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Google tablets may overtake iPad in 5 yearsTablet computers running Google's Android software will catch up with Apple's iPad and surpass it in 2016, the research firm said. Informa said it expects Apple's current 75 percent market share to fall to 39 percent in 2015, when Android market share will grow to 38 percent."From 2013, as cheaper and more advanced Android tablets enter the market, we forecast that sales will pick up considerably, e..

'Social networking sites leading to identity crisis' Repeated exposure to social networking sites is causing an 'identity crisis' among the users, a leading scientist has warned.Baroness Greenfield, a professor of pharmacology at Oxford University, said.. Google+ Hangouts adding YouTube Live Video Viewing  The Hangouts group video chat platform on Google+ now lets video-chatting groups of up to ten people watch live streaming videos together on YouTube. The ability to watch recorded YouTube videos.. Infosys employee Jack Palmer to take company to court on accusation of circumventing H-1B visa rules Jack Palmer, the Infosys employee who has accused the company of large scale visa fraud in the US, will not go for an out-of-court settlement, his lawyer Kenneth Mendelsohn said. Mendelsohn said his c.. Foxconn will bring on 1 million robots in 3 years to replace workers Foxconn’s founder and chariman Terry Gou said the company will replace an unspecified amount workers with one million robots in three years. Foxconn is the Asian manufacturer that is responsible.. Now, nano-sized batteries to power mobiles! A scientist team in the US has packaged lithium ion batteries into a single nanowire, which they claim could soon be a rechargeable power source for nanoelectronics. Prof Pulickel Ajayan and coll.. Microsoft Excel shortcuts to save you time Start speeding up the way you use Office Excel by setting it up to reflect your personal needs. Open Options from the Tools menu, File ribbon or Office button, then work your way through the options o.. Farewell Flash? Adobe launches HTML5 Web Animations Tool Today, Adobe is launching a new tool called Adobe Edge which will allow creative professionals to design animated Web content using Web standards like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Not Flash. Aimed to co.. Google Open-Sources NoSQL Database Called LevelDB  In May Google open-sourced a BigTable-inspired key-value database library called LevelDB under a BSD license. It was created by Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat of the BigTable project at Google. I.. BlackBerry to launch Bold 9900 in India Research In Motion (RIM) has confirmed that their latest flagship smartphone will hit the Indian stores in the second week of August.Just after the launch of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. How hackers hijack your Facebook photos Beware of uploading your pictures onFacebook -- as an Indian origin computer scientist has warned that by doing this you could be helping someone to steal information from your computer.. Everyone should be at 8GB of RAM, here’s how to get there If you haven’t already upgraded your recent iMac, Mac Mini, or MacBook/Pro to 8GB of RAM, there are only 44 little dollars between you and a much faster Mac that can run more applications at one.. How to create a Windows rescue USB stick Anyone who's been on the receiving end of a PC disaster can testify to the pain that they can cause, and recovering from a major crash can be a long and difficult process. The beauty of Windows is tha.. Mphasis to acquire US-based Wyde Corp Software services providerMphasis Ltd said on Monday it has signed a pact to acquire U.S.-based software vendorWyde Corp, which is the Bangalore-based co's second investment in the insurance sect.. 3 terrific tools for Social & Mobile viewing audiences   Each weekend, Mashable hand-picks a few startups we think are building interesting, unique or niche products. How we as consumers of physical and digital content view and experience the world ..