warns about the dangers of global oil demand and presents a practical method of establishing a hydrogen fuel programSEMINOLE, Fla. (PRWEB) January 10, 2013Author Don Bongaards’s initial intention in writing his first book titled “A Sense of Urgency” was to show how the United States could free itself from its dependence upon imported oil and achieve economic growth and prosperity. However,...

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